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Peer reviewedNauta, Margaret M.; Epperson, Douglas L.; Waggoner, Kathleen M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Explores the influence of attributional style on women's persistence in engineering majors after controlling for academic ability. Female students (n=255) previously or currently enrolled in an engineering program completed measures assessing their attributions for science, mathematics, and engineering academic events, and thoughts of changing…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Engineering Education, Females, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDeboer, George E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1984
Determined importance of transition between a student's initial collegiate science experience and the decision to continue in science, and whether reasons students give to explain their success or failure in their first course are related to that decision. Results demonstrate a sense of competence for students who continue in science. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attribution Theory, College Science, Higher Education
