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Testing assumptions of the Draw-a-Scientist-Test (DAST): do stereotyped views affect career aspirations? Toma, Radu Bogdan Orozco Gómez, Martha Lucía Molano Niño, Alba Carolina Obando Correal, Nadia Lucía Suárez Román, Rocío Stella Draw a scientist test Stereotypes Career aspirations A growing body of research addresses students’ images of scientists using the Draw-a-Scientist-Test (DAST) and its Checklist (DAST-C). These protocols rest on the assumption that stereotypical views of scientists, as identified by the presence of multiple indicators in student drawings (e.g. lab coat, male gender; eyeglasses; facial hair), may affect science career interest. Yet, such an assumption remains unexplored. This study investigated whether stereotyped images of scientists identified by the DAST and DAST-C predicted and affected students’ science career interests. A total of 1799 students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 11 in Colombia drew a picture of a scientist at work and reported their interest in a scientific career. Contrary to theoretical expectations, neither the original seven DAST stereotypical indicators nor the eight alternative DAST-C indicators predicted students’ science career interests. Similarly, drawings of male or female scientists had no predictive power of students’ science career interest. On the contrary, students interested in a science career drew significantly more stereotyped indicators than their counterparts with low interest. This study failed to find evidence supporting the contention of DAST and DAST-C protocols, and raises questions about their validity in identifying stereotipical images of scientists. 2025-01-22T09:18:04Z 2025-01-22T09:18:04Z 2022-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 0950-0693 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9988 10.1080/09500693.2022.2126738 1464-5289 eng International Journal of Science Education. 2022, V. 44, n. 16, p. 2423-2441 https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2022.2126738 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Routledge. Taylor and Francis