The relationships among high school STEM learning experiences and students' intent to declare and declaration of a STEM major in college

MC Bottia, E Stearns, RA Mickelson… - Teachers College …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background/Context Schools are integral to augmenting and diversifying the science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This is because K–12 schools …

College student pathways to the STEM disciplines

ME Engberg, GC Wolniak - Teachers College Record, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background/Context As concerns mount about the shortage of students entering science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers, policy makers throughout the United …

Experiences and perceptions of STEM subjects, careers, and engagement in STEM activities among middle school students in the maritime provinces

TA Franz-Odendaal, K Blotnicky, F French… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
To enhance understanding of factors that might improve STEM career participation, we
assessed students' self-perceptions of competency and interest in science/math …

STEM‐focused high schools as a strategy for enhancing readiness for postsecondary STEM programs

B Means, H Wang, V Young, VL Peters… - Journal of Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The logic underlying inclusive STEM high schools (ISHSs) posits that requiring all students
to take advanced college preparatory STEM courses while providing student‐centered …

The effects of an afterschool STEM program on students' motivation and engagement

JR Chittum, BD Jones, S Akalin, ÁB Schram - International journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background One significant factor in facilitating students' career intentions and persistence
in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields is targeting their …

STEM focused extracurricular programs: who's in them and do they change STEM identity and motivation?

K Stringer, K Mace, T Clark… - Research in Science & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Middle school students elected to participate in science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) extracurricular programs (EPs). Researchers examined and …

The relationships among high school STEM learning experiences, expectations, and mathematics and science efficacy and the likelihood of majoring in STEM in …

A Sahin, A Ekmekci, HC Waxman - International Journal of Science …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines college students' science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) choices as they relate to high school experiences, parent, teacher, and self …

A model of factors contributing to STEM learning and career orientation

G Nugent, B Barker, G Welch… - … Journal of Science …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this research was to develop and test a model of factors contributing to
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning and career orientation …

Supporting the STEM pipeline: Linking applied STEM course-taking in high school to declaring a STEM major in college

MA Gottfried, R Bozick - Education Finance and Policy, 2016 - direct.mit.edu
Recently, through the support from the Obama administration, the traditional STEM curricula
(science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in high schools are being updated with …

Boosting the numbers of STEM majors? The role of high schools with a STEM program

MC Bottia, E Stearns, RA Mickelson… - Science …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This article investigates whether attending a high school that offers a specialized science,
technology, engineering, and/or mathematics program (high school with a STEM program) …