Using technology summer camp to stimulate the interest of female high school students in technology careers

Sowells, Evelyn R.; Waller, Lewis; Ofori-Boadu, Andrea Nana; Bullock, Gina

doi:10.1109/picmet.2016.7806601

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“…In conclusion, our findings confirm and extend existing research demonstrating that summer enrichment programs can improve students’ self-efficacy and interest in STEM and specifically, in cybersecurity and digital forensics programs (Miller et al, 2018; Kang et al, 2019; Sowells et al, 2016). Further, our findings demonstrate that authentic and hands-on experiences with cybersecurity and digital forensics may lead students to perceive programming as appealing and meaningful, confirming the effectiveness of Renzulli’s Type II enrichment activities (Reis & Renzulli, 2021).…”

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“…Computer science and cybersecurity enrichment programs effectively promote computer science and cybersecurity talent development among students (Hernadez et al, 2020; Quweider et al, 2020). Participating in STEM enrichment can increase students’ STEM interest and STEM self-efficacy (Miller et al, 2018; Kang et al, 2019; Sowells et al, 2016). Computer science summer enrichment programs also contribute to increased diversity among students pursuing computer science careers, including women, minoritized students, and students from low-income households (Miller et al, 2018); recruiting students for undergraduate computer science programs (Quweider et al, 2020); and impacted students’ choice of college majors and future careers (Hernandez et al, 2020).…”

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Students’ Perceptions of a Cyber Enrichment Program

Desmet,

Crimmins,

Flewellen

et al. 2023

Gifted Child Today

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The purpose of the present study was to evaluate a cybersecurity and digital forensics enrichment program for gifted and talented students to determine students' perceptions of this enrichment course. We evaluated data from 25 secondary education students and one educator to examine their perceptions of the program. Responses from students and the teacher indicated that the cyber enrichment program was well-received by students. Findings demonstrated that authentic and hands-on experiences with cybersecurity and digital forensics were associated with students' perceiving the program as appealing and meaningful and perceiving themselves as highly efficacious when it comes to cybersecurity and digital forensics. Future research directions are discussed.

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confidence: 88%

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Students’ Perceptions of a Cyber Enrichment Program

Desmet,

Crimmins,

Flewellen

et al. 2023

Gifted Child Today

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“…The FCI is appropriate for Intro college and High school students. This test includes clusters of questions by topic that help to understand better for Technology perceptions and attitudes were assessed in the pre-test with a questionnaire composed of 11 items, re-adapting the one used in Sowells et al (2016). After Factorial analysis, the items were grouped in 4 scales: "Attitude towards technology", "Attitude towards the University", "Perception of the technology sector" and "Self-Efficacy in technology sector respect to Gender".…”

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Learning Newtonian Physics through Programming Robot Experiments

Ferrarelli

Iocchi

2021

Tech Know Learn

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Novel technology has been applied to improve students’ learning abilities in different disciplines. The research in this field is still finding suitable methodologies, tools, and evaluation mechanisms to devise learning frameworks with high impact on students’ performance. This article describes an instructional method to perform Newtonian physics experiments by programming a mobile robot. Such experiments allow the learners to design, implement and visualize physics concepts, thus using the robot as a cognitive tool or mindtool . An accurate assessment of the students learning gain, involving 29 high-school students, shows that the proposed method provided significant improvements in the students understanding of the first Newton’s law, the second Newton law and the superposition principle. The learning gain has been measured through the Force Concept Inventory questionnaire. From this study, we can state that programming a mobile robot to perform physics experiments can improve knowledge about Newtonian physics, even without giving specific lectures in the subject and with a much shorter lecture plan with respect to traditional lectures.

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“…However, despite the short duration of the intervention and the small sample size, there was evidence of participants' growth toward more informed understandings for four aspects of scientific inquiry (Antink-Meyer et al 2014). Sowells et al (2016) also examined whether a Technology summer camp stimulate the interest of female high school students from low income. The camp designed as short-term intensive, based on hands on experiences and aimed to increase the number of low income female students who pursue degrees in technology disciplines at collegiate level.…”

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Students’ Views about Enriched Summer Camp for High School Students

Kaplan-Sayı

2017

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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In New Era high level thinking skills, personal development and network could be demonstrated as the keys of life success. Because of this, enrichment camps became very popular. This paper presents the layout and results of a summer camp project that aims to promote insight on high school students towards many disciplines of science, culture, develop their self-confidence and help high school students to choose the most appropriate job for themselves. The students introduced university lectures from different branches such as; molecular biology and genetics, solid works, international relations, forensic psychology, nano materials and x-ray analyses etc. The the core body of knowledge has been enriched with applications in a laboratory environment. The students have been assigned to learn by experience with the help of hands-on project design activities during the project. Drama, cultural tours, seminars, meetings, sports, dance and yoga have been used as social activities for introducing campus life and facilities. In addition to these, the students have also been informed about the importance of discovering their interests and talents within the scope of this camp. This program was in operation in summer term of 2015-2016 academic year at Istanbul Aydin University. The students were given semi-structured interview and the data were analyzed through descriptive analysis. The sample of the study consists of 39 students coming from different state and private schools in different cities. The results indicated that summer camp increased academic motivation, awareness of life and career also the socialization skills of the participants. Besides, the students stated that they were able to be recognize of a university, university environment, scientists and different professions.

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Using technology summer camp to stimulate the interest of female high school students in technology careers

Cited by 8 publications

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Students’ Perceptions of a Cyber Enrichment Program

Students’ Perceptions of a Cyber Enrichment Program

Learning Newtonian Physics through Programming Robot Experiments

Students’ Views about Enriched Summer Camp for High School Students

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