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Abuelenain, Gehan; Farooq, Muhammad; Sarr, Makhtar – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Our objective was to examine if a co-curricular activity incorporated with assessment methods affected students' competence in a course. Natural Sciences (201) was chosen as a candidate course for this study. Students' grade breakdown was examined and analyzed using SPSS and MINITAB software over four academic years from Fall 2012-13 to Fall…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Science Fairs, Natural Sciences, College Science
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Jeske, Sabine; Kaelin, Jennifer Chu; Nielsen, Katherine – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2021
Founded in 2011, the Bay Area Science Festival (BASF), led by the Science and Health Education Partnership (SEP) at UC San Francisco, brings together academic, scientific, corporate and civic groups to develop and lead STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) events for all ages. From 2011-2019, the Festival hosted over 50 events…
Descriptors: STEM Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Science Fairs
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Konur, Kader Birinci; Yazici, Aysegül – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
In recent years, the organizations of the science fairs at schools have been emphasized on. Science fairs are important since students' perceptions, attitudes, and achievements towards sciences are affected positively by the science fairs. It is important to carry out studies for science fairs and follow up this process in this context. This study…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Science Fairs, Science Teachers, Program Effectiveness
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Lakin, Joni M.; Ewald, Mary Lou; Hardy, Emily E.; Cobine, Paul A.; Marino, Janie G.; Landers, Allen L.; Davis, Virginia A. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2021
Science and Engineering (S&E) fairs are a valuable educational activity and are believed to increase students' engagement and learning in science and engineering. However, due to differences in resources, many schools do not implement fairs to achieve these benefits for their students. This study reports the findings of a program intended to…
Descriptors: Science Fairs, Science Education, Engineering Education, Regional Programs
Grinnell, Frederick; Dalley, Simon; Reisch, Joan – Online Submission, 2021
Science fairs offer potential opportunities for students to learn first-hand about the practices of science. Over the past six years we have been carrying out voluntary and anonymous surveys with regional and national groups of high school and post high school students to learn about their high school science fair experiences regarding help…
Descriptors: Science Fairs, Student Experience, Helping Relationship, Barriers
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Frost, Laura; Bovard, Brian; Bugarin, Alejandro; Johnson, Brian; Atha, Megan; Swanson, Magdalin; Walsh-Haney, Heather – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2021
We describe two established STEM camps that went virtual following the outbreak of COVID-19 during the summer of 2020. Our Summer Research Opportunity (SRO) camp engages middle school science fair winners in a forensic research opportunity, while The Immokalee Foundation (TIF) camp introduces middle school students from historically…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Middle School Students, Camps, COVID-19