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Download full textAsamani, Gifty A.; Adjapong, Edmund S.; Emdin, Christopher – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2022
This longitudinal critical ethnographic study gave voices to Black and Brown girls who are racially and traditionally marginalized in STEM education. With the understanding that current science curricula are not culturally inclusive (Adjapong & Emdin, 2015; Atwater, 1996; Emdin, 2016; Ladson-Billings, 1995; Mensah, 2012; Takaki, 2012), the…
Descriptors: Music, Science Programs, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Peer reviewedKimura, Arthur I. – Science Teacher, 1979
Described is a science program in Hawaii for high school students in which students are trained in a variety of tasks at a local zoo during the morning hours and then return to campus for coursework. The program offers opportunities to develop responsibility and self-esteem. (SA)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Animal Caretakers, Animal Facilities, Experiential Learning
Repa, J. Theodore; Miller, LaMar P. – 1990
More than half the minority group students who completed the 1988/89 Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) at Manhattanville College (New York) scored in the 90-95 percentile on tests of critical thinking, suggesting ability to do well in mathematics, science, and other studies. STEP comprises the following goals: (1) enable students to…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Preparation, Conferences, Critical Thinking
Hammrich, Penny L.; Richardson, Greer M.; Green, Tina Sloan; Livingston, Beverly – 2001
This paper describes a project for upper elementary and middle school minority girl students called the Sisters in Sport Science (SISS). The SISS program addresses the needs of urban girls in gaining access to equal education in science and mathematics by using athletics as a vehicle for learning. The program provides a non-competitive and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletics, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHrabowski, Freeman A., III – Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 1991
Initiatives are discussed that can increase young Black males' success in science and technology programs. The Meyerhoff Scholarship Program (MSP) of the University of Maryland Baltimore County has successfully increased the number of African Americans who enter/succeed in undergraduate and doctoral/professional science and technology programs by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Black Students, Blacks
Peer reviewedHapai, Marlene Nachbar; Sing, David Kekaulike – Science Scope, 1994
Takes a closer look at Super Science Saturday, held by the Center for Gifted and Talented Native Hawaiian Children/University of Hawaii at Hilo. These children are known to Hawaiians as Na Pua No'eau, which refers to Hawaii's children as "flowers blossoming toward self-discovery." (ZWH)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Activity Units, College School Cooperation, Elementary Education
Karunaratne, Sunethra – 1998
This study investigated the influence that family and community cultures have on the teaching and learning of science in an after-school program. The Family Science Project provided an environment for third and fourth grade children to learn science with their parents, other adults, and middle school students. Sessions were held once a week for…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Cultural Background, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
