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PROOF POINTS: How Covid narrowed the STEM pipeline

The Hechinger Report

The STEM pipeline – a metaphor for the development of future scientists, engineers and other high tech workers – likely starts with a narrower funnel in the post-pandemic era. government are all trying to encourage more young Americans to pursue careers in STEM, an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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4 ways to use ChatGPT in your STEM classroom

eSchool News

Each of these technologies paled in comparison to the impact of one of our students discovering Wolfram|Alpha and sharing the link with his classmates.

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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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Cultivating Independent and Collaborative Meaning-Making

Catlin Tucker

Create An Analogy: Encourage students to make a comparison or create an analogy. An analogy, or comparison, challenges students to think about a thing’s qualities or characteristics to explain how it is similar to something else. sentence stems, deconstructed examples) available to support students who might need it.

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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

” I wrote a blog about the difference , but here is a quick comparison that might help. I’ve trained many teachers who use choice boards and ask, “What’s the difference between a choice board and a playlist?” A playlist functions like a Spotify music playlist that you cannot shuffle.

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The Big List of STEM Board Games

MIND Research Institute

When looking for the best STEM board games, I’m looking for games that are both. Games that teach STEM may not be immediately obvious as a STEM topic—though many may have a scientific theme or mathematical computation, I’m looking for less obvious connections as well! STEM Games for Early Learners (Ages 5+).

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Giving Students Choice in Reading Helps Stem the ‘Summer Slide’

Digital Promise

The comparison group, however, was modified. The post Giving Students Choice in Reading Helps Stem the ‘Summer Slide’ appeared first on Digital Promise. Based on these encouraging results, we expanded the intervention at the same elementary school the following year, running book fairs for four classes.

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