Using national freshman survey data, the authors examined confidence and background
variables (eg, gender, minority status, parental occupation) as predictors of science …

Objective: This study explored how high school and postsecondary academic parameters
may relate to the choice of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) …

This study draws upon social cognitive career theory and higher education literature to test a
conceptual framework for understanding the entrance into science, technology, engineering …

The purpose of this study is to investigate how students' high school experience, math and
science efficacy, and student, parent, and teacher expectations affect their plans for college …

This study examined how various individual, family, and school level contextual factors
impact the likelihood of planning to major in one of the science, technology, engineering, or …

This study examined the demographic, pre-college, environmental, and college factors that
impact students' interests in and decisions to earn a science, technology, engineering, or …

Purpose of the study Previous literature has examined the relationship between high school
students' postsecondary STEM major choices and their prior interest and perceived ability in …

A shortage of female and minority students pursuing science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) careers has prompted researchers and policy makers to examine the …

Background A sample of 1448 students in grades 7 and 9 was drawn from public schools in
Atlantic Canada to explore students' knowledge of science and mathematics requirements …

This study identifies factors that are significantly related to student intentions to enter
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations by age 30, and …