Sharon Waters

Tidewater Community College

This paper discusses the impact of high-stakes testing on the K12 outreach experiences of science and engineering graduate students. As the use of accountability systems continue to evolve as a basis for measuring the performance of schools, there is a threat to meaningful science and engineering outreach since teachers often use the results of hig...

A variety of previous studies have suggested that inaccurate, stereotypical or missing media depictions of science, engineering, and technology (SET) workers and fields have contributed to a growing shortage of youth interested in pursuing careers within the scientific endeavor. However, studies on the perceptions of African American youth have not...