Establishing a STEM Pipeline: Trends in Male and Female Enrollment and Performance in Higher Level Secondary STEM Courses

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• 作者：Liz Bergeron ; Melissa Gordon
• 关键词：Competition ; Course selection ; Gender gap ; Higher level courses ; HLM ; STEM
• 刊名：International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：15
• 期：3
• 页码：433-450
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• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Mathematics Education; Science Education;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-1774
• 卷排序：15

文摘

The purpose of this study was to understand enrollment and performance differences between male and females in higher level secondary STEM courses. This study analyzes performance and enrollment of 355,688 secondary students in higher level STEM courses. This research also enabled an exploration of country level differences. The enrollment research questions are evaluated using chi-square tests, frequency tables, and histograms. Performance research questions are analyzed with hierarchical linear regression and ANOVA with post hocs and Cohen’s d effect size measures. Results suggest that females enroll much less frequently in higher level secondary STEM courses. Females and males perform equally well.