STEM Activities Analysis at Michigan 21CCLC Meeting
"Explore the insights from a Michigan 21st Century Community Learning Centers Advisory Committee meeting regarding STEM activities. Discover the prevalence of STEM programs, the focus on math and science, and the availability of technology and engineering sessions across grade levels."
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STEM how much (*FUN) are we having? Michigan 21stCentury Community Learning Centers Advisory Committee Meeting Presenters: Heng-Chieh Jamie Wu & Laurie Van Egeren Community Evaluation and Research Collaborative University Outreach and Engagement 10/23/2013
Data source 2012-13 school year 21,933 session entries in EZReports 42 grantees 292 sites A series of coding based on session names, activity description and objectives
STEM lego skyrockets team databases/research skills science help computer animation math tutoring remote controlled cars science museum study island hickory dickory dock counting superstar radio ballistics gardening club photoshop robotics holiday measuring cooking with math static electricity computer animation exploring magnetism science review the math party the math party ipad film/video club
All programs offering STEM? 100% Michigan Average (N=292) All but 2 % 242 Elementary K-5 (N=118) All but 2% Middle 6-8 (N=65) All programs!! High 9-12 (N=59) All but 5%
Take-away 1 Almost all 21st CCLC programs in Michigan offered STEM activities But still 5 % of the high-school sites DIDN T (!)
What STEM? 25% 50% 75% 100% Science Technology Elementary Engineering 94% Math S 86% 71% T E Middle 49% M S T E High M *Sessions could be overlapping (e.g., building a robot could be engineering, technology and math).
Take-away 2 Among all STEM activities, math and science were most predominantly offered math science Over three quarters of programs across grade levels offered science science Number of programs offering math dropped as grade levels went up; it ranged from 94% of elementary school sites, 82% middle-school sites, to 71% high-school sites offering math sessions math
Take-away 2 (cntd) Technology sessions were more available at middle-school sites (71%); only seen in half of the elementary- and high-school sites. Technology Engineering sessions were offered the least, with about half middle-school sites, a third high- school sites and less than one-fifth of elementary school sites offered the sessions. Engineering
Offering Types Health, 2% Youth development, 15% Academics, 37% Arts, 15% Sports, 13% Recreation, 18%
Take-away 3 The curriculum of Michigan 21st CCLC programs showed balanced learning opportunities ranging from a broader sense of academics, to recreation, sports, arts, youth development and health activities.
Offering Types Health, 2% Youth Lessons, 29% development, 15% Enrichment, 71% Academics, 37% Arts, 15% STEM Technology Sports, 13% Recreation, 18% Engineering (almost all) science math (50%)
Take-away 4 One in every two academic sessions are STEM- related, and, Most STEM sessions are delivered through disguised learning Project-based Hands-on No exam preparations or lesson reviews
Contact Heng-Chieh Jamie Wu, Ph.D. Co-Principal Investigator, MI 21st CCLC State Evaluation University Outreach & Engagement 219 S. Harrison Rd. Room 32 East Lansing, MI 48824-1022 1-517-884-1412 wuhengch@msu.edu
