Long Term Effects of a Middle School Engineering Outreach Program for Girls: A Controlled Study
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| Audience/Grade: | - High School Senior |
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Computer Science Engineering Education Research General General Engineering, Engineering Science Mathematical Sciences |
| Special Topic(s): |
Best Paper Award |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Educational Research Paper |
| Media Type: |
Audio |
| Author(s): |
Jeanne Hubelbank |
| Description: | Abstract - This study compares the high school choices and choice of college major of two groups: young women who participated in the two-week Camp Reach engineering program as rising sixth graders, and those who applied to the program but were not chosen in the random lottery (control group). Results indicate that, in comparison to the control group, Camp Reach participants were significantly more likely to attend a public high school specializing in mathematics and science and also more likely to enroll in elective math and science courses in high school. While a higher fraction of the Camp Reach group chose engineering majors upon college entry, the difference did not reach statistical significance. Grouping all STEM-related majors together, choices of the Camp Reach and control groups were not significantly different. Furthermore, there were no significant differences in the engineering self-efficacy and other measures of efficacy between the Camp Reach and control groups. Citation: Session 2592, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 24 - 27, 2007 - Honolulu, Hawaii. This paper won Best Paper Award of ASEE Professional Interest Councils (PICs). |
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| Keywords: | young women Controlled Study Camp Reach engineering program |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Confidence (a) Apply mathematics, science, and engineering Major Retention Problem Solving Skills Student Learning Utility of the Assessment |
| Intervention(s): |
Faculty mentoring Performance assessment Problem solving |
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This study has shown that the self-selection involved in applying to a particular engineering summer camp as a sixth grader is quite strong. Expanding the STEM pipeline more substantially may require approaches that include more follow-up activities, begin at an even earlier age, recruit students with a broader range of initial interest, or that are directed at parents and teachers. |
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Easy |
| Interactivity Level: |
Very low |
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| Publication Date: | June 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://soa.asee.org/paper/conference/paper-view.cfm?id=4368 |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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