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Derginin Adı:
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International Journal of Environmental and Science Education
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Cilt:
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2008/3
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Sayı:
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3
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Makale Başlık:
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A Science Summer Camp as an Effective way to Recruit High School Students to Major in the Physical Sciences and Science Education
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Makale Eklenme Tarihi:
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10.02.2015
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Okunma Sayısı:
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1
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Makale Özeti:
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Now in its fifth year, PR2
EPS is a National Science Foundation funded initiative designed
to recruit high school students to attend college majoring in the physical
sciences, including engineering and secondary science education, and to help ensure
their retention within these programs until graduation. A central feature of the recruitment
effort is a free, one-week residential summer science camp for high school students.
This report describes the rationale for using a camp as a recruitment tool as well
as the camp structure. Two focus questions are addressed: 1) How successful is the
camp at providing a learning environment where participants can share their enthusiasm
for science and brainstorm and apply solutions to challenging scientific tasks
with their peers? 2) How successful is the camp at recruiting students into the physical
sciences at this college? Quantitative data from pre- and post-camp and longitudinal
surveys showing that campers are pursuing degrees in the sciences are substantiated in
a framework of qualitative data collected during the summer of 2007 by a nonparticipant
observer. Faculty similarly concerned with motivating high school students
to major in the physical sciences and science education should find the report useful as
several indicators show that most campers continue on their trajectory towards degrees
in the sciences
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