The importance of increasing interest in the STEM disciplines has been noted in a number of
recent national reports. While many previous studies have focused on such efforts inside of …

This literature review synthesizes empirical data of 18 articles published between 2000 and
2015 about teaching and learning science outdoors from kindergarten to secondary levels …

This study explores how students' physics identities are shaped by their experiences in high
school physics classes and by their career outcome expectations. The theoretical framework …

Spurred by concerns about an inadequately sized science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) workforce, there has been a growing interest in out-of-school time …

Participatory design-based research continues to expand and challenge the “researcher”
and “researched” paradigm by incorporating teachers, administrators, community members …

Although learning science in informal non-school environments has shown great promise in
terms of increasing interest and engagement, few studies have systematically investigated …

Using phenomenological analysis, the authors examined the long-term effects of an
environmental education school field trip on fourth grade elementary students who visited …

Every learner in science is unique with diverse abilities. Teachers as well as educational
researchers have long recognized and used that understanding to varying degrees in their …

The study aims to characterize contextual learning during class visits to science and natural
history museums. Based on previous studies, we assumed that “outdoor” learning is different …

Individuals are at an increased risk to drop out of the STEM pipeline if they are female or
Latino, and during certain periods including high school. Families are a potential untapped …