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Gender and Family Influences on Spanish Students' Aspirations and Values in STEM Fields
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Sáinz, Milagros; Müller, Jörg – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
Drawing on expectancy-value theory, this study examines gender and family influences on students' career aspirations and attached values. 796 secondary Spanish students (M age = 16 years old, S.D. = 0.81) participated. 53% were boys. The results show that boys and students with mothers who have completed intermediate level education were more…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Family Influence, STEM Education, Academic Aspiration
Perceived Faculty Support in Freshman Year Boosts First-Generation College Students' Belonging and Persistence in Science
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Lee, Garam; Curti, Christina; Zambrano, Jeanette; Muragishi, Gregg Abe; Thoman, Dustin – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Differences in family background and culture contribute to belonging concerns for first-generation students during their transition to college (Stephens et al., 2012; Harackiewicz et al., 2016). We investigated whether variability in students' on-campus experience, in particular perceived faculty support, in the first semester of college predicts…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Generation College Students, Cultural Influences, Family Characteristics
Assessing Student Behavior in Computer Science Education with an fsQCA Approach: The Role of Gains and Barriers
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Pappas, Ilias O.; Giannakos, Michail N.; Jaccheri, Letizia; Sampson, Demetrios G. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2017
This study uses complexity theory to understand the causal patterns of factors that stimulate students' intention to continue studies in computer science (CS). To this end, it identifies gains and barriers as essential factors in CS education, including motivation and learning performance, and proposes a conceptual model along with research…
Descriptors: Intention, Student Behavior, Computer Science Education, Barriers
Being a Teacher: Altruistic and Narcissistic Expectations of Pre-Service Teachers
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Friedman, Isaac A. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
The article focuses on investigating pre-service teachers' expectations of their future teaching career, in particular concerning teacher-student interrelations. In an attempt to comprehend why people choose teaching as a professional career, a conceptual model titled "Teachers" altruistic-narcissistic classroom expectations' was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Expectation
Factors That Promote Motivation and Academic Engagement in a Career Technical Education Context
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Loera, Gustavo; Nakamoto, Jonathan; Oh, Youn Joo; Rueda, Robert – Career and Technical Education Research, 2013
Drawing on social cognitive theory, this study examined the relationship between student and school-based factors (e.g., educational aspirations, quality of the program of study, and adults' impact on college enrollment) and students' academic engagement and satisfaction with student life in a career technical education (CTE) setting. This study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Predictor Variables, Student Motivation
Describing the Labor Sectors in Jordan--The Factors That Attract Employees from Graduated Students' Perspectives
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AL-Zou'bi, Dalal Mohamad – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2014
This study aimed at exploring perceptions of Jordanian graduating students for the factors that attract them in the work environment based on porter's theory in motivation. A Questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 807 graduating students at three universities. Means, Frequencies, Percentage, Variance analysis and chi-square test were used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Statistical Analysis, College Graduates