Research Methods for Reaching Urban Students from Groups Underrepresented in Stem Disciplines

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Title

Research Methods for Reaching Urban Students from Groups Underrepresented in Stem Disciplines

Abstract/Description

Broadening participation in STEM disciplines is a major societal concern. However, researchers frequently ignore settings with high concentrations of students underrepresented in STEM due to the increased likelihood of research interruptions. This chapter describes research on an educational program designed to broaden participation in computer science in an urban school district with a high concentration of students underrepresented in STEM. Our initial attempt resulted in a research sample unrepresentative of the program participants. After adopting a proactive ethical approach by offering incentives and developing relationships with practitioners, subsequent research samples more closely represented the population of program participants.

Author/creator

McGee, Steven

McGee-Tekula, Randi

Dettori, Lucia

Rasmussen, Andrew M.

Greenberg, Ronald I.

Date

2019

In publication

Navigating Challenges in Qualitative Educational Research

Editor

Ruecker, Todd

Svihla, Vanessa

Publisher

Routledge

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Methodological

Open access/full-text available

en No

Peer reviewed

en No

ISBN

978-0-429-05635-2

DOI

10.4324/9780429056352-3

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (Taylor & Francis)

Citation

McGee, S., McGee-Tekula, R., Dettori, L., Rasmussen, A. M., & Greenberg, R. I. (2019). Research Methods for Reaching Urban Students from Groups Underrepresented in Stem Disciplines. In T. Ruecker & V. Svihla (Eds.), Navigating Challenges in Qualitative Educational Research. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429056352-3

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Defining Shared Principles of Improvement Research in Education

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