| Owner: |
Leigh M. Harrell-Williams
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| Owner Email: |
leigh.williams@memphis.edu
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| Paper Title: |
An Interactionist Approach to Exploring Identity Development and Engagement During a STEM Club Experience (Poster 28): SIG-Out-of-School Time, 10:15 AM
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| Session Title: |
e-Lightening Ed-Talk Session 16
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| Paper Type: |
Ed-Talk
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| Presentation Date: |
4/14/2024
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| Presentation Location: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| Descriptors: |
Analysis of Change, Elementary Schools, Identity
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| Methodology: |
Quantitative
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| Author(s): |
Leigh M. Harrell-Williams, University of Memphis; Eli Andrew Jones, University of Memphis; Luke Walden, University of Memphis; Katherine Ayers, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Robyn Pennella, University of Memphis; Taylor Mule, University of Memphis; Justine Piontek, University of Memphis
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| Unit: |
e-Lightning Ed-Talks
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| Abstract: |
The context of this study is a 10-week afterschool STEM Club for 5th graders offered at 20 elementary schools. Students are immersed in a case study of a young child who has lost a limb due to cancer and are tasked with designing and building a prosthetic hand for the child using low-cost materials. Specifically, this study will explore 1) changes in pre and post measures of STEM identity and engagement, (2) changes in weekly exit-ticket reports about seeing themselves as a scientist, their enjoyment, sense of belonging, and their intent to pursue a science career at 4 points in the curriculum, and (3) changes in the relationships among these exit-ticket reports as the students progressed through the curriculum.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/2166494
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