Hispanics in the Pipeline: Foundations of Persistence from Middle School to STEM Careers

这项由加州大学欧文分校和密歇根大学的研究人员进行的研究将研究西班牙裔在STEM领域的代表性不足。西班牙裔青年是最大的少数民族和增长最快的人口群体，他们最有可能在大学之前退出STEM管道，并且最不可能完成大学STEM培训。 了解西班牙裔青年的教育和职业决策的心理社会非认知的影响是设计有效的策略来面对这个问题的关键。研究人员将记录这些非认知结构与西班牙裔青年的STEM相关教育和职业选择和持久性的关联。该项目将由EHR核心研究（ECR）计划资助，该计划支持STEM学习和教育的基础研究。该研究建立在现有的14，000名主要是西班牙裔和低收入初中和高中学生的纵向研究基础上，以创建一个15年的数据库。它还对1500名西班牙裔青年进行了更有针对性的调查。这项研究将有助于进一步完善两个主要的社会认知/动机理论的教育成功和教育和职业选择：成就目标理论（AGT）和期望价值理论（EVT），记录他们与西班牙裔青年的STEM相关的教育和职业的持久性。纵向数据集将包括对以下基本结构的测量：（a）自我效能、心态、主观任务价值观和情感体验，（B）教育和职业抱负和成就，（c）高中课程选择，以及（d）学业成绩。研究人员将研究在中学和高中后的教育和职业选择和持久性评估这些结构之间的联系。 最后，研究人员将评估学生在数学课堂上的经历、一年中的即时变化（动机信念、大学和职业抱负）和长期结果（大学和职业选择）之间的联系。

The study, conducted by researchers at the University of California-Irvine, and the University of Michigan, will examine the underrepresentation of Hispanics in STEM fields. Hispanic youth, the largest minority and fastest growing demographic group, are the most likely to drop out of the STEM pipeline before college and are the least likely to complete college STEM training. Understanding the psychosocial non-cognitive influences on Hispanic youth's educational and occupational decisions is critical for designing effective strategies to confront this issue. The researchers will document the association of these non-cognitive constructs with Hispanic youth's STEM-related educational and occupational choices and persistence. The project will be funded by the EHR Core Research (ECR) program, which supports fundamental research on STEM learning and education.The study builds on an existing longitudinal study of 14,000 mostly Hispanic and low-income middle and high school students to create a 15-year database. It also follows up on 1500 Hispanic youths with a more targeted survey. This study will contribute to the further refinement of two major social-cognitive/motivational theories of educational success and educational and occupational choices: Achievement Goal Theory (AGT) and Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT), documenting their association with Hispanic youth's STEM-related educational and occupational persistence. The longitudinal dataset will include measures of such essential constructs as: (a) self-efficacy, mindsets, subjective task values, and affective experiences, (b) educational and career aspirations and attainment, (c) high school course choices, and (d) academic achievement. The researchers will examine the links between these constructs assessed in secondary school and post high school educational and occupational choices and persistence. Finally, the researchers will assess the links between students' experiences in math classrooms, immediate over-the-year changes (motivational beliefs, college and career aspirations) and long-term outcomes (college and occupational choices).