Education Sciences (Jun 2019)

Assessing High School Student’s STEM Career Interests Using a Social Cognitive Framework

  • Wei-Cheng Mau,
  • Shr-Jya Chen,
  • Chi-Chau Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci9020151
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 2
p. 151

Abstract

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This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the STEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CCIS) with data from 590 high-school students in Taiwan. Measurement models based on Social-Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) and STEM discipline-specific dimensions (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) were examined using confirmatory factor analyses. Findings from confirmatory factor analyses indicated that STEM-CCIS possesses adequate reliability and factorial validity, replicating the sound psychometric properties of the original English version of the STEM-CIS. Implications for the use of the STEM-CCIS are discussed.

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