Table 1 Summary of Items, Response Sets, and Descriptive Outputs Using the High School Longitudinal Survey (HSLS:09).
From: Parent involvement and student academic motivation towards science in 9th grade
(a) Parent background, beliefs, and behaviors (HSLS:09 base-year) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | ||||
X1 parents’/guardians’ highest level of education | Less than high school | 1010 | 6.0% | ||
HS diploma or GED | 5909 | 35.2% | |||
Associate’s degree | 2549 | 15.2% | |||
Bachelor’s degree | 4102 | 24.4% | |||
Master’s degree | 2116 | 12.6% | |||
Ph.D/M.D/Law/other | 1096 | 6.5% | |||
Total | 16,782 | 100.0% | |||
P1 E04B confidence in helping with 9th grade science homework | Very confident | 6166 | 26.2% | ||
Somewhat confident | 7321 | 31.1% | |||
Not at all confident | 2142 | 9.1% | |||
Missing | 7874 | 33.5% | |||
P1 E05B comparison of females’ and males’ abilities in science | Females are much better | 376 | 1.6% | ||
Females are somewhat better | 582 | 2.5% | |||
Females and males are the same | 10,612 | 45.2% | |||
Males are somewhat better | 2587 | 11.0% | |||
Males are much better | 583 | 2.5% | |||
Missing | 8763 | 37.3% | |||
Yes | No | ||||
N | % | N | % | ||
P1E07A went to science or engineering museum | 8253 | 53.4% | 7195 | 46.6% | |
P1E07B worked or played on computer | 13,300 | 86.1% | 2148 | 13.9% | |
P1E07C built or fixed something | 6987 | 45.2% | 8461 | 54.8% | |
P1E07D attended a school science fair | 2716 | 17.6% | 12,732 | 82.4% | |
P1E07E helped 9th grader with a school science fair project | 6071 | 39.3% | 9377 | 60.7% | |
P1E07F discussed STEM program or article with 9th grader | 10,199 | 66.0% | 5249 | 34.0% | |
(b) Student academic motivation in science scaled scores (HSLS:09 Base year) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Descriptive statistics | |||||
N | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Std. deviation | |
X1 scale of student’s science identity | 21,112 | −1.57 | 2.15 | 0.04 | 1.01 |
X1 scale of student’s science utility | 17,303 | −3.10 | 1.69 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
X1 scale of student’s science self-efficacy | 17,264 | −2.91 | 1.83 | 0.04 | 1.00 |
X1 scale of student’s interest in fall 2009 science course | 16,929 | −2.59 | 2.03 | 0.03 | 0.99 |
(c) Parents'/guardians' highest level of education and Their Confidence in helping with 9th grade science homework Crosstabulation | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P1 E04B confidence in helping with 9th grade science homework | |||||||||
Very confident | Somewhat confident | Not at all confident | Total | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
X1 parents’/guardians’ highest level of education | Less than high school | 175 | 2.8% | 362 | 4.9% | 353 | 16.5% | 890 | 5.7% |
High school diploma or GED | 1520 | 24.7% | 2895 | 39.5% | 968 | 45.2% | 5383 | 34.4% | |
Associate’s degree | 939 | 15.2% | 1179 | 16.1% | 247 | 11.5% | 2365 | 15.1% | |
Bachelor’s degree | 1802 | 29.2% | 1766 | 24.1% | 328 | 15.3% | 3896 | 24.9% | |
Master’s degree | 1091 | 17.7% | 783 | 10.7% | 167 | 7.8% | 2041 | 13.1% | |
Ph.D/M.D/Law/other high lvl prof degree | 638 | 10.3% | 335 | 4.6% | 78 | 3.6% | 1051 | 6.7% | |
Total | 6165 | 100.0% | 7320 | 100.0% | 2141 | 100.0% | 15,626 | 100.0% | |
(d) Parents' beliefs about females' and males' abilities in science X Parent education | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parents’ beliefs comparing females’ and males’ abilities in science | |||||||||||
Females are much better | Females are somewhat better | Females and males are the same | Males are somewhat better | Males are much better | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
X1 parents’/guardians’ highest level of education | Less than high school | 56 | 6.63% | 63 | 7.46% | 594 | 70.30% | 91 | 10.77% | 41 | 4.85% |
High school diploma or GED | 126 | 2.51% | 233 | 4.64% | 3555 | 70.73% | 869 | 17.29% | 243 | 4.83% | |
Associate’s degree | 52 | 2.34% | 79 | 3.56% | 1560 | 70.21% | 424 | 19.08% | 107 | 4.82% | |
Bachelor’s degree | 87 | 2.36% | 123 | 3.34% | 2688 | 73.00% | 672 | 18.25% | 112 | 3.04% | |
Master’s degree | 36 | 1.83% | 56 | 2.85% | 1451 | 73.73% | 373 | 18.95% | 52 | 2.64% | |
Ph.D/M.D/Law/other high lvl prof degree | 19 | 1.91% | 28 | 2.81% | 762 | 76.58% | 158 | 15.88% | 28 | 2.81% | |
Total | 376 | 2.55% | 582 | 3.95% | 10610 | 71.99% | 2587 | 17.55% | 583 | 3.96% | |
(e) Parent science – related behaviors X Parent education | ||||||||||||||
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X1 parents’/guardians’ highest level of education | ||||||||||||||
Less than high school % (n) | High school diploma or GED % (n) | Associate’s degree % (n) | Bachelor’s degree % (n) | Master’s degree % (n) | Ph.D/M.D/Law/other high lvl prof degree % (n) | Total % (n) | ||||||||
Parent behavior | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
P1 E07A went to science or engineering museum with 9th grader in last year | 36.6% (325) | 63.4% (562) | 44.6% (2368) | 55.4% (2938) | 53.2% (1238) | 46.8% (1089) | 58.5% (2253) | 41.5% (1596) | 66.6% (1353) | 33.4% (680) | 68.5% (715) | 31.5% (329) | 53.4% (8252) | 46.6% (7194) |
P1 E07B worked or played on computer with 9th grader in last year | 66.7% (592) | 33.3% (295) | 84.6% (4487) | 15.4% (819) | 88.7% (2064) | 11.3% (263) | 89.7% (2415) | 11.3% (434) | 88.3% (1819) | 10.5% (214) | 88.3% (922) | 11.7% (122) | 86.1% (13,299 | 13.9% (2147) |
P1 E07C built or fixed something with 9th grader in last year | 41.3% (366) | 58.7% (521) | 47.0% (2492) | 53.0% (2814) | 48.6% (1130) | 51.4% (1197) | 44.3% (1705) | 55.7% (2144) | 42.5% (864) | 57.5% (1169) | 41.2% (430) | 58.8% (614) | 45.2% (6987) | 54.8% (8459) |
P1 E07D attended a school science fair with 9th grader in last year | 15.9% (141) | 84.1% (746) | 13.3% (706) | 86.7% (4600) | 16.8% (390) | 83.2% (1937) | 20.4% (787) | 79.6% (3062) | 22.3% (453) | 77.77% (1580) | 22.9% (239) | 77.1% (805) | 17.6% (2716) | 82.4% (12,730) |
P1 E07E helped 9th grader with a school science fair project in last year | 41.0% (364) | 59.0% (523) | 37.0% (1961) | 63% (3345) | 41.9% (976) | 58.1% (1351) | 39.8% (1530) | 60.2% (2319) | 10.5% (824) | 59.5% (1209) | 29.8% (416) | 60.2% (628) | 39.3% (6071) | 60.7% (9375) |
P1 E07F discussed STEM program or article with 9th grader in last year | 43.3% (383) | 56.8% (504) | 59.3% (3144) | 40.7% (2162) | 66.4% (1544) | 33.6% (783) | 71.1% (2738) | 28.9% (1111) | 76.3% (1552) | 23.7% (481) | 80.3% (838) | 19.7% (206) | 66.0% (10,199) | 34.0% (5247) |
