STEM Excellence and Leadership Program: Increasing the Level of STEM Challenge and Engagement for High-Achieving Students in Economically Disadvantaged Rural Communities

Autor/inn/en	Ihrig, Lori M.; Lane, Erin; Mahatmya, Duhita; Assouline, Susan G.
Titel	STEM Excellence and Leadership Program: Increasing the Level of STEM Challenge and Engagement for High-Achieving Students in Economically Disadvantaged Rural Communities
Quelle	In: Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 41 (2018) 1, S.24-42 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3532
DOI	10.1177/0162353217745158
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; High Achievement; Economically Disadvantaged; Rural Areas; Talent Development; Mixed Methods Research; Student Attitudes; Rural Schools; Academically Gifted; Mathematics Teachers; Science Teachers; Science Instruction; Mathematics Instruction; Program Evaluation; Grade 6; Focus Groups; Interviews; Student Surveys; Iowa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Begabtenförderung; Talentförderung; Schülerverhalten; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Science; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerbefragung
Abstract	High-achieving students in economically disadvantaged, rural schools lack access to advanced coursework necessary to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational and employment goals at the highest levels, contributing to the excellence gap. Out-of-school STEM programming offers one pathway to students' talent development. Using a concurrent triangulation mixed-methods research design, this study was conducted to evaluate the experiences of 78 high-achieving students and their 32 teachers, participating in an extracurricular, school-based, STEM talent development program for rural students from economically disadvantaged communities. Findings suggest that students and teachers expressed satisfaction with program participation and that they thought more creatively and critically about their work. Results also showed that students' perceptions of the mathematics and science activities were significantly different, which informs ways to improve programming for future high-achieving, rural students. These findings expand the literature supporting the use of informal STEM education environments for underserved gifted populations to increase engagement in and access to challenging curricula. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01