- General preferences
- Life values
- Personal views/beliefs
- Differences in academic strengths
- Differences in attitude

Proximal Factors that Influence Gender Gap in STEM  Education

- Societal gender equality level
- Overall Life Satisfaction (OLS)
- Familial influence 

Distal Social Factors that Influence Gender Gap in STEM Education

- Distal social factors
- Proximal factors


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Gender Gap in STEM Education

Stoet, G., & Geary, D. C. (2018). The Gender-Equality Paradox in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education. Psychological Science, 29(4), 581-593. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617741719

The gender-equality paradox in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education

- Gender Gap in Computer Science Education
- Gender Gap in Mathematics
- Gender Gap in Physics
- Gender Gap in Science

Gender Gap in STEM Education - by Discipline

- Women are more likely to leave the STEM majors than men. 
- Most undergraduate students leave STEM within the first two years of their degree. 
- Early research shows that negative classroom culture is the cause of why so many students leave the major. Negative classroom culture: poorly teaching styles and highly competitive environment, which therefore lead to a loss of interest in STEM and eventually causes them to leave the major (Seymour 1995). 
- However, the social cognitive career theory found that loss of interest is not a cause of negative classroom culture, rather it is influenced by the students' confidence in the ability to succeed in STEM (self-efficacy) and their outcome expectations. 

Reasons why students leave STEM majors

This node categorizes academic literature, reports, and studies related to the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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