Table 2 EFA of the STEM-related key competencies.
From: Key competencies acquired from STEM education: gender-differentiated parental expectations
Category 1: Innovative factor | Category 2: Social factor | Category 3: Making factor | Category 4: Learning factor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Category 1: Innovative factor: α = 0.804, mean = 6.24 | ||||
Inquiring competency | 0.801 | |||
Creativity competency | 0.791 | |||
Category 2: Social factor: α = 0.811, mean = 6.05 | ||||
Expressing competency | 0.820 | |||
Cooperative competency | 0.757 | |||
Category 3: Making factor: α = 0.785, mean = 6.10 | ||||
Hands-on competency | 0.846 | |||
Anti-frustration competency | 0.692 | |||
Problem-solving competency | 0.665 | |||
Category 4: Learning factor: α = 0.848, mean = 6.07 | ||||
Knowledge Acquisition competency | 0.855 | |||
Thinking competency | 0.732 | |||
Concentration competency | 0.857 | |||
