Propensity Score Analysis of the Impacts of Junior Secondary Students’ Participation in Engineering Practices on their Attitudes toward Engineering
Xiaohong Zhan 1, Daner Sun 2 * , Chunchun Qiang 3, Rui Song 3, Zhi Hong Wan 2
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1 College of Teacher Education, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, CHINA2 The Education University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG3 East China Normal University, CHINA* Corresponding Author

Abstract

The demand for engineering talent is increasing with economic and societal developments. Along with this, nations worldwide are attaching increasing importance to engineering education under international science, technology, engineering and mathematics initiatives. In China, engineering education at university levels is dominant. Corresponding systemic engineering education at the K-12 level has yet to be established. With the aim of determining the status of K-12 engineering education, this study investigates the impacts of students’ participation in engineering practice on their attitudes toward engineering. Survey responses from a sample of 2,193 students from junior secondary schools in Shanghai, China, are used. Sample selection bias is mitigated using propensity score methods based on weight hierarchy. The findings indicate the status of student participation in engineering practice and reveal the significant effect of the level of student participation in engineering practice on students’ attitudes toward engineering at junior secondary schools in China.

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Article Type: Research Article

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2019, Volume 15, Issue 11, Article No: em1765

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/106761

Publication date: 09 May 2019

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