Parents influence kids to take up science

The pathway to careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or medicine (STEMM) begins at home, says a researcher.

According to Jon Miller, MSU Hannah Professor of Integrative Studies, and colleagues, parental influence and access to mathematics courses are likely to guide students to careers in (STEMM).

The findings were presented at a symposium titled ‘Tomorrow’s Scientists and Engineers’at this year’ meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

"Failure to build and maintain a competitive scientific workforce in the decades ahead," Miller said, "will inevitably lead to a decline in the American standard of living."

Miller used data from the Longitudinal Study of American Youth, which kept track of nearly 6,000 students from middle school through college, attempting to determine what led them to or guided them away from STEMM careers.

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