Increasing minority female enrollment in advanced STEM courses in grades 8-10
Abstract
Development of PD for teachers to show how to increase advocacy and case studies of women in science in courses and work in concert with gifted lead teachers to increase minority female students in advanced science courses and also student seminars and independent study to increase engagement. Subject matter that students could be enrolled in and receive scaffolded support would be advanced physical science in 8th grade, honors and AP bio, honors and AP Chemistry, honors and AP Physics, all of which could be taken in 9th or 10th grade or encouraged in 11th and 12th with accessibility to mentorship and internships in their STEM field of interest. Students could take an independent seminar course to do research on minority women in STEM. Teachers could and should introduce scientists that are representative of these students as part of the course content. Seeing themselves represented in the field should help the students engage with the content material more. Historically, the testing that identifies students for the gifted and talented programs looks at achievement.
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Recommended Citation
Peddi, Erica, "Increasing minority female enrollment in advanced STEM courses in grades 8-10" (2021). Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative. 57.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2021/2021/57
Increasing minority female enrollment in advanced STEM courses in grades 8-10
Stream B
Development of PD for teachers to show how to increase advocacy and case studies of women in science in courses and work in concert with gifted lead teachers to increase minority female students in advanced science courses and also student seminars and independent study to increase engagement. Subject matter that students could be enrolled in and receive scaffolded support would be advanced physical science in 8th grade, honors and AP bio, honors and AP Chemistry, honors and AP Physics, all of which could be taken in 9th or 10th grade or encouraged in 11th and 12th with accessibility to mentorship and internships in their STEM field of interest. Students could take an independent seminar course to do research on minority women in STEM. Teachers could and should introduce scientists that are representative of these students as part of the course content. Seeing themselves represented in the field should help the students engage with the content material more. Historically, the testing that identifies students for the gifted and talented programs looks at achievement.
