Gauging informal STEM youth program impact : A conceptual framework and a measurement instrument

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Tai, Robert Hsiencheng, Ryoo, Ji Hoon, Mitchell, Claire E., Kong, Xiaoqing, Skeeles-Worley, Angela D., Almarode, John T., Maltese, Adam V. and Dabney, Katherine P.. (2021). Gauging informal STEM youth program impact : A conceptual framework and a measurement instrument. Journal of Youth Development. 16(4), pp. 103-133. https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2021.981
AuthorsTai, Robert Hsiencheng, Ryoo, Ji Hoon, Mitchell, Claire E., Kong, Xiaoqing, Skeeles-Worley, Angela D., Almarode, John T., Maltese, Adam V. and Dabney, Katherine P.
Abstract

STEM education programs are often formulated with a "hands-on activities" focus across a wide array of topics from robotics to rockets to ecology. Traditionally, the impact of these programs is based on surveys of youth on program-specific experiences or the youths’ interest and impressions of science in general. In this manuscript, we offer a new approach to analyzing science programming design and youth participant impact. The conceptual framework discussed here concentrates on the organization and analysis of common learning activities and instructional strategies. We establish instrument validity and reliability through an analysis of validity threats and pilot study results. We conclude by using this instrument in an example analysis of a STEM education program.

Keywordsactivity-based science learning, informal STEM education, out-of-school time science education, informal STEM program impact
Year01 Jan 2021
JournalJournal of Youth Development
Journal citation16 (4), pp. 103-133
PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh
ISSN2325-4009
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2021.981
Web address (URL)https://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/211604RES03
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Page range103-133
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Print29 Sep 2021
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AcceptedSep 2021
Deposited17 Feb 2025
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University of Pittsburgh Press.

Place of publicationUnited States
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