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Table 5 Impact estimates for high school STEM activity and attitudes, by student subgroup

From: Impacts of attending an inclusive STEM high school: meta-analytic estimates from five studies

Outcome

All students

Under-represented minority students

Economically disadvantaged students

Female Students

3092 ISHS; 6627 comparison students

2165 ISHS; 3377 comparison students

2023 ISHS; 3929 comparison students

1506 ISHS; 3491 comparison students

Estimate

SE

Estimate

SE

Estimate

SE

Estimate

SE

Extracurricular STEM

.28***

.07

.27***

.07

.35***

.08

.22*

.09

Informal STEM activities

.13***

.03

.12***

.04

.08*

.04

.18***

.04

Favorite course was STEM

.52***

.10

.50***

.12

.53***

.11

.47***

.13

Science identity

.16***

.04

.18***

.14

.20***

.04

.19**

.05

Math identity

.11***

.03

.12***

.03

.13**

.04

.12*

.05

Science self-efficacy

− .02

.04

− .02

.04

.01

.05

− .01

.04

Math self-efficacy

.02

.03

.05

.04

.06

.04

− .02

.05

  1. Under-represented minority students African American, Hispanic/Latino, or Native American, ISHS inclusive STEM high school, SE standard error
  2. ISHS differs from comparison school sample at *p < .05, **p < .01, and ***p < .001