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Predicting How Science Self-Efficacy and Identity Contributes to Postsecondary STEM Degree Selection
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Hayes, Bo Jason – ProQuest LLC, 2023
One of the earliest indications that a student may be interested in STEM paths is the students' own self-efficacy for science as well as how they may see themselves in a STEM career as part of their science self-identity (Schlegel et al., 2019). Currently, there is a need to contribute to research that can assist agencies such as the National…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, STEM Education, Self Concept, STEM Careers
Examining the Associations between Parental Socialization and Science Motivation in Rural African American Adolescents: A Study of Expectancy-Value Theory
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Mills, Daphne Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Science and engineering careers have grown at an exponential rate during the past half century and are expected to constitute one-third of all new jobs by 2024 (National Science Board [NSB], 2018). Yet, African Americans are largely underrepresented in science and engineering careers, comprising less than 5% of the science and engineering labor…
Descriptors: Socialization, African American Students, Science Careers, Disproportionate Representation
Access to School Counseling and the Connection to Postsecondary STEM Outcomes
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Brookover, Dana L. – Professional Counselor, 2021
Access to school counseling services leads to access to college-readiness counseling initiatives, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education-focused counseling for students. School counselor caseload and percentage of time spent on college-readiness counseling were analyzed in relation to longitudinal STEM…
Descriptors: School Counseling, College Readiness, STEM Education, School Counselors
Examining High School Students' Gendered Beliefs about Math: Predictors and Implications for Choice of STEM College Majors
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Riegle-Crumb, Catherine; Peng, Menglu – Sociology of Education, 2021
Utilizing the High School Longitudinal Study, a nationally representative sample of U.S. high school students, this study investigates the factors that predict different beliefs about gendered math ability and the potential consequences for students' choices to enter gender-segregated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors…
Descriptors: High School Students, Adolescents, Beliefs, Gender Issues