The premise of the goal congruity perspective is that individuals seek to enter and engage in
roles that fulfill their valued goals. Two steps are fundamental: First, the social structure …

The current research examined whether life sciences vs. engineering/physical sciences vary
in the visibility and value of communality and agency. Overall, we find an emphasis on …

There is no doubt that connections with other people motivate behavior; yet science is
stereotyped as being lonely work devoid of communal connections. Drawing from self …

Perceiving roles as fulfilling goals offers motivational benefits to students, and yet the
features of individuals or contexts that align with seeing such role opportunities have not …

Four studies examine the faculty–student relationship as a mechanism through which
students ascertain their place in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) …

An abundance of research on self-determination theory has shown that satisfaction of basic
needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness among adolescents promotes the …

The current study explores the connection and affordances of talk and gesture in
collaborative science problem-solving activities using an emerging analytical approach. A …

Informed by goal congruity theory and emerging adulthood theory, this study examined
changes over time and gender differences in the importance that college STEM majors …

Scientists increasingly seek to respond to urgent calls for equity in science but may be
unsure how to engage with underserved public groups. Prisons, jails, and detention centers …

Past work suggests that enhancing early college engineering experiences to highlight how
engineering affords communal goals may improve engineering retention, particularly for …