出版社：International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence (IRATDE)
摘要：T his article reports on the preliminary findings of a project focusing on graduates of 24 selective public science, mathematics and technology (SMT) high schools (n = 2,641, representing four organizational models) in the United States, and compares them with similarly talented age peers (n = 168) who attended summer mathematics or science courses but did not attend a selective SMT scho ol. A central goal of the work is to de lineate educational and career consequences of attending specialized public SMT high schools, and to provide insight into the educational practices that appear to be most strongly associated with these outcomes. This project is cross-sectional and comparative and is designed to generate descriptive, correlational, or associative findings through the collection of original survey data. Thus far, 60% of the SMT alumni pursued university degrees in science and 55.7% of the compar ison group did as well. Preliminary data indicate that the odds of completing a STEM (science, technology, engineer ing, or mathematics) degree in university are 59% higher for SMT school graduates who participated in research dur ing high school. The odds were 21% higher for those who engaged in internships or mentorships, and 24% greater if they reported high ratings of belonging academically in their selective high school. Finally, graduates from two organizational models, schools-within-schools and residential schools are more likely to complete a STEM university degree than comparison group members
关键词：adolescent science talent development; school models; high school student research; ;using university degrees in STEM as an outcome measure
