Gender-Specific Covariations between Competencies, Interest and Effort during Science Learning in Virtual Environments

Gender-Specific Covariations between Competencies, Interest and Effort during Science Learning in Virtual Environments

Women are still underrepresented in engineering courses although some German universities offer separate women’s engineering courses which include virtual STEM learning environments. To outline information about fundamental aspects relevant for virtual STEM learning, one has to reveal which similari...

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Main Authors: Eva Christophel, Wolfgang Schnotz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
virtual science learning environments
situational interest
mental effort
arithmetic-operative competences
strategic competences
facilitating function
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01681/full

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