doi:10.46328/ijtes.544Eggington, KalaniGoodman, AndrewRuggles, KristaInternational Journal of Technology in Education & Science
Your STEM classroom should be a “risk-free” zone. Elementary kids need to feel “safe” when their STEM prototypes don’t work. Notice I said WHEN they don’t work, and not IF they don’t work. When engineers design prototypes, they often don’t expect that they will work the first...
When: For elementary/middle school competitors – the free Online Regional Qualifying Exam (ORQE) will become available in fall 2025. Approximately 60% of students who take the exam will move on to the Regional Finals, held online and in-person from October to May. The top 50% of competito...
Location: Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Chicago, IL; and Mark Twain National Forest, St. Louis, MO School year: 2023-2024 school year Subject: Forestry Partners: Gateway to the Great Outdoors, FS Urban Connections Program, Fiske Elementary School, John B. Drake Elementary School, Long Int...
Fibonacci numbers, mathematical patterns found often in nature, are fascinating. They are not normally taught in lower grades, but they are easy for elementary school-aged children to understand. Counting the number of spirals in the yellow center of a daisy, for example, or the spirals in a...
The NYLF Pathways to STEM summer program for elementary school students turns aspiring STEM stars into future leaders & innovators through hands-on experience.
This research aims to describe the implementation, effectiveness, and student perception of the POPBL model through the SR-STEM project in enhancing critical thinking skills in renewable energy materials. The study adopts a quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent control group. The participants...
However, challenges in integrating ChatGPT were also identified, including technical issues, student-related difficulties, and a need for more security knowledge. To address these challenges, teachers should receive both technical and pedagogical support. In conclusion, while integrating ChatGPT into ...
classrooms and any other learning environment. This curriculum was designed to be specifically useful for late elementary students as they begin to transition to more difficult subjects in middle school. Each module encourages independent student exploration by offering educational and entertaining STEM chal...
Consequently, expectancies for success and value beliefs in math should also predict achievement in math (see Wigfield et al., 2015). And strong relations between math-related EVT constructs and math achievement have been found from elementary school up to university (e.g., Bong et al., 2012...