The Impact of Inclusive STEM High Schools on Student Achievement

Autor/inn/en	Gnagey, Jennifer; Lavertu, Stéphane
Titel	The Impact of Inclusive STEM High Schools on Student Achievement
Quelle	In: AERA Open, 2 (2016) 2, (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
Schlagwörter	Inclusion; STEM Education; High School Students; Academic Achievement; Science Achievement; Social Studies; Outcomes of Education; Problem Based Learning; Individualized Instruction; Prior Learning; Scores; Grade 10; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inklusion; STEM; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schulleistung; Gemeinschaftskunde; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Individualisierender Unterricht; Vorkenntnisse; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	This study is one of the first to estimate the impact of "inclusive" science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) high schools using student-level data. We use multiple statistical strategies to estimate the effect on student achievement from 2 years of attendance at six such high schools in Ohio. The results indicate that two schools had positive effects on science achievement that appear to come at the expense of achievement in social studies. The other schools had negligible or, often, negative effects across both STEM and, particularly, non-STEM subjects. These results are consistent with studies indicating that inclusive STEM schools typically focus on problem-based, personalized learning rather than science and mathematics content. The analysis also reveals the importance of accounting for students' prior test scores in science, in addition to math and reading, when estimating models that use only 1 year of prior test score data--something that existing studies fail to do. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01