AP Calculus and Science Coursetaking: Their Relationships with Choosing a STEM Major and Expecting to Be in a STEM Occupation
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Project Citation:
Bohrnstedt, George. AP Calculus and Science Coursetaking: Their Relationships with Choosing a STEM Major and Expecting to Be in a STEM Occupation. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-05-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/E191903V1
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Some researchers have questioned whether there is a causal
connection between Advanced Placement (AP) STEM coursetaking and the choice of
a STEM college major and a STEM occupation. Their research findings strongly
suggest that if prior interest in STEM as well as other possible confounders
are taken into account, the relationships of taking AP mathematics to expecting
to be in a STEM major and/or a STEM occupation are small to non-existent.
Results from the current study, which uses data from a national longitudinal
sample, actual measures of who majors in STEM, and prior interest in STEM along
with other possible confounders, indicate that taking AP mathematics and AP
science courses is significantly related to majoring in STEM and/or expecting
to be in a STEM occupation at age 30—the sole exception being the taking of AP
statistics.
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