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| Abstract Title: | Exploring the contributions of self-efficacy and test anxiety to gender differences in assessments |
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| Abstract: | The observed performance difference between women and men on assessments in physics---the ``gender gap''---is a significant and persistent inequity which has broad implications for the participation of women in physics. Research also shows that gender-based inequities extend to affective measures, such as self-efficacy. In this exploratory study, we report on gender disparities in self-efficacy and test anxiety and their relationship to assessment scores in our active-learning introductory physics course. Overall, gender-based differences in favour of men are observed in all our measures, with women having lower scores on measures associated with success (self-efficacy and assessment scores) and a higher score on a possibly detrimental affective factor (test anxiety). Using a multiple regression model-selection process to explore which measures may explain end-of-course Force Concept Inventory (FCI) and final exam scores, we find that the best fitting models include FCI pretest and self-efficacy as predictors, but do not include test anxiety. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session I |
| Poster Number: | 1.K1 |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
| Contributed Paper Download: | Download Contributed Paper |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Jared Stang University of British Columbia Vancouver, Non U.S. V6T 1Z1 Phone: 6048225527 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Emily Altiere, University of British Columbia Joss Ives, University of British Columbia Patrick Dubois, University of British Columbia |
