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Avner Caspi; Paul Gorsky – International Journal of STEM Education, 2024
We tested the broad generality of a model for predicting 9th-10th grade students' STEM career expectations by age 30, focusing on hard science, mathematics and engineering professions only, known for driving innovation, research and development. The model's predictors included "motivation to learn mathematics", "gender", and…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Motivation, Gender Differences, Classroom Environment
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Šerek, Jan; Machackova, Hana – Applied Developmental Science, 2019
This study examined the effects of school climate (open classroom and positive student relationships) and personality dispositions (shyness and need for cognition) on adolescents' political self-efficacy. Data were collected in 2014 from 1,954 Czech ninth- and tenth-graders (mean age = 15.60). A multilevel analysis showed that school-level…
Descriptors: Role, Educational Environment, Personality, Adolescents