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Legette, Kamilah B.; Kurtz-Costes, Beth – Educational Psychology, 2021
Self-perception of academic competence is a strong predictor of students' achievement striving. We examined adolescents' beliefs about their math teachers' perceptions of students (reflected classroom appraisals) and math track placement as subtle sources of information that might influence students' math self-concept. Sixth graders (n = 322; 72%…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Academic Ability, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement
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Hoffman, Adam J.; Kurtz-Costes, Beth – Educational Psychology, 2019
U.S. national data show that American Indians earn lower math and science scores than other ethnic/racial groups. In the current study, a brief, self-affirmation intervention was aimed at increasing science motivational beliefs in American Indian middle school students (n = 212, M[subscript age] = 12.7 years). Students, each read a biography of a…
Descriptors: Intervention, American Indian Students, Middle School Students, Ethnicity
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Kurtz-Costes, Beth; Copping, Kristine E.; Rowley, Stephanie J.; Kinlaw, C. Ryan – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2014
We measured age and gender differences in children's awareness and endorsement of gender stereotypes about math, science, and verbal abilities in 463 fourth, sixth, and eighth graders. Children reported their perceptions of adults' beliefs and their own stereotypes about gender differences in academic abilities. Consistent with study…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Academic Ability, Verbal Ability