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ISSN Печать: 1072-8325
ISSN Онлайн: 1940-431X
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THE EFFECT OF STEREOTYPE THREAT ON UNDERGRADUATES IN AN INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY CLASS
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This quantitative study tests the hypothesis that undergraduates taking an introductory astronomy class for nonscience majors are susceptible to stereotype threat (ST). The Astronomy Diagnostic Test (ADT), a conceptual survey designed for introductory astronomy classes, was administered pre- and postcourse to two pairs (control and threatened) of the same class taught by the same professors, one pair at a public, suburban community college and the other pair at a large, state research university. One class of each pair was threatened postcourse by telling the students that their gender mattered on the ADT. The results showed no ST effect on the women in the university class. The college women underperformed and the men overperformed at a low statistical significance. The authors infer that Steeles requirement for domain identification as a condition is also required to strongly invoke ST for this sample of nonscience students.
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Lauer Shanda, Momsen Jennifer, Offerdahl Erika, Kryjevskaia Mila, Christensen Warren, Montplaisir Lisa, Dolan Erin L., Stereotyped: Investigating Gender in Introductory Science Courses, CBE—Life Sciences Education, 12, 1, 2013. Crossref