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Integrating STEM into Preschool Education: Designing a Professional Development Model in Diverse Settings
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In this article, the authors outline the main components and the iterative design process we undertook to ensure that the professional supports are relevant and effective for teachers and children.
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Epistemological framing and novice elementary teachers' approaches to learning and teaching engineering design
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In this article, authors present a comparative case study examining the epistemological framing dynamics of two novice urban teachers and argue that the stances that novice teachers adopt toward engineering learning and…
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A workshop to be presented at the Association of Science Teacher Educators International Conference.
Hapgood, S., Wilson, G., Heuring, J. & Czerniak, C. M. (Accepted for January 2020). 3DLA: Three…
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A poster to be presented at the Association of Science Teacher Educators International Conference.
Hapgood, S., Heuring, J. & Wilson, G., Czerniak, C. (Accepted for January 2020). Early Childhood…
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Paper presented at the European Science Education Research Association.
Czerniak, C. M., Kaderavek, J., Paprzycki, P., Hapgood, S., Mentzer, G., Molitor, S., & Mendenhall, R. (2019). Longitudinal…
Longitudinal Impact of Early Childhood Science Instruction on Middle Grades Literacy and Mathematics
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Paper presented at the Global Conference on Education and Research.
Czerniak, C. M., Paprzycki, P., Hapgood, S., & Kaderavek, J. (2019). Longitudinal Impact of Early Childhood Science Instruction on…
Scientific Inquiry for Young Children: Linking Teacher Professional Development and Family Engagement to Improve Student Achievement
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Paper presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Conference.
Hapgood, S., Paprzycki, P., Czerniak, C.M. (2019). Scientific Inquiry for Young Children: Linking Teacher Professional…
“You are Never too Little to Understand Your Culture”: Strengthening Early Childhood Teachers through the Diné Institute for Navajo Nation Educators
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This article describes one effort to strengthen early childhood teaching in schools on the Navajo Nation that centers the work of two teachers within a program attempting to support teachers in the development of…
Design and Development of Transmedia Narrative-based Curricula to Engage Children in Scientific Thinking and Engineering Design (Collaborative Research: Ellis and McGinnis-Cavanaugh)
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Middle School
Engineering
Science
Assessment
Broadening Participation
Cognitive Science
Curriculum…
Teaching STEM with Robotics: Design, Development, and Testing of a Research-based Professional Development Program for Teachers
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Middle School
Computer Science
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Curriculum
Disciplinary Content Knowledge…
Ed+gineering: An Interdisciplinary Partnership Integrating Engineering into Elementary Teacher Preparation Programs
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Elementary School
Post-secondary
Engineering
Broadening Participation
Disciplinary Content Knowledge
Professional…
Design and Development of a K-12 STEM Observation Protocol (Collaborative Research: Dare, Ring-Whalen, and Roehrig)
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Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Technology…
Poster
Elementary School
Engineering
Science
Classroom Practice
Curriculum
Pedagogical Content Knowledge…
Students and Teachers Learning from Nature: Studying Biologically Inspired Design in High School Engineering Education
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High School
Engineering
Broadening Participation
Curriculum
Professional Development
Biologically-inspired…
Poster
Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Engineering
Science
Professional Development
The…
Strengthening STEM Teaching in Native American Serving Schools through Long-Term, Culturally Responsive Professional Development
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Middle School
High School
Computer Science
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Technology…
Designing for Framing in Online Teacher Education: Supporting Teachers’ Attending to Student Thinking in Video Discussions of Classroom Engineering
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We present findings from an online course designed to support teachers to frame video discussions as making sense of student thinking. In an engineering pedagogy course designed to emphasize responsiveness to students’…
Beyond Content: The Role of STEM Disciplines, Real-World Problems, 21st Century Skills, and STEM Careers within Science Teachers’ Conceptions of Integrated STEM Education
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This study used an exploratory case study design to investigate conceptions of 19 K-12 science teachers after participating in an integrated STEM-focused professional development and implementing integrated STEM lessons…
Eliciting and Refining Conceptions of STEM Education: A Series of Activities for Professional Development
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Integrated STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is becoming increasingly common in K–12 classrooms. However, various definitions of STEM education exist that make it challenging for teachers…
Improving Integrated STEM Education: The Design and Development of a K-12 STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP) (RTP)
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The work presented here describes in detail the development of an integrated STEM observation instrument - the STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP) - that can be used for both research and practice. Over a period of…
We Strive: Initial Explorations of STEM Teachers' Successes and Challenges in Implementing Socioscientific Issues
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This study explores two teachers participating in professional development workshops implementing SocioScientific Issues (SSI) into STEM classrooms. Two research questions were investigated: (a) To what extent did teachers…
Strengthening Teaching in “Rural,” Indigenous-Serving Schools: Lessons from the Diné Institute for Navajo Nation Educators
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This article reports on the first three years of a teacher-led professional development program on the Navajo Nation. We draw on both quantitative and qualitative data from our end-of-year surveys to highlight some of the…
Examining Interactions Between Dominant Discourses and Engineering Educational Concepts in Teachers' Pedagogical Reasoning
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Drawing on Gee's notion of discourses, we examine how teachers incorporate language legitimizing socially and culturally constructed values and beliefs. In particular, we focus on the discourse of ability hierarchy—…
“That is Still STEM”: Appropriating the Engineering Design Process to Challenge Dominant Narratives of Engineering and STEM
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Teachers can play critical roles in challenging or reinscribing dominant narratives about what counts as STEM, who is seen within STEM disciplines, and how these disciplines should be taught. However, teachers have often…
CAREER: Community-Based Engineering as a Learning and Teaching Strategy for Pre-service Urban Elementary Teachers
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Elementary School
Teachers
Urban
Engineering
Assessment
Professional Development…
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Exploring students' problem solving within an integrated engineering and literacy activity
Problem scoping—determining the nature and boundaries of a problem—is an essential aspect of the engineering…
Design Practices of Preservice Elementary Teachers in an Integrated Engineering and Literature Experience
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Examining discourse of a team of pre-service teachers within an IEL engineering design challenge
The incorporation of engineering practices and core ideas into the Next Generation Science Standards at…
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This paper explores how robotics can be used as a new educational tool in a Montessori early education classroom.
This paper explores how robotics can be used as a new educational tool in a Montessori…