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SL Turner, EH McWhirter, H Lee… - The Counseling …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com

Barriers to STEM Efficacy and Outcome Expectations among Native American College Students.

Stem education interventions

Turner

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Native Americans are severely underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). In this study, we examined the construal, salience, and relevance of the barriers that Native American college students believe could impact their STEM career preparation. An exploratory factor analysis of the Perceptions of Educational Barriers Scale conducted with 152 Native American college students yielded 8 perceived barrier factors: school expensive, lack of access, lack of preparation, not smart enough, not good at …