scholarly journals Broadening Participation in STEM College Majors: Effects of Attending a STEM-Focused High School

AERA Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 233285841880630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Means ◽  
Haiwen Wang ◽  
Xin Wei ◽  
Emi Iwatani ◽  
Vanessa Peters
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Two Year Colleges ◽  
College Majors ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
Stem Major ◽  
School Sample ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
State Higher Education

To increase participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) studies and careers, some states have promoted inclusive STEM high schools. This study addressed the question of whether these high schools improve the odds that their graduates will pursue a STEM major in college. State higher education records were obtained for students surveyed as seniors in 23 inclusive STEM high schools and 19 comparison schools without a STEM focus. Propensity score weighting was used to ensure that students in the comparison school sample were very similar to those in the inclusive STEM school sample in terms of demographic characteristics and Grade 8 achievement. Students overall and from under-represented groups who had attended inclusive STEM high schools were significantly more likely to be in a STEM bachelor’s degree program two years after high school graduation. For students who entered two-year colleges, on the other hand, attending an inclusive STEM high school was not associated with entry into STEM majors.

Examining High School Students’ Gendered Beliefs about Math: Predictors and Implications for Choice of STEM College Majors

2021 ◽  
pp. 003804072110147
Author(s):  
Catherine Riegle-Crumb ◽  
Menglu Peng
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
School Students ◽  
College Majors ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
Math Ability ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
And Mathematics

Utilizing the High School Longitudinal Study, a nationally representative sample of U.S. high school students, this study investigates the factors that predict different beliefs about gendered math ability and the potential consequences for students’ choices to enter gender-segregated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors in college. Among other results, analyses reveal that while about 25 percent of students report a traditionally stereotypical belief in male superiority, about 20 percent report a counter-stereotypical belief in female superiority; among female students, such beliefs are more common among black students. Further, models reveal a robust association between holding counter-stereotypical beliefs and the likelihood that women choose biological science majors, which are female dominated, compared to non-STEM fields. Among men, holding counter-stereotypical beliefs is associated with a lower likelihood of majoring in physical science, computer science, math, and engineering fields, which are strongly male dominated, versus non-STEM fields. Implications for gender inequality in STEM fields are discussed.

NYC Selective Specialized Public High Schools and Honors College STEM Degrees: A Previously Unexplored Relationship

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pessy J. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
High Schools ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
Public High School ◽  
Honors College ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between attending one of the nine New York City (NYC) selective specialized public high schools and graduating from an honors college with a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degree, compared with honors college graduates who attended any other high school. A causal-comparative study design was applied. The participants consisted of 1,647 graduates from seven honors colleges, from 2011 to 2015, in the northeastern United States. Of the 1,647 graduates, 482 students graduated from NYC selective specialized public high schools and 1,165 students graduated from other high schools. The study found a significant difference ( p < .05) between the two groups. A larger percentage of NYC selective specialized public high schools graduated with a STEM degree from an honors college than students from other high schools. These results support the positive relationship between attending a NYC selective specialized public high school and graduating with a STEM degree from an honors college. Results and implications are discussed.

Los Angeles City College Mathematics Prize Competition

1955 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 585-586
Author(s):  
Ben Gold
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
City College ◽  
Prize Competition ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Los Angeles City College

Each year Los Angeles City College holds a William B. Orange Mathematics Prize Competition for high school students of Los Angeles City high schools.1 Last year thirty-three schools entered the contest. The team winner was Fairfax High School. There were individual prizes consisting of slide rules, mathematics books, subscription to magazines of interest to mathematics students, and mathematics handbooks.

Supporting the STEM Pipeline: Linking Applied STEM Course-Taking in High School to Declaring a STEM Major in College

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Gottfried ◽  
Robert Bozick
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
College Major ◽  
Major Choice ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
College Major Choice ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Stem Pipeline ◽  
Stem Major ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Scientific Fields

Recently, through the support from the Obama administration, the traditional STEM curricula (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in high schools are being updated with integrated, applied STEM courses (e.g., technology and engineering) in order to enhance the “real world” applicability of scientific fields and ultimately to strengthen the link between what students learn in high school and college major choice. Using longitudinal survey and transcript data, this study examines whether taking these applied STEM courses in high school can predict higher odds of declaring a STEM major in college. The findings reveal that taking applied STEM courses in high school is associated with a higher probability of declaring a STEM college major for four-year students. Moreover, applied STEM course-taking is highly predictive of declaring an applied STEM major. Implications are discussed.

scholarly journals A Collective Impact Model Towards Increasing STEM Major Student Retention

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (Volume 2, Issue 2) ◽  
pp. 21-30
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Collective Impact ◽  
Impact Model ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
Stem Major ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Hispanic Serving

This article presents the research findings of a multidisciplinary team's collective research effort at one university over a five-year period as funded by the National Science Foundation's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program. A collaborative learning and retention action research effort at a large Hispanic Serving Institution is analyzed using mixed methods to document the power of collective impact as the foundation for a learning support model for students historically underrepresented majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) academic programs. The actions of the team of researchers are presented to describe the Rising Stars Collective Impact model and the impacts achieved. This is a model that aligns objectives, intervention efforts, and reports collective results. The long-term goals of the Rising Stars Collective Impact multiple programs managed by the funded program team included the following: (a) to improve the campus sense of community for students historically under-represented in STEM, (b) to establish innovative and robust STEM education research-based practices to support critical skill attainment for students, and (c) to support faculty understanding of the funds of knowledge of diverse students. The positive student retention and success impacts of this research effort are measured through quantitative statistical analysis of the changes in second-year STEM undergraduate student retention rates and representation rates of women, Hispanics, and African American STEM majors.

Gender Equity in College Majors: Looking Beyond the STEM/Non-STEM Dichotomy for Answers Regarding Female Participation

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen M. Ganley ◽  
Casey E. George ◽  
Joseph R. Cimpian ◽  
Martha B. Makowski
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
College Major ◽  
College Majors ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Els 2002 ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Impact

Women are underrepresented in many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and in some non-STEM majors (e.g., philosophy). Combining newly gathered data on students’ perceptions of college major traits with data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), we find that perceived gender bias against women emerges as the dominant predictor of the gender balance in college majors. The perception of the major being math or science oriented is less important. We replicate these findings using a separate sample to measure college major traits. Results suggest the need to incorporate major-level traits in research on gender gaps in college major choices and the need to recognize the impact of perceptions of potential gender discrimination on college major choices.

Shall We Continue Keeping High School Courses in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum?

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Sönmez
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
School Education ◽  
High School Education ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
And Mathematics

Since the entrance of the graduates of technical high schools to engineering programs is hindered, in application, the graduates of general or science high schools only are accepted to engineering education. For these students, four years are not sufficient to teach the basic and the related application courses of the profession. Looking at the existing curriculum of mechanical engineering, it can be seen that in the 1st Year, the physics and chemistry courses repeat the content of the ones given in high school education. The current approach considers the students as they come to university with inadequate and incomplete knowledge and therefore not ready to follow the engineering science courses. This approach underestimates and denies the high school education contrary to the main objective of its curriculum. The main objective of high schools (secondary schools) is expressed in the Laws and Regulations with such a statement: “General high schools do not prepare students for a specific profession but rather for higher education”. Today, the existing curriculum of Mechanical Engineering is to be renewed by some new science and application courses to satisfy the demands of labor market. However, the total course credit limit prevents such a renewal. In the face of this dilemma, the answer to this question becomes important: Should the university really repeat high school physics and chemistry? In science high schools and in science branch of general high schools the science and mathematics courses have the major importance. The students are well educated on physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics. They are provided with the necessary science and mathematics background that is required in engineering education. Although only the well-educated graduates of science and general high schools are admitted to engineering programs and the students are already ready to follow the engineering science courses thanks to their high school background, unfortunately in some universities (in Turkey in all) science courses part of engineering curricula is filled by physics and chemistry courses with the same content of the ones taught in high school.

Patterns of Persistence in Intended College Major with a Focus on STEM Majors

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily J. Shaw ◽  
Sandra Barbuti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Advanced Placement ◽  
First Generation ◽  
College Major ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
First Generation College Student ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Stem Major ◽  
First Generation College ◽  
High School Performance

In this study, we examined patterns of persisting in and switching from an intended college major (chosen in high school) in the third year of college. We focused on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) major persistence because of the national effort to increase those entering STEM careers. Results showed differences in persistence by academic field as well as by gender, parental income, and first-generation college student status with the largest variation by ethnicity. Further examination of STEM major persistence showed that high school performance in math and science, taking advanced placement exams in STEM, articulating positive science self-efficacy beliefs, and professing a goal of obtaining a doctorate were also related to persistence in varied ways across STEM majors.

scholarly journals The Alberta High School Mathematics Program

1959 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-65
Author(s):  
E.S. Keeping
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Euclidean Geometry ◽  
Systems Of Equations ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Binomial Theorem ◽  
Quadratic Equations ◽  
Mathematics Program ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Simple Equations

Alberta high schools (Grades 10 to 12) give several courses in Mathematics, of which three are compulsory for those students intending to enter University. These three are Mathematics 10 (elements of Euclidean geometry, algebra up to simple equations, arithmetic), Mathematics 20 (geometry of the circle, loci, algebra up to quadratic equations) and Mathematics .30 (algebra, including systems of equations, progressions, permutations and combinations and the binomial theorem).

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