Academic Journal
Extended Engagement in an Engineering Outreach Program at a Predominately Latinx High School (RTP, Diversity)
| العنوان: | Extended Engagement in an Engineering Outreach Program at a Predominately Latinx High School (RTP, Diversity) |
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| المؤلفون: | Maya Denton, Bryant Chambers, Indu Venu Sabaraya, Navid Saleh, Mary Kirisits |
| المصدر: | 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN |
| بيانات النشر: | ASEE Conferences |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE): Papers on Engineering Education Repository (PEER) |
| الوصف: | Outreach efforts often occur during a short period of time, and there have been recent recommendations for longer-term outreach programs to be implemented and studied. Extended outreach programs have the potential to further impact engineering perceptions and STEM confidence and enjoyment, which influence the choice to pursue engineering. To understand the impact of repeated outreach activities, we implemented a four-year engineering outreach program at a predominately Latinx high school, where 29% of the students were low-income. Starting freshman year and continuing through their four years in high school, participants engaged in two STEM activities and three engineering modules in their science classroom. Our research question is as follows: How did extended engagement during the outreach program impact the students’ (a) perception of engineering? (b) enjoyment of STEM classes/activities? (c) confidence in STEM skills? (d) interest in a STEM career? We reached 50 students over the course of four years, with six students participating in all five activities/modules. Adapted surveys were implemented at three timepoints during the program to assess engineering perception, confidence in STEM skills, and enjoyment of STEM. We calculated descriptive statistics at the three timepoints for the six participants who completed all activities and compared descriptive statistics at the third timepoint for participants who completed all three engineering modules (n=15) and those who completed only one module (n=10). We also qualitatively analyzed open-ended response questions. Our findings suggest the extended engagement in outreach positively influenced participants’ perceptions of engineering and enjoyment of STEM, with mixed results on STEM confidence. Perceptions of engineering were generally more positive for participants who completed all three engineering modules versus those who completed only one module. Further, the open-ended responses highlight the importance of repeated exposure, as participants indicated they ... |
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| DOI: | 10.18260/1-2--41182 |
| الاتاحة: | http://peer.asee.org/41182 https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--41182 |
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| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.99D0FDAF |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.18260/1-2--41182 |
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