Stopped: Funding was terminated pursuant to the Fiscal Year 2003 National institutes of Health ("NIH") Grants Policy Statement, and 2 C.F.R. 200.340(a)(2).
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate "Step Up for STEM and Health Careers". The "Step Up for STEM and Health Careers" ("Step Up") game is an interactive, digital resource that includes the key elements of a bystander intervention for high school students to understand the importance of diversity in STEM; it also addresses skills, attitudes, and awareness to attain positive STEM identities and mitigate bias and harassment in STEM and health learning environments. Participants in the intervention arm will be asked to complete the Step Up interactive game; participants in the comparison group will be asked to view a PowerPoint presentation on bias and harassment in STEM/health fields as the control experience. The Step Up game intervention and study outcomes are theory-based (Theory of Planned Behavior, Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)): we will assess the impact of Step Up on attitudes about STEM/health careers, STEM/health career self-efficacy, and bystander behavior.
Age range
13 Years – 19 Years
Sex
ALL
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STEM/health career attitudes using modified Career Interest (Christensen, et al., 2014) and STEM Semantics (Knezek and Christensen, 2008) questionnaires
Timeframe: From baseline pre-test immediately preceding randomization to post-test up to 3 days post intervention/comparator
STEM/health career self-efficacy using a modified Career Interest Questionnaire (Christensen, et al., 2014)
Timeframe: From baseline pre-test immediately preceding randomization to post-test up to 3 days post intervention/comparator