The Predictive Power of Turkish Middle School Students’ Entrepreneurial Competencies on STEM Attitudes

IF 0.7 Q4 ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE

New Space-The Journal of Space Entrepreneurship and Innovation Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI:10.1177/09713557221097178

İ. Deveci, Fatma Zehra Konuş

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the correlational and causal relationship between middle school students’ entrepreneurial competencies and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) attitudes. A total of 648 middle school students (seventh and eighth grade) participated in this study. STEM attitude scale and two entrepreneurial competency scales that were developed in different studies in the literature were used as data collection tools. In addition, a simple regression, a multiple regression and a stepwise multiple regression analysis were executed to analyse the data. The correlational analysis showed that there was a moderate level, positive correlation between the STEM attitudes of students and their overall entrepreneurial competencies. Also, the multiple regression analysis showed that entrepreneurial competencies consisting of professionalism, risk-taking, creativity and tenacity explained 41% of the change in STEM attitude. The stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that professionalism predicted the most the STEM attitude statistically more.

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土耳其中学生创业能力对STEM态度的预测力

摘要本研究旨在探讨中学生创业能力与科学、技术、工程和数学态度之间的相关关系和因果关系。共有648名初中生(七年级和八年级)参与了本研究。采用文献中不同研究开发的STEM态度量表和两种创业能力量表作为数据收集工具。此外，对数据进行了简单回归、多元回归和逐步多元回归分析。相关分析表明，大学生的STEM态度与其整体创业能力存在中等水平的正相关关系。此外，多元回归分析显示，由专业精神、冒险精神、创造力和韧性组成的创业能力解释了41%的STEM态度变化。逐步多元回归分析表明，职业化对STEM态度的预测更显著。

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1.90

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14.30%

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