Low-cost, active teaching techniques—particularly group work and worksheets—substantially improve learning in university science classes, according to a new study involving 3,700 University... Read more
Girls start believing they aren’t good at math, science and even computers at a young age — but providing fun STEM activities at school and home may spark interest and inspire confidence. A... Read more
When Fish Come To School, Kids Get Hooked On Science A program that brings live fish into classrooms to teach the fundamentals of biology not only helps students learn, but improves their at... Read more
Given the difficult-to-digest subject matter in many STEM classrooms, educators have customarily relied on traditional lecture-based educational methods where they spend class time walking t... Read more
Marriage, kids and scientific fields chosen explain gap, study finds One year after they graduate, women with Ph.D.s in science and engineering fields earn 31 percent less than do men, accor... Read more
Young people who may have thought that scientists were ‘boring’ and ‘nerdy’ changed their minds after having an opportunity to ‘Meet the Scientist’ face-to-face. That’s one of the key findin... Read more
Let me say up front: I’m not a science guy. I have always loved science, but I have always loved the arts — drawing, painting and, yes, writing — more. My deepest foray into science came in... Read more
There’s a renewed fervor among education advocates to encourage more students to enter the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Entire economies depend largely... Read more
Columbia Business School experiments show that hiring managers chose men twice as often for careers in science, technology, engineering and math With everyone from the federal government to ... Read more
Even before the first day of class in August, Maura Fritzley had second thoughts about taking Advanced Placement physics. Although she got good grades in a mainstream physics class, Ms. Frit... Read more
American students are bored by math, science and engineering. They buy smartphones and tablets by the millions but don’t pursue the skills necessary to build them. Engineers and physicists a... Read more
Women and girls are historically underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields and much has been written lately about why girls in school seem disintere... Read more
