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ERIC Number: EJ1021887
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
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Students' Preconceptions and Perceptions of Science-Oriented Studies
Korpershoek, Hanke; Kuyper, Hans; Bosker, Roel; van der Werf, Greetje
International Journal of Science Education, v35 n14 p2356-2375 2013
Do non-science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students' views about STEM studies correspond with how STEM students actually perceive these studies? This paper deals with this issue by comparing higher education students' attitudes towards STEM studies between those who actually did a STEM study and those who did not. The attitudes of the first category of students have been referred to as perceptions and the attitudes of the second category as preconceptions. The study included 1,935 students in higher education. The results confirm both small and large differences between the preconceptions and perceptions, and show significant differences between suitably qualified students (i.e. eligible for STEM studies) and other students. At the end of this paper, we will discuss the implications of this study for future research and offer some suggestions for practice.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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