Social Forces Shape Math Attitudes and Performance
In: Signs: journal of women in culture and society, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 367-380
ISSN: 1545-6943
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In: Signs: journal of women in culture and society, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 367-380
ISSN: 1545-6943
In: Child abuse & neglect: the international journal ; official journal of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Band 19, Heft 12, S. 1443-1456
ISSN: 1873-7757
In: Current theory and research in motivation 40
In: Social development, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 165-181
ISSN: 1467-9507
AbstractThis study examined the development of baserate estimation skills for everyday social events and attitudes. Subjects in grades one, three, and six responded to questions concerning their own rates of behavior and attitudes, and their estimates of baserates of behaviors and attitudes for their classmates. The findings indicate a general increase in accuracy for the estimation of baserates throughout the elementary school years. In addition, younger subjects were less likely to make similar estimates for themselves and their classmates than were older respondents. Developmental changes in estimation accuracy are discussed in relation to task content, use of the response scale, correspondence between self‐reports and estimates, and sample variability.