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Inconsistent gender differences in self-efficacy and performance for engineering majors in physics and other disciplines: A cause for alarm?
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Kyle M. Whitcomb, Z. Yasemin Kalender, Timothy J. Nokes-Malach, Christian D. Schunn, and Chandralekha Singh
Prior research has shown that self-efficacy can be a critical factor in student learning and performance in different STEM disciplines. Moreover, although past research has documented self-efficacy differences between female and male students in some STEM disciplines, there has not been research comparing these relations across disciplines. In order to better understand these relations and how self-efficacy and academic performance are related, we analyzed undergraduate engineering students' physics, mathematics, engineering, and chemistry grades using large-scale institutional data and their self-reported self-efficacy using a validated survey in each of these disciplines to examine gender differences in engineering students' self-efficacy and course grades. We find discipline-dependent trends in the relationship between self-efficacy and course grades, including a self-efficacy gender gap in physics which does not close by the fourth year in engineering along with a gender gap in physics course grade that favors men despite women engineering majors outperforming men in every other discipline. The troubling trends reported here should be addressed in order to make STEM learning equitable and inclusive.
Physics Education Research Conference 2019
Part of the PER Conference series Provo, UT: July 24-25, 2019 Pages 639-644
2022 Notable Paper
Author: Lyle This paper was one of five 2022 PERC Proceedings papers selected as notable by PERLOC and the Notable Papers subcommittee.
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=15234">Whitcomb, K, Z. Kalender, T. Nokes-Malach, C. Schunn, and C. Singh. "Inconsistent gender differences in self-efficacy and performance for engineering majors in physics and other disciplines: A cause for alarm?." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT, July 24-25, 2019.</a>
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K. Whitcomb, Z. Kalender, T. Nokes-Malach, C. Schunn, and C. Singh, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT, 2019, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15234&DocID=5149).
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K. Whitcomb, Z. Kalender, T. Nokes-Malach, C. Schunn, and C. Singh, Inconsistent gender differences in self-efficacy and performance for engineering majors in physics and other disciplines: A cause for alarm?, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT, 2019, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15234&DocID=5149>.
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Whitcomb, K., Kalender, Z., Nokes-Malach, T., Schunn, C., & Singh, C. (2019, July 24-25). Inconsistent gender differences in self-efficacy and performance for engineering majors in physics and other disciplines: A cause for alarm?. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT. Retrieved September 10, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15234&DocID=5149
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Whitcomb, K, Z. Kalender, T. Nokes-Malach, C. Schunn, and C. Singh. "Inconsistent gender differences in self-efficacy and performance for engineering majors in physics and other disciplines: A cause for alarm?." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT, July 24-25, 2019. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15234&DocID=5149 (accessed 10 September 2024).
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Whitcomb, Kyle M., Z. Yasemin Kalender, Timothy J. Nokes-Malach, Christian Schunn, and Chandralekha Singh. "Inconsistent gender differences in self-efficacy and performance for engineering majors in physics and other disciplines: A cause for alarm?." Physics Education Research Conference 2019. Provo, UT: 2019. 639-644 of PER Conference. 10 Sep. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15234&DocID=5149>.
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Author = "Kyle M. Whitcomb and Z. Yasemin Kalender and Timothy J. Nokes-Malach and Christian Schunn and Chandralekha Singh",
Title = {Inconsistent gender differences in self-efficacy and performance for engineering majors in physics and other disciplines: A cause for alarm?},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2019},
Pages = {639-644},
Address = {Provo, UT},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 24-25},
Year = {2019}
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