Predicting STEM major choice: A machine learning classification and regression tree approach

CN Chang, S Lin, OM Kwok, GK Saw - Journal for STEM Education …, 2023 - Springer
Despite the increasing demand for professionals in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM), only a small portion of young people in the USA pursue a …

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 …

Understanding determinants for STEM major choice among students beginning community college

CA Evans, R Chen, RP Hudes - Community College Review, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This study explored how high school and postsecondary academic parameters
may relate to the choice of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) …

Beyond student factors: A study of the impact on STEM career attainment

T Ketenci, A Leroux, M Renken - Journal for STEM Education Research, 2020 - Springer
Despite great institutional efforts to recruit students, including those from underrepresented
groups, into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pipeline, the …

Who Will Declare a STEM Major? The Role of Achievement and Interests. ACT Research Report Series 2017-4.

J Radunzel, K Mattern, P Westrick - ACT, Inc., 2017 - ERIC
As new initiatives and programs are being increasingly implemented to promote STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) interest and participation among US …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic literature review: Recent techniques of predicting STEM stream students

N Ismail, UK Yusof - Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, fewer students are choosing to enroll in STEM (science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics) fields. STEM students in schools and in higher educational …

Kinks in the STEM pipeline: Tracking STEM graduation rates using science and mathematics performance

A Redmond‐Sanogo, J Angle… - School Science and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In an effort to maintain the global competitiveness of the United States, ensuring a strong
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce is essential. The …

Collective effects of individual, behavioral, and contextual factors on high school students' future STEM career plans

A Sahin, A Ekmekci, HC Waxman - International Journal of Science and …, 2018 - Springer
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 …

College major choice in STEM: Revisiting confidence and demographic factors

MW Moakler Jr, MM Kim - The Career Development Quarterly, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Using national freshman survey data, the authors examined confidence and background
variables (eg, gender, minority status, parental occupation) as predictors of science …

Determining the effects of pre-college STEM contexts on STEM major choices in 4-year postsecondary institutions using multilevel structural equation modeling

A Lee - Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education …, 2013 - docs.lib.purdue.edu
Many STEM studies have focused on traditional learning contexts, such as math-and
science-related learning factors, as pre-college learning predictors for STEM major choices …