Using Technology and Collaboration With STEM Professionals to Enhance Students' Self-Efficacy and Interest in STEM

• In Event: Learning With Technology and Children Using Technology

Abstract

This paper highlights the year-one (pilot) findings of a three-year project on emerging technologies where students engaged in computer modeling, 3D printing, flight simulation, and drones during summer camps and afterschool programs in rural and urban districts. The pilot was iterative as different interventions were field-tested in specific environments. Students in the afterschool programs were exposed to all of the interventions, but only urban students had guest speakers and a field trip. The purpose of the pilot study was to examine and refine the interventions and understand their influence on students’ self-efficacy and interest in computing, science, and technology.

Authors

• Jacqueline Leonard, MERAssociates, LLC

• Cara M. Djonko-Moore, Rhodes College

• Roni Ellington, Morgan State University

• Anthony Santoro, William Penn School District

• Mikhail Miller, Drexel University