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Attracting Secondary Students To Stem Using A Summer Engineering Camp, Murad Mahmoud
Attracting Secondary Students To Stem Using A Summer Engineering Camp, Murad Mahmoud
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The purpose of this research was to study the benefits of having middle school students attend a summer camp focused on the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). A lot of research funding is being used in such camps to help get more students into STEM fields as there is a lack of graduates in those fields. Therefore, it is important to understand the benefits and effectiveness of such camps.
Students, teachers and parents were involved in this research. Students and teachers attended a one-week engineering camp at Utah State University while parents were involved via a blog …