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Students Are Busy but Rarely Thinking, Researcher Argues. Do His Teaching Strategies Work Better?

ED Surge

That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. He argues that that’s why so many students get to college and have to repeat their first-year calculus course. How did that go? Teachers hated it.

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How to Increase Student Engagement During Project-Based Learning

STEM Sport

Project-based learning is a teaching method that utilizes hands-on learning experiences to help students further develop their skills in various subjects. Regardless of grade level, it can be difficult to keep students engaged throughout project-based lessons.

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STEM Everyday #250 | Literacy & Elementary Engineering | feat. Ekuwah Moses

STEM Everyday Podcast

Ekuwah Moses is an Elementary Engineering teacher in Las Vegas, NV. She uses a variety of techniques to help over 700 students engage with STEM concepts and build a STEM culture in her school. Ekuwah shares how her previous teaching positions in Literacy allow her to help kids improve communication skills while doing STEM.

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NSTA Article: Enhancing Science Lessons to Support Multilingual Students’ Engagement in Science & Engineering Practices

Teach Science for All

I’ve been collaborating with several science teachers on ways to support multilingual students in the science classroom. In a recent workshop we examined the NSTA Science Scope article Enhancing Science Lessons to Support Multilingual StudentsEngagement in Science & Engineering … Continue reading →

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How to build an engineer: Start Young with STEM Education

STEM Sport

STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Engineering is one of the core STEM pillars and is connected with successful, lucrative career paths. There are many ways parents and educators can promote engineering education and increase interest in this subject.

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Engineering Education for Children on the Autism Spectrum: Content, Pedagogy, and Assessment

National Science Foundation

Engineering learning is a lifelong process that starts from a very young age as children discover the world through tinkering, touching, and being curious. Some refer to children as natural engineers (Dorie et al., Young children naturally and informally engage in engineering-related behaviors and activities (Petroski, 2003).

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Engineering and the 5E Science Model

Vivify Stem

Engineering and the 5E Science Model Post by Michelle Bogden & Natasha Wilkerson February 22, 2023 Are you looking to add engineering to your science classroom? Most educators use the 5E learning model to teach science concepts. Can engineering design fit into 5E science units?