Development of the STEM College-Going Expectancy Scale for High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Oh, Youn Joo; Jia, Yueming; Sibuma, Bernadette; Lorentson, Mhora; LaBanca, Frank
Titel	Development of the STEM College-Going Expectancy Scale for High School Students
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 2 (2013) 2, S.93-105 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Measures (Individuals); STEM Education; Factor Analysis; Validity; Reliability; College Attendance; Expectation; Student Attitudes; High Schools; Urban Schools; Questionnaires; Student Surveys; Online Surveys; Suburban Schools; Rural Schools; Academic Achievement; Student Motivation; Focus Groups; Goodness of Fit; Connecticut + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Messdaten; STEM; Faktorenanalyse; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Expectancy; Erwartung; Schülerverhalten; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Fragebogen; Schülerbefragung; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; Vorort; Vorstadt; Rural area; Rural areas; Ländlicher Raum; Schulen; Schulleistung; Schulische Motivation
Abstract	The STEM College-Going Expectancy Scale (STEM CGES) was developed and validated in two studies conducted during 2010 and 2011. The STEM CGES is a self-report instrument measuring college-going expectancy, specifically for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) domains. In Study 1, 95 students in an urban high school completed an 11-item online questionnaire to measure college-going expectancy in STEM domains. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) retained 6 out of the 11 items for inclusion. In Study 2, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) used data collected from 658 students in 31 urban, suburban, and rural high schools. The results provide strong evidence that the STEM CGES is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring college-going expectancy for STEM domains. (As Provided).
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