The effectiveness of a one-year online mentoring program for girls in STEM.

Autor/inn/en	Stoeger, Heidrun; Duan, Xiaoju; Schirner, Sigrun; Greindl, Teresa; Ziegler, Albert
Titel	The effectiveness of a one-year online mentoring program for girls in STEM.
Quelle	In: Computers & education, (2013) 69, S. 408-418Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315; 1873-782X
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2013.07.032
Schlagwörter	Bildungsforschung; Evaluation; Gender; Pädagogische Psychologie; Mädchenförderung; Informatik; Mathematik; Naturwissenschaften; Pädagogische Psychologie; Technik; Evaluation; Bildungsforschung; Mentoring; Informatik; Mathematik; Naturwissenschaften; Technik; Gender; Mentoring; Online-Angebot
Abstract	Although the performance of girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is continually improving and is no longer below that of boys in most domains, girls' interests in STEM and participation rates are still too low. Online mentoring may help ameliorate this situation. To test this assumption, a one-year personal mentoring program for eleven to eighteen-year-old female college-preparatory students was evaluated. Mentee and mentor communicate with one another and with other program participants via email, online chat, and forums. To measure program effectiveness, the authors randomly assigned participants (N = 312) to either a treatment group (N = 208) or a waiting-list control group (N = 104). The authors collected questionnaire data at three points in time. In comparison to the waiting-list group, the treatment-group participants showed greater levels of desirable short-term and long-term developments. Our findings indicate various advantages for online mentoring for promoting girls' interests in STEM. (Verl.).
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Update	2014/2