2021
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252627
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High school science fair: Experiences of two groups of undergraduate bioscience students

Abstract: Science fairs offer potential opportunities for students to learn first-hand about the practices of science. Over the past six years we have been carrying out voluntary and anonymous surveys with regional and national groups of high school and post high school students to learn about their high school science fair experiences regarding help received, obstacles encountered, and opinions about the value and impact of science fair. Understanding what students think about science fairs will help educators make sci… Show more

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“…An attractive hypothesis is that even though only a small portion of high school students participate, those who do are representative of overall STEM interests amongst high school students. Participating in high school science competitions helps retain students’ interest in STEM [ 5 , 11 ]; SEFs provide an opportunity to practice those interests [ 6 ]; and authentic research experiences help high school students understand the nature of science [ 31 ]. Therefore, increasing the availability of SEFs to more students would be a valuable objective.…”
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“…An attractive hypothesis is that even though only a small portion of high school students participate, those who do are representative of overall STEM interests amongst high school students. Participating in high school science competitions helps retain students’ interest in STEM [ 5 , 11 ]; SEFs provide an opportunity to practice those interests [ 6 ]; and authentic research experiences help high school students understand the nature of science [ 31 ]. Therefore, increasing the availability of SEFs to more students would be a valuable objective.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The latter was consistent with the observation that a higher percentage of Hispanic students participated in SEF in 11 th and 12 th grades. Previously, we reported that high school students who participated in SEF in 11 th and 12 th grades were more likely to indicate that they were interested in a career in S&E, and more than 50% of undergraduates we surveyed (all on bioscience education trajectories) who participated in SEFs in high school did so more than once [ 6 ].…”
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