How much of a difference can spatial reasoning assessment and training make for female STEM students? At Michigan Tech 80% of female engineering students that received the training were retained compared to 50% of women with weak spatial skills who did not receive any training. This three-page research brief highlights the key research supporting the use of spatial reasoning training as an intervention for increasing the retention of female STEM students.
Download the research brief on the ENGAGE website.
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ENGAGE Strategy Research Brief Spatial Visualization Skills. (2012, August 14). Retrieved from ENGAGE Engaging Students in Engineering: http://www.engageengineering.org/?page=106 |
The WomenTech Educators Training got us thinking intentionally about who we were going to target for outreach, how we were going to target them, and how we would follow up to make sure we had actual results linked to the different programs and events that we were holding. Since then, it has grown organically and blossomed into something that our college just does naturally.
I think getting together as a team with intention—because we're all so busy—and developing a written plan that we could stick to was what made all the difference. I don’t think we would have ever done that if it wasn't for the WomenTech Educators Training.