A Qualitative Study of Motivation in Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) Pre-college Students

A Review of Promising Practices in STEM Bridge Programs Serving High School and College Native American Indigenous Communities

“…Studies also recorded the opinions of the students, noting that they experienced statistically significant increases in perceived levels of academic and social engagement, peer support, congruence with the university, and commitment to complete their degrees. An additional study conducted by Yatchmeneff [22], used the self-determination theory of motivation to examine autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Analyzing the results of thirty-three student interviews, she found that ANSEP, directly and indirectly, motivated its participants to take more advanced math and science courses in high school and fostered an intrinsic motivating environment.…”

How to Develop Alaska Native STEM Students in Middle School and High School

“…In Alaska, Alaska Natives have the worst performance as compared to all other ethnicities in mathematics and science 3 and these courses are crucial to prepare and retain students in college for STEM degree programs 2,[4][5][6][7][8][9] . These statistics are alarming; however, there is one longitudinal program, called Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) that defies these rates and is a model of excellence [10][11][12][13] . This paper presents the new results from a multi-year qualitative case study of ANSEP and is an expansion of the ASEE paper titled "A Qualitative Study of Motivation in ANSEP Precollege Students" that was included in 2015 National Conference Proceedings 10 .…”

“…These statistics are alarming; however, there is one longitudinal program, called Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) that defies these rates and is a model of excellence [10][11][12][13] . This paper presents the new results from a multi-year qualitative case study of ANSEP and is an expansion of the ASEE paper titled "A Qualitative Study of Motivation in ANSEP Precollege Students" that was included in 2015 National Conference Proceedings 10 . ANSEP works with Alaska Native students from middle school to the doctorate level in hands-on STEM activities and requires students to complete college level mathematics and science courses, while in high school, which are needed to prepare them for STEM degrees 11,12,14 .…”