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Helen Watt

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BIO

Helen M. G. Watt is Faculty at Monash University. She has previously served on the Faculties at the University of
Michigan, University of Western Sydney, University of Sydney, and Macquarie University. She received her BEd Honours in Educational Psychology from the University of Sydney in 1993, graduating with the University Medal. Her PhD also from the University of Sydney received the American Educational Research Association Division E 'Human Development' dissertation award in 2004 and the Division C 'Learning and Instruction' graduate student award in 2001. Her research interests include measurement, scale construction, motivation, self-concept, academic achievement, maths education, gendered occupational choices, socialisation of gender differences, motivations for teaching and teacher self-efficacy. 

EXPERTISE

Educational and Developmental Psychology
motivation
self-concept
maths education
gender studies
career and vocational choices
parent and school socialisation
teacher education
teacher self-efficacy

Research Methodology
measurement
scale construction
mixed methods
quantitative methodology 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (in review). Motivational factors influencing teaching as a career choice: Development and validation of the 'FIT-Choice' Scale. Journal of Educational Psychology.

Watt, H.M.G. (2006). The role of motivation in gendered educational and occupational trajectories related to math. In H.M.G. Watt & J.S. Eccles(Eds.). 'Understanding women's choice of mathematics and science related careers: Longitudinal studies from four countries'. Educational Research and Evaluation, 12(4).

* Hawkins, C.C., Watt, H.M.G., & Sinclair, K.E. (2006). Psychometric properties of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale in Australian adolescent girls: Clarification of multidimensionality and perfectionist typology. Educational and Psychological Measurement.

Richardson, P.W. & Watt, H.M.G. (2006). Who chooses teaching and why? Profiling characteristics and motivations across three Australian universities. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 34(1), 27-56.

Watt, H.M.G. (2005). Explaining gendered math enrollments for NSW Australian secondary school students. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 110 (Winter), 15-29.

Watt, H.M.G. (2005). Exploring adolescent motivations for pursuing maths-related careers. Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 4, 107-116.

Watt, H.M.G. (2005). Attitudes to the use of alternative assessment techniques in mathematics: A study with secondary mathematics teachers in Sydney, Australia. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 58(1), 21-44.

Richardson, P.W. & Watt, H.M.G. (2005). "I've decided to become a teacher": Influences on career change. Teaching and Teacher Education, 21, 475-489.

Watt, H.M.G. (2004). Development of adolescents' self perceptions, values and task perceptions according to gender and domain in 7th through 11th grade Australian students. Child Development, 75, 1556-1574.

* Cocks, R.J. & Watt, H.M.G. (2004). Relationships among perceived competence, intrinsic value and mastery goal orientation in English and Maths. Australian Educational Researcher, 31(2), 81-111.

Kritikos, V., Watt, H.M.G., Krass, I., Sainsbury, E.J., & Bosnic-Anticevich, S.Z. (2003). Pharmacy students' perceptions of their profession relative to other health care professions. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 11, 121-129.

Watt, H.M.G. (2002). Exploring adolescent personal and social gender stereotypes about maths: An explanation for continued gender differences in participation? Change: Transformations in Education, 5(2), 39-54.

Watt, H.M.G. (2000). Measuring attitudinal change in mathematics and English over the first year of junior high school: A multidimensional analysis. Journal of Experimental Education, 68, 331-361.

Watt, H.M.G. & Bornholt, L.J. (2000). Social categories and student perceptions in high school maths. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 1492-1503.

Dickson, J., Fleet, A., & Watt, H.M.G. (2000). Success or failure in a core University unit: What makes the difference? Higher Education Research and Development, 19, 59-73.

Hayes, A. & Watt, H.M.G. (1998). Work and family life: Contemporary realities, current expectations and future prospects. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 23(3), 33-39.

Watt, H.M.G. & Bornholt, L.J. (1994). Gendered perceptions of talent and planned participation in mathematics. Australian Journal of Career Development, 3(3),43-50.

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