STEM Club Participation and STEM Schooling Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Gottfried, Michael A.; Williams, Darryl N.
Titel	STEM Club Participation and STEM Schooling Outcomes
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 21 (2013) 79, (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Clubs; STEM Education; Student Participation; Mathematics Education; Mathematics Achievement; Science Education; Probability; Majors (Students); Decision Making; Achievement Gap; Persistence; Extracurricular Activities; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; Poverty; Correlation; Secondary School Students; College Students; Science Achievement; Longitudinal Studies; Regression (Statistics); Grade Point Average; Quasiexperimental Design; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Club; Klub; STEM; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Mathematische Bildung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ausdauer; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Armut; Korrelation; Sekundarschüler; Collegestudent; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	To develop a more robust understanding of the relationship between non-formal, school-based STEM activities and students' success and persistence in STEM fields, this study evaluates how math club participation influences math GPA and how science club participation influences science GPA. Additionally, this study evaluates how math or science club participation associates with the probability of selecting a STEM major in college. Utilizing data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to examine these relationships, the results suggest that there is a STEM achievement gap in the success and persistence of students who do and do not participate in STEM-related extracurricular clubs. While, for the most part, the results were not differentiated by gender or race/ethnicity per se, they were in fact distinguishable by poverty status and the interaction between race and poverty status. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida. c/o Editor, USF EDU162, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-5650. Tel: 813-974-3400; Fax: 813-974-3826; Web site: http://epaa.asu.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10