What Makes for Successful K-12 STEM Education: A Closer Look at Effective STEM Education Approaches

by Space Committee on Science

The purpose of today's hearing is to review and examine the findings of the National Academies' report, "Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics,'' as requested in 2009 by then Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Wolf to identify highly successful K-12 schools and programs in STEM. I believe the findings of this report reveal many things that we already know about what it takes to have a successful K-12 STEM school. And while research gaps continue to exist, getting this helpful information into the hands of state education departments and local school districts is important, because that is where real change takes place. Whether we are preparing students for advanced degrees in STEM or ensuring that young adults have the scientific and mathematic literacy to strive and thrive in a 21st century technology-based economy, the foundation for both of these begins in our K-12 schools.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478165766
• ISBN13: 9781478165767
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"