Peering a Generation into the Future: NSF's Young Scholars Program (YSP) and the nation’s STEM workforce
PosterThis project is a multiyear study of the impact of an enrichment program that the US National Science Foundation (NSF) managed in the 1990s. The Young Scholars Program (YSP) involved around 18,000 7th–12th grade students and 600 separate grants between 1989 and 1996. The purpose of YSP was to introduce high-achieving middle and secondary school students to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields to encourage their entry into those fields and thus increase the size and quality of the nation’s STEM workforce.
Engaging Teachers and Children in the Physics of Waves through the Connections with Music
PosterThe connections with music present a great opportunity for engaging children in the science of sound, and science in general. With this goal, our program has been creating a series of web applications and hands-on activities that allow children to explore, visualize, and play with sound. Our previous work, carried out in the classroom with heavy involvement of our team, showed that the approach was effective for increasing children’s engagement with science.
A Learning Ecosystem for Teaching High School Students Machine Learning Concepts and Data Science Skills in Healthcare and Medicine
PosterWe will develop a unique community-based ecosystem for teaching high school students about how the intersection between rapidly developing technologies such as data science and machine learning impact critical healthcare decisions. Students will learn and apply technological skills valued for high-paying jobs within our workforce and proving the importance of diversity.
Adapting and Implementing a Geospatial High School Course in Career and Technical Education Clusters in Urban Settings
PosterThis project aims to adapt the Geospatial Semester for Career and Technical Education in a large urban district through effective teacher professional development and lesson design.
Engaging African American Young Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship Through Community-Centered Making
PosterThe AAMASE project is developing and researching a model for engaging high-school-aged African American women from low-income families in STEM-related making and entrepreneurship educational programs.
Biology Meets Engineering
PosterA STEM education program at the interface of biology and engineering, namely sensory biology and robotics. This program for high school students and in-service teachers engages them in activities that examine the interrelatedness between science and engineering using innovative technologies.
World Smarts STEM Challenge
PosterThe World Smarts STEM Challenge is a virtual exchange that supports STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education in the United States and Ghana. Middle and high school students from Washington, DC, and senior secondary school students from across Ghana come together virtually to solve global issues in their communities with STEM solutions inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Synthesis: Impact of integrating innovative technologies in STEM classrooms on K-12 students' STEM career outcomes
PosterThis Synthesis project uses meta-analysis and qualitative synthesis to examine the effects of integrating innovative technologies into K-12 STEM education on students’ STEM career-related outcomes, and if and in what ways intervention characteristics and educational settings moderate these effects.
Pathways to Science/Caminos a la Ciencia
PosterA project designed to identify strategies to recruit, train, and retain Latinas into post-graduate education, STEM majors, and STEM careers.