PERC 2021 Abstract Detail Page
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| Abstract Title: | Examining reasons undergraduate women join physics |
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| Abstract: | This study examines survey data from 2,129 women undergraduates at CUWiP (Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics) in order to classify what led them to study physics. We use expectancy-value and self-efficacy theory to create a coding framework based on different types of value and efficacy expectations in order to group responses. We find that the most common attractions are social persuasion, which is due to pressure or persuasion from people around the students, and intrinsic value, which is related to the inherent value of engaging in physics. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 2 Room D |
| Poster Number: | 2D-9 |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
| Contributed Paper Download: | Download Contributed Paper |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Maxwell Franklin Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19127 Phone: 5855038778 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Eric Brewe, Drexel University Annette Ponnock, Yale University Renee Michelle Goertzen, American Physical Society |
