Attending an inclusive STEM high school is not associated with declaring a STEM major at a two-year college¶
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q2 i? Among Grade 12 survey respondents, high school type had no relationship to likelihood of declaring a STEM major at a two-year college (Table 4 p = .621 for all students). → Means 2018
Evidence¶
Means 2018¶
Means, Wang, Wei, Iwatani, & Peters. (2018). Broadening Participation in STEM College Majors: Effects of Attending a STEM-Focused High School. AERA Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858418806305
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Propensity score-weighted HLM on the same Texas survey sample, analyzed separately for two-year college entrants. The printed fixed-effects p value for a STEM major at a two-year college is .621 for all students; no effect size is printed, so equivalence was not tested.
"In contrast, among the students we surveyed in grade 12, the type of high school they had attended had no relationship to likelihood of declaring a STEm major in a two-year college."
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Related Claims¶
- ISHS attendance is associated with 75 to 80 percent higher odds of economically disadvantaged students entering a Texas four-year college, with no significant college-entry difference for students overall — related
- The ISHS advantage in STEM career interest at the end of high school remains significant after controlling for prior middle school STEM interest and activity — related
- ISHS attendance is associated with more Core STEM courses completed at four-year colleges but not with STEM GPA or total courses, and shows no course-taking advantage at two-year colleges — related
- Attending an inclusive STEM high school nearly triples the odds of declaring a Core STEM major at a four-year college two years after high school graduation — related
- The four-year college STEM major advantage of inclusive STEM high schools holds for Hispanic, female, and economically disadvantaged students, with odds ratios above three — related
- Science club participation shows no statistically significant relationship with selecting a STEM college major
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Attending an inclusive STEM high school is not associated with declaring a STEM major at a two-year college |
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Attending an inclusive STEM high school is not associated with declaring a STEM major at a two-year college |
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