Abstract

This paper describes the journey of a group of university students as they worked with underserved middle school students as mentors in a STEM-based afterschool program. Design thinking provided a frame within which students learned how to be mentors, how to create user-centered learning experiences, and how to share their experiences as developing STEM professionals with middle school students.

Details

Title
Shoot For The Moon! The Mentors and the Middle Schoolers Explore the Intersection of Design Thinking and STEM
Author
Maureen P Carroll Ph.D.
Section
Articles
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Purdue University Press
e-ISSN
21579288
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2454717163
Copyright
© 2014. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.