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Middle School Girls Gain Confidence, Competence, and Interest Through Summer STEAM Camp

 

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Abstract

To combat the well-researched and documented drop in interest and confidence in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) that girls tend to experience in their middle school years, the Plum Borough School District, as part of the ABC CREATE Educational Consortium, set out to host a STEAM camp for middle school girls in the summer of 2018 (CitationKager 2015). The camp was designated as a STEAM camp, to purposefully include an arts component. In Pittsburgh, like in other areas, incorporating the arts is recognized as a potential onramp to STEM for underrepresented students (CitationJolly 2018).

Author Contributions

Tamar McPherson ([email protected]) is math and computer science teacher at Plum Senior High School in Plum, Pennsylvania.

Stephanie Reilly ([email protected]) is online learning coordinator in Fox Chapel Area School District in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania.

Colleen Smith ([email protected]) is STE(A)M outreach coordinator at Penn State University, New Kensington Campus, in New Kensington, Pennsylvania.

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Notes on contributors

Tamar McPherson

Tamar McPherson ([email protected]) is math and computer science teacher at Plum Senior High School in Plum, Pennsylvania.

Stephanie Reilly

Stephanie Reilly ([email protected]) is online learning coordinator in Fox Chapel Area School District in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania.

Colleen Smith

Colleen Smith ([email protected]) is STE(A)M outreach coordinator at Penn State University, New Kensington Campus, in New Kensington, Pennsylvania.

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