The role of ethnicity in choosing and leaving science in highly selective institutions
The role of ethnicity in choosing and leaving science in highly selective institutions
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DOI：
10.1007/bf01792952
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发表时间：
1996-12-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Scott, J
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作者：
Elliott, R;Strenta, AC;Scott, J
这项研究试图评估种族在最初选择理科专业和坚持理科专业方面的作用。标准化考试成绩、高中成绩、最初的注意力偏好、大学成绩和所有白人、亚裔、黑人和西班牙裔学生的期末专业提供了数据库，这些学生于1988年在四所高度挑剔的院校入学。尽管黑人在准备和发展能力方面的得分相对较低，但他们进入大学时对主修理科有着浓厚的兴趣。对科学感兴趣的黑人学生也遭受了最高的自然流失率；亚裔学生的自然流失率最低，白人和西班牙裔学生的平均自然流失率接近40%。在预测科学人员流失方面，种族没有显著增加能力和成就变量。结果主要从两个方面进行了讨论：第一，不同群体的不同选拔标准对他们在科学课程中取得成功的影响；第二，各种众所周知的干预战略与高选择性机构中的科学少数群体流失问题的相关性。
This study sought to assess the role of ethnicity in both initial choice of, and persistence in, science majors. Standardized test scores, high school records, initial concentration preference, college grades, and final majors of all the white, Asian, black, and Hispanic students who enrolled in 1988 at four highly selective institutions provided the database. Despite relative deficits in scores on measures of preparation and developed ability, blacks entered college with a strong interest in majoring in science. Black students interested in science also suffered the highest attrition from it; Asians were lowest, with whites and Hispanics near the average attrition of 40%. Ethnicity did not add significantly to ability and achievement variables in predicting attrition from science. The results are discussed in terms of two main issues: first, the effect of different standards of selection for the various groups on their success in science curricula; and second, the relevance of various well-known intervention strategies to the problems of minority attrition in science in highly selective institutions.