A few references that we can use to think about STEM.
There are a ton of research items on this.
• Before It's Too Late: A Report to the Nation from The National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century (Glenn Commission), 2000.
• Engineering Education Coalition's websites
• How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2000.
• International Technology Education Association/Gallup Poll on the Public's Level of Literacy as it Relates to Technology, 2002.
• Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessments, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2001.
• Massachusetts Curriculum Development Frameworks, Massachusetts Department of Education. Massachusetts is the first state to introduce a statewide curriculum framework that explicitly includes engineering. It is available at:
• No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 • Taking the Lead: A Dean's Summit on Education for a Technological World. This 2001 IEEE meeting brought together 36 pairs of Deans of Engineering and Deans of Education to discuss avenues for collaboration. Emerging themes of the meeting are summarized and proceedings will become available shortly • Technology Literacy Counts, Proceedings of the 1998 Workshop of the IEEE • Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology(PDF), International Technology Education Association, Reston, VA, 2000 • Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2002. • Understanding by Design, Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, ASCD, Washington, DC. • Women and Men of the Engineering Path: A Model for Analyses of Undergraduate Careers, (Please check for availability.) Clifford Adelman, U.S. Department of Education (PLLI 98-8055), 1998. This excellent study of the progress, retention and satisfaction of students in undergraduate engineering programs is out of print. We are working to make it available on the website of the Division of Engineering Education and Centers. References of Interest • Benchmarks for Science Literacy, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1993. • Every Child a Scientist: Achieving Scientific Literacy for All, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1997. • Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2000. • National Science Education Standards, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1996. • Science and Technology and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning (in press), National Academy Press, Washington, DC • Science For All Americans, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1989.
Bonnie Bracey Sutton
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A few references that we can use to think about STEM.
There are a ton of research items on this.
• Before It's Too Late: A Report to the Nation from The National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century (Glenn Commission), 2000.
• Engineering Education Coalition's websites
• How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2000.
• International Technology Education Association/Gallup Poll on the Public's Level of Literacy as it Relates to Technology, 2002.
• Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessments, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2001.
• Massachusetts Curriculum Development Frameworks, Massachusetts Department of Education. Massachusetts is the first state to introduce a statewide curriculum framework that explicitly includes engineering. It is available at:
• No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
• Taking the Lead: A Dean's Summit on Education for a Technological World. This 2001 IEEE meeting brought together 36 pairs of Deans of Engineering and Deans of Education to discuss avenues for collaboration. Emerging themes of the meeting are summarized and proceedings will become available shortly
• Technology Literacy Counts, Proceedings of the 1998 Workshop of the IEEE
• Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology(PDF), International Technology Education Association, Reston, VA, 2000
• Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2002.
• Understanding by Design, Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, ASCD, Washington, DC.
• Women and Men of the Engineering Path: A Model for Analyses of Undergraduate Careers, (Please check for availability.) Clifford Adelman, U.S. Department of Education (PLLI 98-8055), 1998. This excellent study of the progress, retention and satisfaction of students in undergraduate engineering programs is out of print. We are working to make it available on the website of the Division of Engineering Education and Centers.
References of Interest
• Benchmarks for Science Literacy, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1993.
• Every Child a Scientist: Achieving Scientific Literacy for All, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1997.
• Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2000.
• National Science Education Standards, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1996.
• Science and Technology and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning (in press), National Academy Press, Washington, DC
• Science For All Americans, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1989.
Bonnie Bracey Sutton