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SUMMARY:ASSESSING THE GENDER GAPS IN MATHS COMPETENCE: AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT
  WE KNOWN FROM INVALSI DATA
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20230131T113000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20230131T121500Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260809T140834Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Stefania Mignani (Department of Statistical Sciences
 \, University of Bologna)\nAmongst the extensive research conducted in the
  context of gender gaps in educational context\, an issue that is frequent
 ly examined is the role of pre-university education and of the study of ST
 EM subjects\, in particular mathematics. The impact of how this discipline
  is taught\, along with the relative attitudes to and interest in this sub
 ject\, seem to be the main factors pushing young people\, and girls in par
 ticular\, away from the study of STEM subjects.\nIn Italy several studies 
 have been conducted to investigate the gender gap in mathematics using sta
 ndardized large-scale data from INVALSI tests.\nThe presentation will disc
 uss a review on recent learning results in mathematics of young Italian st
 udents  both in a cross sectional context and in a longitudinal perspectiv
 e.\nFor cross-sectional data the focusing on the differences in top and lo
 w performances may confirm or not whether the gender differences are more 
 evident within groups of students characterize by different achievement le
 vel.\nThe cross-section analyses provide only snapshots of the level of co
 mpetencies acquired at a specific grade in a given year. On the contrary\,
  a longitudinal approach could evaluate how the performances change over t
 ime.\nBesides\, INVALSI makes data available including not only the test r
 esponses\, but also a set of variables dealing with socio-demographic and 
 economic characteristics\, the educational path and\, for some grades\, st
 udent self-reported information about individual and emotional aspects. In
  the literature\, an interesting issue deals with the emotional aspects in
 duced by the test administration. The emotional component behaviour can pa
 rtially explain the gender gap performance.\nThe results of the illustrate
 d studies offer room to enrich the debate around the international recomme
 ndations to promote gender equality in education by ensuring equal opportu
 nities in making educational choices between boys and girls and making the
  study of STEM subjects equally inclusive and attractive\n\nhttps://indico
 .unina.it/event/60/contributions/637/
LOCATION:Complesso S. Marcellino e Festo G4
URL:https://indico.unina.it/event/60/contributions/637/
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