Paper ID #24654How Cultural Messages Through Experiences Influence Occupational Pur-suit of Muslim Female Computer Science StudentsMrs. Maral Kargarmoakhar, Florida International University Maral Kargarmoakhar was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. She got her bachelors degree in computer en- gineering from Tehran University. She pursued her master’s degree from Florida International University (FIU) in computer science. Currently, she is working on her Ph.D. program at FIU.Dr. Monique S. Ross, Florida International University Monique Ross, Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Science and STEM
Paper ID #25920Board 137: Persistence of Women of Color in Undergraduate EngineeringProgramsCourtney S. Green P.E., University of North Carolina in Charlotte Courtney S. Green, P.E. is a lecturer and academic advisor for the Office of Student Success and Develop- ment within Williams States Lee College of Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She holds a Master of Science in Engineering with a structural engineering concentration from University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2008. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at Marshall University in 2004. Prior to
bachelor’s degrees earned by women in the U.S. has remained between 18.1% and20.5% from 2000 to 2015, with women receiving 20.1% of degrees in 2015 [1]. By contrast,women’s representation in the engineering workforce has been steadily increasing since the1990’s, from 8.6% in 1993 to 14.5% in 2015 [1]. However, according to statistics from 2010,within five years of graduation, 36 percent of women who obtained engineering bachelor’sdegrees either left or never entered the field and within fifteen years after graduation, 60 percentof women who earned engineering bachelor’s degrees had left the field [2]. Despite the recentincreases, these numbers indicate that women are still underrepresented in the workforce and thatretention of women engineers in
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]. Thedifference was that the second study tracked not whether the woman was “employed full-time”but if she was employed in an engineering job. Thus, even seemingly simple constructs like“persistence” or “retention” for engineering women requires careful thought match data tointended research questions.Another troublesome issue of definition is what population of women to study. Some researchhas been focused exclusively on engineering, but much research is generalized to STEM(science, technology, engineering, and math), or just SET (science, engineering, and technology),S&E (science and engineering), or Tech (technology or high-technology). Some studies defineSTEM to include all the social sciences and some studies include all technology
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accurately predict overall graduation rates 15 .A complete major pathway was created for each participant that included up to three prospectivemajors indicated in August of their first-year, the one preferred major indicated in December oftheir first-year, their subsequent declared major(s) as they progressed through the institution, andtheir earned bachelor’s degree (Figure 1). Major pathways of participants were investigated toidentify discernible trends or patterns in the data.Figure 1: Timeline of Major Pathway data collection points. Students were able to list up to threeperspective majors in August and one preferred major in December.ResultsThere were a total of 776 participants over the five cohorts, 693 (89.3%) of whom graduated with
. Students were going to 6th grade (40.2%), 7th grade (31.5%), 8th grade (28.3%) duringthe summer. Additionally, the researchers randomly selected one or two students from eachgroup/table in camp 1 to 4. A total of 22 students presented their groups/tables to conduct in-depth interviews with us on the last day of each camp. Of the 22 interviewees, six were fromcamp 1, seven were from camp 2, five were from camp 3, and four were from camp 4. Allstudents and their guardians were required to sign consent letters.Instruments The instrument used in this study was the Middle/High School Student Attitudes towardSTEM (S-STEM) survey. This instrument was a useful tool in the evaluations of the university’soutreach projects and K-12 STEM initiative [46
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conclusion of the workshop, theparticipants were further asked to rate the overall workshop on how the components of the entireproject came together. Over the years, participants have strongly agreed that they had a betterunderstanding of engineering careers. Most participants have also agreed that they understoodthe importance of learning science and mathematics. During the early years of the program, inaddition to participant feedback, a surveys were also given to the parent(s)/guardian(s) of theparticipants.2.0 Hands-on Engineering ActivitiesThe AWE program provides exposure to engineering disciplines via hands-on activities that areled by engineering faculty in addition to undergraduate and graduate students in engineeringlaboratories as well as
common goal of increasing the number of female professionals in the STEMfields.After completing Girl Scouts STEM Day grogram, students reflected that the workshops wereinteresting and they enjoyed STEM fields. Our future direction would be to track the number ofstudents who enroll in STEM fields for college after they finish Girl Scouts STEM activies.References:[1] Sahin, A., Ayar, M. C., and Adiguzel, T., "STEM Related After-School Program Activities and AssociatedOutcomes on Student Learning", Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 14(1), 309-322, 2014.[2] Ma, G., and Ma, L., "Retaining Female Students in a Robotics Program", Proceedings of the 2017 AmericanSociety for Engineering Education conference and exposition, 2017.[3] Crowe, S
though males rated the females’leadership competency higher comparing to the females’ ratings of males, male students stilldid not believe in the leadership ability of female students as much as females themselvesbelieve.Based on the Rowan-Kenyon et al. [19]’s study, if a female student could lead a team, itwould be useful for teams because females tend to define leading as facilitating team andhaving the responsibility toward teams. This may cause conflict with male notions ofleadership, so some instruction may be necessary to legitimize alternative approaches toleadership. In addition, the last two studies in this section proved in teams that are led bystudents, underrepresented students showed better performance. These results highlight
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. Recognition was also central in Barton et al.’s [8]longitudinal study tracing the identity work of girls from nondominant backgrounds. They foundthat girls imagined for themselves possible futures in science when their identity work wasrecognized and scaffolded while they engaged with science in formal and informal learningsettings. These studies contribute to a growing realization of the complex work girls face inconstructing and sustaining a disciplinary identity in STEM. These researchers, along withothers, call for further studies to enrich our understanding of the aspects of identity construction,especially with regards to the interaction between gender, ethnicity, and STEM in the transitionto adulthood.One avenue that holds promise to transform
this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation. The authors also wish to thank Dr. Rebecca Bates, Dr. TamaraFloyd-Smith, Dr. Melani Plett, and Dr. Nanette Veilleux for their help in recruiting interviewparticipants for this project.References[1] S. Fayer, A. Lacey, and A. Watson, “Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations: past, present, and future : Spotlight on Statistics: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,” U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Jan. 2017.[2] D. J. Nelson and C. J. Brammer, “A national analysis of minorities in science and engineering faculties at research universities,” Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma, Jan
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