New teaching standards call for weaving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) into classrooms better. What makes this integration effective? A research team led by Michigan Technological ...

In 2012, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology released a report calling for a national effort to produce 1 million more STEM graduates. Science, technology, engineering, and ...

The questions on the ACT math test are grouped according to two categories: Preparing for Higher Math and Integrating Essential Skills. While the latter category represents less than half of ACT math ...

Catherine Good has experienced stereotype threat herself, although she didn’t know it at the time. She started her academic career in pure math, expecting to get a Ph.D. But somewhere along the way ...

When you think of heating and cooling repair, you may not consider the physics or any of the sciences for that matter, but that is exactly what students are Heating, Cooling, Refrigeration, ...

Princeton Professor Andrew Houck’s calculus students had just finished grappling with a set of equations on the forces of tension and gravity when he pulled a large pendulum back to his shoulder and ...

In the days of dismal budget news, there’s a bright spot at East Valley Middle School and four other local middle schools. The schools all qualified for a 21st Century Grant from the U.S. Department ...

To the editor: Stanford professor Jo Boaler is hopeful about new approaches to teaching math, and I am hopeful too. In school, I encountered the wall of indifference in learning math that Boaler talks ...

The narrative of Mathematics in Indian schools has been one of anxiety. A 2021 survey shows 82% of students in Classes 7-10 experience fear towards Mathematics. The narrative of Mathematics in Indian ...

Although the call for improving STEM education is widespread, there is little guidance for teachers on how to do so. A team set out to outline challenges and find best practices for teachers to better ...