ERIC Number: EJ1272769
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 14
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ISSN: EISSN-1557-5284
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Closing the Achievement Gap for Underrepresented Minority Students in STEM: A Deep Look at a Comprehensive Intervention
Van Sickle, Jenna; Schuler, Kristen R.; Quinn, Candice; Holcomb, John P.; Carver, Susan D.; Resnick, Andrew; Jackson, Debbie K.; Duffy, Stephen F.; Sridhar, Nigamanth
Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, v21 n2 p5-18 Jun-Sep 2020
Operation STEM (OpSTEM) is an NSF grant-funded program at Cleveland State University to improve retention and graduation among high-risk students seeking STEM degrees by supporting them through early mathematics. OpSTEM focuses on students from underrepresented minority (URM) groups, first-generation college students, and women. The OpSTEM program has two levels of treatment: supplemental instruction and a comprehensive program. This study considers URM students and their non-URM counterparts. For non-URM students, the majority of gains are seen in pass rates with supplemental instruction. The comprehensive program is associated with increases in pass rates such that URM students are indistinguishable from their non-URM counterparts. For URM students, a comprehensive program is associated with a narrowing of the achievement gap that is not found with supplemental instruction alone.
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, STEM Education, Intervention, College Students, At Risk Students, Comprehensive Programs, Supplementary Education, Calculus, Predictor Variables, Racial Differences, Peer Teaching
Institute for STEM Education and Research. P.O. Box 4001, Auburn, AL 36831. Tel: 334-844-3360; Web site: http://www.jstem.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio (Cleveland)
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