Scientists of the future: an analysis of talented students' interests.

Autor/inn/en	Höffler, Tim N.; Köhler, Christine; Parchmann, Ilka
Titel	Scientists of the future: an analysis of talented students' interests.
Quelle	In: International journal of STEM education, 6 (2019) Art. 29, 8 S.Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2196-7822
DOI	10.1186/s40594-019-0184-1
URN	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-65457-7
Schlagwörter	Schüler; Schülerin; Interesse; Begabtenförderung; Begabung; Berufswunsch; Wissenschaft; Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Deutschland
Abstract	Background: Nowadays, scientists not only need to be creative, resourceful, and inventive regarding their research questions and need to understand their field and research methods, but also need to know how to teach, how to catalog, how to fill out proposal forms, and much more. The main goal of this study was to investigate and compare science interest profiles of different groups of students, focusing both on successful participants in science competitions and on possible gender differences. We expected that successful participants in science competitions would generally have greater interests in scientific activities than non-participants but were especially interested in such areas we expect from successful scientists today, thereby helping us judge the design of successful enrichment measures. Results: Significant mean differences in interest in science activities between participants and non-participants of science competitions were found on six of seven dimensions as well as regarding in-school activities, activities in enrichment measures, and vocational interests. The differences were especially large concerning investigative, social, enterprising, and networking activities. Moreover, we found differences between girls and boys on the social and artistic dimensions, meaning that girls were significantly more interested in science activities which also had an artistic and creative aspect such as drawing or a social aspect such as teaching. Conclusions: We not only found overall differences to-be-expected favoring the participants, but also could also identify specific profiles. Especially large differences were consistently found in those areas which could be regarded as especially important for most researchers. Our findings might help developing measures and activities to foster the interest in science activities for "regular" students as well as for especially talented students.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2021/2