Objective: Focuses on the positive impact of mentoring on career planning for students with disabilities, including those related to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
Content Taught
Mentoring is used as a means to increase exposure of youth with disabilities to adults in STEM careers.
Teaching Procedures
This practice does not have a Lesson Starter, but you can find detailed information about using it.
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The best place to find out how to use mentoring to teach STEM involvement skills is in the following article:
- Sowers, J., Powers, L., Schmidt, J., Kellter, T. E., Turner, A., Salazar, A., & Swank, P. R. (2017). A randomized trial of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics mentoring program. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 40(4), 196-204. https://doi.org/10.1177/2165143416633426
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The best place to find out how to use mentoring to teach STEM involvement skills is in the following article:
Sowers, J., Powers, L., Schmidt, J., Kellter, T. E., Turner, A., Salazar, A., & Swank, P. R. (2017). A randomized trial of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics mentoring program. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 40(4), 196-204. https://doi.org/10.1177/2165143416633426
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