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Alvin Christian; Matthew Ronfeldt; Basit Zafar – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
We survey undergraduate students at a large public university to understand the pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors driving their college major and career decisions with a focus on K-12 teaching. While the average student reports there is a 6% chance they will pursue teaching, almost 27% report a nonzero chance of working as a teacher in the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), Occupational Aspiration, Career Choice
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Athamanah, Lindsay S.; Fisher, Marisa H.; Sung, Connie; Han, Jinny E. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
Peer mentoring programs provide an opportunity for individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to learn, socialize, and work together in supportive and inclusive environments. In this study, we used a phenomenological research design to explore the impact of a college campus-based peer mentoring program on the…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Mentors, Program Effectiveness, Intellectual Disability
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Lazarides, Rebecca; Dicke, Anna-Lena; Rubach, Charlott; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Four topics were investigated in this longitudinal person-centered study: (a) profiles of subjective task values and ability self-concepts of adolescents in the domain of mathematics, (b) the stability of and changes to the profiles of motivational beliefs from Grade 7 to 12, (c) the relation of changes to student-perceived classroom…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment
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Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Wang, Ming-Te – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
Drawing on Eccles' expectancy-value model of achievement-related choices, we examined the personal aptitudes and motivational beliefs at 12th grade that move individuals toward or away from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations at age 29. In the first set of analyses, occupational and lifestyle values, math ability…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Grade 12, Gender Differences, High School Students
BJORK, CLARENCE M.; STORDAHL, KALMER E. – 1966
IN 1960, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN BEGAN ITS OWN PROGRAM LEADING TO A MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE. THE FOLLOWUP STUDY, CONDUCTED IN 1965 TO ASSESS THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS, COVERED GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GRADUATES, THEIR EDUCATIONAL HISTORY AND EMPLOYMENT, AND THEIR EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS PRETESTED WITH 30 OF…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Background
American Association for Agricultural Education. – 1999
The following are among the 47 papers included: "Academic Performance and Retention of College of Agriculture Students" (Garton, Dyer, King); "Perceptions of Recent Graduates and Employers about Undergraduate Programs in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University" (Heyboer, Suvedi);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Adult Education, Agricultural Education