@inproceedings{5c632d85980f42eca7082842664a5d12,
title = "CincySTEM Urban Initiative: Designing pathways to science and engineering disciplines through project-based learning",
abstract = "The CincySTEM Urban Initiative is a program that integrates Project-based Learning (PBL) into 9th and 10th grade classes using educational technology that is provided to teachers and students for use both in classroom and offsite. Five CincySTEM projects were developed and incorporated into an urban and minority-serving high school. This paper presents an overview of the five projects, a case study on one of the CincySTEM projects, and preliminary evaluation results pertaining to impact of the initiative on students' attitude towards STEM majors. The paper also proposes a longitudinal assessment strategy to study academic pathways that students pursue post high school graduation.",
keywords = "Project-based Learning, Secondary Education, STEM Education, Student Retention",
author = "Kathy Wright and Melissa Sherman and Ronnda Cargile and Vignesh Subbian",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.; 4th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, ISEC 2014 ; Conference date: 08-03-2014 Through 08-03-2014",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1109/ISECon.2014.6891053",
language = "English (US)",
series = "ISEC 2014 - 4th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "ISEC 2014 - 4th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference",
}