KRISYS: A Low-Cost, High-Impact Recruiting, and

Morgan, Joseph A.; Porter, Jay; Zhan, Wei

doi:10.18260/1-2--18237

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“…Institutions of higher learning have developed a wide variety of strategies to attract and recruit K-12 students for post-secondary STEM education. Some representative examples include outreaching to high school students to introduce STEM career options and benefits, developing academic articulation/bridge plans with high schools, holding recruitment seminars, working with K-12 teachers to offer hands-on learning activities in the classroom, and providing financial support for targeted students [5][6][7] .…”

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Work in Progress: Brainstorming with Yo-Yos in High School Outreach: Inspiring Students’ Interest in Learning Physics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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This work-in-progress paper submitted for the poster session of the K-12/Pre-college Division describes a new and unique set of hands-on activities called "brainstorming with yo-yos" that was designed as a recruiting tool in a high school outreach event to inspire high school students' interest in learning physics and pursuing post-secondary education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). A total of 122 high school students, including 91 males and 31 females, from different school districts across the author's state participated in the present study. During an one-and-a-half-hour "Phun" with Physics session period, student teams identified, via brainstorming, more than 50 physics concepts that are related to yo-yos. All participating students enjoyed "brainstorming with yo-yos" activities. In their written comments, many students used the words and phrases such as "fun," "play," "hands on," and "real life" to describe their experiences with these activities. The future work will focus on collaborating with K-12 physics teachers to incorporate these activities in the formal K-12 course curriculum.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Work in Progress: Brainstorming with Yo-Yos in High School Outreach: Inspiring Students’ Interest in Learning Physics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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KRISYS: A Low-Cost, High-Impact Recruiting, and

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Work in Progress: Brainstorming with Yo-Yos in High School Outreach: Inspiring Students’ Interest in Learning Physics

Work in Progress: Brainstorming with Yo-Yos in High School Outreach: Inspiring Students’ Interest in Learning Physics

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