Call for Manuscripts: Write for a department: iSTEM: Integrating Science, Technology, and Engineering into the Mathematics Classroom

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 563
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Interdisciplinary Instruction ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Insight Into

Share ideas and activities that you use in your K—grade 6 classroom to stimulate student interest in STEM fields. Submit articles that offer exemplary classroom-tested ideas, rigorous integrated content, interdisciplinary instruction, case studies, or insight into integrating math into STEM curriculum. Manuscripts that include photographs and samples of student work or dialogue are especially encouraged.

Call for Manuscripts: Write for a department: iSTEM

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 333
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Interdisciplinary Instruction ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Insight Into

iSTEM: Integrating Science, Technology, and Engineering into the Mathematics Classroom. Share ideas and activities that you use in your K—grade 6 classroom to stimulate student interest in STEM fields. Submit articles that offer exemplary classroom-tested ideas, rigorous integrated content, interdisciplinary instruction, case studies, or insight into integrating math into STEM curriculum.

Call for manuscripts: Write for a department: iSTEM

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Interdisciplinary Instruction ◽  
Insight Into

Share ideas and activities that you use in your K-grade 6 classroom to stimulate student interest in STEM fields. Submit articles that offer exemplary classroom-tested ideas, rigorous integrated content, interdisciplinary instruction, case studies, or insight into integrating math into STEM curriculum.

Call for Manuscripts: Write for a Department: iSTEM

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 245
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Interdisciplinary Instruction ◽  
Insight Into

Share ideas and activities that you use in your K—grade 6 classroom to stimulate student interest in STEM fields. Submit articles that offer exemplary classroom-tested ideas, rigorous integrated content, interdisciplinary instruction, case studies, or insight into integrating math into STEM curriculum.

A fraction activity to understand sorting algorithms

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 560-563
Author(s):  
Barbara King ◽  
Carmen Petrick Smith
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Integrated Stem ◽  
Sorting Algorithms ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Department

In an activity integrating mathematics and computer science, students order fractions from least to greatest, reflect on the process they used, and make connections to sorting algorithms. Contributors to the iSTEM (Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) department share ideas and activities that stimulate student interest in the integrated STEM fields in K–grade 6 classrooms. Send submissions of no more than 1500 words to this department by accessing http://tcm.msubmit.net. See detailed submission guidelines for all departments at http://www.nctm.org/WriteForTCM.

Let's get movin'

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 311-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terri L. Kurz ◽  
Alejandra Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Elementary School Student ◽  
Integrated Stem ◽  
Science Technology

A Calculator-Based Ranger™ (CBR) can be used to support the understanding of position or time graphs. Preservice teachers used CBRs to help make sense of graphs through movement. An experience with an elementary school student is also described. iSTEM (Integrating Science, Technology, and Engineering in Mathematics) authors share ideas and activities that stimulate student interest in integrated STEM fields in K–grade 6 classrooms.

Designing a Children's Recreation Room

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mi Yeon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Real World Problem ◽  
And Mathematics

Through this project-based unit, students engage in STEM fields by doing research and finding solutions to a real-world problem as an interior designer who is consulted to plan a children's recreation room. iSTEM (Integrating Science Technology Engineering in Mathematics) authors share ideas and activities that stimulate student interest in the integrated fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in K–grade 6 classrooms.

Analysis of Demographics and Factors Influencing Student Choice of Major at Five Universities

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 510b-510
Author(s):  
Tammy Kohlleppel ◽  
Jennifer C. Bradley ◽  
Jayne Zajicek
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Student Choice ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Choice Of Major ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
University History ◽  
Insight Into

In recent years horticulture programs at universities across the United States have experienced a decline in student numbers. Researchers at the Univ. of Florida and Texas A&M Univ. have developed a survey to gain insight into the influences on undergraduate students who major in horticulture. Five universities participated in the survey of undergraduate horticulture programs, these include the Univ. of Florida, Texas A&M Univ., Oklahoma State Univ., Univ. of Tennessee, and Kansas State Univ. Approximately 600 surveys were sent to the schools during the 1997 fall semester. The questionnaires were completed by horticulture majors and nonmajors taking classes in the horticulture departments. The survey consisted of two main sections. The first section examined student demographic information, high school history, university history and horticulture background and was completed by all students. Only horticulture majors completed the second section, which examined factors influencing choice of horticulture as a major. Results examine fundamental predictors in promoting student interest in horticulture, demographic variables that may influence student choice of major, and student satisfaction and attitude toward current collegiate horticulture programs. Findings from this study will provide insight into the status of post-secondary horticulture education and assist in identifying methods to increase student enrollment in horticulture programs across the country.

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Academic Efficacy across STEM Fields

2021 ◽  
pp. 073112142110286
Author(s):  
Jennifer Ashlock ◽  
Miodrag Stojnic ◽  
Zeynep Tufekci
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Middle Schoolers ◽  
Self Assessments ◽  
Math Grades ◽  
And Mathematics

Cultural processes can reduce self-selection into math and science fields, but it remains unclear how confidence in computer science develops, where women are currently the least represented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Few studies evaluate both computer skills and self-assessments of skill. In this paper, we evaluate gender differences in efficacy across three STEM fields using a data set of middle schoolers, a particularly consequential period for academic pathways. Even though girls and boys do not significantly differ in terms of math grades and have similar levels of computer skill, the gender gap in computer efficacy is twice as large as the gap for math. We offer support for disaggregation of STEM fields, so the unique meaning making around computing can be addressed.

scholarly journals The Synthesis Map Is a Multidimensional Educational Tool That Provides Insight into Students’ Mental Models and Promotes Students’ Synthetic Knowledge Generation

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. ar14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan A. Ortega ◽  
Cynthia J. Brame
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Student Understanding ◽  
Knowledge Structures ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Natural Evolution ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Presentation Software ◽  
Insight Into

Concept mapping was developed as a method of displaying and organizing hierarchical knowledge structures. Using the new, multidimensional presentation software Prezi, we have developed a new teaching technique designed to engage higher-level skills in the cognitive domain. This tool, synthesis mapping, is a natural evolution of concept mapping, which utilizes embedding to layer information within concepts. Prezi’s zooming user interface lets the author of the presentation use both depth as well as distance to show connections between data, ideas, and concepts. Students in the class Biology of Cancer created synthesis maps to illustrate their knowledge of tumorigenesis. Students used multiple organizational schemes to build their maps. We present an analysis of student work, placing special emphasis on organization within student maps and how the organization of knowledge structures in student maps can reveal strengths and weaknesses in student understanding or instruction. We also provide a discussion of best practices for instructors who would like to implement synthesis mapping in their classrooms.

A New Vision for Professional Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 560-565
Author(s):  
Peter M. Eley ◽  
Kelly J. Charles ◽  
Latonya L. Leeks
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Classroom Observation ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Meaningful Data

Classroom observation presents evidence that using meaningful data and exciting presentations can help strengthen student interest in STEM fields.

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