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Recruitment & Retention Of Students With Disabilities In Extracurricular Stem Activities, Karin Fisher, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Kania Greer, Barbara Serianni, Kayla Fitzgibbons
Recruitment & Retention Of Students With Disabilities In Extracurricular Stem Activities, Karin Fisher, Peggy Shannon-Baker, Kania Greer, Barbara Serianni, Kayla Fitzgibbons
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference
This presentation will share the research and data the team has collected through two studies on SWD and informal STEM learning environments. We will examine why SWD do not participate in extracurricular STEM activities and what can be done by teachers and club sponsors to mitigate these barriers.
Reading And Math Strategies For Struggling Students, Tonya Hiers, Arlene Berry, Kim Trepanier
Reading And Math Strategies For Struggling Students, Tonya Hiers, Arlene Berry, Kim Trepanier
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference
This presentation will provide Common Core based strategies for teachers to use with students at risk of failure. Participants will engage in tasks that will allow them to experience Close reading, constructed response, and math problem solving. These cross curricular strategies will address literary, informational, and problem solving standards.
Stem And Branches: Update On The Columbus State University Stem-Ii Initiative, Cindy Ticknor, Tim Howard, Kimberly Shaw
Stem And Branches: Update On The Columbus State University Stem-Ii Initiative, Cindy Ticknor, Tim Howard, Kimberly Shaw
Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019)
Two USG STEM Initiative awards to Columbus State University have spawned the growth of several STEM and STEM education programs and nearly $2.6 million in grants. We provide an update on STEM-II Initiative projects including a peer leader program for core math and science courses, a faculty mini-grants program to promote scholarship on teaching and learning and awareness of best practices models, and a service learning course. The infrastructure that emerged through the first STEM Initiative and continued to develop with the STEM-II Initiative paved the way for a $1.4 million UTeach replication grant and a $1.2 million Robert Noyce …
Increasing The Number Of Undergraduates Who Succeed In Stem At Uga, Nancy Vandergift, Chuck Kutal
Increasing The Number Of Undergraduates Who Succeed In Stem At Uga, Nancy Vandergift, Chuck Kutal
Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019)
The University of Georgia has implemented several strategies focused on improving instruction and student achievement in STEM courses and assisting in the preparation and professional development of K-12 science and math teachers. Specific activities include a mini-grants program, learning communities, pre-service teacher recruitment, expanding Project FOCUS, and increasing faculty effort to improve instruction and student learning in the STEM disciplines.