Middle School Research to Practice
Co-Hosts David Virtue and Andrew Maxey highlight recent research and discuss its implications for the education of young adolescents in middle grades schools and classrooms.
Middle School Research to Practice
Increasing Female Students’ STEM Self Efficacy
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Association for Middle Level Education
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Season 1
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Episode 7
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, while nearly half of the U.S. workforce is women only 27% are STEM workers. Could STEM self efficacy be a key to better female representation in STEM? What is “STEM self efficacy,” anyway? And why is it particularly important in the middle grades? Co-hosts David Virtue and Andrew Maxey dig into these questions, discussing why it may be the key to moving the needle.