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resource research Informal/Formal Connections

Childhood experiences and undergraduate student interest in STEM disciplines: Attending to setting and activity type

Informal STEM learning experiences (ISLEs), such as participating in science, computing, and engineering clubs and camps, have been associated with the development of youth’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics interests and career aspirations. However, research on ISLEs predominantly focuses on institutional settings such as museums and science centers, which are often discursively inaccessible to youth who identify with minoritized demographic groups. Using latent class analysis, we identify five general profiles (i.e., classes) of childhood participation in ISLEs from data
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TEAM MEMBERS: Remy Dou Heidi Cian Zahra Hazari Philip Sadler Gerhard Sonnert
resource research Media and Technology

Learning together: Adapting methods for family and community research during a pandemic

In July 2020, Dr. Brigid Barron and her team at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center convened a virtual workshop to mobilize a community of investigators to explore innovative methods for studying family and community learning during the pandemic. Participants included NSF RAPID-COVID grantees from Stanford University, University of Washington, and the University of Michigan. This report summarizes the strategies and insights generated at this workshop so that they may be shared among a wider network of researchers, practitioners, funders, and
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TEAM MEMBERS: Lori Takeuchi Brigid Barron Caitlin Martin
resource evaluation Public Programs

Techbridge Broad Implementation: 2015‐2016 Evaluation Findings from Greater Seattle and Washington, DC (Executive Summary)

Techbridge Girls’ mission is to help girls discover a passion for science, engineering, and technology (SET). In August 2013, Techbridge Girls was awarded a five-year National Science Foundation grant to scale up its after-school program from the San Francisco Bay Area to multiple new locations around the United States. Techbridge Girls began offering after-school programming at elementary and middle schools in Greater Seattle in 2014, and in Washington, DC in 2015. Education Development Center is conducting the formative and summative evaluation of the project. To assess the
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TEAM MEMBERS: Ginger Fitzhugh Carrie Liston Sarah Armstrong
resource evaluation Public Programs

Techbridge Broad Implementation: 2015‐2016 Evaluation Findings from Greater Seattle and Washington, DC

Techbridge Girls’ mission is to help girls discover a passion for science, engineering, and technology (SET). In August 2013, Techbridge Girls was awarded a five-year National Science Foundation grant to scale up its after-school program from the San Francisco Bay Area to multiple new locations around the United States. Techbridge Girls began offering after-school programming at elementary and middle schools in Greater Seattle in 2014, and in Washington, DC in 2015. Education Development Center is conducting the formative and summative evaluation of the project. To assess the
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TEAM MEMBERS: Ginger Fitzhugh Carrie Liston Sarah Armstrong