Journal ArticleDOI
Why Students Choose STEM Majors Motivation, High School Learning, and Postsecondary Context of Support
TLDR
In this article, a conceptual framework for understanding the entrance into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors by recent high school graduates attending 4-year institutions was proposed.Abstract:
This study draws upon social cognitive career theory and higher education literature to test a conceptual framework for understanding the entrance into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors by recent high school graduates attending 4-year institutions. Results suggest that choosing a STEM major is directly influenced by intent to major in STEM, high school math achievement, and initial postsecondary experiences, such as academic interaction and financial aid receipt. Exerting the largest impact on STEM entrance, intent to major in STEM is directly affected by 12th-grade math achievement, exposure to math and science courses, and math self-efficacy beliefs—all three subject to the influence of early achievement in and attitudes toward math. Multiple-group structural equation modeling analyses indicated heterogeneous effects of math achievement and exposure to math and science across racial groups, with their positive impact on STEM intent accruing most to White students and least ...read more
Citations
More filters
Assessing stem literacy in an informal learning environment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed psychometric techniques and discourse analysis to answer the overarching research question: How can STEM literacy amongst middle school students be assessed in the context of a summer STEM camp?
Exploring Historically Black College and universities' ethos of racial uplift: STEM students' challenges and institutions' practices for cultivating learning and persistence in STEM
TL;DR: Gasman et al. as mentioned in this paper conducted a case study of STEM education at four HBCUs and found that these services make a meaningful difference in the achievement of students in STEM by providing them with sound relationships and effective study skills, embedded within a culture of family, that help them overcome the challenges associated with the gateway courses.
Journal ArticleDOI
Who is a scientist? The relationship between counter-stereotypical beliefs about scientists and the STEM major intentions of Black and Latinx male and female students
TL;DR: For example, the authors employed an intersectional lens to examine whether the prevalence of counter-stereotypical views of scientists, and the association such views have on subsequent intentions to pursue STEM college majors, varies among students from different gender and racial/ethnic groups (e.g., Black female students, Latinx male students).
Journal ArticleDOI
A longitudinal study of psychological needs satisfaction, value, achievement, and elective music intentions:
TL;DR: In this paper, a study aimed to explain motivational factors that influence students' intentions to continue studying music in high school and their achievement in high-school music, and the participants were 180 participants.
Journal ArticleDOI
Are 2-Year Colleges the Key? Institutional Variation and the Gender Gap in Undergraduate STEM Degrees
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) higher education has rarely considered 2-year colleges, despite the fact that most enrollees are women.
References
More filters
Book
Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling
TL;DR: The book aims to provide the skills necessary to begin to use SEM in research and to interpret and critique the use of method by others.
Book
Structural Equation Modeling With Mplus: Basic Concepts, Applications, And Programming
TL;DR: Structural Equation Models: The Basics using the EQS Program and testing for Construct Validity: The Multitrait-Multimethod Model and Change Over Time: The Latent Growth Curve Model.
Book
Structural equation modeling with AMOS: basic concepts, applications, and programming
TL;DR: In this article, the EQS program is used to test the factorial verifiability of a theoretical construct and its invariance to a Causal Structure using the First-Order CFA model.
Book
Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory
TL;DR: In this paper, models of Human Nature and Casualty are used to model human nature and human health, and a set of self-regulatory mechanisms are proposed. But they do not consider the role of cognitive regulators.
Journal ArticleDOI
Power analysis and determination of sample size for covariance structure modeling.
TL;DR: In this article, a framework for hypothesis testing and power analysis in the assessment of fit of covariance structure models is presented, where the value of confidence intervals for fit indices is emphasized.