Five featured articles about what’s trending in STEM education:
Practical Ways to Develop Students’ Mathematical Reasoning by Katrina Schwartz
Traditional math class was all about solving problem sets as fast as possible, but increasingly math teachers are slowing down to allow kids the time and space to reason through their answers and explain their thinking to peers.
If You Can Dance, You Can Code by GeekMom
Can you shimmy? Can you shake? Can you step-clap-twirl to the right then the left? Can you do the Hokey Pokey and turn yourself around? Because that’s what it’s all about. Coding, that is. Behind the intimidating circuitry hidden inside the impersonal hardshell exterior known as computers is an elegant simplicity that can unlock countless possibilities limited only by your imagination. The beauty of it is that it is so fundamentally easy to understand, yet capable of doing so, so much. Much like dancing.
3 Technology Education Trends to Watch in 2016 by Youth Digital
To meet the growing need for quality learning opportunities for technology, the field of technology education emerged, and now aims to provide new and innovative ways for students to learn essential technology fundamentals that prepare them for future success. The rapid pace with which technology is evolving demands that the field of technology education adapt even faster in order to remain relevant and valuable for students. In 2016, we expect to see great advancements in technology education, largely centered around three key themes.
Maker Movement: Bridging the Gap Between Girls and STEM by Lisa Abel-Palmieri
Girls want to change the world. Eighty-eight percent say they want to make a difference with their lives, and 90 percent express a desire to help people, according to the Girl Scouts’ “Generation STEM” research. Girls have traditionally achieved this goal through people-oriented careers rather than through applying technology and scientific expertise to change the way things are done. However, if more girls learn that STEM careers open up new avenues to help and serve, more girls will choose STEM.
Teacher Knows Best: What Educators Want from Digital Tools (2.0) by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
This study of more than 3,100 teachers revisits key questions explored in the original Teachers Know Best report: how teachers use digital instructional tools in the classroom, as well as their attitudes towards technology and whether they believe existing digital tools are effective.
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