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Vivien Landgrebe, Sarah Aragon-Hahner, Sven Strickroth
Let's Choose STEM - An Overview on Study Program Guiding Online Self-Assessments and Future Directions
16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU 2024), May 2-4, 2024, Angers, France (bib)

Online Self-Assessments (OSAs) are common tools for university orientation. They assist high school students in linking their vocational interests with matching fields of study or checking their suitability for a certain study program by considering personal interests, skills, and vocational expectations. We are the first to provide a review and classification of N=12 OSAs currently offered in Germany in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Our results show that OSAs differ considerably in their content and duration. While the analyzed tools offer time and location independence, they still lack flexibility and adaptability with respect to the individual user. We discuss these findings and provide future directions for research as well as for OSA suppliers. The approaches we identified as promising offer immersive experiences, adaptive content, and empower students to make well-reflected decisions.