Abstract

A purposeful sample of 132 high school seniors predominately Hispanic/Latino completed a descriptive questionnaire to assess their course grade expectations, whether they had completed AP courses, and their attitudes toward technology. Findings indicated a greater percentage of males expected to do well in mathematics and science courses in comparison to their female classmates; the higher the STEM self-efficacy, the greater the expectation to perform well in the course; AP course completion had an influence on STEM self-efficacy; and a larger percentage of males than females were more likely to agree that designing products or structures would be important for their future work and they could be successful in a career in technology.

Citation

Abukmail, A., Peters, M. & Willis, J. (2020). Bridging Barriers in STEM Education: Exploring Gender Perceptions. In D. Schmidt-Crawford (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 342-347). Online: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 7, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/215768/.

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