Recent Submissions

  • Advancing a Jobs-Driven Economy: Higher Education and Business Partnerships Lead the Way 

    STEM connector (Morgan James Publishing, 2015)
    The educational and human capital requirements of our increasingly innovation-driven economy is helping to forge crucial partnerships to keep our economic future bright. Advancing a Jobs-Driven Economy offers a compelling ...
  • Improving K-12 STEM Education Outcomes through Technological Integration 

    Urban, Michael J.; Falvo, David A. (Information Science Reference, 2016)
    The application of technology in classroom settings has equipped educators with innovative tools and techniques for effective teaching practice. Integrating digital technologies at the elementary and secondary levels helps ...
  • Human Rights in Language and STEM Education: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 

    Babaci-Wilhite, Zehlia (Sense Publishers, 2016)
    Human Rights in Language and STEM Education: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
  • Discourse Analytic Perspectives on STEM Education: Exploring Interaction and Learning in the Multilingual Classroom 

    Langman, Juliet (Springer International Publish, 2017)
    This volume explores the nature of discourse in secondary and upper elementary mathematics and science classrooms. Chapters examine conditions that support or hinder teachers and students, in particular language learners, ...
  • Handbook of Research on Cloud-Based STEM Education for Improved Learning Outcomes 

    Chao, Lee (IGI Global, 2016)
    As technology advances, so must our education system. Cloud computing serves as an ideal method for e-learning thanks to its flexibility, affordability, and availability. Cloud-based learning is especially dynamic in STEM ...
  • Conceptual Structures for STEM Research and Education: 20th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2013, Mumbai, India, January 10-12, 2013. Proceedings 

    White, Su (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013)
    This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2013, held in Mumbai, India, in January 2013. The 22 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from ...
  • Closing the Achievement Gap from an International Perspective: Transforming STEM for Effective Education 

    Clark, Julia V. (Springer Netherlands, 2014)
    In a changing world that demands new skills, a vital concern of public education is the gap in academic performance between low- and high-achieving students. There is no excuse for the achievement gaps that persist among ...
  • Visual-spatial Ability in STEM Education: Transforming Research into Practice 

    Khine, Myint Swe (Springer International Publishing, 2017)
    Each chapter in this book makes a unique contribution to the body of the literature and enhances the understanding of spatial ability and its influence on learning in the STEM disciplines. It addresses spatial abilities, ...
  • Uncertainty and Graphing in Discovery Work: Implications for and Applications in STEM Education 

    Roth, Wolff-Michael (Springer Netherlands, 2014)
    This book deals with uncertainty and graphing in scientific discovery work from a social practice perspective. It is based on a 5-year ethnographic study in an advanced experimental biology laboratory. The book shows how, ...
  • Successful STEM Education: A Workshop Summary 

    Committee on Highly Successful Schools or Programs for K-12 STEM Education, National Research Council (National Academies Press, 2011)
    What students learn about the science disciplines, technology, engineering, and mathematics during their K-12 schooling shapes their intellectual development, opportunities for future study and work, and choices of career, ...
  • Attrition in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education: Data and Analysis 

    Valerio, Jannette (Nova Science Pub Inc, 2014)
    Attrition in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education: Data and Analysis
  • Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 

    Committee on Highly Successful Schools or Programs in K-12 STEM Education, National Research Council (National Academies Press, 2011)
    Examines the landscape of K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by considering different school models, highlighting research on effective STEM education practices, and identifying some ...
  • STEM Jobs with the Environment 

    Lundgren, Julie K (Rourke Publishing and Rourke Educational Media, 2014)
    What does it take to be a superhero? Do you need to have special powers, like the ability to fly or great strength? Today’s world is in need of everyday heroes, and they have a diffcult mission: to save Earth’s environment ...
  • STEM Jobs with Animals 

    Duke, Shirley (Rourke Publishing and Rourke Educational Media, 2014)
    STEM jobs are careers for the future STEM jobs meet needs people have They will supply answers to questions we haven’t even thought of yet A STEM education could prepare you to fnd the next great discovery!
  • STEM Jobs with Cars 

    Katirgis, Jane (Rourke Publishing and Rourke Educational Media, 2014)
    Self-driving cars, NASCAR racetracks, safer airbags. What do these things have in common? Scientists, mathematicians, and engineers are the brains behind these and many other car technologies And all their jobs require a ...
  • STEM Jobs in Sports 

    Raymos, Rick (Rourke Publishing and Rourke Educational Media, 2014)
    A nutritionist recommends a specialized diet for an Olympic athlete An engineer tests different materials to use in a new football helmet An electronics specialist designs a hockey puck that is easier to see on television ...
  • STEM Jobs in Movies 

    Mooney, Carla (Rourke Publishing and Rourke Educational Media, 2014)
    A computer animator creates a 3-D character for a feature flm A motion capture technician tracks an actor’s movement via a computer program A web developer creates an online portal where fans can watch movie trailers and ...
  • STEM Jobs in Music 

    Duke, Shirley (Rourke Publishing and Rourke Educational Media, 2014)
    STEM jobs relate to many felds In music, the jobs range from developing new effects to recording performances STEM jobs meet needs people have It then allows them to work in a feld they enjoy Talent in music helps, but not ...
  • STEM Jobs in Food and Nutrition 

    Katirgis, Jane (Rourke Publishing and Rourke Educational Media, 2014)
    Sit down at your dinner table and take a look at the food in front of you It may seem simple, but in reality, many people are hard at work making the food we eat every day Food chemists create new flavors for packaged food ...
  • STEM Jobs in Fashion and Beauty 

    Mooney, Carla (Rourke Publishing and Rourke Educational Media, 2014)
    Would you like to work as a fashion designer using a computer program to design a dress for a Paris fashion show? How about a chemist testing different formulations for a new face cream? Or maybe a web designer creating ...

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