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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Gender gaps"”.
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Motivational processes underlying gender gaps in school engagement and achievement
… in secondary school. Yet efforts to close the gender gap may not be successful until we gain a precise understanding of the mechanisms contributing to the gender gap. This thesis presents three studies (N = 1,668) to unpack the motivational processes underlying the gender gap in school …
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A scopic review of gender gaps in STEM studies in Bangladesh and Pakistan
This paper will explore gender differences in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education and careers in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and question why women continue to be underrepresented in these areas. It examines structural, cultural, and institutional constraints restricting …
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The roots of gender gaps: investigating the development of gender stereotypes about intelligence
… than boys to believe that members of their gender are “really, really smart” – a child-friendly way of referring to brilliance (Studies 1 and 2). Also at 6, girls begin to shy away from novel activities said to be for children who are “really, really smart” (Studies 3 and 4). Moreover, this …
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Gender gaps in administrative positions: the case of educational institutions in Lusaka district, Zambia.
The vision of the National Gender Policy (NGP) was to achieve gender equity at all levels of decision- making in the Zambian political economy. Institutions of higher learning occupy a very important role in the socio-economic development of Zambia and are critically affected by gender policy …
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Gender gaps in administrative positions: the case of educational institutions in Lusaka district, Zambia.
The vision of the National Gender Policy (NGP) was to achieve gender equity at all levels of decision- making in the Zambian political economy. Institutions of higher learning occupy a very important role in the socio-economic development of Zambia and are critically affected by gender policy …
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Many Gender Gaps: Intersectionality and Cross-Group Differences in Gender's Effect on Political Beliefs
… I set out to debunk the notion that the gender gap in political ideology is homogeneous across subpopulations. This idea is implicit in most of the otherwise exhaustive gender gap literature. Building on intersectionality theory I explore the many ways people are influenced by their other …
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Women with children first? Parenthood, policies, and gender gaps in three European labour markets
… progression of men marches on come fatherhood. Gender inequality in paid work persists despite institutional change aimed at mitigating it or curbing it altogether. Labour market and welfare institutions have variously departed from the family wage model once supporting male breadwinning through …
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It’s more than just ‘how women think’: explaining the nature and causes of gender gaps in political preferences
… from those of men, a phenomenon scholars call “gender gaps.” The collective opinions of women tend to favor social welfare policies and spending on these policies, while women oppose the use of force at home and abroad. Far from being inconsequential, empirical research indicates that these …
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Gender gaps in achievement with regard to mathematcis in Grade 12 with special reference to Mutshundudi Circuit, Limpopo-South Africa
… of this research is to investigate and address gender-based differences in the learning of Mathematics, the diffusion of research-based innovations, and extension services in education that will lead to a larger and more diverse learning of Mathematics by both genders. The research seeks t o …
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Gender gaps in School administrative positions: a comparative study of school administrators in selected rural and urban schools in Chilanga District. a qualitative studyDY
… work was a case study aimed at investigating gender gaps in school administrative positions in Chilanga district. Its main objective were to assess the gender gaps in school administrative positions with regards to rural and urban schools in Chilanga district. The literature reviewed showed …
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Gender gaps in School administrative positions: a comparative study of school administrators in selected rural and urban schools in Chilanga District. a qualitative studyDY
… work was a case study aimed at investigating gender gaps in school administrative positions in Chilanga district. Its main objective were to assess the gender gaps in school administrative positions with regards to rural and urban schools in Chilanga district. The literature reviewed showed …
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Gender and the HEXACO model of personality: Meta-analysis, measurement equivalence, and specification of agency as a core construct of investment
This paper summarizes gender gaps in the HEXACO six-factor model of personality, on the basis of Wood and Eagly’s (2012) biosocial construction theory of sex differences. A meta-analysis conducted for Study 1 (k = 78 samples, N = 135,959) shows that women tend to be notably higher than men on …
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Exploring the gender gap in Tanzanian secondary school mathematics classrooms
… which I established that there is a mathematics gender gap in Tanzanian secondary schools favoring males (Zilimu, 2009). The purpose of this case study was to explore the teachers’ perceptions of their teaching practices in classroom contexts and how their perceptions might perpetuate gender …
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Gender differences in agency and communion: A meta-analysis
The existence of gender gaps in agency and communion is commonly known, yet it remains unknown what the average magnitudes, stability (over time and developmental age), and variability (across cultures, sampling strategies, and measures) of these gender differences are. Leveraging social role …
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An international study of gender differences in mathematics achievement
This study examined gender-related issues in mathematics based on achievement data of Populations A and B from The Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS). The purposes of this study, which involved two Canadian educational systems and two Asian educational systems, were 1)to investigate …
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Girls can too : a qualitative single holistic case study exploring manufacturing as a career choice for recent high school female graduates in Central Louisiana.
… enhancing recruitment strategies, and bridging gender gaps to address these issues (Combs, 2019; Faitar & Faitar, 2013c; Manufacturing Institute [MI], 2022a; Skevi et al., 2014; Wang et al., 2017). To investigate the skill and gender gaps in manufacturing careers, I conducted a qualitative …
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The Effects of Gender and Implicit Theories on Science Achievement and Interest in Elementary-Aged Students
… scores on the implicit theories measure. No gender differences were observed in implicit theories of science ability or science interest. Females did evidence lower achievement in science than males. Implicit theories of science ability were significantly and positively correlated with …
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The gender diversity gap in mathematics
This paper documents gender gaps in mathematics performance and confidence among Chilean 10th graders, providing new evidence on transgender and non-binary students using longitudinal data that follows students from 4th to 10th grade. Using rich administrative data, we estimate within-school models …
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Exploring the status of African Women in the South African Labour Market 1995-2004
… inequalities associated with the trend like gender pay gaps. Secondly, gender wage differentials are scrutinized across the entire wage distribution in 1995, 1999 and 2004. The analysis utilises quantile regression estimation and counterfactual decomposition methods. This framework provides …
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Women's Rights in a Changing Climate: An Intersectional Analysis of Climate Change and Gender Inequality in Nigeria.
… in Nigeria where poverty and deep-rooted gender inequalities intersect. This dissertation explores how climate change affects women's socio-economic rights, through an intersectional feminist and human rights lens. This study examines how social identities like gender, class, and ethnicity …
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