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- Title
Integrated STEM Models of Implementation.
- Authors
Kelley, Todd R.; Knowles, J. Geoff; Jung Han; Trice, Andrea Nelson
- Abstract
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, biomim- icry, 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.
- Subjects
STEM education; TEACHER education; EDUCATIONAL programs; ENGINEERING technology education; THREE-dimensional printing
- Publication
Journal of STEM Education: Innovations & Research, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 1, p34
- ISSN
1557-5276
- Publication type
Article