DocumentCode
1804969
Title
A snapshot of young America´s perspective towards STEM
Author
Pulecio, Javier F. ; Pulecio, Alexandra ; Westlake, Michaela ; Bhanja, Sanjukta
Author_Institution
Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
27-30 Oct. 2010
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine third and eighth grade students´ attitudes and knowledge of STEM related careers in an American school culture. For the past several years, we in the Nano Computer Research Group at the University of South Florida, have presented local K-12 institutions with various aspects of our research to raise STEM awareness. This past year we augmented our knowledge module based on past experiences and formalized it to engage 67 students from 4 distinct 3rd and 8th grade classes.
Keywords
computer science education; cultural aspects; engineering education; mathematics; nanotechnology; American school culture; K-12 institutions; STEM related careers; nano computer research group; Area measurement; Battery charge measurement; Educational institutions; Electricity; Energy measurement; Engineering profession; STEM;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location
Washington, DC
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6261-2
Electronic_ISBN
0190-5848
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2010.5673221
Filename
5673221
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