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A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Impact of College-Run Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Career Days on American Students' STEM Career Aspirations
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Joseph A. Kitchen; Michael S. Williams; Gerhard Sonnert; Philip Sadler – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
This quasi-experimental study examined the impact of participation in college-run STEM career days on American high school students' STEM career aspirations. Data were collected from a nationwide retrospective cohort survey of 15,847 U.S. college students who provided information about their experiences during high school. Accounting for…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Occupational Aspiration, STEM Careers, College School Cooperation
The Impact of High School Science Pedagogies on Students' STEM Career Interest and on Their Ratings of Teacher Quality
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Chen Chen; Tamer Said; Philip M. Sadler; Anthony Perry; Gerhard Sonnert – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
This study examines the often-heard assumption in science teaching that some pedagogies in science classrooms can serve a dual function--improve the student-perceived teacher quality and improve students' affinity to STEM professions. We asked 7507 freshmen from 40 colleges in the United States, selected in a stratified random procedure, to…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, STEM Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Science Instruction