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Family, Friends, and Faculty: How Actual and Perceived Beliefs of Others Shape Students’ STEM Motivation

Sat, April 14, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Millennium Broadway New York Times Square, Floor: Fourth Floor, Room 4.11

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

How do the beliefs and mindsets of others shape students’ motivation and achievement in STEM? In this symposium, we will take a social-contextual approach to understanding students’ STEM motivation by focusing on the messages they receive from close others. Four studies will explore direct relations between the beliefs of close others—including family, friends, and faculty—and student outcomes, as well as the processes by which certain messages are communicated to, and perceived by, students. These studies employ different aged samples (elementary school students and college students) and use diverse methodologies (including regression, HLM, and path analysis). Findings suggest that close others’ beliefs about ability, interest, and failure shape students’ own interest, motivational beliefs, and achievement in STEM.

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