Date of Award
Fall 2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Technology
First Advisor
Melissa J. Dark
Committee Chair
Melissa J. Dark
Committee Member 1
Charles R. Staver
Committee Member 2
Jenny L. Daugherty
Abstract
Using data from the 2010 Indiana public high school graduating class (N=55612), this project employed a multi-level analysis to determine, what if any differences occurred in majoring in STEM and freshman to sophomore year persistence, between students attending a school that offers Project Lead the Way and students that don't, while controlling for being a PLTW student. Additionally, this project explored the mitigating institutional factors that influenced a student majoring in STEM or persisting from their freshman to sophomore year in post-secondary education and if and how these factors varied depending upon if a student took PLTW courses, attended a PLTW school but did not take any PLTW courses, or attended a school that did not offer PLTW.
Recommended Citation
Sorge, Brandon H., "A multilevel analysis of project lead the way implementation in Indiana" (2014). Open Access Dissertations. 368.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/368