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K Miller, G Sonnert, P Sadler - International Journal of Science …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis

The influence of students' participation in STEM competitions on their interest in STEM careers.

NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics AND Program Evaluation

Miller, Sadler, Sonnert

GSID: QITXEYlk9yEJ

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Pre-college student participation in science fairs, robotics competitions, computing contests and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) competitions increases every year in the United States. This is despite the fact that little is known about the relationship between STEM competition participation and career interest in STEM. Through logistic regressions, this study addresses three main research questions: Controlling for student background variables and prior STEM career interest, does …

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