A Project-Based Literature Review of Girls in STEM Day: A Day-Long STEM Event for Middle School Girls
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Research specifically targeted at youth participation in STEM highlights the importance of community engagements outside school to bolster interest STEM. Representation women and encouragement girls’ fields parallels designing implementing curriculums that enhance middle school-aged fields. The Girls Day program hosted by UNLV Scientista Foundation is designed encourage girls color from Clark County School District find Interactive activities framework analysis provides prospective success towards increasing Evaluation this will provide further evidence for curriculum development triangulate experiences perceptions authors study expect contribute specific examples indicating interests STEM-based on a day-long event.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Spectra undergraduate research journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2766-7227']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.9741/2766-7227.1005