Stereotypes And Study Behavior

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There are lots of stereotypes built upon the topic of race, gender, and study, for instance, Asian are better at math compare to other races. We understand that stereotype and race affects each other, but we aren't trying to study these stereotypes or their accuracy, we are trying to understand the study habits. We believe race and gender can affect your decision and development of study habit. We came up with this research question " how does the interlocking forces of race and gender play a role in student study behavior at UCSB?". We are interested in seeing your identities' (race and gender) contribution in shaping your study behaviors. Like does it makes you stay at library longer? Does it makes you study in groups more? Does it affect

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