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A Philosopher Looks at STEM Quality in Higher Education

from a Liberal Arts and Sciences Perspective

by Gallegos, Jeremy;

A look at what classical philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle though about areas of study such as math and science and its impact on the STEM Agenda..

• Filetype: pdf
• Publish date: 2012-06
• Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Critical Thinking, Teaching Quality

Diversity Awareness Education in an Introductory Seminar Course to Promote Social Responsibility

by James, Kirsta C. ; Carlson, Kitrina;

The results from this UW-Stout study demonstrate that one strategy for effectively engaging students in diversity awareness and social responsibility programming earlier in their college careers is through a freshmen seminar course...

• Filetype: pdf
• Publish date: 2012-06
• Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Survey results

An ABC Sampler of Best Practices

NSF STEM Scholar Program at UW-Platteville

by Landgraf, Lisa M.; Salmon-Stephens, Tammy; Ul-Haq, Irfan;;

This paper focuses on the implementation of an NSF S-STEM grant received by UW-Platteville in 2010 and discusses best practices for STEM student retention..

• Filetype: pdf
• Publish date: 2012-06
• Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Student Retention

A Comparison of Epistemological Beliefs of African American Engineering Students

by Wilkes, Bethany King;

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

by Welty, Kenneth; Stricker, David

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

by Bowman, Michael R;Rodriguez, Glendali

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

by Ilumoka, A. A. ;

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

by Moore, Nathan; Jacqueline O'Donnell;Poirier, Dennis;

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

by Basyrov, Alexander; Bendel, Christopher P.; Dutter, Seth; Jones, Benjamin F.;

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

by Sersion, Brian L.;Stevens, Douglas M.

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