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Helen Boylan; Alison L. DuBois; Brian Petrus – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2025
In recent years, employers have expressed concerns that Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates, though proficient in their academic disciplines, lack the critical skills necessary for success in the workplace (Karimi & Pina, 2021). Additionally, many non-STEM majors do not develop the basic STEM competencies that…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Teamwork, Undergraduate Students
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Nazi Homayounnasab; Peter Adam Hoeher; Sandra Hansen – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
This paper deals with an integration of STEM education and project-based learning (PBL) by introducing a hybrid hardware/software-based learning platform covering eight learning units. PBL not only bridges the gap between theory and practice, but also focuses on improving students' soft skills, which is important as they prepare for further…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Active Learning, Student Projects, Technology Integration
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Ahmed, Mohammad W.; Anderson, Yolanda Banks; Gerald-Goins, Tonya; Hollowell, Gail; Saliim, Eric; Sangutei, Tonny; Simpson, Brennetta; Spence, Porché L.; White, Sandra L.; Whittington, Dawayne – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2020
Methods traditionally used to teach and train in STEM fields are being used to educate for careers in homeland security, Wall Street investments, and financial planning. An example of this trend is the increasing number of courses offered at institutions of higher education, such as financial engineering, computational finance, and risk analytics.…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Scientific Literacy, Decision Making, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Kramer, Barbara; Walston, Timothy – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2019
An integrative introduction to the sciences and an introduction to scientific writing can provide a strong foundation for broadly trained STEM majors to explore the interconnectedness of STEM disciplines and prepare them for scientific research. These goals have been accomplished through a sequence of two first-year courses, STEM 101: Integrative…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Thinking Skills, Scientific Principles
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Zhan, Wei – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2014
Research experience has been proven to be effective in enhancing the overall educational experience for undergraduate students. In this article, two engineering research projects with undergraduate students involvement are discussed. The projects provided the undergraduate student researchers with motivation for independent research work and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Engineering Education
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Scott-Parker, B.; Barone-Nugent, E. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2019
Global progress has arisen from scientific advances and we currently live in the age of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); science as a way of increasing the knowledge base, technology as a means of manifesting the science, engineering as a way of building and creating with it, and mathematics to devise the language we use…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Females, Learner Engagement, High School Students
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Piper, Jon K.; Krehbiel, Dwight – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2015
To attract and retain more academically qualified students to science and mathematics, we developed a merit-based scholarship program for incoming students with STEM interests. Scholarship recipients participate for the first two years in an interdisciplinary learning community and declare a STEM major by the sophomore year. STEM Learning…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Seminars
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Savage, Richard N.; Chen, Katherine C.; Vanasupa, Linda – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2007
Equipping engineering students with the skills and knowledge required to be successful global engineers in the 21st century is one of the primary objectives of undergraduate educators. Enabling students to practice self-directed learning, to find solutions to design problems that are sustainable and to recognize that they are part of a global…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Active Learning, Student Projects, Integrated Curriculum
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Sirinterlikci, Arif; Toukonen, Kayne; Mason, Steve; Madison, Russel – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2005
An animatronic robot was designed and constructed for the 2003 Annual Student Robotic Technology and Engineering Challenge organized by the Robotics International (RI) association of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). It was also the senior capstone design project for two of the design team members. After a thorough study of body and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, Interdisciplinary Approach, Robotics