Design, implementation and evaluation of an online community to foster girls' interest and participation in STEM

Authors:
Diana Schimke
Affiliations:
Ulm University, Ulm
Venue:
GROUP '07 Doctoral Consortium papers
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Due to low participation rates of girls and women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), getting more girls involved in STEM is an important issue. For my dissertation, I am designing, implementing and evaluating an online community for high school girls to foster their interest and participation rate in STEM. My work has three stages: (1) Study the reasons for the girls' lack of interest in STEM; (2) Use the results of this study to design and implement an online community for girls; and (3) Evaluate the effectiveness of the online community and its acceptance among girls.