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Abstract
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The research project investigates whether a role model intervention in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) could impact the educational aspirations and gender attitudes of South Tyrolean students. The experiment consists of a randomized control trial that will be implemented in lower and upper secondary schools through a series of school orientation videos. Randomly selected classes in the treatment group will be exposed to orientation videos featuring either female-only (treatment arm 1) or male-only (treatment arm 2) young STEM professionals, while the control group will view neutral school offerings videos. Besides surveys administered to students, teachers and parents, the effectiveness of the intervention will be also measured using the Implicit Association Test (IAT), a tool designed to uncover unconscious biases and measure the strength of automatic associations with gender and science. The study aims to assess students' aspirations and preferences, evaluate their behavioral engagement in STEM subjects and assess the pure gender effect on students when exposed to the same role model with gender being the only distinguishing factor.
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The research project investigates whether a role model intervention in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) could impact the educational aspirations and gender attitudes of students. The experiment consists of a randomized controlled trial that will be implemented in lower and upper secondary schools through a series of school orientation videos. Randomly selected classes in the treatment group will be exposed to orientation videos featuring either female-only (treatment arm 1) or male-only (treatment arm 2) young STEM professionals, while the control group will view neutral school offerings videos. Besides surveys administered to students, teachers and parents, the effectiveness of the intervention will be also measured using the Implicit Association Test (IAT), a tool designed to uncover unconscious biases and measure the strength of automatic associations with gender and science. The study aims to assess students' aspirations and preferences, evaluate their behavioral engagement in STEM subjects and assess the pure gender effect on students when exposed to the same role model with gender being the only distinguishing factor.
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