The Influence of Early STEM Career Exploration as Related to Motivation and Self-determination Theory

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dc.contributor.authorMartinez Ortiz, Araceli
dc.contributor.authorKawaguchi Warshauer, Hiroko
dc.contributor.authorGarcia Torres, Sara
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez Amaya, Laura
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3375-1519en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-19T15:02:06Z
dc.date.available2023-09-19T15:02:06Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-23
dc.descriptionThis paper was originally presented at the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education annual meeting. © 2018 American Society for Engineering Educationen_US
dc.description.abstractA science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) summer intervention program is the setting for a career-exploration research study with over 30 adolescent students in a low-income community. Using motivation and self-determination theory as a framework, the impact of early exposure to engineering and mathematics career opportunities is examined. This study utilized mixed methods to analyze how changes in middle school students’ affective characteristics may be linked to their future career decision-making after participating in an integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics academic/ career summer camp. We examine three students’ decisions regarding their changes in self-reported future academic major choices and career goals utilizing measures of motivation, self-efficacy, and self-determination. Interview data provides qualitative evidence that participants’ experiences during camp may indeed impact their short-term outlook towards their informed decision making and motivation related to pursuing STEM careers. Repeat participants (two or more years) are highlighted as case studies and their survey and interview input is analyzed to determine to what extent, if any, students attribute changes in motivation to their summer camp experiences. Given that the student participants represent a majority demographic of low income and historically underrepresented populations in STEM, particular patterns related to the participants’ ethnicity and/or gender are presented.en_US
dc.description.departmentBiomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineeringen_US
dc.description.departmentInterdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
dc.description.departmentEngineering Education
dc.identifier.citationMartinez Ortiz, A., Kawaguchi Warshauer, H., Garcia Torres, S., & Rodríguez Amaya, L. (2018). The Influence of Early STEM Career Exploration as Related to Motivation and Self-determination Theory. Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah. doi:10.18260/1-2--31114en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--31114
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/2055
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Engineering Educationen_US
dc.titleThe Influence of Early STEM Career Exploration as Related to Motivation and Self-determination Theoryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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