University Programme Preferences of High School Science Students in Singapore and Reasons that Matter in their Preferences: A Rasch analysis

References

• Ainley, M., & Ainley, J. (2011). Student engagement with science in early adolescence: The contribution of enjoyment to students' continuing interest in learning about science. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 36(1), 4–12. doi: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.08.001
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alreck, P. L., & Settle, R. B. (1985). The survey research handbook. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin.
   Google Scholar
• Barnes, G., McInerney, D. M., & Marsh, H. W. (2005). Exploring sex differences in science enrolment intentions: An application of the general model of academic choice. The Australian Educational Researcher, 32(2), 1–23. doi: 10.1007/BF03216817
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boe, M. V., & Henriksen, E. K. (2013). Love it or leave it: Norwegian students’ motivations and expectations for postcompulsory physics. Science Education, 97(4), 550–573. doi: 10.1002/sce.21068
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bond, T. G., & Fox, C. M. (2007). Applying the Rasch model: Fundamental measurement in the human sciences (2nd ed.). New Jersey, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
   Google Scholar
• Brooks, R. (2003). Young people's higher education choices: The role of family and friends. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 24(3), 283–297. doi: 10.1080/01425690301896
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cerinsek, G., Hribar, T., Glodez, N., & Dolinsek, S. (2013). Which are my future career priorities and what influenced my choice of studying science, technology, engineering or mathematics? Some insights on educational choice—case of Slovenia. International Journal of Science Education, 35(17), 2999–3025. doi: 10.1080/09500693.2012.681813
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cervellione, K. L., Lee, Y. S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2009). Rasch modeling of the self-deception scale of the balanced inventory of desirable responding. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 69(3), 438–458. doi: 10.1177/0013164408322020
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Crawley, F. E., & Black, C. B. (1992). Causal modeling of secondary science students’ intentions to enroll in physics. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 29(6), 585–599. doi: 10.1002/tea.3660290607
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dalgety, J., & Coll, R. (2004). The influence of normative beliefs on students’ enrolment choices. Research in Science & Technological Education, 22(1), 59–80. doi: 10.1080/0263514042000187548
   Google Scholar
• Dar, Y., & Getz, S. (2007). Learning ability, socioeconomic status, and student placement for undergraduate studies in Israel. Higher Education, 54, 41–60. doi: 10.1007/s10734-006-9045-1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• David, M. E., Bali, S. J., Davies, J., & Reay, D. (2003). Gender issue in parental involvement in student choices of higher education. Gender and Education, 15(1), 21–36. doi: 10.1080/0954025032000042121
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dawson, C. & O'Connor, P. (1991). Gender differences when choosing school subjects: parental push and career pull: some tentative hypotheses. Research in Science Education, 21, 55–64. doi: 10.1007/BF02360457
   Google Scholar
• Eccles, J. S. (2007). Subjective task value and the Eccles et al. model of achievement-related choices. In A. J. Elliot & C. S. Dweck (Eds.), Handbook of Competence and Motivation (pp. 105–121). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
   Google Scholar
• Erlikh, G. V. (2013). What chemistry should be taught in modern schools? Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 83(4), 794–805. doi: 10.1134/S1070363213040348
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gogolin, L., & Swartz, F. (1992). A quantitative and qualitative inquiry into the attitude-toward-science of nonscience college students. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 29(5), 487–504. doi: 10.1002/tea.3660290505
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harackiewicz, J. M., Rozek, C. S., Hulleman, C. S., & Hyde, J. S. (2012). Helping parents to motivate adolescents in mathematics and science: An experimental test of a utility-value intervention. Psychological Science, 23(8), 899–906. doi: 10.1177/0956797611435530
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jones, M. G. (1987). Sex differences in student-teacher interactions in physical science and chemistry classes (Doctoral Dissertation, North Carolina State University). Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 2844-A.
   Google Scholar
• Kahle, J., Parker, L., Rennie, L., & Riley, D. (1993). Gender differences in science education: Building a model. Educational Psychologist, 28(4), 379–404. doi: 10.1207/s15326985ep2804_6
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kelly, A. (1987). Why girls don't do science. In A. Kelly (Ed.), Science for girls (pp. 12–16). Philadelphia: Open University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Kelly, A. (1988). Option choice for girls and boys. Research in Science & Technological Education, 6(1), 5–23. doi: 10.1080/0263514880060102
   Google Scholar
• Kessels, U., Rau, M., & Hannover, B. (2006). What goes well with physics? Measuring and altering the image of science. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 76(4), 761–780. doi: 10.1348/000709905X59961
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koballa, T. R., Jr. (1988). The determinants of female junior high school students’ intentions to enroll in elective physical science courses in high school: Testing the applicability of the theory of reasoned action. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 25(6), 479–492. doi: 10.1002/tea.3660250605
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kremer, B. K., & Walberg, H. J. (1981). A synthesis of social and psychological influences on science learning. Science Education, 65(1), 11–23. doi: 10.1002/sce.3730650104
   Google Scholar
• Langen, A. V., Rekers-Mombarg, L., & Dekkers, H. (2006). Sex-related differences in the determinants and process of science and mathematics choice in pre-university education. International Journal of Science Education, 28(1), 71–94. doi: 10.1080/09500690500338920
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lin, H. S., Lawrenz, F., Lin, S. F., & Hong, Z. R. (2013). Relationships among affective factors and preferred engagement in science-related activities. Public Understanding of Science, 22(8), 941–954. doi: 10.1177/0963662511429412
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Linacre, J. M. (2009). Winsteps (Version 3.68. 1) [Computer software]. Chicago: Winsteps.com.
   Google Scholar
• Lyons, T. (2006). The puzzle of falling enrolments in physics and chemistry courses: Putting some pieces together. Research in Science Education, 36(3), 285–311. doi: 10.1007/s11165-005-9008-z
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Maringe, F. (2006). University and course choice: Implications for positioning, recruiting and marketing. International Journal of Educational Management, 20(6), 466–479.
   Google Scholar
• Myeong, J., & Crawley, F. E. (1993). Predicting and understanding Korean high school students’ science track choice: Testing the theory of reasoned action by structural equation modeling. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 30(4), 381–400. doi: 10.1002/tea.3660300406
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nardi, P. M. (2006). Doing survey research. A guide to quantitative methods (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
   Google Scholar
• Oon, P. T., & Subramaniam, R. (2010). Views of physics teachers on how to address the declining enrolment in physics at the university level. Research in Science & Technological Education, 28, 277–289. doi: 10.1080/02635143.2010.501749
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Oon, P. T., & Subramaniam, R. (2013). Factors affecting Singapore students' choice of Physics as a tertiary field of study: A Rasch analysis. International Journal of Science Education, 35(1), 86–118. doi: 10.1080/09500693.2012.718098
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Panizzon, D., & Levins, L. (1997). An analysis of the role of peers in supporting female students' choices in science subjects. Research in Science Education, 27(2), 251–270. doi: 10.1007/BF02461320
   Google Scholar
• Reid, N., & Skryabina, E. A. (2002). Attitudes towards physics. Research in Science & Technological Education, 20(1), 67–81. doi: 10.1080/02635140220130939
   Google Scholar
• Rennie, L. J., and Dunne, M. (1994). Gender, ethnicity, and students’ perceptions about science and science-related careers in Fuji. Science Education, 78, 285–300. doi: 10.1002/sce.3730780309
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Riegle, C. C., & Moore, C. (2013). Examining gender inequality in a high school engineering course. American Journal of Engineering Education—Spring 2013 Special Edition Special Edition, 4(1), 55–65.
   Google Scholar
• Robertson, I. J. (2000). Influences on choice of course made by university year 1 bioscience students – A case study. International Journal of Science Education, 22(11), 1201–1218. doi: 10.1080/09500690050166751
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rodd, M., Reiss, M., & Mujtaba, T. (2013). Undergraduates talk about their choice to study physics at university: what was key to their participation? Research in Science & Technological Education, 31(2), 153–167. doi: 10.1080/02635143.2013.811072
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sleet, R., & Stern, W. (1980). Student selection of science subjects and careers. The Australian Science Teachers Journal, 26(3), 25–40.
   Google Scholar
• Smith, A. B., Rush, R., Fallowfield, L. J., Velikova, G., & Sharpe, M. (2008). Rasch fit statistics and sample size considerations for polytomous data. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 8(33). Retrieved August 1, 2009 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/8/33
   Google Scholar
• Stokking, K. M. (2000). Predicting the choice of physics in secondary education. International Journal of Science Education, 22(12), 1261–1283. doi: 10.1080/095006900750036253
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Støren, L. A., & Arnesen, C. A. (2007). Women's and men's choice of higher education – what explains the persistent sex segregation in Norway? Studies in Higher Education, 32(2), 253–275. doi: 10.1080/03075070701267293
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tai, R. H., Liu, C. Q., Maltese, A. V., & Fan, X. (2006). Planning early for careers in science. Science, 312, 1143–1144. doi: 10.1126/science.1128690
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Talton, E. L., & Simpson, R. D. (1985). Relationships between peer and individual attitudes toward science among adolescent students. Science Education, 69(1), 19–24. doi: 10.1002/sce.3730690103
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tan, K. C. D., Taber, K. S., Liu, X., Coll, R. K., Lorenzo, M., Li, J., Goh, N. K., & Chia, L. S. (2008). Students’ conceptions of ionisation energy: A cross-cultural study. International Journal of Science Education, 30(2), 263–283. doi: 10.1080/09500690701385258
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. (2010). Current challenges in basic science education. Paris: Author.
   Google Scholar
• Wolfe, E. W., & Smith, Jr., E. V. (2007). Instrument development tools and activities for measure validation using Rasch models: Part I – instrument development tools. Journal of Applied Measurement, 8(1), 97–123.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Woods, P. (1979). The divided school. London: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Woolnough, B. E. (1994). Why students choose physics, or reject it. Physics Education, 29, 368–374. doi: 10.1088/0031-9120/29/6/006
   Google Scholar
• Wright, B. D. (1999a). Fundamental measurement for psychology. In S. E. Embretson & S. L. Hershberger (Eds.), The new rules of measurement: What every educator and psychologist should know (pp. 65–104). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
   Google Scholar
• Wright, B. D. (1999b). Rasch measurement models. In G. N. Masters & J. P. Keeves (Eds.), Advances in measurement in educational research and assessment (pp. 85–97). New York, NY: Pergamon.
   Google Scholar
• Yearbook of Statistics Singapore. (2010). Education. Retrived January 30, 2013 from http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/reference/yos12/yos2012b.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Young, D. J., Fraser, B. J., & Woolnough, B. E. (1997). Factors affecting student career choice in sciences: An Australian study of rural and urban schools. Research in Science Education, 27(2), 195–214. doi: 10.1007/BF02461316
   Google Scholar