Students in steadily or sharply declining motivation trajectories showed lower STEM career aspirations and lower science grades than stable-trajectory peers¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2–r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Sharp Decreasing students had the lowest STEM career aspirations in the sample, and Steady Decreasing, Transitory Decreasing, and Sharp Decreasing did not significantly differ from one another. → Wang 2016 q3 i? Steady Decreasing and Sharp Decreasing groups shared similar science grades, below the stable groups. → Wang 2016 (2)

Evidence¶

Wang 2016¶

Wang, Ming-Te; Chow, Angela; Degol, Jessica Lauren; Eccles, Jacquelynne Sue. (2016). Does Everyone's Motivational Beliefs about Physical Science Decline in Secondary School?: Heterogeneity of Adolescents' Achievement Motivation Trajectories in Physics and Chemistry. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0620-1

q3 · i? · associational · r3

Group comparison of twelfth-grade STEM career aspiration ratings across the seven trajectory groups; the declining groups clustered at the low end.

"Finally, Steady Decreasing, Transitory Decreasing, and Sharp Decreasing also did not significantly differ from one another, and Sharp Decreasing had the lowest STEM career aspirations out of the entire sample."

Wang 2016 (2)¶

Wang, Ming-Te; Chow, Angela; Degol, Jessica Lauren; Eccles, Jacquelynne Sue. (2016). Does Everyone's Motivational Beliefs about Physical Science Decline in Secondary School?: Heterogeneity of Adolescents' Achievement Motivation Trajectories in Physics and Chemistry. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0620-1

q3 · i? · associational · r2

School-record grade comparison across trajectory groups reported in the results; the discussion adds that decreasing groups had lower grades and advanced course enrollment than the Stable High group.

"Steady Decreasing and Sharp Decreasing also shared similar high school science grades, with Transitory Decreasing containing the lowest high school science grades among the sample."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Academic Self-Concept — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Adolescents' physics and chemistry ability self-concept and task values from seventh to twelfth grade fall into seven distinct motivational trajectories rather than a single declining pattern — related
• Adolescents in the Stable High motivation trajectory earned higher science grades, took more AP science courses, and reported higher STEM career aspirations than the other trajectory groups — related
• Ninth grade marked a turning point where transitory motivation trajectories reversed direction, and these inconsistent trajectories were associated with lower AP enrollment and science performance — related
• A majority of adolescents (about 63%) followed stable trajectories of physics and chemistry motivation across middle and high school — related
• Adolescents' ability self-concept and task values in physics and chemistry changed in tandem over time, regardless of trajectory group — related