Parents' beliefs about math and gender are associated with children's attitudes and outcomes in school

• Main Author: Chua, Natalie Peijun
• Other Authors: Setoh Pei Pei
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150495
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Even though women are catching up with men in the workforce, women are still underrepresented in STEM fields, which are often math-intensive, despite evidence to show that their performance on math subjects are on par with men. Studies have pointed towards the field-specific ability belief (FAB) hyp...