STEM club participants differ descriptively from non-participants in GPA, course-taking, test scores, and college desire¶

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q2 i? Students who participated in math or science clubs had statistically significantly higher math and science GPAs, higher course sequences, higher Peabody PVT scores, and higher desire to attend college than non-participants. → Gottfried 2013

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Gottfried 2013¶

Gottfried, M. A. & Williams, D. (2013). STEM Club Participation and STEM Schooling Outcomes. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 21 (79). http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1361

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Descriptive comparison of the Add Health regression sample (202 participants vs. 3,020 non-participants) in Table 1: participant math GPA 2.60 vs. 2.21, science GPA 2.76 vs. 2.30, and STEM major rate 0.51 vs. 0.30, all flagged as statistically different at p<0.05. These are mean differences, not effect sizes.

"Table 1 suggests that there were statistically significant differences between the math and science GPAs of those students participating versus not participating in math and/or science clubs in school. These differences were tested at the p = 0.05 level."

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