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Outreach Program, Cognitive Variables And Stem Identity: Mediation And Longitudinal Mediation Study Of Middle And High-School Students’ Career Aspirations, Abdulehed Kasim Yarkin
Outreach Program, Cognitive Variables And Stem Identity: Mediation And Longitudinal Mediation Study Of Middle And High-School Students’ Career Aspirations, Abdulehed Kasim Yarkin
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The purpose of the study was to investigate cross-sectionally and longitudinally the direct and indirect effects of a STEM outreach program in Ontario, Canada, on middle and high-school students’ STEM career intentions through STEM self-efficacy, outcome expectations, interest and identity. The STEM outreach program provided students with hands-on, investigative and exciting workshops aiming at increasing interest in STEM disciplines and careers. Mediation and longitudinal mediation analysis procedures were employed to analyze a secondary data to answer the following research questions: 1) To what extent did the STEM outreach program influence high-school students’ STEM career choice goals directly and indirectly through …