Impact of math self-efficacy, math anxiety, and growth mindset on math and science career interest for middle school students: The gender moderating effect

• Autores: Xiaoxia Huang, Jie Zhang, Laura Hudson
• Localización: European Journal of Psychology of Education, ISSN-e 1878-5174, ISSN 0256-2928, Vol. 34, Nº 3, 2019, págs. 621-640
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1007/s10212-018-0403-z
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Dialnet Métricas: 4 Citas
• Resumen

  • This study tested a proposed model consisting of mathematics anxiety, mathematics self-efficacy, and implicit theories of intelligence in predicting mathematics and science career interest in middle school students, while controlling for student math level. One hundred fifty-two seventh-grade students in a middle school in the USA participated in the study. Results revealed both similarities and differences on the relation among the intended variables by gender. The path analyses showed that, for boys, mathematics self-efficacy mediated the relation between implicit theories of intelligence and mathematics and science career interest. In addition, student mathematics level exerted a direct impact on mathematics anxiety, growth mindset, and career interest for boys. For girls, mathematics anxiety exerted a direct impact on their career interest. Implications of the results are discussed.

• Referencias bibliográficas
  • Abdullah, M. N. L. Y. (2008). Children’s implicit theories of intelligence: its relationships with self-efficacy, goal orientations, and self-regulated...
  • Ahmavaara, A., & Houston, D. M. (2007). The effects of selective schooling and self-concept on adolescents’ academic aspiration: an examination...
  • Akin, A., & Kurbanoglu, I. (2011). The relationships between math anxiety, math attitudes, and self-efficacy: a structural equation model....
  • Ashcraft, M. H. (2002). Math anxiety: personal, educational, and cognitive consequences. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11(5),...
  • Ashcraft, M. H., & Krause, J. A. (2007). Working memory, math performance, and math anxiety. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14(2),...
  • Bandura, A. (1986). Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
  • Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: Freeman.
  • Beilock, S. L., & Willingham, D. T. (2014). Math anxiety: Can teachers help students reduce it? American Educator, Summer, 28–33.
  • Beilock, S. L., Gunderson, E. a., Ramirez, G., & Levine, S. C. (2010). Female teachers’ math anxiety affects girls’ math achievement....
  • Betz, N. E. (1978). Prevalence, distribution, and correlates of math anxiety in college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 25(5),...
  • Betz, N. E. (2006). Basic issues and concepts in the career development and counseling of women. In W. B. Walsh & M. J. Heppner (Eds.),...
  • Betz, N. E., & Hackett, G. (1983). The relationship of mathematics self-efficacy expectations to the selection of science-based college...
  • Bieg, M., Goetz, T., Wolter, I., & Hall, N. C. (2015). Gender stereotype endorsement differentially predicts girls’ and boys' trait-state...
  • Blackwell, L. S., Trzesniewski, K. H., & Dweck, C. S. (2007). Implicit theories of intelligence predict achievement across an adolescent...
  • Blazer, C. (2011). Strategies for reducing math anxiety. Information Capsule, 1102(September).
  • Bråten, I., & Strømsø, H. I. (2005). The relationship between epistemological beliefs, implicit theories of intelligence, and self-regulated...
  • Brown, P. L., Concannon, P., Marx, D., Donaldson, W., & Black, A. (2016). An examination of middle school students’ STEM self-efficacy...
  • Burkley, M., Parker, J., Stermer, S. P., & Burkley, E. (2010). Trait beliefs that make women vulnerable to math disengagement. Personality...
  • Butz, A. R., & Usher, E. L. (2015). Salient sources of early adolescents’ self-efficacy in two domains. Contemporary Educational Psychology,...
  • Carey, E., Hill, F., Devine, A., & Szücs, D. (2016). The chicken or the egg? The direction of the relationship between mathematics anxiety...
  • Catsambis, S. (1994). The path to math: gender and racial-ethnic differences in mathematics participation from middle school to high school....
  • Chipman, S. F., Krantz, D. H., & Silver, R. (1992). Mathematics anxiety and science careers among able college women. Psychological Science,...
  • Chiu, L., & Henry, L. L. (1990). Development and validation of the mathematics anxiety scale for children. Measurement and Evaluation...
  • Davis, J. L., Burnette, J. L., Allison, S. T., & Stone, H. (2011). Against the odds: academic underdogs benefit from incremental theories....
  • Devine, A., Fawcett, K., Szűcs, D., & Dowker, A. (2012). Gender differences in mathematics anxiety and the relation to mathematics performance...
  • Dweck, C. S. (1999). Self-theories: their role in motivation, personality and development. Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.
  • Dweck, C. S. (2007). Boosting achievement with messages that motivate. Education Canada, 47(2), 6–10.
  • Dweck, C. S. (2008a). Mindset: the new psychology of success. New York: Random House, Inc..
  • Dweck, C. S. (2008b). Mindsets: how praise is harming youth and what can be done about it. School Library Media Activities Monthly, 24(5),...
  • Dweck, C. S. (2008c). Mindsets and math/science achievement. New York, NY: Carnegie Corp. of New York–Institute for Advanced Study Commission...
  • Eccles, J. S., & Wigfield, A. (2002). Motivational beliefs, values, and goals. Annual Review of Psychology, 53(1), 109–132.
  • Eden, C., Heine, A., & Jacobs, A. M. (2013). Mathematics anxiety and its development in the course of formal schooling — a review. Psychology,...
  • Erikson, E. (1997). The life cycle completed. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.
  • Fouad, N. a., & Smith, P. L. (1996). A test of a social cognitive model for middle school students: math and science. Journal of Counseling...
  • Frost, L. A., Hyde, J. S., & Fennema, E. (1994). Gender, mathematics performance, and mathematics-related attitudes and affect: a meta-analytic...
  • Geist, E. (2010). The anti-anxiety curriculum: combating math anxiety in the classroom. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 37(1), 24–31.
  • Griggs, M. S., Patton, C. L., Rimm-Kaufman, S. E., & Merritt, E. G. (2013). The responsive classroom approach and fifth grade students’...
  • Hackett, G. (1985). Role of mathematics self-efficacy in the choice of math-related majors of college women and men: a path analysis. Journal...
  • Hackett, G., & Betz, N. E. (1989). An exploration of the mathematics self-efficacy/mathematics performance correspondence. Journal for...
  • Hembree, R. (1990). The nature, effects, and relief of mathematics anxiety. Journal of Research in Mathematics Education, 21(1), 33–46.
  • Hill, C., Corbett, C., & Rose, A. S. (2010). Why so few? Women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Washington DC: AAUW.
  • Huang, C. (2012). Gender differences in academic self-efficacy: a meta-analysis. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 28(1), 1–35....
  • Jacobs, J. E. (2005). Twenty-five years of research on gender and ethnic differences in math and science career choices: what have we learned?...
  • Jourden, F., Bandura, A., & Banfield, J. (1991). The impact of conceptions of ability on self-regulatory factors and motor skill acquisition....
  • Kamins, M. L., & Dweck, C. S. (1999). Person versus process praise and criticism: implications for contingent self-worth and coping. Developmental...
  • Lent, R. W., Lopez, F. G., & Bieschke, K. J. (1991). Mathematics self-efficacy: sources and relation to science-based career choice. Journal...
  • Lent, R. W., Brown, S. D., & Hackett, G. (1994). Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice, and...
  • Lindberg, S. M., Hyde, J. S., Petersen, J. L., & Linn, M. C. (2010). New trends in gender and mathematics performance: a meta-analysis....
  • Lopez, F. G., & Lent, R. W. (1992). Sources of mathematics self-efficacy in high school students. Career Development Quarterly, 41(1),...
  • Madjar, N., Zalsman, G., Weizman, A., Lev-Ran, S., & Shoval, G. (2016). Predictors of developing mathematics anxiety among middle-school...
  • Midgley, C., Maehr, M. L., Hruda, Ludmila Z. Anderman, Eric Anderman, Lynley Freeman, Kimberley E. Gheen, Margaret; Kaplan Avi; Kumar, Revathy...
  • Navarro, R. L., Flores, L. Y., & Worthington, R. L. (2007). Mexican American middle school students’ goal intentions in mathematics and...
  • Nugent, G., Barker, B., & Welch, G. (2014). A model of STEM learning and career orientation based on social cognitive theory. Proceedings...
  • Pajares, F. (1996). Self-efficacy beliefs in academic settings. Review of Educational Research, 66(4), 543–578. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543066004543.
  • Pajares, F. (2005). Gender differences in mathematics self-efficacy beliefs. In A. M. Gallagher & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), Gender differences...
  • Pajares, F., & Barich, J. (2005). Assessing mathematics self-efficacy: are skills-specific measures better than domain-specific measures...
  • Pajares, F., & Graham, L. (1999). Self-efficacy, motivation constructs, and mathematics performance of entering middle school students....
  • Pajares, F., & Kranzler, J. (1995). Self-efficacy beliefs and general mental ability in mathematical problem-solving. Contemporary Educational...
  • Pajares, F., & Miller, M. D. (1994). Role of self-efficacy and self-concept beliefs in mathematical problem solving: a path analysis....
  • Richardson, F. C., & Suinn, R. M. (1973). A comparison of traditional systematic desensitization, accelerated massed desensitization,...
  • Riegle-Crumb, C., Moore, C., & Ramos-Wada, A. (2011). Who wants to have a career in science or math? Exploring adolescents’ future aspirations...
  • Romero, C., Master, A., Paunesku, D., Dweck, C. S., & Gross, J. J. (2014). Academic and emotional functioning in middle school: the role...
  • Schumacker, R. E., & Lomax, R. G. (2016). A beginner’s guide to structural equation modeling (4th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Schunk, D. H., & Pajares, F. (2002). The development of academic self-efficacy. In A. Wigfield & J.Eccles (Ed.), Development of achievement...
  • Schwery, D., Hulac, D., & Schweinle, A. (2016). Understanding the gender gap in mathematics achievement: the role of self-efficacy and...
  • Seegers, G., & Boekaerts, M. (1996). Gender-related differences in self-referenced conditions in relation to mathematics. Journal of Research...
  • Tellhed, U., Bäckström, M., & Björklund, F. (2017). Will I fit in and do well? The importance of social belongingness and self-efficacy...
  • Tobias, S. (1993). Overcoming math anxiety: revised and expanded. New York, NY: WW Norton & Company.
  • Todor, I. (2014). Investigating “the old stereotype” about boys/girls and mathematics: gender differences in implicit theory of intelligence...
  • Toland, M. D., & Usher, E. L. (2016). Assessing mathematics self-efficacy: how many categories do we really need? Journal of Early Adolescence,...
  • Turner, S. L., & Lapan, R. T. (2005). Evaluation of an intervention to increase non-traditional career interests and career-related self-efficacy...
  • Turner, S. L., Steward, J. C., & Lapan, R. T. (2004). Family factors associated with sixth-grade adolescents’ math and science career...
  • Usher, E. L., & Pajares, F. (2009). Sources of self-efficacy in mathematics: aq validation study. Contemporary Educational Psychology,...
  • Verniers, C., & Martinot, D. (2015). Perception of students ’ intelligence malleability and potential for future success: unfavourable...
  • Wigfield, A., & Eccles, J. S. (2002). Students’ motivation during the middle school years. In J. Aronson (Ed.), Improving academic achievement:...
  • Wood, R., & Bandura, a. (1989). Impact of conceptions of ability on self-regulatory mechanisms and complex decision making. Journal of...
  • Young, A. J., & Urdan, T. C. (1993). The influence of perceived classroom goals and prior beliefs on aspects of student motivation. Poster...
  • Zeldin, A. L., Britner, S. L., & Pajares, F. (2008). A comparative study of the self-efficacy beliefs of successful men and women in mathematics,...