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Identifying and
Supporting Productive
STEM Programs in
Out-of-School Settings

Committee on Successful Out-of-School STEM Learning

Board on Science Education

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

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DOI: 10.17226/21740

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Suggested citation: National Research Council. (2015). Identifying and Supporting Productive STEM Programs in Out-of-School Settings. Committee on Successful Out-of-School STEM Learning. Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2015. Identifying and Supporting Productive STEM Programs in Out-of-School Settings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21740.
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COMMITTEE ON SUCCESSFUL OUT-OF-SCHOOL STEM LEARNING

ERIC JOLLY (Chair), Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul

BRONWYN BEVAN, Exploratorium Institute for Research and Learning, San Francisco

JANE BUIKSTRA, Center for Bioarchaeological Research, Arizona State University

JACQUELYNNE ECCLES, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of California, Irvine

JOHN FALK, College of Education, Oregon State University and Institute for Learning Innovation, Corvallis

MAYA GARCIA, Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Government of the District of Columbia

LESLIE GOODYEAR, Education Development Center, Inc., Waltham, MA

LYNN S. LIBEN, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University

MILBREY MCLAUGHLIN, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University

VERA MICHALCHIK, Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University

NANCY PETER, Out-of-School Time Resource Center, University of Pennsylvania

CARY SNEIDER, Center for Education, Portland State University

JILL WALAHOSKI, State 4-H Department, University of Nebraska

MICHAEL FEDER, Study Director

JOANNA ROBERTS, Program Assistant

ARGENTA PRICE, Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Fellow

HEIDI SCHWEINGRUBER, Director, Board on Science Education

MARTIN STORKSDIECK, Director, Board on Science Education (until June 2014)

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More and more young people are learning about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in a wide variety of afterschool, summer, and informal programs. At the same time, there has been increasing awareness of the value of such programs in sparking, sustaining, and extending interest in and understanding of STEM. To help policy makers, funders and education leaders in both school and out-of-school settings make informed decisions about how to best leverage the educational and learning resources in their community, this report identifies features of productive STEM programs in out-of-school settings. Identifying and Supporting Productive STEM Programs in Out-of-School Settings draws from a wide range of research traditions to illustrate that interest in STEM and deep STEM learning develop across time and settings. The report provides guidance on how to evaluate and sustain programs. This report is a resource for local, state, and federal policy makers seeking to broaden access to multiple, high-quality STEM learning opportunities in their community.

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