Amazingly easy intervention for STEM participation

Daniel Willingham:

Making a change to education that seems like a clear improvement is never easy. Or almost never.

Judith Harackiewicz and her colleagues have recently reported an intervention that is inexpensive, simple, and leads high school students to take more STEM courses.

The intervention had three parts, administered over 15-months when students were in the 10th and 11th grades. In October of 10th grade researchers mailed a brochure to each household titled Making Connections: Helping Your Teen Find Value in School. It described the connections between math, science, and daily life, and included ideas about how to discuss this topic with students.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 14, 2012 2:05 AM
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