My science class and expected career choices—a structural equation model of determinants involving Abu Dhabi high school students

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 2 Significant paths, direct estimates, and t values

Path from		Path to	Estimates	t value
My interest in science	→	My future job	0.577	7.506
My science class	→	My future job	0.251	3.143
My attitude toward science	→	My future job	0.513	4.341
My out-of-class experience	→	My future job	0.143	2.225
Environmental challenges	→	My interest in science	0.264	3.606
My science class	→	My interest in science	0.529	15.772
My attitude toward science	→	My interest in science	0.298	3.663
My out-of-class experience	→	My interest in science	0.279	4.698
My attitude toward science	→	My out-of-class experience	0.640	16.739
My science class	→	My out-of-class experience	0.527	16.637
My science class	→	Environmental challenges	0.559	16.792
Environmental challenges	→	My attitude toward science	0.403	9.980
My science class	→	My attitude toward science	0.800	23.773