Margaret R Blanchard

Biographic Data

ID5742507
NAMEMargaret R Blanchard
GIVEN NAMESMargaret R
FAMILY NAMEBlanchard
SIGNATUREBLANCHARD M R
AFFILIATIONSNorth Carolina State University
ORCID0000-0003-4711-3793
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS12
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Graduate STEM students as role models for high school students

    Open AccessAna-Maria Topliceanu, Katherine R McCance et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2025

    Introduction STEM graduates are important to U.S. research development and innovation, adding diverse perspectives and talents to communities and the academy, and enhancing the financial stability of universities. Graduate STEM students’ work on funded research occasionally engages them in outreach opportunities with K-12 schools and students. Yet, few graduate students participate in professional development that prepares them for these roles. M…

  • Rural families’ at-home STEM tinkering stimulates creativity, self-expression, and social–emotional engagement

    Open AccessKristie Gutierrez, Kylie J Swanson et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2025

    Introduction Informal STEM learning experiences include visits to museums, zoos, and aquariums, as well as experiments and other activities performed at home. Family involvement in these experiences has been linked to increased student interest and participation in STEM fields; yet, scant research has been conducted on at-home STEM. Methods This descriptive case study investigated the tinkering experiences of nine rural middle school students and…

  • Why Do Students Attend STEM Clubs, What Do They Get Out of It, and Where Are They Heading

    Open AccessMargaret R Blanchard, Kristie Gutierrez et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2023

    This research investigated what motivated and sustained the involvement of 376 students in culturally relevant, afterschool STEM clubs at four rural, under-resourced schools. A longitudinal, convergent parallel mixed methods research design was used to investigate participants’ participation in and perceptions of the clubs, their motivations to attend, and their future goals, over three years. Situated Expectancy-Value Theory (SEVT) served as a g…

  • “We're all like one big family”

    Open AccessKylie J Swanson, Margaret R Blanchard et al.ARTICLELearning Culture and Social…2023

  • Using Activity Theory to understand the interactions of a university interdisciplinary team of scientists and science educators

    Katherine R McCance, Stephanie D Teeter et al.ARTICLEStudies in Higher Education2023

    Interdisciplinary collaborations between different academic disciplines can create knowledge and solutions to challenges that are beyond the scope of what a single discipline can achieve. However, little is known about how interdisciplinary teams of faculty and graduate students function as a whole and the processes that guide them as they work on collaborative tasks. Using Activity Theory, this qualitative study analyzed team meeting transcripts…

  • What effective design strategies do rural, underserved students in STEM clubs value while learning about climate change

    Kristie Gutierrez, Margaret R Blanchard et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Education Research2022Cited by: 2References: 9

    This study investigated the experiences of rural, underserved middle school students in afterschool clubs. Culturally relevant climate change education strategies were used to enhance students’ climate change literacy. We investigated changes in students’ climate change literacy, perceptions of strategies used, and what they valued about the clubs by analyzing a pre-post survey (N = 97) and structured written reflections (N = 113). A new integrat…

  • Investigating Technology-Enhanced Teacher Professional Development in Rural, High-Poverty Middle Schools

    Open AccessMargaret R Blanchard, Catherine E LePrevost et al.ARTICLEEducational Researcher2016Cited by: 10References: 43

    This 3-year, mixed-methods study investigated the effects of teacher technology-enhanced professional development (TPD) on 20 teachers’ beliefs and practices. Teachers in two middle schools located in neighboring rural, high-poverty districts in the southeastern United States participated in reform-based lessons and learned how to integrate technologies into their teaching over three summers and throughout the school year. Mathematics and science…

  • The Development of the STEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CIS)

    Open AccessMeredith W Kier, Margaret R Blanchard et al.ARTICLEResearch in Science Education2014

  • Engaging Latino Farmworkers in the Development of Symbols to Improve Pesticide Safety and Health Education and Risk Communication

    Open AccessCatherine E LePrevost, Julia F Storm et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2012

  • The Pesticide Risk Beliefs Inventory

    Open AccessCatherine E LePrevost, Margaret R Blanchard et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2011

    Recent media attention has focused on the risks that agricultural pesticides pose to the environment and human health; thus, these topics provide focal areas for scientists and science educators to enhance public understanding of basic toxicology concepts. This study details the development of a quantitative inventory to gauge pesticide risk beliefs. The goal of the inventory was to characterize misconceptions and knowledge gaps, as well as exper…

  • Revolutionary Sparks

    Norman J Rosenberg, Norman Rosenberg et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Interdisciplinary…1994