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Lessons Learned from Creation of an Exemplary STEM Unit for Elementary Pre-Service Teachers: A Case Study
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Schmidt, Matthew; Fulton, Lori – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2017
Preparing students with 21st Century Skills through STEM related teaching is needed, especially at the elementary level. However, most teacher education preparation programs do not focus on STEM education. To provide an exemplary STEM unit, we transformed an inquiry-based unit on moon phases from a traditional science activity into a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Science Instruction
Transforming a Traditional Inquiry-Based Science Unit into a STEM Unit for Elementary Pre-Service Teachers: A View from the Trenches
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Schmidt, Matthew; Fulton, Lori – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2016
The need to prepare students with twenty-first-century skills through STEM-related teaching is strong, especially at the elementary level. However, most teacher education preparation programs do not focus on STEM education. In an attempt to provide an exemplary model of a STEM unit, we used a rapid prototyping approach to transform an…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Science