Men and things, women and people: a meta-analysis of sex differences in interests.

R Su, J Rounds, PI Armstrong - Psychological bulletin, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
The magnitude and variability of sex differences in vocational interests were examined in the
present meta-analysis for Holland's (1959, 1997) categories (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic …

STEM education

Y **e, M Fang, K Shauman - Annual review of sociology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, especially
for traditionally disadvantaged groups, is widely recognized as pivotal to the United States's …

[BOOK][B] Gendered lives

JT Wood, N Fixmer-Oraiz - 2016 - ereserve.library.utah.edu
In the opening chapters, we saw that communication in society influences our
understandings of gender and our gendered identities. It's equally true that our …

Development of achievement motivation and engagement

V Parents'Child-Specific Beliefs… - Handbook of child …, 2015 - books.google.com
Work on the development of children's achievement motivation and engagement has
flourished since the sixth edition of this Handbook. In this chapter we update and extend …

What motivates females and males to pursue careers in mathematics and science?

JS Eccles, MT Wang - International Journal of Behavioral …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Drawing on Eccles' expectancy-value model of achievement-related choices, we examined
the personal aptitudes and motivational beliefs at 12th grade that move individuals toward or …

Will I fit in and do well? The importance of social belongingness and self-efficacy for explaining gender differences in interest in STEM and HEED majors

U Tellhed, M Bäckström, F Björklund - Sex roles, 2017 - Springer
Throughout the world, the labor market is clearly gender segregated. More research is
needed to explain women's lower interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and …

More value through greater differentiation: gender differences in value beliefs about math.

H Gaspard, AL Dicke, B Flunger… - Journal of …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Expectancy-value theory (Eccles et al., 1983) is a prominent approach to explaining gender
differences in math-related academic choices, with value beliefs acting as an important …

Fostering adolescents' value beliefs for mathematics with a relevance intervention in the classroom.

H Gaspard, AL Dicke, B Flunger… - Developmental …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Interventions targeting students' perceived relevance of the learning content have been
shown to effectively promote student motivation within science classes (eg, Hulleman & …

Why do students choose engineering? A qualitative, longitudinal investigation of students' motivational values

HM Matusovich, RA Streveler… - Journal of Engineering …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background Recently published reports call for an increase in the number of engineering
graduates and suggest appropriate characteristics that these graduates should embody …

Women are underrepresented in fields where success is believed to require brilliance

M Meyer, A Cimpian, SJ Leslie - Frontiers in psychology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Women's underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) fields is a prominent concern in our society and many others. Closer inspection of …