Morando, G. orcid.org/0000-0001-8626-1508 (2024) Mathematics specialization at high school and undergraduate degree choice: evidence from England. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. ISSN 0162-3737
Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between subject specialization in high school and university undergraduate degree program choices. Focusing on a reform in England that encouraged students to opt for studying mathematics in the last 2 years of high school, the study analyzes its effect on undergraduate enrollment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. The findings indicate that the reform increased the likelihood of students pursuing and completing STEM undergraduate degrees. Thus, encouraging mathematics specialization during high school enhances the number of STEM graduates. However, despite the reform’s implementation, gender and socioeconomic disparities in STEM participation remained unchanged, suggesting that interventions during adolescence might not effectively address the underrepresentation of specific groups, such as females, in STEM programs.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2024 13:58 |
Last Modified: | 10 Oct 2024 13:58 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/01623737241255348 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | American Educational Research Association (AERA) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3102/01623737241255348 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:218164 |