RT Journal Article ID 0360297241844c7d A1 Smith, Kenneth Christopher A1 Camarena, Nilda T1 ANALYZING STUDENTS’ PLANS TO ENROLL IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) CHEMISTRY AND CHEMISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL IN A PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC REGION JF Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering JO JWM YR 2018 FD 2018-04-13 VO 24 IS 1 SP 81 OP 93 K1 high school chemistry K1 careers K1 science K1 technology K1 engineering K1 and mathematics (STEM) pipeline AB What factors influence minority high-school students to proceed from pre-advanced placement (Pre-AP) to advanced placement (AP) chemistry and beyond that to university coursework? This paper uses modern expectancy-value theory to analyze the planning of high school students in a predominantly Hispanic region, the Rio Grande Valley. In this study, 108 Pre-AP chemistry students reported on their enrollment plans near the start and near the end of their Pre-AP courses. The majority of the students had reasons related to task-value components, particularly the utility value component. In addition, large proportions of students changed their chemistry enrollment plans between the start and the end of their Pre-AP chemistry courses. Furthermore, students' decisions to enroll in AP chemistry and university-level chemistry were influenced by their experiences in the Pre-AP courses; their perspectives on the value of further chemistry study developed as they progressed. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/00551c876cc2f027,5495db3154115a2d,0360297241844c7d.html