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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear GSOE Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We would like to announce the Ph.D. defense for Meaghan McMurran. Graduate students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.
<b>Please note: participants are expected to utilize video, but mute audio on Zoom.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Date:</b> Tuesday, December 15, 2020<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Time:</b> 1:00 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Zoom Information:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/99947244349">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/99947244349</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Chairperson:</b> Kinnari Atit<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Title:</b> <b> </b>Gender Differences in Confidence, Calibration, and Willingness to Share Problem Solutions in Math<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Abstract:</b> 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Heather Killeen (she/her/hers)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Graduate Program Coordinator
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Graduate School of Education<br>
University of California, Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1207 Sproul Hall
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Riverside, CA 92521<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Email:
</span><a href="mailto:heather.killeen@ucr.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">heather.killeen@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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