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Peer reviewedKelly, Alison – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1988
High school students were asked to identify the factors that influenced their school subject choice. Both sexes named the same influences. Detailed analyses of subject choices in physics and technical craft are presented and support from parents, teachers, and friends are cited as the strongest predictors of choice. (CW)
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Enrollment Influences, Females, Males
