Development of STEM Vocational Interests During Elementary and Middle School: A Cohort-Sequential Longitudinal Study (CROSBI ID 303530)
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Babarović, Toni
engleski
Development of STEM Vocational Interests During Elementary and Middle School: A Cohort-Sequential Longitudinal Study
This study explains the development of science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) interest among elementary and middle schoolchildren. The cohort longitudinal design was applied, starting with three cohorts of students— fourth (10 years), fifth (11 years), and sixth (12 years) grade—followed for three consecutive years. A total of 947 pupils responded to general and specific STEM interest measures. The results show that the level of STEM interest of children is generally low. Gender differences in STEM interest in favor of boys are apparent in all STEM areas, except science. The observed gender gaps in interest over time are constant, except for a small increase in gender difference of engineering interest. The average rate of change of STEM interest over time is mostly insignificant. Large interindividual variability of interests’ scores and slopes indicates that the level of STEM interest and its change over time are highly individualized phenomena.
career aspirations, goals, choices, career interests, structure of interest, middle school students, longitudinal studies
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Podaci o izdanju
first online: Au
2021.
1-10
objavljeno
0894-8453
1556-0856
10.1177%2F08948453211036986