Why Do Students Choose Engineering? A Qualitative, Longitudinal Investigation of Students' Motivational Values

By Holly M. Matusovich, Ruth A. Streveler, Ronald L. Miller. 2010

402 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Mechanical Engineering, Media Technology, Safety Research

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In Media Technology

1. D. R. Economy
2. Marian S. Kennedy
3. Caihong R. Li
4. Adam Kirn
5. E. Usher
6. N. A. Mamaril

In Safety Research

1. Adam Kirn
2. Diane L. Peters
3. Shanna R. Daly
4. E. Usher
5. Huy P Phan

Citations in the corpus

• Returning to Graduate School: Expectations of Success, Values of the Degree, and Managing the Costs (2013, background): “Expectancy plays a significant role in undergraduate students’ decisions to complete or leave engineering majors (Matusovich et al., 2010).”
• Engineering Students' Perceptions of Problem Solving and Their Future (2018, background): “Expectancy-value theory work in engineering has shown that students who have higher expectations for success in their courses have significantly higher grade point averages (Jones, Paretti, Hein, & Knott, 2010; Matusovich et al., 2010).”
• Measuring Undergraduate Students' Engineering Self‐Efficacy: A Validation Study (2016, background): “Values influence students’ decisions to become engineers (Matusovich et al., 2010).”