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Whitney M. Holden; Patrycja A. Krakowiak; K. Maja Krakowiak; Jennifer Fowler – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2024
Shortage of highly-skilled STEM workers, lack of critical technical skills, and persistence of underrepresentation are key problems for our nation's future. The Arkansas Summer Research Institute (ASRI) incorporates novel approaches to broaden participation in STEM, research, and data analytics, especially among URM students (over 50% of ASRI…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, STEM Education, Electronic Learning, Disproportionate Representation
Darwiche, Houda A.; Barnes, Marianne B.; Barnes, Lehman W.; Cooper, Lou Ann; Bokor, Julie R.; Koroly, Mary Jo – Science Educator, 2017
A three-year, National Institutes of Health-funded residential project at a southeastern research university immersed 83 secondary science teachers in a summer institute called "Bench to Bedside." Teachers were provided with knowledge, skills, experiences, and incentives to improve their science teaching skills and increase their…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Mentors, Faculty Development, Action Research
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Anderson, Margery K.; Tenenbaum, Laura S.; Ramadorai, Swati B.; Yourick, Debra L. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2015
The near-peer mentor model provides undergraduates and recent post-baccalaureates in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields with an internship in two related disciplines, STEM research and STEM education. The near-peer mentor is both a mentored research intern and a mentor to pre-college students. During the 2013…
Descriptors: Mentors, Models, Undergraduate Students, Internship Programs