Why are some STEM fields more gender balanced than others?

S Cheryan, SA Ziegler, AK Montoya… - Psychological bulletin, 2017‏ - psycnet.apa.org
Women obtain more than half of US undergraduate degrees in biology, chemistry, and
mathematics, yet they earn less than 20% of computer science, engineering, and physics …

Synthesis of discipline-based education research in physics

JL Docktor, JP Mestre - Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education …, 2014‏ - APS
This paper presents a comprehensive synthesis of physics education research at the
undergraduate level. It is based on work originally commissioned by the National …

Outperforming yet undervalued: Undergraduate women in STEM

B Bloodhart, MM Balgopal, AMA Casper… - Plos one, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
In spite of efforts to increase gender diversity across many science fields, women continue to
encounter beliefs that they lack ability and talent. Undergraduate education is a critical time …

Fitting in to move forward: Belonging, gender, and persistence in the physical sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (pSTEM)

KL Lewis, JG Stout, ND Finkelstein… - … of Women Quarterly, 2017‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Social science researchers have increasingly focused on understanding the precursors to
gender disparities favoring men in the physical sciences, technology, engineering, and …

Reducing the gender achievement gap in college science: A classroom study of values affirmation

A Miyake, LE Kost-Smith, ND Finkelstein, SJ Pollock… - Science, 2010‏ - science.org
In many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines, women are
outperformed by men in test scores, jeopardizing their success in science-oriented courses …

[PDF][PDF] Higher order thinking skills and academic performance in physics of college students: A regression analysis

JLS Ramos, BB Dolipas, BB Villamor - International Journal of …, 2013‏ - academia.edu
The study determined the relationship between higher order thinking skills (HOTS) of
students and the academic performance in physics. The research was conducted at Benguet …

Exploring the relationship between self‐efficacy and retention in introductory physics

V Sawtelle, E Brewe, LH Kramer - Journal of research in …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
The quantitative results of Sources of Self‐Efficacy in Science Courses‐Physics (SOSESC‐
P) are presented as a logistic regression predicting the passing of students in introductory …

Towards meaningful diversity, equity and inclusion in physics learning environments

A Maries, C Singh - Nature Physics, 2024‏ - nature.com
Physics is one of the least diverse of all science, technology, engineering and mathematics
disciplines with damaging stereotypes about who belongs and who can excel in it. Physics …

Gender gap on concept inventories in physics: What is consistent, what is inconsistent,<? format?> and what factors influence the gap?

A Madsen, SB McKagan, EC Sayre - Physical Review Special Topics—Physics …, 2013‏ - APS
We review the literature on the gender gap on concept inventories in physics. Across studies
of the most commonly used mechanics concept inventories, the Force Concept Inventory …

Enriching gender in physics education research: A binary past and a complex future

AL Traxler, XC Cid, J Blue, R Barthelemy - Physical Review Physics Education …, 2016‏ - APS
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Gender in Physics.] In this article, we draw
on previous reports from physics, science education, and women's studies to propose a …