Conference Session

Assessment in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Weston Elliott, Colorado State University; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Pajares40 posit that females Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)students gain their self-efficacy through social persuasion and vicarious experience, whereasmales increase their self-efficacy through mastery experiences. Further, women in STEM fieldsrely on relationships to create and support their confidence to succeed in male-dominatedfields40. Both the present study and previous research in STEM education underscore the needfor effective interventions to increase self-efficacy among female students and thereby increaserecruitment and retention of females in construction management programs.Several potential interventions, as suggested by Lopez del Puerto, Guggemos and Shane,18 thatinfluence female student’s self-efficacy through