Women’s interest development and motivations to persist as college students in STEM: a mixed methods analysis of views and voices from a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Abstract Background The constructs of interest and motivation are often identified as factors that contribute to the persistence of undergraduate college women in physics, mathematics, engineering, engineering technology, and computer science. A review of the literature regarding interest developmen...

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Main Authors: Kimberly Grau Talley, Araceli Martinez Ortiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of STEM Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40594-017-0059-2