{"id":17,"date":"2020-04-02T16:05:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T20:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/teen\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2020-07-23T14:14:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T18:14:23","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/teen\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Early preparation and inspiration for STEM careers: Preliminary report of the epidemiology challenge randomized intervention 2014-2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilson, R. T., Watson, E., Kaelin, M. &amp; Huebner, W.  (2017). Public Health Reports, 133(1), 64-74. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177%2F0033354917746983\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0033354917746983<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Objectives: Early Preparation and Inspiration for Careers in the Biomedical Sciences (EPIC) is a university\u2013high school partnership for increasing high school student interest and persistence in the biomedical sciences. EPIC includes a year-long, project-based learning intervention, the Think Like an Epidemiologist Challenge (Epi Challenge). We describe the main components of the Epi Challenge and report on short-term changes in scientific literacy and science-related motivations and beliefs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Methods: From June 2014 through June 2015, a randomized sample of students with above-median interest in science from 5 high schools in Pennsylvania completed baseline and midyear assessments of scientific self-efficacy, beliefs regarding acquisition of scientific knowledge (personal scientific epistemology), and personal interest in science using 5-point Likert-type scales (with higher scores indicating stronger or more sophisticated beliefs). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Results: Of 984 students completing baseline assessments, 110 enrolled in the Epi Challenge, and 84 remained at midyear. At midyear, mean scores for scientific self-efficacy (change \u00bc 0.26, P &lt; .001) and personal scientific epistemology (change \u00bc 0.19, P \u00bc .004) increased significantly, but personal interest in science (change \u00bc 0.17, P \u00bc .06) did not. Increases in personal scientific epistemology were greatest for African American (change \u00bc 0.47, P \u00bc .005), free\/reduced-price lunch (change \u00bc 0.35, P \u00bc .001), underrepresented minorities in science (change \u00bc 0.27, P \u00bc .002), and female (change \u00bc 0.26, P \u00bc .01) students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conclusions: Epi Challenge participation was associated with improvement in high school students\u2019 scientific self-efficacy and sophistication of epistemologic beliefs. Long-term follow-up of this cohort may shed light on whether such changes will be sustained and shape college major and career decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">*This paper summarizes TEEN&#8217;s predecessor study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early preparation and inspiration for STEM careers: Preliminary report of the epidemiology challenge randomized intervention 2014-2015 Wilson, R. T., Watson, E., Kaelin, M. &amp; Huebner, W. (2017). Public Health Reports, 133(1), 64-74. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0033354917746983 Abstract Objectives: Early Preparation and Inspiration for Careers in the Biomedical Sciences (EPIC) is a university\u2013high school partnership for increasing high school &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/teen\/publications\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Publications&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20746,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/teen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/teen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/teen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/teen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20746"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/teen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/teen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/teen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}