50,000
Student Course Weeks
2,000
Teachers Trained
1,800
Classrooms Transformed
The information below is taken from teacher surveys administered after major programs.
98% of Mass STEM Week teachers described i2 Learning professional developement workshops as good or very good.
99% of Mass STEM Week teachers, across all school disciplines, felt prepared or very prepared to teach a STEM Week course following their i2 Learning professional development workshop.
From a post-program survey of 785 Mass STEM Week 2019 teachers
The majority of the i2 programs to date have focused on student populations currently underrepresented in STEM fields.
EVALUATIONS
Across several years, i2 Learning programs have been studied by external evaluators from Teachers College, Columbia University, and the Education Development Center. The full text of each report is below.
Key Findings
During STEM Week
Students showed high levels of engagement with highest school attendance all year and a significant drop in disciplinary issues
Students showed increased comfort and grit in making changes when things do not go according to plan
In a majority of classrooms, different students from those who are usually successful tended to be class leaders and were often most successful
After STEM Week
Students, especially girls, showed a statistically significant increased interest in an engineering career
Teachers are rethinking STEM instruction & considering STEM Week-type activities throughout the year
Teachers report using the STEM Week experience to learn better techniques for engaging some of their previously less motivated students in their regular classes later in the year
TESTIMONIALS
““I’ve never seen the kids’ eyes light up so much in my entire career… We have some attendance problems, but this week we had 98% attendance. Kids told me they were coming for STEM Week. Now we’re talking about starting all these clubs, dissection club, this club, that club.”
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““I personally learned so much from the i2 experience. It was a phenomenal professional growth opportunity for me and I feel that it has enhanced my teaching. Just today, I utilized one of our engineering activities with my 5th grade students.”
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““i2 has a very unique program that truly instills a passion and enthusiasm for STEM with excellent curriculum and engaging hands-on activities. The students arrived each morning excited to learn, and did not want to leave at the end of the day because they loved the academic exploration and discoveries they were participating in!””
““WE NEED THIS
EVERY YEAR!””
““The students did most of the work this week… You are learning how you learn when you are in charge, working together in teams, doing really difficult thinking, and learning really important things about what things you can do with your lives.””
““As a teacher, I felt invigorated as this literally has been the best week of the school year. For the first time, all students arrived at school with an excitement in their eyes. They could not wait to hear about the next topic we’d learn about or the challenge they would be facing. The anticipation and curiosity for what we would be learning/doing next was real!””