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Exploring Design Thinking Micro-credentials in the Classroom

Digital Promise

I learned that it was deeper than simply understanding content: Students had not developed the mindsets or foundational skills necessary to tackle complex problems in STEM. Preliminary research suggests that design thinking improves metacognition in K-12 students, and ultimately improves STEM performance.

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Why Esports in Schools is a Good Thing

ViewSonic Education

A 2003 analysis of 15 cases of school shooters found all but two suffered from social rejection. Esports in Schools Fosters STEM Learning. Esports and STEM go hand-in-hand. In 2018, for example, Riot Games director of collegiate esports said that nearly two-thirds of their League of Legends players were majoring in STEM fields.

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

Project Tomorrow is celebrating Speak Up America Week 2014 this week with opportunities for schools and classrooms to win prizes and grants by participating in this year''s Speak Up surveys. As part of this special week, Project Tomorrow will be releasing preliminary findings from the 2014 surveys completed so far.

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Discovery Education Acquires Mystery Science in $140 Million Deal

Edsurge

Discovery Education was formed in 2003 as a division of its then-parent company Discovery Communications, known for its broadcast television programs. million in venture capital that the startup has raised since its launch in 2014. “Focusing on serving students and teachers can take you to a certain point.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

2014) in “ Confidence in prior knowledge, self-efficacy, interest and prior knowledge: Influences on conceptual change ” sheds light on prior knowledge as what students bring into the learning environment – a mix of accurate scientific understanding and misconceptions about a specific topic. (2019). IJ STEM Ed , 6 (33).

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A New Social Science? Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

TeachThought - Learn better.

Statistics Outgrows All Other STEM Fields From 2010-2013. The ASA analyzed data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on 160 STEM bachelor’s degree categories granted by U.S. FASTEST-GROWING STEM UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES 2010–2013. From a press release. public and nonprofit colleges and universities.

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Undergrad majors: the humanities seriously down, STEM slowly rising

Bryan Alexander

from 2012 to 2014, falling to the smallest number of degrees conferred since 2003” That’s in absolute numbers. Then in absolute numbers “the count of humanities bachelor’s completions for 2014 comes to 173,378—a 7.1% of all bachelor’s degrees awarded in 2014, the smallest recorded share.”

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