Expanding STEM Membership: Using Science Process Skills in a Social Justice Curriculum to Combat Stereotype Threats and Build Self-Efficacy in African American Students

Authors

Beverly A. King Miller, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Alma D. Stevenson, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Shelli L. Casler-Failing, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

ORCID

0000-0002-5844-7345

Abstract

Science process skills were scaffolded throughout instruction over the ten-week program. The culminating project included the development, design, and testing of their own independent science fair project. The results reflect an increase in students’ self-efficacy which was evidenced by the students’ preparation and presentation of their projects in the science fair.