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Diversity in College Classrooms Improves Grades for All Students, Study Finds

Edsurge

A study published in the journal AERA Open found that students earn better marks in college STEM courses when those classrooms have higher percentages of students who are underrepresented racial minorities or the first in their families to participate in higher education. So why did diversity affect student grades?

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

Edsurge

Now the STEM curriculum is poised to enter high school classrooms in the rural South. They observed classrooms. Early results from previous studies showed some students were able to improve their science test scores, Schneider says. Other challenges seem to have set back STEM education, too.

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How to Encourage Girls in Your Classroom to Get Involved in STEM

Waterford

Did you know that despite similar interests and abilities in STEM subjects (defined here as science, technology, engineering, and math), women are considerably less likely to end up in STEM careers? The good news: educating and empowering girls in STEM from a young age can overcome some of these barriers.

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How STEM is preparing students for future careers

Neo LMS

There are few areas of our lives in which science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) don’t play a key role. As this continues, it is important to introduce children to STEM concepts from an early age. Let’s take a closer look at how STEM in schools sets children up for their future careers.

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Sparking Inquiry in the Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

We would venture out on routine quests to either observe or collect specimens for further study. While creating tasks that empower learners to develop their own questions is the ultimate goal, teachers can use scaffolded stems to get the ball rolling. Each expedition was driven by both observations and questions.

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Guidance counselors could help female high schoolers erase the STEM gender gap

eSchool News

As a result, the gender gap in completing the STEM endorsement in HISD almost completely disappeared, declining from 6.2% Both male and female students were switching to STEM in the second cohort. The researchers said they hope this work will shed light on the impact of support for students, especially females, pursuing STEM education.

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Stem Education in 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

A growing focus of schools is STEM. Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Brianna, has some general observations about STEM education in 2020: Stem Education in 2020. ” The world’s workforce lacked a lot of science specialists, that is why STEM education became more popular. So, what is STEM education?

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