Trial reportProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023
Utility-value intervention promotes persistence and diversity in STEM.
Trial report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- A prosocial value intervention in gateway STEM courses.Journal of personality and social psychology · 2023Trial
- The Case for Multifaceted, Integrative Motivation Interventions Embedded in Classrooms.Educational psychology review · 2026Article
- Helping Students See and Identify Purpose and Relevance in Life Sciences Courses.CBE life sciences education · 2025Article
- Using Choice and Utility Value to Promote Interest: Stimulating Situational Interest in a Lesson and Fostering the Development of Interest in Statistics.Journal of educational psychology · 2025Article
- Why Elusive Expectancy × Value Interactions May Be Critical for Theory and Intervention: A Simulated Power Analysis.Motivation science · 2025Article
- Promoting positive beliefs toward research evidence: results from a utility-value intervention study with pre-service teachers.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Catalyzing Equity in STEM Teams: Harnessing Generative AI for Inclusion and Diversity.Policy insights from the behavioral and brain sciences · 2024Article
- Helping mentors address scientific communication in STEM research training helps their mentees stay the course.International journal of STEM education · 2024Article
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Abstract
We tested the long-term effects of a utility-value intervention administered in a gateway chemistry course, with the goal of promoting persistence and diversity in STEM. In a randomized controlled trial (N = 2,505), students wrote three essays about course content and its personal relevance or three control essays. The intervention significantly improved STEM persistence overall (74% vs. 70% were STEM majors 2.5 y later). Effects were larger for students from marginalized and underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, who were 14 percentage points more likely to persist in STEM fields in the intervention condition (69% vs. 55%). Mediation analysis suggests that the intervention promoted persistence for these students by bolstering their motivation to attain a STEM degree and by promoting engagement with course assignments. This theory-informed curricular intervention is a promising tool for educators committed to retaining students in STEM.
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