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A Study Of Progression In Science Process Skills During A Midwestern Public Research University’S Stem Summer Camps, Anila Fiaz Gill Jan 2019

A Study Of Progression In Science Process Skills During A Midwestern Public Research University’S Stem Summer Camps, Anila Fiaz Gill

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This study explored the impact of STEM summer camps (held at a Midwestern university) on campers’ science process skills (SPS). Upon analysis statistically significant positive growth in SPS was observed, evidenced by the increase from presurvey to postsurvey SPS scores, over the period of these short duration camps. There were no statistically significant differences in growth (presurvey to postsurvey) by gender, grade level, or ethnicity. While there were no significant main effects for gender (male vs. female) and grade level (middle vs. high school) on science process skill scores, there was a significant main effect of ethnicity (white vs. nonwhite) …