sandi simpkins, ph.d. do families matter for adolescents’ pursuit of stem?
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Sandi Simpkins, Ph.D.
Do Families Matter for Adolescents’ Pursuit of
STEM?
An Introduction
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Diversity:ImmigrationSocial classRace/ethnicityCulture
Positive Youth Development Perspective
5
Choices in OST & STEM during middle childhood and adolescence matter
STEMScience, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics
National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. 2015. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2015. Special Report NSF 15-311. Arlington, VA. Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/.
Science & Engineering Occupations: 2013
Hispanic female (2%)
Hispanic male (4%)
Native Am. Female (<1%)
Native Am. Male (<1%)
Asian female (5%)
Asian male (12%)
Black female (2%)
Black male (3%)
White female (20%)
White male (52%)
The STEM Pipeline and Science Enrollment
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Sources: Pew Center for Research; National Science Board (NSF), National Center for Educational Statistics
1985 1991 1995 2001 2005 20120%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
% of Latinos
% in Population
The STEM Pipeline and Science Enrollment
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Sources: Pew Center for Research; National Science Board (NSF), National Center for Educational Statistics
1985 1991 1995 2001 2005 20120%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
% of Latinos
% Phys. Sci. BS % in Population
The STEM Pipeline and Science Enrollment
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Sources: Pew Center for Research; National Science Board (NSF), National Center for Educational Statistics
1985 1991 1995 2001 2005 20120%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
% of Latinos
% Phys. Sci. PhD % Phys. Sci. BS % in Population
WHY DO SOME WOMEN AND LATINOS SUCCEED WHEREAS OTHERS DON’T?
“I can but I don’t want to”
Self-Concept of Abilit
y
Value
STEMAchievement & choices
Family
Self-Concept of Ability
Value
STEMAchievem
ent & choices
Eccles’ Expectancy-Value Model:
A Brief Glimpse at Two STEM Studies
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Parents and Math in Elementary School
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Eccles’ Expectancy-Value Model
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Adolescents’ Choices
Parents’ Beliefs
Parents’ Behaviors
Children’s Beliefs
Eccles et al., 1993
Results: Fathers in Math
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Adolescents’ HS Math Courses
Parents’ Beliefs
(1st, 2nd, 4th)
Parents’ Behaviors(2nd, 3rd, 5th)
Children’s Beliefs
(3rd, 4th, & 6th)(7th, 8th, & 10th)
Fathers: +Mothers: ns
Fathers: +Mothers: ns
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Does Parents’ Science Behavior Matter for High School Latino and White Students?
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Group Differences
• Social class explained a lot• Latina girls had lower self-
concepts in all science domains
BUT…..• The correlates were similar
Parent Behaviors and Motivation
Families are important• What parents do is related to their high school students’ motivation
• It matters for• Girls and boys• Caucasians and Latinos
Sandi Simpkins, Ph.D.
Do Families Matter for Adolescents’ Pursuit of
STEM?
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