GirlTECH

Cynthia Lanius
Email: lanius@rice.edu
Website: http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/Women/GirlTECH

Program Description

Focus Area     Age Group
Professional Development; workshop trains teachers how to incorporate educational resources of the web into their curriculums     Kindergarten-12th Grade Teachers
     

Research Description

Outcomes

 Tests of significance were not reported on the following outcomes:
  • Increased Internet searching and programming skills and awareness of the field of computational science
  • Increased use of computers in various educational contexts and as an instructional tool

Research Category

       5   Local Research (Program evlaution report was reviewed.)

Design

   Other   Posttest with retrospective accounts of previous computer knowldege and usage

Multiple Studies

   No   No other studies have been conducted.

Sample Size

   <50   Experimental Group=26 teachers

Valid/ Reliable
Instrument

   No   Teacher surveys; interviews; focus groups

Results

   N/A   Tests of significance were not performed on data.

Published

   Yes   There were no published studies.

Follow-up Data

   No   There were no follow-up studies.

Award

   No   There were no awards to the program.