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A Comparison of Epistemological Beliefs of African American Engineering Students
This study focuses on a comparison of epistemological beliefs of African American engineering students at a historically black university to those of African American engineering students at two predominantly white institutions...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-06
- Keywords:STEM, Assessment/Surveys, Episemological Beliefs, Higher Education Brief, Conference Proceedings

Leveraging Simple Problems to Introduce Engineering Principles and Ways of Thinking
This paper will present how a simple problem, like designing a better paperclip, can be used to engage middle school students in engineering design activities...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-06
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, K-12 Outreach, Engineering

Seeing the Forest for the Trees -- An Industry
Partnerships between universities and professional organizations can address the demand for well-educated professionals...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-06
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Career Development, Partnering

Identification of Strategies that Overcome Barriers to Women and Minorities in STEM
This study describes ways to diversify the STEM workforce through identification of pedagogical strategies for recruitment and retention of women and minorities into STEM classrooms. Three strategies were identified.....
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-06
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Women and Girls in STEM

Using Cognitive Acceleration Materials to Develop Pre-Service Teachers’ Reasoning and Pedagogical Expertise
In this paper, we describe two approaches we took at Winona State University to develop the reasoning ability of pre-service teachers...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-06
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, K-12 Outreach, Teaching Quality

Improving Mathematics Success Through Enhanced Support Services
This paper describes a University of Wisconsin-Stout year-long project to assess math tutors and improve math support services..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-06
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Math, Student Support

Student Technology Access in an Urban STEM High School: The Missing Variable
This paper focuses on student technology access in a large, urban STEM high school. In particular, we will explore an innovative student technology survey and school administrator interview.....
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-06
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings

Applied Universal Design for Learning in STEM Education
This paper by UW-Stout professors focuses on the implementation of Universal Design for Learning with 4 case studies of STEM courses..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-06
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Teaching Quality

Interdisciplinary Service Learning: Two Approaches to Solving One Problem
This University of Wisconsin-Stout study describes learning examples related to real-life food security problems...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-06
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings,Teaching Quality, Hands-on Learning

Collaborative Educational Experiences through Higher Education-Industry Partnerships
This paper examines the perceptions of mentors and student interns from NASA’s Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) program in Hampton, Virginia...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2012-06
- Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Higher Education Brief, Career Development