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Is STEM Education a Response to This Generation's Sputnik Moment?
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This chapter sets the stage for the remaining chapters by describing several unique features for the STEM reform. The chapter addresses the themes of globalization and current STEM-related issues, 21st century workforce…
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STEM Education Seems to Be the Answer—What Was the Question?
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Here, the question seems to have been, “What do we need to develop a knowledge economy?” The answer is to focus on the STEM subjects—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This chapter directs attention to…
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If STEM Is an Opportunity, What Is the Federal Government's Role?
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This chapter presents five policy recommendations for the Federal Government, and is a response to a federal mandate to review STEM initiatives across federal agencies and coordinate, if not consolidate, various…
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What Is Your Action Plan for STEM Education?
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This chapter will help you develop an action plan by considering critical factors such as the unit of change, resources, components, and support for STEM education. The plan should address the way you initiate,…
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Designing Meaningful STEM Lessons (book sample)
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Sure, there are lots of cool STEM activities you can use in class. But do they really help your students learn science? This book shows you how to take lessons you’re already familiar with and, through small changes, do…
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Introducing a New and Urgent Case for STEM Education
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Doing STEM does not need to be difficult for teachers. By helping teachers understand the method for StEMTifying their existing lessons and turning them into STEM lessons, engineering becomes another tool that is…
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Introducing a New and Urgent Case for STEM Education
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The new case for STEM education developed over the course of several years. In this chapter, the author shares how his concerns about the STEM movement resided in the significant diversity in what STEM meant when it…
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Recognizing and Accepting New Challenges for STEM Education
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STEM is popular and widely accepted, but initiatives need to evolve past a simple slogan to have a lasting and meaningful place in American education. In this chapter, an approach is proposed that maintains, and could…
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Closing the Achievement Gap by Bringing STEM Kits Home
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Exemplar Teaching Practices in STEM Courses in U.S. Universities
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Based on the largest multi-institutional observational study of undergraduate courses in the United States, this article describes exemplar teaching practices in engineering courses as an interdisciplinary science field…
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STEM Outreach: Traditional vs. Virtual Summer Programming
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Young Architects at Play: STEM Activities for Young Children
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Recent Developments in Classroom Observation Protocols for Undergraduate STEM
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Over the past decade, researchers have developed several teaching observation protocols for use in higher education, such as the Teaching Dimensions Observation Protocol (TDOP), Classroom Observation Protocol for…
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Learning STEM by Building Airplanes
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Taking Action in STEM Learning
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