| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Kirkindoll, Elizabeth Stockwell
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| Author's Email Address |
lizziek7@cox.net |
| URN |
etd-08162012-192406 |
| Title |
Interventions in the Middle School Mathematics Classroom: Raising Standardized Test Scores by Diminishing Stereotype Threat |
| Degree |
Master of Natural Sciences (M.N.S.) |
| Department |
Natural Sciences (Interdepartmental Program) |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Madden, James |
Committee Chair |
| Mathews, Robert |
Committee Member |
| Neubrander, Frank |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- stereotype threat effects
- recursive cycles
- middle school math
- gender performance gap
- stereotype threat
- values affirmation
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| Date of Defense |
2012-07-13 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
Stereotype threat is a situational concern in which persons have uneasiness or worries about confirming a negative presumption about their social group. This apprehension affects the performance of those suffering this threat in recursive cycles, causing continuing underperformance in the threatened domain. This document reviews the research on stereotype threat, its causes, characteristics and effects, and describes how stereotype threat affects learning and undermines academic performance. Attention is focused on the role that stereotype threat plays in the underachievement of females in mathematics. A report on an experiment that attempted to reduce math-related stereotype threat among middle school females is included.
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