Investigating STEM Courses Performance in Brazilians Higher Education

Increasing interdisciplinarity and science interest on the undergraduate students: the use of an algorithmic ignitor and low-cost sensors in cloud computing

“…Nonetheless, graduation in the so-called STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields are particularly difficult in Brazil because there is a general lack of interest from high school students and, among the ones that decided for these fields, an intense dropout [6], mainly due to difficulties with Mathematic concepts [7]. Furthermore, apparently teacher as a role model is a factor as important as a better high school; nevertheless, women continue to be underrepresented, being only 20% of overall students.…”