Trajectories of Career Aspirations through Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Early Math Achievement as a Critical Filter

Autor/inn/en	Shapka, Jennifer D.; Domene, Jose F.; Keating, Daniel P.
Titel	Trajectories of Career Aspirations through Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Early Math Achievement as a Critical Filter
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Evaluation, 12 (2006) 4, S.347-358 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1380-3611
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Achievement; Adolescents; Young Adults; Occupational Aspiration; Grade 9; Gender Differences; Employment Level; Social Status; Longitudinal Studies; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Geschlechterkonflikt; Beschäftigungsgrad; Sozialer Status; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	Growth curve modelling was used to trace the trajectory of the prestige dimension of career aspirations from Grade 9 through to 3 years after high school, as a function of gender and early high school math achievement. The sample consisted of 218 university-bound adolescents (129 female, 89 male). Initial aspiration levels, the slope, and the curvature of the trajectories all differed significantly as a function of Grade 9 math performance. No significant gender or gender by achievement effects were found. These results support the notion that math achievement functions as a "critical filter" to subsequent career aspirations, with youth who performed poorly in Grade 9 math aspiring to careers that were of lower prestige. Implications of this research are discussed in terms of the development of young women's career aspirations, vocational outcomes, and involvement in higher level mathematics education. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10