TangentMinds.comtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-957572703334295162012-02-01T10:46:21-05:00TypePadtangent-mindshttp://feedburner.google.comDefining STEMtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c79ca53ef0168e67e26e7970c2012-02-01T10:46:21-05:002012-02-01T10:46:21-05:00Epistemic practices and the learning and knowledge produced through such practices as building models, arguing from evidence, and communicating findings increase the likelihood that students will learn the ideas of science or engineering and mathematics at a deeper, more enduring level than otherwise would be the case. Research evidence consistently...Chris<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote>Epistemic practices and the learning and knowledge produced through such practices as building models, arguing from evidence, and communicating findings increase the likelihood that students will learn the ideas of science or engineering and mathematics at a deeper, more enduring level than otherwise would be the case. Research evidence consistently supports this assertion. Simply put, the centrality of the "means" by which STEM knowledge is learned, produced, shared, and revised allows us to grasp what constitutes STEM, what it is, and what it brings to the teaching and learning process.</blockquote>
<p><small>via <a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/02/01/19moon.h31.html">www.edweek.org</a></small></p>
<p>STEM (commonly short for science, technology, engineering and mathematics) often brings about other ambiguous meanings. The description above from Moon and Singer emphasizes STEM as the "means" more so than the "ends".</p></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tangent-minds/~4/71mBVV0Mu0g" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.tangentminds.com/2012/02/defining-stem.htmlWeb Interface for Statistics Educationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c79ca53ef0168e67d2a13970c2012-02-01T09:23:43-05:002012-02-01T09:23:43-05:00A special feature of WISE is the sequence of interactive tutorials on key statistical concepts (sampling distributions, the central limit theorem, hypothesis testing, and statistical power). The tutorials use dynamic applets that allow the user to explore relationships on their own. Guided exercises are designed to help the learner to...Chris<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><p>A special feature of WISE is the sequence of interactive tutorials on key statistical
concepts (sampling distributions, the central limit theorem, hypothesis testing, and statistical
power). The tutorials use dynamic applets that allow the user to explore relationships on their
own. Guided exercises are designed to help the learner to take full advantage of the applets to
gain a deeper understanding of the concepts and logic that underlie much of inferential
statistics.</p></blockquote>
<p><small>via <a href="http://wise.cgu.edu/index.html">wise.cgu.edu</a></small></p>
<p>WISE (Web Interface for Statistics Education), part of Claremont Graduate University, offers online learning experiences for evaluators to think about ways to make the statistics used in evaluation more meaningful to clients.</p></div>
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