The science club–science GPA relationship is not significant for Asian students, though the math club relationship is¶
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q2 i? For Asian students, math club participation relates to higher math GPAs, but science club participation shows no statistically significant relationship with science GPA. → Gottfried 2013
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Gottfried 2013¶
Gottfried, M. A. & Williams, D. (2013). STEM Club Participation and STEM Schooling Outcomes. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 21 (79). http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1361
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Subgroup models in Tables 5 and 6: Asian students showed significant math club coefficients (e.g., 0.314** full OLS) but non-significant science club coefficients (e.g., 0.116 full OLS; 0.021 block matching). The authors attribute possible instability to small subgroup sample sizes.
"However, for science club participation, there was no longer a statistically significant relationship for Asian students."
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Related Claims¶
- Math club participation is positively associated with high school math GPA, with a medium standardized relationship that persists after propensity score matching — a broader claim this one bears on
- Science club participation is positively associated with high school science GPA, significant across all three propensity score matching methods — related
- Gender does not moderate the club participation–GPA relationship in math or science — related
- Science club participation shows no statistically significant relationship with selecting a STEM college major — related
- STEM club participants differ descriptively from non-participants in GPA, course-taking, test scores, and college desire — related
- The math club–math GPA relationship holds for non-poverty students but not for poverty students, with a race-by-poverty interaction
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The science club–science GPA relationship is not significant for Asian students, though the math club relationship is |
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The science club–science GPA relationship is not significant for Asian students, though the math club relationship is |
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