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Kasa, Yosef; Areaya, Solomon; Woldemichael, Mulugeta – Pedagogical Research, 2022
The prime aim of the study was to investigate and understand first-year pre-engineering students' perceptions about mathematics teachers' knowledge and instruction. A case study method was employed as a mode of inquiry and a Likert-type survey for data collection. Participants included 158 first-year pre-engineering students and five mathematics…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Engineering Education, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Teachers
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Lau, Matty; Multani, Satbir – Advances in STEM Education, 2018
Empowering students to utilize science and mathematics to solve the world's problems is needed to prepare them for their future. To do that, science and mathematics teachers must know how to integrate engineering into their classrooms. In this chapter, we describe a novel museum-based field experience for novice science and mathematics teachers to…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, STEM Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Teachers
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Srikoom, Wachira; Hanuscin, Deborah L.; Faikhamta, Chatree – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2017
While increased attention has been put on approaches to teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), little has been reported on teachers' views, perceptions, and beliefs about teaching STEM. Such knowledge is needed to inform efforts to support innovative teaching of STEM subjects in classrooms. In this study, 154 in-service…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes, STEM Education, Foreign Countries
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Donna, Joel D. – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2012
Engineering design activities can help educators to apply concepts and processes from within and across STEM domains. To facilitate these connections, there is a need for sustained, job-embedded, and collegial professional development that brings together teachers from across STEM domains to engage in design-based activities. These activities can…
Descriptors: Models, Faculty Development, STEM Education, Engineering Education
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Wang, Hui-Hui; Moore, Tamara J.; Roehrig, Gillian H.; Park, Mi Sun – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2011
To gain a better understanding of teachers' beliefs about, perceptions of, and classroom practices using STEM integration, a multi-case case study was conducted with three middle school teachers. These teachers were purposefully selected from a pool of teachers involved in a year-long professional development module on STEM integration to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
DeChenne, Sue Ellen; Nugent, Gwen; Kunz, Gina; Luo, Linlin; Berry, Brandi; Craven, Katherine; Riggs, April – National Center for Research on Rural Education, 2012
A professional development experience for science and mathematics teachers that included coaches was provided for ten science and math teachers. This professional development experience had the teachers develop a lesson that utilized the engineering context to teach a science or mathematics concept through guided inquiry as an instructional…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scoring Rubrics, Feedback (Response), Science Teachers