Math Self-Efficacy and STEM Intentions: A Person-Centered Approach.

ABSTRACT: Research pertaining to STEM interest and persistence continues to be a top priority in the educational research arena. The current study employed a person-centered approach to examine the impact of math self-efficacy and various distal predictors, such as individuals' demographic information, beliefs about math, and social group identification, on STEM interest and intentions. Specifically, we conducted a latent profile analysis (LPA), thereby inferring three homogeneous subgroups of individuals or latent classes from their response patterns on the 18-item sources of math self-efficacy measure. Our analyses showed that individuals' ethnicity, implicit theories of math ability, and other group orientation were predictive of class membership (Mastery, Moderate, and Unconfident). We also foun

SUBMITTER: Lin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206556 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature