Shoot For The Moon! The Mentors and the Middle Schoolers Explore the Intersection of Design Thinking and STEM

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This paper describes the journey of a group of university students as they worked with underserved middle school students as mentors in a STEM-based afterschool program. Design thinking provided a frame within which students learned how to be mentors, how to create user-centered learning experiences, and how to share their experiences as developing STEM professionals with middle school students.

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Type

Article

Author

M. Carroll

Publisher

Purdue University Press

Publication Website URL

http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1072&context=jpeer

Topic(s)

Informal Learning and Afterschool

STEM Career Opportunities and Workforce Development

Youth Motivation and Interests in STEM

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Carroll 2014 - Shoot For The Moon

Publication Year

2014