RUSMP represented Rice University at 2019 AERA Annual Meeting with three papers

RUSMP represented Rice University at 2019 AERA Annual Meeting with three papers

RUSMP’s Director of Research and Evaluation, Dr. Adem Ekmekci, authored/co-authored three papers that were presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 13-17, Toronto, Canada. The first paper (co-authored by Dr. Danya Corkin from University of Houston-Downtown) presented results from a research study funded by the Spencer Foundation (Grant # 201800021). In this study, high school students’ STEM career expectations were studied through social cognitive career theoretical lenses. The session drew a big crowd and was shared with great scholars including Jennifer Schmidt from Michigan State University and Jennifer Cromley from University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. The second paper (co-authored by Adam Sahin from Harmony Schools) presented results from the third year of a four-year longitudinal study tracking high school students’ future STEM major plans in college. The third paper (Ekmekci co-authored with Sahin) was about development and validation of a self-reported 21st century skills instrument (21CSI). The main study results were presented this year as the results from the pilot validation phase were presented at the last year’s conference.