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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

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In response, Schneider and researchers from Michigan State and the University of Helsinki in Finland developed a curriculum called Crafting Engagement for Science Environments and published a related book. The curriculum also primes students for college and potential careers in science. Students will learn to think like scientists.

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UCLA Life Sciences Revamped How It Teaches Math. Is It an Example Others Should Follow?

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About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. It was from his dean, who said that the department had inspected their freshman calculus course, “Calculus for Life Sciences.” A Barrier to STEM?

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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

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Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. There are math requirements for those majors.

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Ward’s Science–So Many STEM Resources

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Basically, it’s because there aren’t enough education opportunities that require that sort of skill and those there are, usually rhyme with ‘math’ or ‘science’ which to many kids are “just too complicated” Enter STEMScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. “I

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Top Science Internships

Career in STEM

Internships can help you advance your STEM career and gain valuable experience before you begin a job in your field of choice. In this first blog within our new Top STEM Internships series, we’ll tell you all about the best internships to be found in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.

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Does Science Still Have a Seat at the Table?

STEM Next

The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) had told science teachers that kids learn science best through a hands-on, interactive, student-centered, and inquiry-based approach (see NSTA Position Statement ). The report asserted the highest priority was to revitalize K-12 science and mathematics education.

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Why STEM Jobs are Good Jobs

Career in STEM

5 Reasons Why STEM Jobs are Good Jobs With all this talk about STEMscience, technology, engineering, and math – you might be wondering what is so great about STEM jobs. There is tremendous opportunity in STEM, and here are five statistics to prove it! College is not a must for all STEM jobs.

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