DOI
10.5703/1288284317710
Document Type
Brief
Abstract
In order to build and sustain student interest in STEM disciplines, it is important to first ascertain the existing trends in their career choices including factors influencing them. Middle school is a pivotal time for both boys and girls as they start forming identities and career choices and can begin to select both elective courses and extra-curricular activities, based on interests (Webb & Rosson, 2013), and yet, these early years are given low priority in integrated STEM education discussions. This study was guided by the following research question, “What are the popular career choices selected by middle school students in integrated STEM learning environments? Our goal was to find out middle school students’ choices of STEM careers and which were popular as measured by the S-STEM survey.
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Popular STEM Related Career Choices for Middle School Students
In order to build and sustain student interest in STEM disciplines, it is important to first ascertain the existing trends in their career choices including factors influencing them. Middle school is a pivotal time for both boys and girls as they start forming identities and career choices and can begin to select both elective courses and extra-curricular activities, based on interests (Webb & Rosson, 2013), and yet, these early years are given low priority in integrated STEM education discussions. This study was guided by the following research question, “What are the popular career choices selected by middle school students in integrated STEM learning environments? Our goal was to find out middle school students’ choices of STEM careers and which were popular as measured by the S-STEM survey.