Table 1 Means and standard deviations of the key competencies rated by parents.
From: Key competencies acquired from STEM education: gender-differentiated parental expectations
Key competencies | Competency description | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|
Inquiring competency | A child is full of curiosity, can discover problems and explore. | 6.26 | 0.774 |
Creativity competency | A child can come up with new ideas and make things with potential innovation. | 6.23 | 0.737 |
Problem-solving competency | A child can actively explore feasible solutions to a problem. | 6.16 | 0.878 |
Knowledge Acquisition competency | A child can effectively obtain knowledge on their own. | 6.14 | 0.930 |
Expressing competency | A child can express their thoughts and feelings logically and effectively. | 6.13 | 0.874 |
Thinking competency | A child can think, reflect, or introspect in a flexible and reasonable way. | 6.08 | 0.880 |
Anti-frustration competency | A child can face and resist setbacks and frustration with positive attitudes. | 6.07 | 0.936 |
Hands-on competency | A child can make things skillfully using engineering techniques. | 6.07 | 0.988 |
Concentration competency | A child can focus on the current task and maintain concentration for a certain period of time. | 5.99 | 0.980 |
Cooperative competency | A child can communicate and cooperate with other people. | 5.96 | 0.933 |
