Full STEAM Ahead (Poster 22)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Thursday 3:35 p.m.
  In Poster Session: Research Engagement and Development with Youth (READY) Program

Abstract

We will be sharing results of student interviews conducted by youth researchers (YR) in year one of a five-year NSF-funded project. The purpose of the project is to examine how the STEAM lab embedded in DBG Detroit, a community-based youth development program, grows the STEM engagement of the Black youth they serve and creates affordances for the development of STEM efficacy, interests, and identity. In Year 1, the YR on our interdisciplinary team conducted interviews with 25 DBG students to begin answering two of our research questions: (1) How does DBG support students’ interest and participation in their embedded STEAM lab?; and (2) How is the STEAM lab curriculum structured to create opportunities for student engagement with STEM content?

Authors

• Amanda Sommerfeld Case, University of Iowa

• Keenan Cain, Martin Luther King Jr. High School

• Aleena Watson, Regina High School

• Garret Simmons, University of Detroit Jesuit High School

• Mye Bella-Ray Copeland, Regina High School