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dc.contributor.authorFroehlich, Sharon Wallingen_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-09-11T19:43:03Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-19T16:30:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T14:32:17Z
dc.date.available2007-09-11T19:43:03Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-10-19T16:30:49Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T14:32:17Z
dc.date.issued2007-09-11T19:43:03Zen_US
dc.identifier.other(OCoLC)133114479en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/681en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at New Paltz, 2007en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study explores potential reasons for why more females become math avoidant than males during middle and high school and tend to skip all but the most necessary math classes in college, leading to a dearth of women who enter careers in mathematics, science, and technology. This web-based study examines gender differences in the way males and females self report views of their own personal math intelligence, their goal orientation in the mathematics learning environment, their demonstration of either mastery or learned helplessness orientation in the face of failure at a difficult math task, and gender differences in math self-efficacy before and after math failure. The author hypothesized that more females than males would demonstrate a learned maladaptive pattern in the mathematical learning environment. Furthermore, it was hypothesized that the above factors will be consistent with females’ decision not to enter scientific and math based careers. Contrary to these predictions, the only significant findings were that women did tend to report lower math self-efficacy than men, and that consistent with previous research (e.g. Betz, 1985), low math self-efficacy is predictive of interest in careers in math, science, and technology. The results will be presented and discussed, along with some limitations of the current study and suggestions for future research in this important area.en_US
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectSex differences (Psychology)en_US
dc.subjectMath anxietyen_US
dc.subjectVocational guidanceen_US
dc.titleGender differences in intelligence theory, achievement, motivation, and attributional style: effects on choice of science, math, and technology careersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-06-22T14:32:17Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY College at New Paltz
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