Effects of Data Nuggets on Student Interest in STEM Careers, Self-Efficacy in Data Tasks, and Ability to Construct Scientific Explanations

Autor/inn/en	Schultheis, Elizabeth H.; Kjelvik, Melissa K.; Snowden, Jeffrey; Mead, Louise; Stuhlsatz, Molly A. M.
Titel	Effects of Data Nuggets on Student Interest in STEM Careers, Self-Efficacy in Data Tasks, and Ability to Construct Scientific Explanations
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 21 (2023) 4, S.1339-1362 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Schultheis, Elizabeth H.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1571-0068
DOI	10.1007/s10763-022-10295-1
Schlagwörter	Student Interests; STEM Education; Career Choice; Self Efficacy; Data Analysis; High School Students; Biology; Learning Activities; Science Curriculum; Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studieninteresse; STEM; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Auswertung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Biologie; Lernaktivität; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	This paper describes a randomized and controlled efficacy study conducted in high school biology classrooms across the USA. In this study, teachers implemented the use of Data Nuggets, activities designed to bring real research and data into the classroom. These materials can be embedded within the existing instructional modality of any given curriculum, thus infusing these curricula with science stories and associated datasets. Our design had teachers incorporate Data Nuggets into one of their class sections, while teaching a second class section in a business-as-usual manner. Although students in both conditions improved similarly in quantitative reasoning over the course of the study semester, we saw several key differences for students taught using the intervention as compared to those taught using only standard instruction. Students in classrooms that utilized Data Nuggets spent more time engaged in the practices of science and had greater improvement in their ability to construct scientific explanations. In addition, students using the intervention activities showed increases in both their self-efficacy in data-related tasks and their interest in STEM careers. Finally, the effects of teacher implementation on student outcomes when using Data Nuggets were assessed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01