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Download full textApril H. Reed; Mark G. Angolia; Lyubov G. Sluder; Leslie R. Pagliari – Journal of Youth Development, 2022
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields have been traditionally entered by men, often establishing women as underrepresented in many of these fields. This research study focuses on participants at a STEM camp for middle- and high-school girls designed to introduce them to technology. The camp was held 4 times over 3 years, with…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation, Females, Camps
Direct linkSmith, Katie N. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
The teaching profession is facing difficulty recruiting and retaining talent in the U.S., especially in STEM subjects. This study identifies the key experiences that shaped the academic paths and career plans of 10 pre-service teachers in STEM education who are participating in a loan forgiveness programme in North Carolina. Using life history…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Preservice Teachers, STEM Education, Loan Repayment
Unfried, Alana; Faber, Malinda; Stanhope, Daniel S.; Wiebe, Eric – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2015
Using an iterative design along with multiple methodological approaches and a large representative sample, this study presents reliability, validity, and fairness evidence for two surveys measuring student attitudes toward science, technology, engineering, and math (S-STEM) and interest in STEM careers for (a) 4th- through 5th-grade students…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Student Attitudes, STEM Education, Test Construction
Means, Barbara; Wang, Haiwen; Wei, Xin; Lynch, Sharon; Peters, Vanessa; Young, Viki; Allen, Carrie – Science Education, 2017
Inclusive STEM high schools (ISHSs) (where STEM is science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) admit students on the basis of interest rather than competitive examination. This study examines the central assumption behind these schools--that they provide students from subgroups underrepresented in STEM with experiences that equip them…
Descriptors: STEM Education, High Schools, High School Students, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Sperry, Irwin V.; Kivett, Vira R. – 1964
The purposes of this study were (1) to describe similarities and differences in educational goals of rural youth and of their parents for them, and (2) to determine the relationships of the similarities and differences to such factors as membership or non-membership in clubs, sex, leve l of living, residence, size of family, state, and area. The…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Educational Attitudes, Occupational Aspiration, Parent Aspiration
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. for Exceptional Children. – 1976
The illustrated brochure covers special education career opportunities in North Carolina. Described briefly are exceptional children, and listed are employment opportunities and North Carolina colleges and universities which offer professional training in special education. The following handicaps are individually discussed: physically impaired,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment Opportunities, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
SPERRY, IRWIN V.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO--(1) COMPARE EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF RURAL YOUTH AND THEIR PARENTS AND (2) DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES TO SUCH FACTORS AS GEOGRAPHIC AREA, STATE, SEX, LEVEL OF LIVING, RESIDENCE, FAMILY SIZE, AND CLUB MEMBERSHIP. A SURVEY SAMPLE, SELECTED FROM AN EQUIPARTITIONED UNIVERSE…
Descriptors: Background, Educational Attitudes, Grade 10, Grade 9
Lewis, Charles E., Jr. – 1969
To investigate the relationship between racial integration and student's level of occupational expectation, questionnaire data were obtained from a sample of 1,264 high school male seniors in 84 integrated and segregated schools in North Carolina. Analysis of integration and expectation in relation to socioeconomic status, size of school,…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Research, High School Students, Males
Warren, Edward N.; Finch, Willard C. – 1974
A total of 160 high school students in the Pitt County and the Greenville city school systems participated in two summer institutes which were conducted to alter the attitudes and interests of students regarding vocational education. Participants for the institutes were chosen from the top two academic quartiles, after which an experimental and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, College Choice, Educational Research
TOLONEN, PAUL – 1965
THIS STUDY ATTEMPTS TO DETERMINE WHAT BASES EXIST FOR ESTABLISHING THE FIRST CURRICULUM OF THIS NATURE ON THE WEST COAST. DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD BETWEEN LOCAL MARITIME PEOPLE AND THE COLLEGE STAFF. RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF 51 HIGH SCHOOLS SHOWED 264 STUDENTS INTERESTED IN ENROLLING. A SURVEY OF 79 GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY EMPLOYERS INDICATED THAT 142…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
DRABICK, LAWRENCE W. – 1963
THREE FACETS OF THE VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE STUDENT WERE STUDIED--(1) HIS EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS, (2) THE RELATIONSHIP OF HIS PLANS TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS, AND (3) THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HIS PLANS AND THE PLANS OF OTHER STUDENTS. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF ALL MALE SENIOR STUDENTS IN 11 NEGRO AND 12 WHITE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Aspiration, Career Choice
Davison, Pamela – 1977
A study was done to determine North Carolina inmates' vocational education/training needs, parolees' and ex-offenders' employment opportunities, and available vocational education/training resources. To determine vocational educational needs, a survey was conducted of inmates at seventeen correctional units (for adults and for youth). Estimates of…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Choice, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation
