A measure of students motivation, attitude and parental influence towards interest in STEM career among Malaysian form four science stream student
There is an increasing demand for STEM-based careers. The awareness of the importance of STEM-based careers should be instilled in students, as early as secondary school level. The formation of students’ interest should begin by understanding the needs of students and identifying factors that can en...
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| author | Razali, Fazilah Talib, Othman Abdul Manaf, Umi Kalthom Hassan, Siti Aishah |
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| description | There is an increasing demand for STEM-based careers. The awareness of the importance of STEM-based careers should be instilled in students, as early as secondary school level. The formation of students’ interest should begin by understanding the needs of students and identifying factors that can encourage students’ interest in STEM careers. The purpose of this study is to identify clearly, factors that influence the formation of students’ interest in STEM careers, among science-stream students. The descriptive regression research design uses a questionnaire versions, that have been modified, which are the Science Motivation Questionnaire II (SMQ), the Student Attitude towards STEM (S-STEM) and the Interest in STEM Career and Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ). Overall, students are influenced by attitude, motivation and parental influence in the formation of interest in STEM careers. Motivation to learn science and parental influence is clearly seen as influencing students’ interest in STEM careers, with a high reliability of .913 dan .918, respectively. Additional studies on students in other STEM fields such as Agricultural Science, Computer Science, Home Economics, Sports Science, Design and Technical studies, need to be carried out to identify the formation of interest in STEM careers on a broader scale. |
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| spelling | upm-591872018-02-26T00:49:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59187/ A measure of students motivation, attitude and parental influence towards interest in STEM career among Malaysian form four science stream student Razali, Fazilah Talib, Othman Abdul Manaf, Umi Kalthom Hassan, Siti Aishah There is an increasing demand for STEM-based careers. The awareness of the importance of STEM-based careers should be instilled in students, as early as secondary school level. The formation of students’ interest should begin by understanding the needs of students and identifying factors that can encourage students’ interest in STEM careers. The purpose of this study is to identify clearly, factors that influence the formation of students’ interest in STEM careers, among science-stream students. The descriptive regression research design uses a questionnaire versions, that have been modified, which are the Science Motivation Questionnaire II (SMQ), the Student Attitude towards STEM (S-STEM) and the Interest in STEM Career and Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ). Overall, students are influenced by attitude, motivation and parental influence in the formation of interest in STEM careers. Motivation to learn science and parental influence is clearly seen as influencing students’ interest in STEM careers, with a high reliability of .913 dan .918, respectively. Additional studies on students in other STEM fields such as Agricultural Science, Computer Science, Home Economics, Sports Science, Design and Technical studies, need to be carried out to identify the formation of interest in STEM careers on a broader scale. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59187/1/59187.pdf Razali, Fazilah and Talib, Othman and Abdul Manaf, Umi Kalthom and Hassan, Siti Aishah (2017) A measure of students motivation, attitude and parental influence towards interest in STEM career among Malaysian form four science stream student. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 7 (14). pp. 245-264. ISSN 2222-6990 http://hrmars.com/index.php/journals/archive_detail/IJARBSS/195 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i14/3665 |
| spellingShingle | Razali, Fazilah Talib, Othman Abdul Manaf, Umi Kalthom Hassan, Siti Aishah A measure of students motivation, attitude and parental influence towards interest in STEM career among Malaysian form four science stream student |
| title | A measure of students motivation, attitude and parental influence towards interest in STEM career among Malaysian form four science stream student |
| title_full | A measure of students motivation, attitude and parental influence towards interest in STEM career among Malaysian form four science stream student |
| title_fullStr | A measure of students motivation, attitude and parental influence towards interest in STEM career among Malaysian form four science stream student |
| title_full_unstemmed | A measure of students motivation, attitude and parental influence towards interest in STEM career among Malaysian form four science stream student |
| title_short | A measure of students motivation, attitude and parental influence towards interest in STEM career among Malaysian form four science stream student |
| title_sort | measure of students motivation, attitude and parental influence towards interest in stem career among malaysian form four science stream student |
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