[Gradstudents] Final Defense - Meaghan McMurran

[Heather Killeen]

Dear GSOE Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students,

We would like to announce the Ph.D. defense for Meaghan McMurran. Graduate students, faculty and staff are invited to attend. Please note: participants are expected to utilize video, but mute audio on Zoom.

Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm


Zoom Information: https://ucr.zoom.us/j/99947244349


Chairperson: Kinnari Atit

Title:  Gender Differences in Confidence, Calibration, and Willingness to Share Problem Solutions in Math

Abstract: This dissertation investigates gender differences in (1) retrospective (i.e., measured after task completion) item-specific confidence judgments, and whether these judgments were warranted. Of particular interest was whether gender interacts with problem difficulty to explain confidence, calibration (speaks to the accuracy of confidence judgments), and under/overconfidence.  Furthermore, it examines whether, after controlling for confidence, there are gender differences in students' willingness to share math problem solutions, and whether this relationship depends on problem difficulty.  This study analyzed confidence judgments and reports of willingness to share for 13 challenging math problems administered to 628 students enrolled in an undergraduate precalculus course. Results were that, compared to females, males tended to be more confident and more willing to share; however, as problem difficulty increased, the gender gap in confidence decreased. Females were found to be better calibrated than males, and this gap decreased with increasing problem difficulty. Additionally, the transition from easier to harder problems was accompanied by a transition from under- to over-confidence for females, but not males. Findings of this study have implications for how to support math learning for women and increase the participation of women in math-intensive STEM fields.

Best,

Heather Killeen (she/her/hers)
Graduate Program Coordinator
Graduate School of Education
University of California, Riverside
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Riverside, CA 92521
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