STEM Teaching Support During COVID-19

Journal Article | June 2020

STEM Teaching Tools: Guidance for Justice-Centered Climate Change Teaching and Learning

Journal Article | September 2021

Community-Informed STEM Teaching Strategies for Early Childhood Educators During COVID

Journal Article | August 2022

Using Connected Learning Principles to Foster Authentic STEM Research Experiences Remotely

Journal Article | April 2023

A Novel Rubric Format for Providing Feedback on Process Skills to STEM Undergraduate Students

Journal Article | June 2021

To improve student process-skill development, a novel type of rubric was developed that goes beyond a typical analytic rubric by providing detailed feedback to students. Process skills are transferable skills such as…

STEM Mindset

Journal Article | December 2019

STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) mindset is critical to youths’ ongoing participation in STEM, as well as their functioning in today’s technology-rich world (e.g., Murphy 2019). This is true for…

Unpacking the STEM Disciplines

Journal Article | January 2019

Exploring the Role of Student Seating Preference and Performance in a Large Introductory STEM Course

Journal Article | March 2023

Most introductory courses are held in large lecture halls, with students typically sitting in either the front, middle, or back of the classroom. In a mixed-methods study of student attendance, performance, and seat…

How Can a State, District, or School Develop a Coherent Strategy for STEM Education?

Book Chapter | April 2013

This chapter presents a framework and concrete way to begin thinking about STEM programs and practices. The chapter identifies a general question about the purposes of STEM education and proposes answers to the question…

STEM Education: Where Are You Now, and Where Do You Want to Go?

Book Chapter | April 2013

This chapter addresses a critical point—when taking a programmatic curricular view, does STEM imply an integrated perspective? This chapter begins with a view of separate STEM disciplines and progresses to a variety of…

NSTA’s Efforts to Interest More K–12 Students in Pursuing STEM Careers

Book Chapter | September 2012

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has inspired and coordinated science education in the United States for 64 years. As the largest professional organization in the world supporting excellence and…

Radioactivity, Grade 11: STEM Road Map for High School (Book Sample)

Book Chapter | February 2019

What if you could challenge your 11th graders to figure out the best response to a partial meltdown at a nuclear reactor in fictional Gammatown, USA? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!br>…

Embedding Study Skills in STEM Courses to Increase Retention and Success: A Quantitative Study

Journal Article | January 2024

This study was conducted to determine if embedding effective study skills within a course would result in an increased use of these skills and, therefore, increase success and retention in introductory level science,…

A Residential Learning Community for Enhancing STEM Education: Program Design and Lessons Learned

Journal Article | May 2024

There continues to be a concern regarding sustained recruitment and retention of students in STEM majors. Although the rate of attrition in these majors is comparable to other majors (Chen, 2013), the demand for trained…

Broadening Equity Through Recruitment: Pre-College STEM Program Recruitment in Literature and Practice

Journal Article | November 2021