JS Eccles, MT Wang - International Journal of Behavioral …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com

What motivates females and males to pursue careers in mathematics and science?.

Stem career interventions

Eccles, Wang

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Drawing on Eccles' expectancy-value model of achievement-related choices, we examined the personal aptitudes and motivational beliefs at 12th grade that move individuals toward or away from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations at age 29. In the first set of analyses, occupational and lifestyle values, math ability self-concepts, family demographics, and high school course-taking more strongly predicted both individual and gender differences in the likelihood of entering STEM careers than math scores on the …

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