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Download full textBergstrom, Zoey; Sadler, Philip; Sonnert, Gerhard – Journal of Astronomy & Earth Sciences Education, 2016
This article uses U.S. survey data (N = 15,847) to characterize the evolution of student interest in an astronomy career in the period between middle school and the beginning of college. We find that middle school students have a relatively high interest in astronomy, which sharply declines with every phase of their education. However, many of the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Evolution, Middle School Students, Astronomy
