The Structural Relationship Between Out-of-School-Time Enrichment and Black Student Participation in Advanced Science

• In Event: Hilton Roundtable Session 10
  In Roundtable Session: Black Students Achieving in STEM Education

Abstract

This study tested a model of the structural relationship between Black student engagement in Out-of-School Time (OST) science enrichment and participation in advanced science courses in high school. The participants in the sample were Black students (N = 3,173) that participated in the HSLS:09/12. The results suggested that the model adequately fit the data, and that a direct relationship existed between OST enrichment and Black student participation in advanced science. In addition Black female students participated statistically significantly more in advanced science than their male peers. This research extends the implications of informal STEM to support the diversification of advanced high school science courses and STEM participation by providing distinct estimates of the effects of OST on Black students.

Authors

• Jamaal Young, University of North Texas

• Jemimah L Young, University of Iowa