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Rebecca M. Adler; Mingkai Xu; Bethany Rittle-Johnson – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Background: To accurately measure students' science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) career interest, researchers must get inside the 'black box' to understand students' conceptualizations of STEM careers. Aims: The aim of Study 1 was to explore whether students' conceptualizations of STEM included medical careers. The aim of Study…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Student Interests, High School Students, Grade 10
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Richard J. Murnane; John B. Willett; Aubrey McDonough; John P. Papay; Ann Mantil – AERA Open, 2024
The labor-market payoff to workers with associate degrees in healthcare and STEM occupations is very high in Massachusetts. We examine whether this induced a growing proportion of students in MA community colleges (MACCs) to earn an associate degree (AD) in one of these fields. We do this by using multinomial logit analysis to compare trends…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Associate Degrees, Allied Health Occupations, STEM Careers
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Moore, Michelle B.; Karpinski, Aryn C.; Tsien, Fern – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2018
Since research shows that interactive prevention programs are more effective than didactic-based lectures, the current study examined the efficacy of an interactive substance abuse prevention program for adolescents. Participants completed pre- and post-surveys examining their substance use knowledge and program perceptions. The program included…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Prevention, High School Students, Program Effectiveness