Evaluation research using astronomy theatre suggests good promise for young Spanish-origin women to choose science majors
We report evaluation findings and best practices from a morning of research with senior class students at an all-Spanish-origin, secondary school in the southwest United States. We found a jump in interest toward science for the women who self-identified as humanities students, and over the morning,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2019-01-01
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Series: | EPJ Web of Conferences |
Online Access: | https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2019/05/epjconf_ise2a2017_01010.pdf |
Summary: | We report evaluation findings and best practices from a morning of research with senior class students at an all-Spanish-origin, secondary school in the southwest United States. We found a jump in interest toward science for the women who self-identified as humanities students, and over the morning, surprisingly, this affected their remembrance of previous attitudes. Our results for this and other evaluations corroborate that experiential activities involving one-to-one or group activities are useful in attracting high school and college students to the sciences, especially young women. These results also pointed toward best practices. |
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ISSN: | 2100-014X |