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FEV Tutor Named 2022 Winner in Best of STEM Awards in the Bridging the Gap: Tutoring Programs for STEM Category

eSchool News

. – July 27, 2022 – FEV Tutor , the most comprehensive virtual tutoring solution in K-12, was selected as a 2022 Educators Pick Best of STEM Award winner in the “Bridging the Gap: Tutoring Programs for STEM” category. Winners were announced on July 21 at the NSTA National Conference on Science Education. About FEV Tutor.

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The Importance of Developing Spatial Skills for STEM Success

MIND Research Institute

Having a deep conceptual understanding of math creates the problem-solving foundation that all areas of STEM are built on, and early math skills are powerful predictors of later learning. Having well-developed spatial skills is very important for advanced STEM coursework, and many STEM-related occupations.

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PROOF POINTS: Professors say high school math doesn’t prepare most students for their college majors

The Hechinger Report

None of that math may be necessary for the vast majority of undergraduates who don’t intend to major in science or another STEM field. 26, 2023 session of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual conference in Washington D.C. But that’s maybe 20 percent. Understanding statistics was high on the list.

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Deepening Engagement with Students and Teachers of Color During COVID-19

Digital Promise

We also knew from a recent organizational analysis that one of MindCatcher’s strengths is the ability to support educators to address challenges. Pre-COVID, students at the 2019 TSEP Overnight Camping Conference. Further research demonstrated site leaders of color tend to serve the most vulnerable communities.

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Attitudes About Homeschooling May Get Unexpected Boost From a Year of Remote Learning

Edsurge

STEM courses in higher education need labs, but that doesn’t mean labs are being used online. education conferences—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. None at All In higher education, lab work is a key component for students studying the STEM disciplines. And the pandemic year has taken a toll on U.S. Cue the STEAM reference.

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STEM Educators Demonstrate Innovative Uses of Data-Collection Technology to Win 2022 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards

eSchool News

Chosen by a panel of NSTA-appointed experts, this year’s winners—one middle school educator and two high school educators—showed innovative uses of data-collection technology to engage students in STEM learning. Vernier creates easy-to-use and affordable science interfaces, sensors, and graphing/analysis software.

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Calling STEM Educators: Vernier Software & Technology Now Accepting Applications for its 2021 Engineering Award

eSchool News

The annual award, with prizes valued at $5,500, recognizes one middle school, high school, or college educator from any STEM subject area for innovatively using Vernier products to teach engineering concepts or practices to students. “We Vernier creates easy-to-use and affordable science interfaces, sensors, and graphing/analysis software.