Identi-Beads and Identi-Badges as Strategies to Encourage STEM Identity Work

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Abstract

Explore how identi-bead and identi-badge activities help students recognize their interests and abilities in STEM.

Keywords:

• Informal Education
• Environmental Science
• Equity
• STEM
• Teaching Strategies

Acknowledgments

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1657194. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

We thank Michelle Lovett for her contributions to the identi-bead program and Gabe Carlone for his contributions to the identi-badges program.

We recognize with gratitude the entire BRIDGES team and youth for the many ways they contributed to the success of the program.

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Notes on contributors

Alison Mercier

Alison Mercier ([email protected]) is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Science Education at the University of Wyoming – School of Teacher Education in Laramie, Wyoming.

Heidi B. Carlone

Heidi B. Carlone is the Katherine Johnson Chair of Science Education at Vanderbilt University – Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee.