iowa stem monitoring project preliminary results from the statewide survey of adult attitudes toward...
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Iowa STEM Monitoring Project
Preliminary results from the Statewide Survey of Adult Attitudes Toward STEM
Presented at the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council Meeting XIV
December 16, 2015Des Moines, IA
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Iowa STEM Monitoring ProjectObjective: Systematically observe a series of defined metrics and sources to examine changes regarding STEM education and economic development in Iowa centered on the activities of the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council.
System to track publicly available data at the state, regional, and national level
18 indicators in 4 areas:1. K-12 STEM interest
and achievement2. K-12 student
preparation3. College completions4. Employment
Data sources:• Department of
Education• Iowa colleges and
universities• Census Bureau• Iowa Workforce
Development• Iowa Testing Programs• National Assessment
of Educational Progress
• ACT
Annual survey of adult Iowans regarding attitudes toward and awareness of STEM education and economic development
Additional questions target perceptions of parents of K-12 children
Data collected from 2,000+ Iowans; results adjusted to reflect opinions of statewide population
Used as an indicator of STEM attitudes and awareness among the general population
Annual assessment of interest and achievement in STEM among Iowa’s K-12 students on the Iowa Assessments
8 questions gauge interest across individual STEM topics and careers
Assessment of achievement scores and national percentile rank in math and science
Student interest and achievement compared across demographic and geographic lines
Program level perspective on STEM Scale-Up programs
Scale-Up programs implemented in schools and organizations across Iowa’s 6 STEM regions
Teacher survey about Scale-Up implementation
Student survey about interest in STEM after participating in a Scale-Up program
Comparison of Scale-Up student participants versus all students statewide on math and science scores on the Iowa Assessments
Statewide Student Interest
Inventory
Statewide Survey of Public
Attitudes Toward STEM
Scale-Up/ Regional
Iowa STEM Indicators
System (ISIS)
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SURVEY OF PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD STEM
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Statewide Survey of Public Attitudes Toward STEMMethods
2012 2013 2014 2015
• June-August 2015• Dual-frame random digit dial of landline and cellular phones (n=1,802)
– Targeted oversample (landline, list-assisted) of parents of 4-11 year olds, parents of 12-18 year olds, African-American adults, and Hispanic adults
• Overall response rate - 22% (AAPOR RR3): – Landline (24%) & cellular (32%)– Combined targeted oversample (18%)
• Results weighted to obtain point estimates representative of all adult Iowans (gender, age, ethnicity, race, education, place of residence, and telephone status)
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Relative awareness of education in the past monthSummer 2015
Question: Please tell me how much you have heard about [insert topic], if anything, in the past month. (% A lot/A little/Nothing)Source: 2015 Statewide Survey of Adult Iowans Toward STEM, Iowa STEM Monitoring Project, December 2015
Water quality in Iowa
K-12 Education in Iowa
Iowa's economy
Healthcare in Iowa
Agriculture in Iowa
28%
34%
28%
38%
46%
39%
42%
49%
46%
38%
33%
25%
23%
17%
16%
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General awareness of education in the past monthSummer 2015
Question: Please tell me how much you have heard about [insert topic], if anything, in the past month. (% A lot/A little/Nothing)Source: 2015 Statewide Survey of Adult Iowans Toward STEM, Iowa STEM Monitoring Project, December 2015
K-12 Education
Improving math, technology, science, and engineering education
25%
40%
41%
44%
34%
16%
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General awareness of education in the past month2012-2015
Question: Please tell me how much you have heard about [insert topic], if anything, in the past month. (% A lot/A little)Source: 2015 Statewide Survey of Adult Iowans Toward STEM, Iowa STEM Monitoring Project, December 2015
2012 2015
79% 75%66% 59%
Since 2012
2014 2015
74% 75%61% 59%
Since last year
Since 2012, there has been a non-significant decrease in the proportion of Iowans who said they had heard something about ‘K-12 education’ or ‘Improving math, technology, science, and engineering education‘ in the past month. This may be a reflection of summer data collection, and a limitation of collecting data when school is not in session.
Since last year, there has been essentially no change.
K-12 education
Improving math, technology, science,
and engineering education
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UNCUED RECALL AND UNDERSTANDING OF STEM, 2015About one in four respondents could describe an exact or close definition of STEM
Question: You may have heard about STEM education or STEM careers lately. What, if anything, comes to mind when you hear the letters S-T-E-M, or the word STEM?Source: 2015 Statewide Survey of Adult Iowans Toward STEM, Iowa STEM Monitoring Project, December 2015
Exact/close definition of STEM
Stem cells / stem cell research
Other (plants, related to medicine, misc.)
Education, in general
I don't know / Nothing
23%
9%
13%
4%
51%
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CUED RECALL AND UNDERSTANDING OF STEM, 2015
Question: STEM stands for ‘science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.’ Have you read, seen, or heard of this before? (% Yes)Source: 2015 Statewide Survey of Adult Iowans Toward STEM, Iowa STEM Monitoring Project, December 2015
When asked an uncued, open-ended question about the acronym STEM, about one in four respondents could describe an exact or close definition of STEM; however, 51% of Iowans said they had seen, read, or heard about STEM when it was defined for them.
51%of Iowans have heard of STEM
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Awareness of STEM2012-2015
Question: STEM stands for ‘science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.’ Have you read, seen, or heard of this before? (% Yes)Source: 2012-2015 Statewide Survey of Adult Iowans Toward STEM, Iowa STEM Monitoring Project, December 2015
20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60%
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2012 2013 / 2014 2015STEM stands for “science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.” Have you heard of this before?
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No children / no school-aged children
Parent of a child 3-11 years old
Parent of a child 12-19 years old
24%
35%
36%
41%
37%
43%
41%
42%
48%
47%
55%
57%
INCREASED AWARENESS AMONG PARENTS2012-2015
Question: STEM stands for ‘science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.’ Have you read, seen, or heard of this before? (% Yes)Source: 2012-2015 Statewide Survey of Adult Iowans Toward STEM, Iowa STEM Monitoring Project, December 2015
2012 2013 2014 2015
A larger proportion of Iowans who are a parent of a school-aged child have awareness of STEM compared to all Iowans statewide.
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• About one-quarter, or one in four, Iowans has heard about the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council
• Just under 10% of Iowans have heard about a STEM festival
• 15% have heard of STEM Day at the Capitol• About 20%, or one in five, Iowans have heard of STEM Day
at the State Fair• A significantly higher proportion of Iowans with 4 or more
years of college have heard of the Council and other STEM events compared to Iowans with a high school education or less
AWARENESS OF STEM ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST YEAR2015
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OVERALL SUPPORT FOR STEM EDUCATION2014-2015
Question: Overall, to what degree do you support or oppose state efforts to devote resources and develop initiatives to promote STEM education in Iowa? Would you say you are…Source: 2014 & 2015 Statewide Survey of Adult Iowans Toward STEM, Iowa STEM Monitoring Project, December 2015
An estimated 88% of Iowans support efforts to devote resources and develop initiatives to promote STEM education in Iowa
Somewhat supportive Very supportive
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Do you think STEM education is a priority
in your local school district?
60%
Do you think STEM education should be a priority
in your local school district?
94%
SUPPORT FOR PRIORITIZING STEM EDUCATION2015
Question: Do you think STEM education is a priority in your local school district? (%Yes/No) Do you think STEM education should be a priority in your local school district? (%Yes/No)
Source: 2015 Statewide Survey of Adult Iowans Toward STEM, Iowa STEM Monitoring Project, December 2015
No difference by gender, education, parent status, or place of residence
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• Select findings by STEM region• Multivariate analysis of STEM awareness• Full report expected January 2016
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