October 30th, 2022 - October 30th, 2022 | PROJECT
The Green Bank Observatory organized a community workshop on research experiences for high school students in disciplines supported by NSF’s Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS). The workshop was intended as a forum for sharing, gathering community input, and illuminating best practices in providing research experiences to high school students and organizing such research activities across universities, labs, and observatories. The input gathered from the workshop may be useful to others wanting to support K-12 research activities.
It is often stated that solving the global challenges presented by the 21st century requires a United States workforce with training in STEM fields, and that the STEM workforce may be insufficient to fill that need. Education research literature in STEM suggests that engaging students early and often in authentic research experiences enhances STEM identity, STEM self-efficacy, and STEM career interest: three personal attributes that are linked to entry into and persistence on a STEM career pathway. Much of this literature is focused on college students, however. This workshop convened people and organizations who have designed and implemented research experiences for high school students, and who will examine the role such experiences can play in the development of a student’s interest and STEM identity.
Resources are curated on the workshop website.
Project Website(s)
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Project Products
Best Practices in K-12 STEM Research
Team Members
Sue Ann Heatherly, Principal Investigator, Green Bank ObservatoryKaren ONeil, Co-Principal Investigator
James Jackson, Co-Principal Investigator
Tim Spuck, Author, Associated Universities, Inc
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AST
Award Number: 2138022
Funding Amount: $62,374
Tags
Audience: Educators | Teachers | Museum | ISE Professionals | Scientists | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Conferences | Higher Education Programs | Informal | Formal Connections | Laboratory Programs | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Public Programs