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Miranda, Rommel J.; Hermann, Ronald S. – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2010
In this article, the authors provide an overview and critically analyze three successful faculty-developed urban K-12 science outreach programs. They consider a successful outreach program as one that has been sustained for at least five years after initial funding, and has provided empirically-based research findings from the program.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Evaluation Methods, Outreach Programs, Criticism
Herring, Phillip Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of the study was to analyze the science outreach program, Science In Motion (SIM), located in Mobile, Alabama. This research investigated what impact the SIM program has on student cognitive functioning and teacher efficacy and also investigated teacher perceptions and attitudes regarding the program. To investigate student…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Science Programs, Outreach Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests
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Niemann, Marilyn A.; Miller, Michael L.; Davis, Thelma – Cell Biology Education, 2004
This article describes and assesses the effectiveness of a 3-yr, laboratory-based summer science program to improve the academic performance of inner-city high school students. The program was designed to gradually introduce such students to increasingly more rigorous laboratory experiences in an attempt to interest them in and model what…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, State Universities, Science Programs, Summer Programs
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Raju, P. K.; Sankar, Chetan S.; Cook, John A. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2004
The need to impart technological literacy to youth is vital for a state such as Alabama, since it has historically received relatively low levels of Federal research and development funding (EPSCOR). Thirty five counties in the state of Alabama have less than 10% of the general population with college degrees. As our society becomes more and more…
Descriptors: Physics, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Materials