Gender and numerical intelligence: Does motivation matter?

Examining the Relationship between Math Self‐Efficacy and Statistics Motivation in the Introductory Business Statistics Course: Self‐Compassion as a Mediator

“…This finding is consistent with previous research that suggest that men place more effort in solving mathematical problems and completing math-related tasks than do women (Skaalvik & Skaalvik, 2004;Steinmayr, Wirthwein, & Schöne, 2014). This study found that men reported higher statistics motivation levels than women in business statistics courses.…”

“…This study found that men reported higher statistics motivation levels than women in business statistics courses. This finding is consistent with previous research that suggest that men place more effort in solving mathematical problems and completing math-related tasks than do women (Skaalvik & Skaalvik, 2004;Steinmayr, Wirthwein, & Schöne, 2014). Similarly, males are more likely to be motivated to develop course goals that will lead to a higher performance in math courses in comparison to females (Eccles et al, 1993).…”

Explaining academic‐track boys’ underachievement in language grades: Not a lack of aptitude but students’ motivational beliefs and parents’ perceptions?

“…First, we tested whether task values, ASC, verbal intelligence, and parents’ perceptions of child's ability mediated the effect of gender on German grades in separate single‐mediator models (see Steinmayr, Wirthwein, & Schöne, ). Participants’ verbal intelligence was indicated by its three subscales.…”

The relation over time between achievement motivation and intelligence in young elementary school children: A latent cross-lagged analysis

“…It can be concluded from these results that current test motivation plays an important role in ability test performance, and poor test performance in a low-stakes setting cannot unambiguously be attributed to low ability alone (see Duckworth et al, 2011;Steinmayr et al, 2014). However, the question of whether motivational traits related to achievement and intellectual capacities are actually related with each other's development has hardly ever been investigated yet.…”

“…For instance, Steinmayr, Wirthwein, and Schöne (2014) showed that math test anxiety (among other emotional and motivational constructs) as measured by the Test Anxiety Inventory (Hodapp, Laux, & Spielberger, 1982) was related to numerical reasoning test performance.…”