Conference Session

Pre K-12 Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Patrick K. Kirkland, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Topics

Pre K-12 Education

year 3Background and Context•  STEM Teaching Fellowship: –  Teachers apply in school teams of 3-4; typical composition includes both science and mathematics teachers, mostly middle school –  Three main strands: STEM Integration, Core Teaching Practices, Schoolwide STEM Strategic Plan 4Background and Context•  Approach to STEM Integration Strand –  Experience STEM integration as learners –  Reflect and unpack as educators –  Introduce tools, strategies, and templates to empower teaching fellows to engage their students in STEM Integration•  Summer 1: Platform Design•  Summer 2: Flint Experience

Conference Session

Pre K-12 Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word; Chaoyi Wang, University of the Incarnate Word; Sreerenjini C. Nair, University of the Incarnate Word; Yvonne Calvo Burns, Camp Program Coordinator

Tagged Topics

Pre K-12 Education

Office representatives came over to meet with the students and parents to explain them the admission procedure and the financial aid opportunities for eligible students. Program Evaluation, Effectiveness, and Survey Results Daily and program surveys were conducted to assess the effectiveness of miniGEMS 2016. An overall understanding of the skills needed to be an engineer were reflected in the answers on the daily surveys, the lab notebooks, the final essay and presentation, miniGEMS summative survey, and results from the post-survey data. The daily surveys provided quality control daily and allowed immediate corrective actions, if necessary. An interesting outcome from the daily surveys was the importance of having

Conference Session

Pre K-12 Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Suzanne Sontgerath, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ryan Nicole Meadows, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre K-12 Education

. Participants in four robotics sections (N=95,28% girls) were surveyed using a validated reflective assessment at the end of the program.Three sections were mixed-gender and one section was single-gender. Two different femaleSTEM educators taught four sections. The assessment measured science interest, science identityand the four 21st Century Learning Skills; critical thinking, perseverance, relationships withpeers and relationships with adults. Participants in the robotics programs experiencedstatistically significantly gains in science interest and identity. There were no statisticallysignificant differences between the genders or in the single gender section. For the 21st CenturySkills, participants had gains across all skills. Females reported a

Conference Session

Pre-K12 Track - Technical Session II

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ardice Hartry, University of California, Berkeley; Maia Werner-Avidon, MWA Insights; Sherry Hsi, Concord Consortium; Ariel J. Ortiz, Lawrence Hall of Science; Kathryn Chong Quigley, Lawrence Hall of Science

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre K-12 Education

theprogram for at least a year) and to reflect back to rate themselves in these same areas before theygot involved with the program. Retrospective post-then-pre designs are useful to reduceproblems that arise when program participants under or over-report their knowledge or abilitieson pre-tests due to a lack of understanding. Retrospective post-then-pre tests are designed toreduce this “response shift bias” (University of Wisconsin-Extension, 2005).A total of 51 retrospective surveys were collected from youth who consented to participate in theevaluation study. These included 17 TechHive participants and 34 participants from acomparison group of other interns.YouthInterviewsTechHive youth were asked to participate in an interview at the end of the