The Effects of Learning Motivation, Teacher–Student Relationships, and School Climate on Science Career Decision-Making among Gifted Science Students: Mediation through Class Attitudes and Participation in Research Activities

Key Points

• To analyze the impact of learning motivation, teacher-student relationships, and school climate on science career decision-making through class attitudes and participation in research activities.
• Survey conducted with 304 gifted science students.
• Pathway model applied to examine relationships between variables.
• Control for mediator parameters in analysis.
• Learning motivation had the strongest influence on class attitudes and research activity participation.
• Significant direct effect of learning motivation on science career decision-making after controlling for mediators.
• Teacher-student relationships and school climate indirectly affected career decisions through class attitudes and research participation.

Abstract