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Creating a Globally Competitive Workforce-Presentation Slides

by Walters, Glenn

Slides for the Closing Keynote for the 2013 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference with Glenn Walters, Deputy Cabinet Secretary for the New Mexico Higher Education Department Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, June 3-4, 2013...

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• Publish date: 2013-06
• Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Partnering

Formula Funding in New Mexico

by Walters, Glenn

Slides on formula funding by the state of New Mexico are part of the Closing Keynote by Glenn Walters at the 2013 ASQ Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference held at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI on June 3-4, 2013...

• Filetype: pdf
• Publish date: 2013-06
• Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Partnering

2013 ASQ STEM Conference Education Panel

by Plotkowski, Paul

Slides from the Luncheon Panel Discussion on University Response to Industry at the 2013 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference..

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• Publish date: 2013-06
• Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings

sHaPe Camp for Middle School Girls

Summer Health Activities and Professions Exploration

by Agee,Kathy

Presentation Slides for sHaPe, Camp for Middle School Girls in the Grand Rapids, MI area; presented at the 2013 ASQ Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference at GVSU. Presented by Kathy Agee, Science Program Coordinator at GVSU Math and Science Regional Center..

• Filetype: pdf
• Publish date: 2013-06
• Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Women and Girls in STEM, K-12 Outreach

Synthesising the Literature Concerning Math-Anxiety to Inform a Project on Pre-service Teacher Retention Rates- Handout

by Flegg, Nicholas;

Presentation Slides presented at the 2013 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference, in Grand Rapids, MI June 3-4 2013 by%! 20Dr. Nicholas Flegg, University of Southern Queensland, Australia..

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• Publish date: 2013-06
• Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings

Developing Highly Effective Industry Partnerships: Co-ops to Capstones

by Plouff, Chris

Presentation slides from Workshop given at the 2013 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference. Presented by Prof. Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University...

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• Publish date: 2013-06
• Keywords:Partnering, STEM, Conference Proceedings

Quality Approaches in Higher Education Vol. 4 No. 1

by Cindy P. Veenstra;

Quality Approaches in Higher Education Vol. 4 No. 1 (May 2013). Special Issue Editor Cindy P. Veenstra, Editor Fernando F. Padro. Special issue on STEM and Collaboration..

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• Publish date: 2013-05
• Keywords:Quality Approaches in Higher Education, STEM, Partnering

Using Assessments to Determine the Quality and Effectiveness of a Collaborative Internship

by Pinelli, Thomas E. ; Hall, Cathy W. ; Brush, Kimberly M. ;

Quality Approaches in Higher Education Vol. 4 No. 1 (May 2013) article by Thomas E. Pinelli, NASA, Cathy W. Hall, East Carolina University, and Kimberly M. Brush, NASA. The Langley Aerospace Research Student Scholars (LARSS) program is a nationally ranked, highly competitive, and collaborative internship program that uses NASA research opportunities to inspire and motivate students to complete a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). The program’s ultimate goal is to prepare students to be work-ready for employment and research. Formative and summative assessment is used to help determine the quality and effectiveness of the LARSS program. We present data from one portion of our annual (formative) program assessment—mentors’ and student interns’ overall perception of the internship and their assessment of interns’ acquisition of 21st century workplace skills. We provide a detailed description of a (summative) longitudinal study presently underway that will

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• Publish date: 2013-05
• Keywords:Quality Approaches in Higher Education, STEM, Partnering

Guest Commentary: Real-World Engineering Education: The Role of Continuous Improvement

by Plotkowski, Paul D. ;

Guest Commentary: Real-World Engineering Education: The Role of Continuous Improvement by Paul D. Plotkowski. In the Quality Approaches in Higher Education, Vol. 4. No. 1 (May, 2013)...

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• Publish date: 2013-05
• Keywords:Quality Approaches in Higher Education, STEM, Engineering, Partnering

USING MODELS TO TEACH AND LEARN ENGINEERING

by Urdarevik,Slobodan;

In order to help students to develop visualization skils and make teaching and learning more productive and interesting, a new teaching strategy based on using models has been developed...

• Filetype: pdf
• Publish date: 2013-05
• Keywords:STEM, Conference Proceedings, Student Retention, Teaching Quality