ERIC Number: EJ1100574
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0046-1520
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STEM Motivation Interventions for Adolescents: A Promising Start, but Further to Go
Rosenzweig, Emily Q.; Wigfield, Allan
Educational Psychologist, v51 n2 p146-163 2016
One way to increase students' participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields is to target their motivation. Researchers have conducted a growing number of interventions addressing students' motivation in STEM; however, this body of work has not been adequately reviewed. We systematically reviewed experimental and quasi-experimental studies (n = 53) targeting adolescent students' motivation for STEM subjects. While some interventions showed positive effects on a variety of motivational constructs and academic outcomes, others showed mixed or non-significant effects. We recommend that researchers more frequently examine moderating variables that might limit interventions' results, including individual-level variables such as gender, contextual-level variables such as the subject in which an intervention was conducted, and design-level variables such as intervention length. Additionally, researchers might better align their interventions with motivation theory. Future research should address these limitations so that the results of successful interventions can better inform educational policy and practice.
Descriptors: STEM Education, Intervention, Adolescents, Student Motivation, Science Interests, Literature Reviews, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Goal Orientation, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Age Differences, Intellectual Disciplines, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Educational Practices, Effect Size
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: DGE1322106