Middle School girls’ self-efficacy and motivation toward Mathematics before and after attending an all-girls summer Mathematics camp

• Main Authors: WIEST, LYNDA R., CRAWFORD-FERRE, HEATHER G.
• Format: Online
• Language: English
• Published: Urray 2023
• Subjects: Professional identity, beliefs, representations, knowledge; Nature of science, COVID-19, socio-cultural embeddedness, tentativeness, creativity; Science education, chemistry, conceptions, teaching practices, atomic models; IBSE, primary school, Intentio, institutional science education project; Summer programs, females, Mathematics, middle school, motivation, self-efficacy

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of a five-day summer residential mathematics and technology program on the mathematics motivation and self-efficacy of 210 middle-grades girls who participated in this female-only event. Entrance measures and gain scores were examined for th...