Gender differences in mathematics and science: the role of the actiotope in determining individuals' achievements and confidence in their own abilities

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F14%3A00074254" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/14:00074254 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2014.916092" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2014.916092</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2014.916092" target="_blank" >10.1080/13598139.2014.916092</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Gender differences in mathematics and science: the role of the actiotope in determining individuals' achievements and confidence in their own abilities

Original language description

Despite changes, gender differences in math and science continue to exist in some countries. We examined whether the actiotopes of boys and girls at the high school level in math and science differed and the extent to which (a) their actiotope components, (b) the progressive development of their actiotopes (dynamic perspective), and (c) the co-adaptation of their actiotopes (systems perspective) function as predictors for girls' and boys' achievements and confidence in one's own abilities in math and science. To answer these questions, we examined girls and boys (N=361) in Canada, the Czech Republic, and Germany with a questionnaire. The results suggest that girls are less effective at progressively developing their actiotopes in the fields of math andscience and that modifications in their actiotopes were less well balanced by stabilizing forces.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP407%2F11%2F1272" target="_blank" >GAP407/11/1272: Achievement motivation of intellectually gifted learners with dyslexia ? basic determinants and transformations in the period of adolescence and early</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

High Ability Studies

ISSN

1359-8139

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

35-51

UT code for WoS article

000338005500004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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