Abstract
High quality K-12 STEM education and assessment complement and support each other, and is a national priority along with improving science literacy and expanding the number of youths capable of entering science and healthcare careers. One new program is responding to these needs by developing and distributing science enrichment materials to middle schools in the Midwest. In concert, we are developing and validating multilevel assessments of student learning and interest in science and healthcare careers to assess and strengthen understanding of how personal and situational interest change during STEM instruction. We demonstrate that the Assessment of Interest in Medical Sciences (AIMS) displays high reliability for personal and situational interest and a related Science and Health Literacy Assessment has moderate reliability. We also demonstrate that gains in situational interest do significantly support gains in personal interest. These assessments are continuing to be refined, together with the program’s enrichment materials, through reiterative cycles of implementation in partnership with the schools, teachers and students. Here we describe the most recent developmental studies of these assessments.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages | 120 |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2016 |
| Event | 2016 National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference - Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, United States Duration: Apr 14 2016 → Apr 17 2016 https://narst.org/conferences/2016-annual-conference |
Conference
| Conference | 2016 National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference |
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| Abbreviated title | NARST 2016 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Baltimore |
| Period | 4/14/16 → 4/17/16 |
| Other | The 2016 NARST Annual International Conference theme is a call to explore what it means to have different voices, cultures, and languages engaged in science education research. Ideally, NARST conference presenters and attendees will focus their attention, both locally and globally, in a collaborative manner on equity and justice as they relate to science education issues. Baltimore, Maryland is an appropriate place for the members of NARST to again connect and share their research about those who have been, who have not been, and are educationally marginalized, discounted, and denied so that all learners can experience equity and justice in science education. Quality science learning and teaching are the rights of every human being. |
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Keywords
- STEM education
- Study
- Health education
Disciplines
- Medical Education