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Impacts of a Pre-college STEM Outreach Program over Time (Evaluation)

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Conference

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Publication Date

June 22, 2025

Start Date

June 22, 2025

End Date

August 15, 2025

Conference Session

Evaluating Pre-College STEM Programs: Longitudinal Impact, Integration, and Engagement

Tagged Division

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Tagged Topic

Diversity

Page Count

15

Permanent URL

https://peer.asee.org/56747

Paper Authors

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Bin (Brenda) Zhou Central Connecticut State University

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Dr. Bin (Brenda) Zhou is a Professor in the Engineering Department at Central Connecticut State University. Her research enthusiasm lies in quantitative analyses and modeling techniques, and her field of expertise is transportation planning and engineering. She recently dedicated herself to STEM outreach activities to promote STEM in youth, especially historically underrepresented groups.

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Abstract

Many pre-college programs were developed and implemented to increase high school student's interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Plentiful prior studies documented the positive impacts of such outreach efforts. This paper examines the incremental impacts of such interventions throughout program duration using three longitudinal surveys – an opening survey, a mid-program survey, and an end-of-program survey. Paired with demographic data collected in the student recruitment stage, statistical analyses reveal differential impacts on students by gender and family background. Findings demonstrate how students' self-evaluations and perspectives on STEM education and career choices change over time while attending a summer program. This will help educators and outreach project directors better design and implement such programs.

Zhou, B. B. (2025, June), Impacts of a Pre-college STEM Outreach Program over Time (Evaluation) Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada . https://peer.asee.org/56747

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