TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-university precollege outreach from a renewable energy focused engineering research center
AU - Holbert, Keith
AU - Molyneaux, Kristen
AU - Grable, Lisa L.
AU - Dixon, Patricia
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - The precollege program in the NSF-supported Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center is in its third year with over 100 participants in the first two years at three university campuses. The precollege programs consist of (1) a Research Experience for Teachers, (2) a Young Scholars commuter program for high school students, and (3) summer science camps for middle school students. An Each One Mentor One approach is implemented which links mentorship between faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, teachers, and high school and middle school students. Program assessment results show that teachers now have an increased interest in research on how math and science can be applied, and the teachers feel more confident in talking to their students about future careers in the field of engineering. The precollege program has motivated both the high school and middle school students to study harder, and while high school students are more confident they will enroll in an engineering degree program, they are not as confident that they will complete an engineering degree.
AB - The precollege program in the NSF-supported Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center is in its third year with over 100 participants in the first two years at three university campuses. The precollege programs consist of (1) a Research Experience for Teachers, (2) a Young Scholars commuter program for high school students, and (3) summer science camps for middle school students. An Each One Mentor One approach is implemented which links mentorship between faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, teachers, and high school and middle school students. Program assessment results show that teachers now have an increased interest in research on how math and science can be applied, and the teachers feel more confident in talking to their students about future careers in the field of engineering. The precollege program has motivated both the high school and middle school students to study harder, and while high school students are more confident they will enroll in an engineering degree program, they are not as confident that they will complete an engineering degree.
KW - K-12 engineering education
KW - precollege education
KW - research experience for teachers
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2011.6142738
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2011.6142738
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84858240425
SN - 9781612844671
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - 41st Annual Frontiers in Education Conference
T2 - 41st Annual Frontiers in Education Conference: Celebrating 41 Years of Monumental Innovations from Around the World, FIE 2011
Y2 - 12 October 2011 through 15 November 2011
ER -