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Direct linkRiegle-Crumb, Catherine C.; Peng, Menglu; Buontempo, Jenny; Patrick, Anita – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Building on theories of gender schema and socialization, as well as recent empirical research in economics, in this paper we investigate whether and how gender differences in preference for competition help to explain the gap in expectations of majoring in different STEM fields. Utilizing data from a sample of high school students, we find that…
Descriptors: Competition, Gender Differences, Individual Differences, Personality Traits
Stewart, John C.; Murphy, Cheryl; DeVore, Seth – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The Big Five Inventory (BFI) measuring the 5-factor personality model was given to 440 science and engineering students in introductory physics classes at a large US university. Science and engineering students showed similar personality characteristics as would be expected from measurements of the general population, with women scoring…
Descriptors: Role, Personality Traits, Gender Differences, Science Education
