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FirstSTEP: A Preliminary Review of the Effects of a Summer Bridge Program on Pre-College STEM Majors
Peer reviewed
Direct linkRaines, Joan M. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2012
More emphasis should be placed on what can be done to help encourage and prepare students choosing STEM-based majors to enter college, be successful, and graduate. Summer bridge programs can provide pre-college experiences to help attract and retain future STEM majors by exposing them to experiences they would encounter in college math and science…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Experience, Science Course Improvement Projects, Developmental Studies Programs
Lenaburg, Lubella; Aguirre, Ofelia; Goodchild, Fiona; Kuhn, Jens-Uwe – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This paper addresses the transition of community college students to degree programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The paper presents the results of an evaluation of a two-week residential summer bridge program that recruited community college students from a wide range of academic, ethnic, and socioeconomic…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Focus Groups, Summer Programs
Download full textJohnson, Matt; Sprowles, Amy; Overeem, Katlin; Rich, Angela – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2013
A place-based learning community called "Klamath Connection" was designed to improve the academic performance of freshman in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) majors at Humboldt State University, a midsize public institution in a location geographically and culturally unfamiliar to the majority of its students. The…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, College Freshmen, State Universities, Academic Achievement
Rulf Fountain, Alyssa; Levy, Abigail Jurist – Abt Associates, 2010
This report was requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA), Office of Education in July 2009 to evaluate the Informal Education Program. The goals of the evaluation were twofold: (1) to gain insight into its investment in informal education; and (2) to clarify existing distinctions between its informal education…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Federal Government, Space Exploration, Program Evaluation
Claesgens, Jennifer; Rubino-Hare, Lori; Bloom, Nena; Fredrickson, Kristi; Henderson-Dahms, Carol; Menasco, Jackie; Sample, James – Science Educator, 2013
The goal of the two Power of Data (POD) projects was to increase science, technology and math skills through the implementation of project-based learning modules that teach students how to solve problems through data collection and analysis utilizing geospatial technologies. Professional development institutes in two formats were offered to…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Technology Integration, STEM Education, Science Process Skills
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2013
Since 2007, Chevron has funded the Research Experience Vitalizing Science -- University Program (REVS-UP), which lasts four weeks each summer to develop Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) projects at CSUB [California State University, Bakersfield]. Over the past six years, a total of 26 STEM professors have led the…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Elementary Secondary Education, STEM Education, Educational Research
Gruebel, Robert W.; Childs, Kimberly – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2013
The Texas statewide assessment of academic skills in 1997 indicated that >55 % of the student population failed to master the mathematics objectives set by the test criteria and 42 % of the mathematics teachers at the secondary level in the East Texas region were categorized as underqualified to teach mathematics at that level. The issue of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Competencies, Capacity Building
CSI: Creating Student (and Teacher) Investigators--Using Popular Culture in Professional Development
Yanowitz, Karen L.; McKay, Tanja; Ross, C. Ann; Vanderpool, Staria S. – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2010
The goal of this article is to present a description of a professional development program designed to immerse middle and high school teachers in an inquiry-based learning environment using a forensic science context and the consequent impact participating in this program had on teachers' pedagogy. Teachers participated in a year-long program…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Popular Culture, Television, Crime
Roue, Leah C. – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2007
The current number of women in technology and engineering only represents a fraction of today's workforce. Technological innovation depends on our nation's best and brightest, representing all segments of our diverse society. Sanders (2005), in talking about women in technology and engineering, stated that women's lack of participation can only be…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Interest Inventories, Engineering
