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Enhancing Scientific Practices in Primary Education through a Meteorology-Oriented STEM Education Program: A Case Study
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Achilleas Mandrikas; Constantina Stefanidou; Constantine Skordoulis – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
A STEM education program entitled "Come rain or shine" implemented in a primary rural school in southern Greece as part of the "Diffusion of STEM (DI-STEM)" project and the results of its implementation are presented in this paper. The educational program deepened in weather education and intended to develop eight scientific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Elementary Education, Program Implementation
Investigating Title I School Student STEM Attitudes and Experience in an After-School Problem-Based Bridge Building Project
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Yang, Dazhi; Chittoori, Bhaskar – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2022
Previous studies suggest a strong correlation between exposure to hands-on STEM programs and positive attitudes toward and experience with STEM subject matter amongst, middle, high school, and university students. However, there has been little research on the impact of hands-on STEM projects on Title I (socioeconomically disadvantaged) elementary…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Student Attitudes
Educators in Industry: An Exploratory Study to Determine How Teacher Externships Influence K-12 Classroom Practices
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Bowen, Bradley; Shume, Teresa – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2018
This exploratory study investigates the impacts of industry-based externships for K-12 teachers, and reports teachers' perspectives on how these experiences influenced K-12 classroom practices. The program of focus in this research study is the Educators in Industry: K-12 Externship Program. For four weeks in the summer, teacher-participants are…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Practices, Internship Programs