Table 3 Means and standard deviations of parents’ expectations for their children.
From: Key competencies acquired from STEM education: gender-differentiated parental expectations
Critical factors | Key competencies | Fathers (n = 324) | Mothers (n = 412) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys(n = 160) | Girls(n = 164) | Boys(n = 211) | Girls(n = 201) | ||
M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | ||
Innovative factor | inquiring competency | 6.24(0.789) | 6.24(0.807) | 6.23(0.766) | 6.33(0.744) |
creativity competency | 6.16(0.784) | 6.23(0.679) | 6.25(0.684) | 6.22(0.793) | |
Social factor | cooperative competency | 5.86(1.084) | 5.98(0.868) | 5.93(0.915) | 6.04(0.868) |
expressing competency | 5.91(1.024) | 6.26(0.782) | 6.14(0.886) | 6.20(0.768) | |
Making factor | hands-on competency | 6.26(0.729) | 5.88(1.205) | 6.24(0.678) | 5.96(1.166) |
anti-frustration competency | 5.94(0.899) | 6.01(1.170) | 6.14(0.796) | 6.14(0.88) | |
problem-solving competency | 6.16(0.8) | 6.07(1.103) | 6.22(0.758) | 6.15(0.849) | |
Learning factor | thinking competency | 5.96(0.944) | 6.21(0.797) | 6.00(0.951) | 6.14(0.794) |
knowledge acquisition competency | 5.96(0.961) | 6.24(0.887) | 6.06(0.979) | 6.29(0.853) | |
concentration competency | 5.73(1.04) | 6.16(0.858) | 6.00(1.046) | 6.23(0.866) | |
