Open AccessExpanding STEM Membership: Using Science Process Skills in a Social Justice Curriculum to Combat Stereotype Threats and Build Self-Efficacy in African American Students
Author(s) -
Beverly A King Miller,
Alma D. Stevenson,
Shelli L. Casler-Failing
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of educational research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2167-8693
DOI - 10.5590/jerap.2021.11.1.19
Subject(s) - curriculum , presentation (obstetrics) , process (computing) , medical education , stereotype (uml) , economic justice , psychology , social justice , stereotype threat , self efficacy , mathematics education , pedagogy , political science , medicine , social psychology , computer science , criminology , law , radiology , operating system
Science process skills were scaffolded throughout instruction over the ten-week program. The culminating project included the development, design, and testing of their own independent science fair project. The results reflect an increase in students’ self-efficacy which was evidenced by the students’ preparation and presentation of their projects in the science fair.