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- Title
Effects of Summer Transportation Institute on Minority High School Students' Perception on STEM Learning.
- Authors
Jing Yan; Kejun Wen; Lin Li
- Abstract
A lack of interest into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among minority high school students can hinder the development of diverse workforce in transportation engineering. The goal of this paper was to evaluate the effect of a summer transportation institute for African American high school students in motivating their interests and career choices in engineering fields. The summer camp curriculum included senior professors' academic lectures, hands-on technical projects, field trips and recreational activities related to traffic engineering to help students increase STEM course knowledge, improve their academic awareness of transportation engineering, and enhance their abilities to create, analyze and solve practical problems. Satisfaction and MSLQ questionnaires were used to assess the effectiveness of the program. The analysis results indicate that the MSTI project is beneficial to fostering students' interest in engineering technology by successfully guiding students to choose their future STEM career and to make further education plans after graduating from high school, especially in the transportation field.
- Subjects
STEM education; AFRICAN American high school students; TRANSPORTATION engineering; DIVERSITY in organizations; STEM occupations
- Publication
Journal of STEM Education: Innovations & Research, 2020, Vol 20, Issue 2, p58
- ISSN
1557-5276
- Publication type
Article