JESSE MAINE M.Ed.
Director of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
"STEM education is an intentional, metadisciplinary approach to teaching and learning, in which students uncover and acquire a cohesive set of concepts, competencies, and dispositions of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that they transfer and apply in both academic and real-world contexts, in order to be globally competitive in the 21st Century." (Rider-Bertrand 2007)
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Wang, H., Moore, T. J., Roehrig, G. H., & Park, M. S. (2011). Stem integration: Teacher perceptions and practice. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 1(2), 1-13. Retrieved from http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&context=jpeer
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education:What Form? What Function?
Students to put their skills to work in wheelchair-ramp project
A group of elementary-school students in Tennessee will use their math, geometry, engineering, reading and language skills to build a wheelchair ramp for a local resident. Students will review applications from residents and design and build the ramp with support from local college students. "It makes it relevant to their life," principal Jill Ramsey said, adding, "It kind of gives them a reason to want to learn. That's what we are trying to do is make the standards relevant to their lives." Herald-Citizen (Cookeville, Tenn.) (1/19)
Elementary educators use martial arts to teach math
Some educators at an elementary school in New Hampshire are using martial arts to help engage students in mathematics. Students taking part in the karate-math program earn belts -- white, black, brown and more -- each time they master a specific set of math skills. For example, students earn a white belt when they correctly answer questions about subtraction of zeros, ones, twos and threes. The Keene Sentinel (N.H.) (1/19)
