SIA

The objective of this project is to evaluate one of the most important and impressive activities (SIA) in Germany for raising interest of young people in science and technology. The activity includes a special training program for students in the secondary school system to study engineering and technology. This is usually not done in the German secondary school system (either offering only sciences or combinations of science and technology). Several hundred students take part in this new technology oriented program. The research team will follow the career of these students through their time at school and later at college or university. This so- called “panel design” includes four different measurements of each participant in specific time intervals.