Low Socioeconomic Status Students' STEM Career Interest in Relation to Gender, Grade Level, and STEM Attitude

TAŞ, Yasemin; KAHRAMAN, Nurcan; YERDELEN, Sündüs

Low Socioeconomic Status Students' STEM Career Interest in Relation to Gender, Grade Level, and STEM Attitude

Sündüs YERDELEN, (Kafkas Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Kars, Türkiye)

Nurcan KAHRAMAN, (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye)

Yasemin TAŞ (Atatürk Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Erzurum, Türkiye)

Journal of Turkish Science Education

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Yıl: 2016 Cilt: 13 Sayı: Sayfa Aralığı: 59 - 74 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 01-07-2020

Low Socioeconomic Status Students' STEM Career Interest in Relation to Gender, Grade Level, and STEM Attitude

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This study investigated low socioeconomic status middle school students' STEM career interest (inareas of physical science, life science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in relation todemographic variables of gender and grade level and also attitudes towards STEM areas (science, math,engineering, and 21st century skills). The sample of the study consisted of 263 sixth, seventh, and eighthgrade students attending one of five middle schools located in the rural areas of a city in the northeastregion of Turkey. Analysis results showed that students had positive feelings in having a STEM careerand these perceptions did not differ in terms of gender and grade level. Moreover, students' STEM careerinterest was high for both males and females. Among three grade levels, there was no significantdifference in terms of STEM career interest, except for life science. Besides, canonical correlationanalysis showed that students' career interest in STEM was positively related to students' attitudestowards STEM fields. Turkish low socioeconomic status middle school students have limited informationabout STEM career options and they should be given sufficient guidance about STEM occupations duringmiddle school years. Additionally, we suggest investigating the ways of enhancing students' STEM careerinterest in further studies.

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APA	YERDELEN S, KAHRAMAN N, TAŞ Y (2016). Low Socioeconomic Status Students' STEM Career Interest in Relation to Gender, Grade Level, and STEM Attitude. Journal of Turkish Science Education, 13(), 59 - 74.
Chicago	YERDELEN Sündüs,KAHRAMAN Nurcan,TAŞ Yasemin Low Socioeconomic Status Students' STEM Career Interest in Relation to Gender, Grade Level, and STEM Attitude. Journal of Turkish Science Education 13, no. (2016): 59 - 74.
MLA	YERDELEN Sündüs,KAHRAMAN Nurcan,TAŞ Yasemin Low Socioeconomic Status Students' STEM Career Interest in Relation to Gender, Grade Level, and STEM Attitude. Journal of Turkish Science Education, vol.13, no., 2016, ss.59 - 74.
AMA	YERDELEN S,KAHRAMAN N,TAŞ Y Low Socioeconomic Status Students' STEM Career Interest in Relation to Gender, Grade Level, and STEM Attitude. Journal of Turkish Science Education. 2016; 13(): 59 - 74.
Vancouver	YERDELEN S,KAHRAMAN N,TAŞ Y Low Socioeconomic Status Students' STEM Career Interest in Relation to Gender, Grade Level, and STEM Attitude. Journal of Turkish Science Education. 2016; 13(): 59 - 74.
IEEE	YERDELEN S,KAHRAMAN N,TAŞ Y "Low Socioeconomic Status Students' STEM Career Interest in Relation to Gender, Grade Level, and STEM Attitude." Journal of Turkish Science Education, 13, ss.59 - 74, 2016.
ISNAD	YERDELEN, Sündüs vd. "Low Socioeconomic Status Students' STEM Career Interest in Relation to Gender, Grade Level, and STEM Attitude". Journal of Turkish Science Education 13/ (2016), 59-74.