Female participants reported significantly higher maths anxiety and general anxiety, while males reported higher maths self-efficacy and maths interest¶
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q3 i? Univariate ANOVAs showed females had higher maths anxiety (η² = 0.06) and general anxiety (η² = 0.04); males had higher maths self-efficacy (η² = 0.05) and maths interest (η² = 0.01). → Ferdinand 2024
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Ferdinand 2024¶
Ferdinand, R., Malanchini, M. & Rimfeld, K. (2024). Mathematics interest, self-efficacy, and anxiety predict STEM career choice in emerging adulthood. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00275-1
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Univariate ANOVAs across TEDS continuous variables; the article reports sex explained η² = 0.001–0.06 across measures. All variables were residualised for age and sex before downstream analyses.
"Females had significantly higher levels of maths anxiety (F(948, 541) = 86.68,p < 0.001, η² = 0.06) and general anxiety (F(948, 541) = 57.74, p < 0.001, η²=0 . 0 4 ) , while males showed significantly higher levels of maths self-efficacy (F(1485, 1074) = 149.10, p < 0.001, η² = 0.05) and maths interest (F(1485, 1074) = 39.04,p < 0.001, η² = 0.01)"
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Learner Variables¶
- Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
Related Claims¶
- Males were more than 2.5 times as likely as females to make a STEM career choice in the TEDS sample — related
- Maths anxiety predicted STEM career choice in males but not females, although the sex difference itself was not statistically significant — related
- Maths self-efficacy predicted STEM career choice in females but not males, though the association was explained by maths achievement after adjustment — related
- Maths self-efficacy did not independently predict STEM career choice when analysed jointly with maths anxiety and interest — related
- Female students reported significantly lower initial self-efficacy for quantitative biology problems than male students, with small effect sizes — related
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- Male secondary students report higher self-efficacy than female students after learning from video modeling examples, without higher performance — related
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