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CD Allen - Afterschool Matters, 2020 - ERIC

Teacher, Researcher, Designer: Science Museum Internships Expand What Counts as STEM.

Broadening participation informal stem education

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Young people's experiences with STEM disciplines in school often involve arriving at established answers in uniform ways (Calabrese Barton et al., 2012; Carlone et al., 2014). Therefore, students who can get the answer quickly and work independently are more likely to be seen as “scientific” by their peers and teachers (Carlone et al., 2011). Ability in mathematics is often treated as a stagnant trait (you have it or you don't); emphasis on learning through trying and doing is often absent (Dweck, 2013). Further, in schools, STEM …

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