Is science me? High school students' identities, participation and aspirations in science, engineering, and medicine

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 564-582

  Aschbacher, Pamela R ^a   Li, Erika ^a   Roth, Ellen J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes and achievement; Diversity; Identity; Secondary

Indexed keywords

CAREER OPTIONS; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; PERSISTERS; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; SCIENCE COMMUNITY; SCIENCE LITERACY; SEM; SEM STUDY;

BIOGRAPHIES; STUDENTS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 77951542328     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20353     Document Type: Article

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