Participation in science, mathematics and technology in Australian education

By John Ainley, Julie Kos, M. Nicholas. 2008

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Citations in the corpus

• Why school students choose and reject science: a study of the factors that students consider when selecting subjects (2017, background): “Students from poorer socio-economic and non-English speaking backgrounds are less likely to choose science than those from more affluent families and those where English is a first language (Ainley et al., 2008).”
• Choosing science: understanding the declines in senior high school science enrolments (2010, background): “Whereas in 1982 only around 35% of students remained in school to Year 12, over the following decade the retention rate increased steadily, reaching 77% in 1992 (Ainley et al., 2008).”