The contribution of self-beliefs to the mathematics gender achievement gap and its link to gender equality
I brought together two strands of literature, one investigating the moderate but persistent underachievement of girls in mathematics in most countries, and the other examining the role of self-efficacy and other self-beliefs in predicting behaviour and achievement. I implemented detailed decompositi...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1458612023-03-05T15:31:56Z The contribution of self-beliefs to the mathematics gender achievement gap and its link to gender equality Sakellariou, Chris School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Education Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychology Gender Mathematics Gap Self-beliefs I brought together two strands of literature, one investigating the moderate but persistent underachievement of girls in mathematics in most countries, and the other examining the role of self-efficacy and other self-beliefs in predicting behaviour and achievement. I implemented detailed decompositions of the gender mathematics gap, both at the mean and for low and high performing students, for a large and diverse group of countries. I found considerable heterogeneity and different cross-country patterns in decomposition components and the contribution of self-beliefs. In OECD-Europe and more affluent East Asian countries, most or all the gap is explained by gender differences in self-efficacy; on the other hand, in Latin America and the Middle East, most of the gap remains unexplained. I also investigated the relationship between the gender mathematics gap-gender equity relationship across countries and found that a clearly negative association between the size of the gap and gender equality in a cross-country regression can be established after controlling for cross-country heterogeneity in gender differences in mathematics self-beliefs, which correlate with gender equality. Accepted version 2021-01-12T08:37:16Z 2021-01-12T08:37:16Z 2020 Journal Article Sakellariou, C. (2020). The contribution of self-beliefs to the mathematics gender achievement gap and its link to gender equality. Oxford Review of Education, 46(6), 804-821. doi:10.1080/03054985.2020.1807313 1465-3915 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145861 10.1080/03054985.2020.1807313 6 46 804 821 en Oxford Review of Education This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor and Francis in Oxford Review of Education on 17 Sep 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03054985.2020.1807313 application/pdf |
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I brought together two strands of literature, one investigating the moderate but persistent underachievement of girls in mathematics in most countries, and the other examining the role of self-efficacy and other self-beliefs in predicting behaviour and achievement. I implemented detailed decompositions of the gender mathematics gap, both at the mean and for low and high performing students, for a large and diverse group of countries. I found considerable heterogeneity and different cross-country patterns in decomposition components and the contribution of self-beliefs. In OECD-Europe and more affluent East Asian countries, most or all the gap is explained by gender differences in self-efficacy; on the other hand, in Latin America and the Middle East, most of the gap remains unexplained. I also investigated the relationship between the gender mathematics gap-gender equity relationship across countries and found that a clearly negative association between the size of the gap and gender equality in a cross-country regression can be established after controlling for cross-country heterogeneity in gender differences in mathematics self-beliefs, which correlate with gender equality. |
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