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Alyssa J. Kersey; Kelsey D. Csumitta; Jessica F. Cantlon – npj Science of Learning, 2019
Some scientists and public figures have hypothesized that women and men differ in their pursuit of careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) owing to biological differences in mathematics aptitude. However, little evidence supports such claims. Some studies of children and adults show gender differences in mathematics…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mathematics Education, Children, Child Development
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Ariel A. Gonzalez; Katherine L. Bottenhorn; Jessica E. Bartley; Timothy Hayes; Michael C. Riedel; Taylor Salo; Elsa I. Bravo; Rosalie Odean; Alina Nazareth; Robert W. Laird; Matthew T. Sutherland; Eric Brewe; Shannon M. Pruden; Angela R. Laird – npj Science of Learning, 2019
Anxiety is known to dysregulate the salience, default mode, and central executive networks of the human brain, yet this phenomenon has not been fully explored across the STEM learning experience, where anxiety can impact negatively academic performance. Here, we evaluated anxiety and large-scale brain connectivity in 101 undergraduate physics…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Brain, STEM Education, Anxiety