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

这项研究由加州大学欧文分校和密歇根大学的研究人员进行，将调查拉美裔在STEM领域的代表性不足。西班牙裔青年是最大的少数族裔，也是增长最快的人口群体，他们最有可能在上大学前退出STEM课程，完成大学STEM培训的可能性最低。了解对西班牙裔青年教育和职业决策的社会心理非认知影响对于设计有效的策略来应对这一问题至关重要。研究人员将记录这些非认知结构与西班牙裔青年与stem相关的教育和职业选择以及坚持不懈的联系。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。这项研究建立在现有的对14000名主要是西班牙裔和低收入的初高中学生的纵向研究的基础上，创建了一个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。本研究将有助于进一步完善教育成功和教育职业选择的两个主要社会认知/动机理论：成就目标理论（AGT）和期望价值理论（EVT），记录它们与西班牙裔青年stem相关教育和职业持久性的关系。纵向数据集将包括以下基本结构的测量：(a)自我效能感、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)学术成就。研究人员将在中学和高中后的教育和职业选择和坚持之间进行研究。最后，研究人员将评估学生在数学课堂上的经历、全年的直接变化（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).