자연과학계열 대학생의 문제해결역량, 의사소통역량, 진로개발역량에 영향을 미치는 요인 규명

Abstract

This study aimed to examine factors related to problem solving, communication, and career development competencies for students in a college of natural sciences. Gender, grade, and GPA were determined as an individual student's background characteristics, and hours spent studying outside of classes, hours spent working, the level of interaction with faculty, peer, and staff in college, and the level of participation in various extracurricular activities were determined as college experience variables. Data were collected from 552 college students and multiple regression analysis was employed. As a result, working in major-related study groups was positively related to problem solving and communicative competence, and involvement in a career-related study groups was significantly related to career development. Furthermore, frequent interaction with peers was significant for promoting communicative competence, and frequent interaction with faculty was positively related to career development competence. GPA and hours spent studying were positively related to all three competencies. From the findings, implications for enhancing problem solving, communication, and career development competencies were discussed.