untitled STEMworks Database Welcome to the STEMworks! CTEq is proud to host this database of programs that deepen young people's learning in STEM. STEMworks is critical resource for funders, program developers, and STEM advocates alike. Funders can find programs that maximize the return on their investment. The programs in this database have to clear a high bar. In October 2013, CTEq identified four Ready-to-Scale STEMworks programs that are prepared to scale widely to new sites across the country. In late spring, STEMworks will announce new application deadlines in late spring. Learn more about STEMworks.
untitled Strong Programs Help High-Achieving, Low-Income Students by Jasmine Evans In the PUPP program, students spend several weeks working intensively at the non-residential summer institute followed by meetings during the school year. Students who are at the bottom half of the socioeconomic pool make up only 10 percent of the student population at the 146 most selective colleges. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s report, the “Achievement Trap,” found that high-achieving, low-income students tend to fall into a trap in which educators and policy makers figure these students can fend for themselves. Several organizations have worked to have either a national or local reach to specifically give support to these talented students. QuestBridge, a nonprofit organization based out of Palo Alto, Calif., is known for its National College Match program. QuestBridge takes the burden of application fees and college tuition off the shoulders of its finalists and gives them room to really concentrate on their studies. Dr. Related articles
20 asombrosos empaques que son incluso mejores que sus productos Ver a estas 8 personas escuchar por primera vez en su vida puede que te contagie su emoción y alegría Su emoción y alegría es realmente contagiosa. Ciertos implantes y dispositivos permiten a las personas sordas recibir y procesar sonidos. Y, aunque es importante entender que estos no restablecen la audición normal, son herramientas que otorgan una sensación de sonido muy certera, y que mejoran radicalmente la calidad de vida de sus usuarios. Mira algunas de sus emocionantes reacciones: A pesar de que las comunidades de personas sordas han logrado perfeccionar y hacer suyo un sistema de signos que contribuye a la diversidad cultural humana y constituye una forma propia de percibir y vivir el mundo, este método puede resultar plenamente satisfactorio para otros pacientes, a fin de interactuar con sus pares de manera aún más directa.
News - International Team Targets Innovations in STEM Learning Press Release 13-031 International Team Targets Innovations in STEM Learning U.S-Finnish collaboration through Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI) brings the strengths of each country to bear on improving science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in K-16 classrooms February 25, 2013 Students in Finland have a reputation for doing well on international assessments in science and mathematics, an accomplishment that's long been of interest to educators and policy makers here in the U.S. A new research collaboration between the two countries is aimed at advancing the best ideas from both sides of the ocean, with the goal of bringing new innovations to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in environments from kindergarten through undergraduate education. "We consider it really important to have this international collaboration," added Multisilta. This is the first SAVI collaboration devoted to STEM education. FUN: A Finland-U.S.
Sex Differences in Mathematics and Reading Achievement Are Inversely Related: Within- and Across-Nation Assessment of 10 Years of PISA Data We analyzed one decade of data collected by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), including the mathematics and reading performance of nearly 1.5 million 15 year olds in 75 countries. Across nations, boys scored higher than girls in mathematics, but lower than girls in reading. The sex difference in reading was three times as large as in mathematics. Figures Citation: Stoet G, Geary DC (2013) Sex Differences in Mathematics and Reading Achievement Are Inversely Related: Within- and Across-Nation Assessment of 10 Years of PISA Data. Editor: Eshel Ben-Jacob, Tel Aviv University, Israel Received: August 27, 2012; Accepted: January 17, 2013; Published: March 13, 2013 Copyright: © 2013 Stoet, Geary. Funding: This work was undertaken using the Advanced Research Computing facilities at The University of Leeds. Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Introduction Results For all analyses, we express sex differences in PISA score points.
Making music wins over computer science majors Allie Steel ('14) and Hannah Hobbs ('14) work on a sound mix in professor Jennifer Burg's computer science class while Chris Gretchen ('14) records guitar. You could say Samuel Murphy is one measure of computer science professor Jennifer Burg’s success. Burg set out to determine whether using a hands-on topic like music could help her teach complicated computer science topics such as algorithms, abstraction and programming languages. Murphy, a sophomore from Fort Worth, Texas, took her CSC101 class – and decided to major in computer science. “It was my first experience with computer science and I was enthralled by it,” he said. That was the ultimate goal of Burg’s research. She said several students have chosen computer science as a major since taking one of her revamped digital media classes. Where she used to make reading assignments, and then lecture, followed by a test, she now starts her course with hands-on use of the tools. And it seems to work.