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Remove stereotype threats in science, and women do just as well as men!

January 1, 2015 | Informal/Formal Connections
This paper investigates the impact of stereotype threat on young women’s academic achievement in high school physics classes. Stereotype threat is the reinforcement of a negative stereotype. Results show that, although females underperformed when exposed to explicit and implicit stereotype threat conditions, their performance was identical to that of males when stereotypes were nullified.

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    King's College London
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    Resource Type: Research Products
    Discipline: Education and learning science | Physics
    Audience: Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs
    Access and Inclusion: Women and Girls

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