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Direct linkSandra J. Miles; Katherine N. Vela – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2025
Increasing representation of women and minorities in STEM disciplines is imperative. We employ Social Identity Theory in conjunction with Self-Determination Theory to explain how STEM-related stereotypes keep students from following STEM pathways. We conducted an experimental investigation using 70 10th-grade students to determine if exposure to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation, Stereotypes, STEM Careers
Msafiri Mgambi Msambwa; Kangwa Daniel; Cai Lianyu; Fute Antony – Science & Education, 2025
Although women are increasing in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), men still dominate these fields at the highest levels. This systematic review examined 165 studies published between 2013 and 2023 on the factors affecting girls' participation in STEM subjects. The feminist's intersectionality and the social cognitive…
Descriptors: Feminism, Females, Student Participation, STEM Education
Download full textJoshua Bleiberg; Carly D. Robinson; Evan Bennett; Susanna Loeb – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
Persistent gender disparities in STEM fields, even when young girls perform as well in STEM in school as boys, highlight the potential importance of preconceived views of STEM work in these difference and the potential need for role models to upend these views. In this study, we investigate whether female math tutors positively influence girls'…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Gender Issues, Sex Stereotypes, STEM Education
