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ERIC Number: EJ1303666
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-1557-5284
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Integrated STEM Models of Implementation
Kelley, Todd R.; Knowles, J. Geoff; Han, Jung; Trice, Andrea Nelson
Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, v22 n1 p34-45 Jan-Mar 2021
Within this decade, programs to improve STEM education are too numerous to count with efforts at the federal, state, and local levels. From targeted teacher professional development to totally reinventing teacher preparation programs, these efforts have helped to identify, develop, and deliver integrated STEM education programs; however, the question of how integrated STEM programs are best implemented in K-12 classrooms remains ill-defined. This mixed methods study seeks to understand how integrated STEM programs are implemented in K-12 schools. The findings describe four schools' approaches to implementing an integrated STEM program. With the collaborations of teacher pairs, each consisting of an engineering technology education (ETE) and a life sciences teacher, they worked to implement integrated STEM lessons using engineering design and science inquiry practices, biomimicry, and 3D printing to enhance learning STEM content. Three distinct models of integrated STEM implementation emerged from the case study findings and additional quantitative methods assess which model most effectively taught STEM content knowledge to secondary students. An ANOVA test result shows that there was a significant difference between groups in student STEM knowledge test scores. The mean score increases for students within the collaborative teacher models were significantly higher than the student scores within the single teacher inclusion model.
Institute for STEM Education and Research. P.O. Box 4001, Auburn, AL 36831. Tel: 334-844-3360; Web site: http://www.jstem.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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