scholarly journals An Analysis of Knowledge in STEM: Solving Algebraic Problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Teoh Sian Hoon ◽  
Parmjit Singh Aperar Singh ◽  
Cheong Tau Han ◽  
Nurul Akmal Md Nasir ◽  
Nor Syazwani Mohd Rasid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Error Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Undergraduate Mathematics Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Main Component ◽  
Analysis Of Knowledge

This study was conducted to assess the students’ level of abilities in solving algebraic word problems which is a main component in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It also aims to determine the students’ difficulties in solving these problems by using Newman’s Model of Error Analysis (NMEA). Furthermore, this study was conducted to investigate the attitudes of undergraduate students towards STEM and its relationship to the achievement of the test. The instruments are a test on algebraic problems and a set of questionnaire on attitudes towards STEM. The test which was validated by an expert from a university was adopted and adapted from a problem solving source. The test contained questions from one of the main areas of algebra which focused on two parts namely algebraic knowledge (AK) and algebraic knowledge in the context of science (AKCS).  There were a total of 63 undergraduate mathematics education students who took part in this study. This study was carried out using the mixed-methods qualitative approach. The result showed that the majority of the students have a low level of algebraic knowledge as well as algebraic knowledge in the context of science. For the attitude towards STEM, findings displayed that the majority of the students were interested and gave positive attitude towards STEM. Keywords: algebraic knowledge (AK), algebraic knowledge in the context of science (AKCS), Newman’s Model of Error Analysis (NMEA), attitudes towards STEM

Fostering Persistence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Creating an Equitable Environment That Addresses the Needs of Undergraduate Students

2022 ◽  
pp. 152102512110735
Author(s):  
Jennifer Louten
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Student Retention ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Real World ◽  
Hispanic Students ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Stem Students ◽  
And Mathematics

Student retention is a critical issue for universities, and nearly half of the students who start degree programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) do not complete them. The current study tracks the progress of STEM students taking part in an entry-to-graduation program designed to build community, provide academic and social support, and promote engagement in academically purposeful activities. Although it had no effect on the number of students who changed their major, the program more than doubled the number of students who graduated in their original major. Black or Hispanic students taking part in the program also graduated at twice the rate of comparator students, largely attributable to the success of women in these groups. The results provide needed real-world insights into how to create an equitable environment that promotes the persistence and graduation of students, including those from groups historically underrepresented in STEM.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Perangkat Pembelajaran Berbasis STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics) Untuk Mahasiswa Prodi PGSD

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-345
Author(s):  
Ifa Seftia Rakhma Widiyanti ◽  
Saeful Mizan
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Elementary Teacher ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Elementary Teacher Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Student Activities ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Simple Machines ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Teacher Education Students

Abstract: The general objective of this study was to find a kind of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) study instruments, and  the specific purposes of this study were to investigate the validity, effectiveness, and practicality of  it. This was a Research & Development study which was simplified into two stages; they are the preliminary stage and the development stage.  This study resulted several kinds of instruments: lesson plan, worksheets, material lesson, teaching evaluation sheets, observation sheets, and questionares. The validity was very good with score 84,38 % for content aspect, 82,50 % for language aspect, and 82,14 % for display aspect. The instruments were very effective to be used by elementary teacher education students and lecturers in the simple machines material to describe the STEM profile’s teacher education students. The instruments could practically be used by the elementary teacher education students and lecturers for the simple machines material based on the positive elementary teacher education students and lecturers responses. Students' science ability increased 27.20%, technology ability increased 23.36%, engineering ability increased 55.20%, and mathematics ability increased 81.80%. The effectiveness of learned was shown by the success of the lecturer in designed learning. The learning design got score of 100 from both expert. The developed learning device is practically used by students and lecturers for simple machines material based on positive responses of students and lecturer. The practicality of learning tools based STEM is shown from the implementation of learning. The percentage of student activities during STEM learning was 75.79%, it showed that student activities during learning including the good category and the teaching ability of lecturers got average score 97,73.

scholarly journals Branches from the same tree: The case for integration in higher education

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (6) ◽  
pp. 1865-1869 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Skorton
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Integration Of Disciplines ◽  
And Mathematics

The nature of work is changing rapidly in the digital age, increasing the demand for skills in specific disciplines. Across the United States and beyond, this evolution has led to an increased emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at every level. Meanwhile, at US institutions of higher education, the proportion of undergraduate students who earn a degree in the humanities is declining. However, while the public discussion often pits the disciplines against one another, the sciences, arts, and humanities are—as Albert Einstein once wrote—“branches of the same tree” [(2006)The Einstein Reader]. They are mutually reinforcing. Therefore, the best way to prepare the next generation for the future of work, life, and citizenship is to provide broad, holistic educational experiences that integrate the STEM disciplines with the arts and humanities. A new study from the Board on Higher Education and Workforce of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine bolsters the case for such an approach, finding considerable evidence that the mutual integration of disciplines leads to improved educational and career outcomes for undergraduate and graduate students.

scholarly journals The Case for Biocalculus: Design, Retention, and Student Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. ar25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Diaz Eaton ◽  
Hannah Callender Highlander
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Traditional Course ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Traditional Courses ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Authentic Life

Calculus is one of the primary avenues for initial quantitative training of students in all science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, but life science students have been found to underperform in the traditional calculus setting. As a result, and because of perceived lack of its contribution to the understanding of biology, calculus is being actively cut from biology program requirements at many institutions. Here, we present an alternative: a model for learning mathematics that sees the partner disciplines as crucial to student success. We equip faculty with information to engage in dialogue within and between disciplinary departments involved in quantitative education. This includes presenting a process for interdisciplinary development and implementation of biology-oriented Calculus I courses at two institutions with different constituents, goals, and curricular constraints. When life science students enrolled in these redesigned calculus courses are compared with life science students enrolled in traditional calculus courses, students in the redesigned calculus courses learn calculus concepts and skills as well as their traditional course peers; however, the students in the redesigned courses experience more authentic life science applications and are more likely to stay and succeed in the course than their peers who are enrolled in traditional courses. Therefore, these redesigned calculus courses hold promise in helping life science undergraduate students attain Vision and Change recommended competencies.

scholarly journals Online and Clicker Quizzing on Jargon Terms Enhances Definition-Focused but Not Conceptually Focused Biology Exam Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. ar54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven C. Pan ◽  
James Cooke ◽  
Jeri L. Little ◽  
Mark A. McDaniel ◽  
Erin R. Foster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
Conceptual Learning ◽  
Exam Performance ◽  
Online Experiment ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
And Mathematics

Mastery of jargon terms is an important part of student learning in biology and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics domains. In two experiments, we investigated whether prelecture quizzes enhance memory for jargon terms, and whether that enhanced familiarity can facilitate learning of related concepts that are encountered during subsequent lectures and readings. Undergraduate students enrolled in neuroanatomy and physiology courses completed 10-minute low-stakes quizzes with feedback on jargon terms either online (experiment 1) or using in-class clickers (experiment 2). Quizzes occurred before conventional course instruction in which the terms were used. On exams occurring up to 12 weeks later, we observed improved student performance on questions that targeted memory of previously quizzed jargon terms and their definitions relative to questions on terms that were not quizzed. This pattern occurred whether those questions were identical (experiment 1) or different (experiment 2) from those used during quizzing. Benefits of jargon quizzing did not consistently generalize, however, to exam questions that assessed conceptual knowledge but not necessarily jargon knowledge. Overall, this research demonstrates that a brief and easily implemented jargon-quizzing intervention, deliverable via Internet or in-class platforms, can yield substantial improvements in students’ course-relevant scientific lexica, but does not necessarily impact conceptual learning.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program for Indian Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 65-67
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
Learning Efficiency ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Indian Students ◽  
Selection Of

This research will provide STEM practitioners with a targeted strategy for designing and integrating STEM content for students; this will enable students to develop a positive attitude towards STEM courses, thereby helping them achieve higher academic performance and improve learning efficiency. The study will also help teachers understand what to do, in order to make the STEM project more effective; will pay attention to the basic factors such as the comfort level of the students in adopting the project; the problems students encounter during the implementation of the plan; parents satisfaction and their support for the selection of the STEM program. This study will be very helpful for school administrators to choose a better STEM course so that they can be implemented in actual classroom situations

scholarly journals Investigating Digital Distraction among Pre-service Science, Technology, and Mathematics Teachers in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-48
Author(s):  
Adeneye Olarewaju Awofala ◽  
Oladiran Stephen Olabiyi ◽  
Racheal O Okunuga ◽  
Omolabake Temilade Ojo ◽  
Awoyemi Abayomi Awofala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Order ◽  
Service Science ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Modelling Method ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Digital Addiction ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
High Level ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Emotional Distraction

Internationally, proliferation of digital technologies in classrooms has produced digital distractions among digital natives in this 21st century. Thus, it is highly imperative to develop a suitable instrument for assessing and measuring digital distraction among higher education students to enable continuing research and practice. While previous studies had treated and measured digital distraction as a sub-component of a multi-dimensional construct and as a test, the present study through instrumentation survey research, developed and authenticated a standalone digital distraction scale among pre-service science, technology and mathematics (STM) teachers in Nigeria. The instrument is constructed by adopting a multidimensional standpoint of digital distraction around a higher-order modelling method. The pre-service STM teachers were recruited from a culturally varied university student population in Nigeria. The results showed a high level of digital distraction among the pre-service STM teachers in Nigeria and the digital distraction is composed of several connected yet distinctive factors (emotional distraction, digital addiction, and distraction by procrastination), with proof backing up a higher-order structural archetypal. More so, empirical evidence confirmed the measurement invariance of the scale with regards to gender and the consistency of the psychometric properties of the digital distraction scale. Finally, a test-retest reliability of the digital distraction scale showed that the scores are not variable over time and that the scale is not sensitive to alterations in the learning milieu. Finally, it is hoped that this tool will be handy for educators interested in isolating pre-service STM teachers at risk of high digital distraction which may cause lack of respect and privation of courtesy for instructors and personal distraction in the classroom.

The Opinions of Mathematics Teacher Candidates Who Have Received a STEM Training on STEM and the Activities they Designed in the Class

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-416
Author(s):  
Betül Küçük Demir
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
And Mathematics

This study has been conducted to investigate the opinions of mathematics teacher candidates on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) training and the activities designed by them. It has been carried out using the case study method, which is one of the qualitative research patterns. In this study, semi-structured interview forms and activity cards have been used to gather data. While semi-structured interview forms served to elicit teacher candidates’ opinions on STEM, activity cards were employed to ask them to design an activity in which they could put their training on STEM into practice. The study has been conducted with 34 senior mathematics education students and the data obtained have been analyzed using the content analysis method. It has been concluded that mathematics teacher candidates have positive views on STEM training. The activities designed by the candidate teachers can be categorized under four categories, which are interdisciplinary, the engineering field it is related to, the preferred method and the activities that are not suitable for STEM. Teacher candidates should be trained on how to integrate STEM education into their lessons. Stem activity examples should be presented to teacher candidates for applicability. Keywords: Mathematics teacher candidate, stem, activity, training, opinion

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