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WOMEN’S SELF-EFFICACY PERCEPTIONS IN MATHEMATICS AND
SCIENCE: INVESTIGATING USC-MESA STUDENTS
by
Rebecca Cheng-Shun Hong
______________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2009
Copyright 2009 Rebecca Cheng-Shun Hong
Object Description
| Title | Women's self-efficacy perceptions in mathematics and science: investigating USC-MESA students |
| Author | Hong, Rebecca Cheng-Shun |
| Author email | rebhong@gmail.com; rhong@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-03-05 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-04-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Jun, Alexander |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Tobey, Patricia Venegas, Kristan |
| Abstract | This study is an investigation into female high school seniors in the USC-MESA program and how the role of self-efficacy perceptions in mathematics and science relates to their college major choice. Bandura's theory on self-efficacy provides the backdrop for this study. This study is qualitative and takes an ethnographic approach incorporating 23 interviews, 2 focus groups, 49.5 hours of observation, and document analysis. Results show that female high school seniors participating in the USC-MESA program demonstrate a strong self-efficacy perception in mathematics and science through their academic choices and pursuits in high school and beyond. This finding confirms a linear approach in understanding how courses taken in high school contribute to the trajectory of college academic choices. It also challenges the theory of self-efficacy in math and science to examine historically underrepresented populations in the field and the external factors that play a key role in their persistence to pursue STEM fields in college and beyond. |
| Keyword | pre-college program; self-efficacy; mathematics; science; STEM |
| Geographic subject | educational facilities: University of Southern California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2048 |
| Rights | Hong, Rebecca Cheng-Shun |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Hong-2721 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Hong-2721.pdf |
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| Full text | WOMEN’S SELF-EFFICACY PERCEPTIONS IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE: INVESTIGATING USC-MESA STUDENTS by Rebecca Cheng-Shun Hong ______________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2009 Copyright 2009 Rebecca Cheng-Shun Hong |
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