A Systematic Review About Gender Difference in STEM Performance for Adolescents

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.083How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gender differences; STEM education; Gender stereotypes; Self-efficacy

Abstract

This study aims to synthesize the current qualitative studies associated with the reason why there is gender differences in STEM performance. In order to explore this question, the authors searched 4 databases: ERIC, EBSCO, Child Development & Adolescent Studies and PsycINFO, and obtained 13 studies to analyze. This essay selects a bio-psycho-social model to investigate the gender difference in STEM performance, which attempted to bring together the disparate findings from the perspective from cognition, psychology, and sociocultural environment. The results demonstrate that there were three factors related to gender difference in STEM performance, including cognitive skills, psychological factors and sociocultural effects. The three factors not only affect gender difference in STEM performance respectively, but also interact with each other and conduce in gender difference in STEM grades. The authors also provide several suggestions for future practice. All participants including parents, teachers and students themselves ought to pay attention to the phenomenon.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ke Sun
AU  - Xinwei Bian
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - A Systematic Review About Gender Difference in STEM Performance for Adolescents
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 484
EP  - 493
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.083
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.083
ID  - Sun2021
ER  -