期刊名称：Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
印刷版ISSN：1690-4532
电子版ISSN：1690-4524
出版年度：2017
卷号：15
期号：5
页码：23-26
出版社：International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics
摘要：This study uses data collected at two National SummerTransportation Institute (NSTI) programs in Connecticut andMississippi to investigate high school students’ perceptions andpreferences about education in science, technology, engineeringand mathematics (STEM). Family background has a significantimpact on a high school student's interest in STEM, as shownduring the student recruitment stage and by the analysis of thestudents' college education plans prepared upon graduation fromthe two NSTI programs. The building exercise and competitioninstrument is the most effective among the few examined, whilepassive learning is not what young people prefer when brieflyintroduced in the two NSTI programs.
