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CR Starr, BR Anderson, KA Green - Journal of Science Education and …, 2019 - Springer

“I'ma Computer Scientist!”: virtual reality experience influences stereotype threat and STEM motivation among undergraduate women.

stem intervention research

Anderson, Starr

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Women are less likely to choose physical Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (pSTEM) majors, partly because a lack of role models makes it hard for women to imagine themselves as successful in those fields. Possible self-interventions can help people imagine themselves having a successful future. Using social cognitive theory and expectancy-value framework, the current study explored virtual reality (VR; HTC Vive) as a space for a possible self-intervention to decrease stereotype threat and increase pSTEM …

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