Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qu Jin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Materials

basedon 259 Israeli samples and 304 American samples. CIP theory emphasizes the knowledge of the occupation for one to make career decision.CIP theory also mentions the importance of interest to career decision making.Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) Among other theories, social cognitive career theory (SCCT) 12,13 is a robust frameworkfrequently used to investigate career and academic behavior in both college and high schoollevels in sample of STEM field (engineering:1,14;15; computing:16). According to SCCT, self-efficacy affects outcome expectations; self-efficacy and outcome expectations are bothprecursors of interests 17; and interests, self-efficacy, and outcome expectations predict choicegoals jointly12. Hackett et al