STEM Workforce Stories for Adolescents Who Are Deaf or Hard…

School

N

Members

Gender

Age

Race

Hearing Level

Commiunicaton Method

English ASL-4

Hearing HH-1 Deaf-4 Deaf (CI)-1 HH (CI)-1 Hearing HH-7 Deaf-16 Deaf (CI)-2 HH (CI)-1

White/Caucasian Black/African American-3 B/AA, Hispanic/LatinX-3 Hispanic/LatinX-1

--- 14-1 15-2 16-1 17-2 18-1 --- 14-5 15-9 16-6 17-3 18-3

A

1 7

Teacher Students

Male Male-4 Female-3

English-1 Spanish-1 Simultaneous Communication-1

English ASL-22 English-2 Simultaneous Communication-2

White/Caucasian White Caucasian-3 Hispanic LatinX-17 Hispanic LatinX, WC-3 Indigenous, B/AA-1 Indigenous, B/AA, W C.-1 Not Responded-1

B

1 25

Teacher Students

Female Male-16 Female-10

Image 3. Participant Demographics

School

Numbers of Stories Viewed

How Viewed

Integration

A

1

Alone

Discussed the story together afterwards

B

7

Alone

Discussed the story together afterwards

Figure 1. How Teachers Make Use of the Stories

School

Participant

Outcome

Result

A

Student

Found Out Something New About STEM

Strongly Agree 3; Agree 2; Disagree 2

A

Teacher

Found Out Something New About STEM

Strongly Agree

A

Student

Found Out More About STEM Careers

Strongly Agree 1; Agree 4; Somewhat Agree 1; Disagree 1

A

Teacher

Found Out More About STEM Careers

Strongly Agree

A

Student

Increased Interest in STEM

Strongly Agree 1; Somewhat Agree 4; Disagree 2

A

Teacher

Increased Interest in STEM

Strongly Agree

A

Student

Increased Interest in a STEM Career

Agree 3; Somewhat Agree 2; Disagree 2

A

Teacher

Increased Interest in a STEM Career

Strongly Agree

A

Student

Gave Me a More Positive View of Deaf/HH Persons

Strongly Agree 2; Agree 2; Somewhat Agree 1; Disagree 2

A

Teacher

Gave Students a More Positive View of Deaf/HH Persons

Strongly Agree

B

Student

Found Out Something New About STEM

Strongly Agree 8; Agree 10; Somewhat Agree 8

B

Teacher

Found Out Something New About STEM

Strongly Agree

B

Student

Found Out More About STEM Careers

Strongly Agree 8; Agree 10; Somewhat Agree 8

B

Teacher

Found Out More About STEM Careers

Strongly Agree

B

Student

Increased Interest in STEM

Strongly Agree 3; Agree 9; Somewhat Agree 12; Disagree 2

B

Teacher

Increased Interest in STEM

Agree

B

Student

Increased Interest in a STEM Career

Strongly Agree 3; Agree 6; Somewhat Agree 11; Disagree 5; NA 1

B

Teacher

Increased Interest in a STEM Career

Agree

B

Student

Gave Me a More Positive View of Deaf/HH Persons

Strongly Agree 9; Agree 10; Somewhat Agree 7

B

Teacher

Gave Students a More Positive View of Deaf/HH Persons

Somewhat Aree

Figure 2. Interest and Engagement in STEM and Pursuing a STEM Career

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