Threaten by Stereotype: An investigation of the effect of stereotype threat on female and minority students' STEM learning in the context of a computer intervention

Huang, Kuo-Ting; Cotten, Shelia; Ball, Christopher

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Title

Threaten by Stereotype: An investigation of the effect of stereotype threat on female and minority students' STEM learning in the context of a computer intervention

Author(s)

• Huang, Kuo-Ting
• Cotten, Shelia
• Ball, Christopher

Issue Date

2015-03-15

Keyword(s)

• digital youth
• cultural informatics
• education in library and information sciences

Abstract

To contribute to the growing field of STEM education, we examined the influence of stereotype threat on female and African American students in a large-scale computer intervention. Namely, this paper examines the relationship between gender and race and their effects on self-perceived technology efficacy, anxiety, STEM attitudes, and expectation of going to college. In total, 1,085 student survey responses were analyzed to understand the effects of stereotype threat on gender and race. The results suggest that gender was a consistent determinant of STEM attitudes and technology efficacy and race is a predictor of technological anxiety. For self-expectation of future education, gender and race were not predictors of the outcome variable. Instead, STEM attitudes and self-efficacy were positively associated with student’s self-expectation of going to college.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2015 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

English

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