RTD: Robotics Club Coaches' Efforts in Recruiting, Engaging, and Retaining Female Students: A Case Study

• In Event: Roundtables Thur1
  In Roundtable Session: RTD - Roundtables Thur1

Short Description

In this presentation we will report a study investigating middle school female students’ low participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) activities. While data are being collected and analyzed, we expect that teachers’ efforts is one of the main factors encouraging female students’ participation and sustaining their motivation. We propose a design-based research by exploring strategies commonly used by successful coaches who were able to recruit and retain female students in the robotics team.

Authors

• Dmitriy Ognev, University of Oklahoma

• Xun Ge, University of Oklahoma