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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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Anna K. Nishen; Hannah Streck; Ursula Kessels; Ricarda Steinmayr – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Educational science has consistently examined what drives adolescents to aspire to occupations in math-related fields -- and which factors, such as gender stereotypes, may drive them away. In this study, we utilized a large longitudinal data set (N = 1,092) to test whether past grades, gender, and the math level of mothers' and fathers'…
Descriptors: Prediction, Occupational Aspiration, Mathematics Achievement, Grades (Scholastic)
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Büyükalan Filiz, Sevil; Çarkit, Ersoy; Bacanli, Feride – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2022
This study aims to reveal the metaphorical perceptions of Turkish high school students in rural area about the concepts of career, profession, and job. The participants consisted of 160 (82 females and 78 males) high school students in the rural area. Participants are 10th (n=65), 11th (n=40), and 12thgrade (n=55) students. In order to reveal the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Rural Areas
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Nino Javakhishvili; Marika Kapanadze; Lia Dzagania – Science Education International, 2024
The relevance of science education and its individual, societal, and vocational dimensions is important issues for the modern learning and teaching process in many countries. These dimensions are considered based on the data obtained from 1541 Georgian students. The study was conducted within the frames of the international ROSES project. The…
Descriptors: Relevance (Education), Science Education, Student Motivation, Student Interests
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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
MetLife, Inc., 2010
"The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Collaborating for Student Success (2009)" was conducted by Harris Interactive and is twenty-sixth in a series sponsored by MetLife since 1984 to give voice to those closest to the classroom. This "MetLife Survey" examines the views of teachers, principals and students about respective roles and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Public School Teachers, Academic Achievement