TY - JOUR AU - Talley, Kimberly Grau AU - Martinez Ortiz, Araceli PY - 2017 DA - 2017/03/30 TI - Women’s interest development and motivations to persist as college students in STEM: a mixed methods analysis of views and voices from a Hispanic-Serving Institution JO - International Journal of STEM Education SP - 5 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - The constructs of interest and motivation are often identified as factors that contribute to the persistence of undergraduate college women in physics, mathematics, engineering, engineering technology, and computer science. A review of the literature regarding interest development and motivation as related to women as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learners in diverse communities is presented. The goal of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences women credited for influencing the development of their career interest goals and the sources of motivation they attribute to success in their academic course outcomes in their fields of study. SN - 2196-7822 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-017-0059-2 DO - 10.1186/s40594-017-0059-2 ID - Talley2017 ER -