Promising Practices for Engaging Families in STEM Learning

ISBN-13: 9781641132800 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 188 str.

Caspe, Margaret

Opis

The technology revolution has made it critical for all children to understand science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM). Promising Practices for Engaging Families in STEM Learning explores how families, schools, and communities can join together to promote student success in STEM by building equitable pathways for family engagement across all of the settings in which students learn.

Spis treści

• The 5Rs: Research-Based Strategies for Engaging Families in STEM Learning
• Supporting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Learning by Helping Families Overcome Math Anxiety
• Listening for Strengths in Diverse Families’ Conversations about Science
• Culturally Competent Mathematics Instruction for African American Children: A Review of Promising Practices in Schools, Classrooms, Homes and Communities
• Using a Behavioral Economics Perspective to Boost Family Engagement in the Getting Ready for School Preschool Intervention
• Supporting Family Engagement in Science, Technology, and Engineering (STE) Curriculum among Low-income Immigrant Families with Preschool Children
• Collective Impact Approach to STEM: The Case of Iridescent
• Interactive Digital Storybooks and the Role of Parents in Supporting Young Children’s Mathematics Development
• NYSCI Neighbors: Creating Locally-Driven Authentic Opportunities for Immigrant Parents in a STEM Ecosystem
• Policy Supports for Family Engagement in Early STEM
• How the National Science Foundation Supports Family Engagement in STEM Learning
• About the Authors.