Collaboration to Enhance Learning and Learning to Enhance Collaboration: A Palindromic Approach to Learning in a Global STEM Environment

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Abstract

This paper examines the Asset-Based Learning Environments (ABLE) Leadership Program for Students (ALPS), part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research effort involving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-based virtual collaboration for middle and high school students globally. The analysis focuses on participant performance outcomes and the project's perceived impact. Guided by principles of Project-based Learning (PBL) and Model Eliciting Activities (MEAs), this paper examines the data from project activities and in-depth participant interviews. Analysis of student interviews suggest that project based activities did indeed promote exposure to STEM projects by enhancing student independence and autonomy, collaboration, and constructive investigation.

Authors

• Kristina M. Lux, Pepperdine University/Newport Healthcare

• Eric R. Hamilton, Pepperdine University

• Lu Liang, Pepperdine University

• Ateamate Mukabana, LEAP International