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Self-Concept Research in Science and Technology Education -- Theoretical Foundation, Measurement Instruments, and Main Findings
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Rüschenpöhler, Lilith; Markic, Silvija – Studies in Science Education, 2019
This article gives an overview of the current state of science and technology self-concept research. Following a defined selection process, we analysed 74 peer-reviewed journal articles published from 1998 to 2017, which are indexed in the ERIC database and that deal with science and technology self-concepts (STSC) of school children and…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Children, Adolescents, Minority Group Students
Two New Instruments To Probe Attitudes about Gender and Mathematics.
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Leder, Gilah C.; Forgasz, Helen J. – 2002
Two forms of a new instrument, "Mathematics as a Gendered Domain" and "Who and Mathematics," were developed to replace one of the scales of the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales. The aim of both instruments is to measure the extent to which students stereotype mathematics as a gendered domain. For "Mathematics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Mathematics, Research Methodology
Gender Differences in Attitudes toward Mathematics between Low-Achieving and High-Achieving Fifth Grade Elementary Students.
Rathbone, A. Sue – 1989
Possible gender differences in attitudes toward mathematics were studied between low-achieving and high-achieving fifth-grade students in selected elementary schools within a large, metropolitan area. The attitudes of pre-adolescent children at an intermediate grade level were assessed to determine the effects of rapidly emerging gender-related…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Grade 5