A Nickerson, KH Collins - nagc.org

Nurturing Culturally-Responsive STEM Talent in Gifted Girls.

STEM and girls

Collins

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Excerpt

The Expectancy-Value Theory sugr gests that students are motivated tor ward academic tasks and disciplines in which they expect to succeed and find personal value. Therefore, it is important that teachers nurture gifted girls' confidence and interest through successful STEM experience early on to support talent development and persistence throughout the STEM pipeline. STEM talent is commonly associated with the technical skillset (eg, logical thinking, scientific literacy, domain-specific cognitive ability) der veloped as a result of …