ED Surge

MARCH 3, 2025

Early numeracy encompasses fundamental mathematical concepts and skills young learners acquire before formal schooling. Just as early literacy sets the stage for reading comprehension, early numeracy establishes a critical foundation for mathematical thinking and problem-solving.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

“Testing the effectiveness of classroom formative assessment in Dutch primary mathematics education.” “Evaluating the Impact of Formative Assessment Intervention and Experiences of the Standard 4 Teachers in Teaching Higher-Order-Thinking Skills in Mathematics.” Erin taught secondary mathematics at W.G.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2025

Summer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics), is a week-long, overnight camp at USNA each year for students currently in the 7th-10th grades. Here’s information from the USNA website: Engineering is all about creating, building, and making things better! So what does it take to be an engineer?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Just like when learning sports, language or music, structured practice is really important for math, Barbara Oakley, distinguished professor of engineering for Oakland University, wrote in an email to EdSurge. That could mean preparing the classroom with labels and blocks and other spacial and mathematical items.

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Educators Technology

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

After covering Google Scholar alternatives , I got an email from a science teacher asking for recommendations for science-focused academic search engines so I created the list below. I included what I believe are some of the most reliable and academically authoritative search engines with a focus on science (among other disciplines).

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Those attempting to reform this practice contend that all students are mathematically brilliant, he says. But these hierarchies affect students belief systems and also tend to lower teachers expectations of students labeled worse at math, Nguyen says. That was true in San Francisco, Nguyen says.

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Computing Education Research Blog

MARCH 23, 2025

The goal of K-12 education is to prepare students to be CS, IT, or STEM majors or arts, humanities, business, or anything else majors, or to be successful citizens in a technological society, even if they dont go to college. K-12 CS education should not be a jobs program for technology companies. Hansen et al., Krause-Levy et al.,

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MAY 6, 2024

There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. The teaching profession has our own version of these nerdy individuals, called technology teachers. School lore probably says they can drop a pin through a straw without touching the sides.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With science and technology jobs expected to grow twice as fast as other occupations over the next decade amid rapidly shifting demographics , creating a robust and diverse pipeline into STEM fields is essential to ensuring U.S. Our technologically advanced society promises experiences that are user-friendly and intuitive.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Here’s a great overview from an Ask a Tech Teacher contributor of what one of those fields–working with the powerful algorithms that drive search and research–is about: What are search engine algorithms? However, for a website to fulfil its potential, it must satisfy the needs of search engine algorithms. Conclusion.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

National STEM Day is November 8 and the unofficial holiday celebrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education throughout the United States. On November 8 th 2019, we will celebrate National STEM Day to get kids excited about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

EdSurge recently posed a question to a panel of Latino educators and an edtech leader: Is educational technology serving the Latino community, particularly its students? Holding the Door Open for Young Latinos Cindy Noriega is a third-year mathematics and computer science teacher in the Los Angeles area. Who Is Edtech Made for?

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APRIL 12, 2020

People keen on mathematics, physics, or IT were awe-inspiring and seemed to have supernatural abilities. But, the importance of sciences and technologies has grown; that’s why professionals in certain fields have become headhunters’ “targets.” The Role of Technology. So, what is STEM education?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Whether in mathematics, science, economics, or engineering, graphs are commonly used to convey information in a concise and understandable manner. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Communication of Ideas : Graphs provide a universal language for communicating ideas across different fields.

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MAY 3, 2021

There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. The teaching profession has our own version of these nerdy individuals, called technology teachers. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JULY 26, 2021

For instance, Matplotlib is used for plotting charts and graphs; SciPy for engineering applications, science, and mathematics; Beautiful Soup for HTML parsing and XML and NumPy for scientific computing. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 10, 2023

The teaching profession has our own version of these nerdy individuals, called technology teachers. That reticence to ask for help or request training changed about a decade ago when technology swept across the academic landscape like a firestorm: iPads and then Chromebooks became the device of choice in the classroom.

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MAY 2, 2022

There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. The teaching profession has our own version of these nerdy individuals, called technology teachers. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Yet few are likely to grow up and establish careers in technology. Just one in 10 tech workers are Latino, and while Latino college students are choosing STEM fields in college more frequently , they earn only about 12 percent of undergraduate degrees awarded in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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Accelerate Learning

MARCH 17, 2023

Historically, women in STEM are often overlooked, undervalued, and even discouraged from pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In honor of Women’s International Month, we would like to spotlight some amazing women scientists who have made significant contributions to STEM and our world.

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Accelerate Learning

JANUARY 16, 2024

STEM, representing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, is more than an educational buzzword; it's a crucial framework in early childhood education, particularly for preparing preschoolers for the transition to kindergarten.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2024

An Overview of STEM – Why It’s Relevant and Important STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The skills developed through STEM education allow students to think critically, problem-solve creatively, and adapt to rapidly changing technological advancements.

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Career in STEM

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A growing trend is STEM Nights, where students and families gather to experience the wonders of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Engineering theme! Games like engineering bingo and STEM Career Taboo are fun and easy ways to engage attendees. Thinking of running your own STEM Night? Space theme!

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. This story also appeared in USA Today Falling off that path can lock students out of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Be it blowing soap bubbles or building towers of spaghetti, they are second only to seasoned engineers and CEOs at getting results. Shreiya is also a passionate blogger, computer science engineer, finance whiz, and “perfect mommy” to her son. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2023

This ultimately led to a new introductory life sciences math course, Mathematics for Life Sciences (the LS 30 series). Although science, technology, engineering and math fields have seen some progress in recent years, STEM remains relatively non-diverse. Many leaders in the field want to change these statistics.

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STEM Education Works

JANUARY 27, 2025

Technology Technology is all about manipulating the matter around us to make it do things that range from simple to extraordinary. Engineering Engineering is all about finding effective and efficient solutions to problems big and small. Mathematics Math is all about numbers, and numbers are all around us.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2017

STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Technology includes the iPads toddlers play on, the smartphones we use to guide our days, the apps that turn our lights on and off–or start our car. When you talk about math, science, engineering, or technology, add excitement to your voice.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

There’s always been something mystical about people in technical professions–engineering, science, mathematics. They talk animatedly about plate tectonics, debate the structure of mathematical functions, even smile at the mention of calculus. Technology in the classroom changed from ‘nice to have’ to ‘must have’.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Need for AI Literacy in Education The rapidly evolving space of artificial intelligence (AI) requires school and district leaders to make sense of how emerging technology applications, including those that use generative AI (Gen AI), are being integrated into schools and districts across the United States.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2021

From a purely practical perspective, having an understanding of SQL will set children up to potentially follow a career path into any number of programming roles, since there is a lot of demand for software engineers with knowledge of SQL. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The need to strengthen the science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) careers pipeline has received renewed interest lately. Some texts overflow with fake ‘applications,’ but these hide the mathematical essence under a mountain of details. So what would it take to make STEM truly open to would-be future scientists?

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Educators Technology

AUGUST 30, 2022

Science topics covered in these lessons include multicellular organisms, introduction to sound, forces, engineering, atoms, molecules, tectonic plates, erosion and weathering, solar and lunar eclipses, the five senses, structure of living things, and many more.

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All About STEM

MAY 8, 2024

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics can all be linked to changes in nature, technology, space… Source BSW 2025 will take place from the 7th to the 16th of March and the theme will be ‘Change & Adapt’ During the week, schools are encouraged to celebrate with STEM events and activities.

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Robot Lab

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

By Katie Brenneman There’s a dearth of good engineers out there. As technology evolves, so does its complexity. Just as important as maintaining the momentum of technological progress is equipping the next generation to pick up where the last one left off.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2024

In a time when technological advancements shape our daily lives and drive economic growth, focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in K-12 schools is not just a trend but a necessity. Initiatives like the U.S.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Failure could mean potential biologists, mathematicians or engineers being pushed out of the field. But getting to those careers means surviving the academic journey. But eventually, they get it. “[The

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