Ways of Thinking in STEM-based Problem Solving

Teaching and Learning in a New Era
Herausgeber: English, Lyn D.; Lehmann, Timothy

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Produktbeschreibung

Taking a future-oriented approach, this book addresses students' ways of thinking in STEM-based problem solving. It provides a rich set of chapters that explore how we can advance important thinking skills in STEM education for K-12 students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 175mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9781032520339
• ISBN-10: 1032520337
• Artikelnr.: 70901025

Autorenporträt

Lyn D. English is Professor of Mathematics/STEM Education at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Her areas of research include mathematics/STEM education, ways of thinking in integrated STEM-based problem solving, mathematical modeling, engineering education, and reasoning with probability and statistics. She is a Fellow of The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the founding editor (1997) of the international journal, Mathematical Thinking and Learning (Taylor & Francis). Timothy Lehmann is Senior Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Education at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. His areas of research are the teaching and learning of secondary mathematics topics including measurement, calculus, discrete mathematics, and the development of computational thinking in mathematics and STEM education.

Inhaltsangabe

1. STEM-based Problem Solving in a New Era 2. STEM in a changing world:
'insider' and 'outsider' perspectives 3. Global creative disruption and
implications for STEM-based problem solving and learning 4. STEM ways of
thinking: Elementary grade learners' possibility and adaptive thinking in
STEM-rich contexts 5. The critical role of intuition in problem solving 6.
Nexus for STEM Problem Solving and Transfer Research: Instruction First or
Productive Failure First? 7. Students' Systems Modeling: A Classroom of the
Future 8. Systems thinking in the early grades 9. Systems Thinking Journeys
of Preschool Teachers: A Leverage Point for Problem Solving 10.
Perspectives on Design Thinking within STEM 11. Design-based thinking in
problem solving in technology and across the STEM disciplines 12.
Engineering Design in STEM-based Problem Solving 13. Engineering design
reasoning for conscientious decision-making 14. Critical thinking in STEM
education 15. Critical Thinking in Mathematics and Mathematical Modelling
Related to STEM 16. Computer programming puzzles, mathematics education,
and the culture of learning 17. Computational Problem Solving in STEM
education 18. Challenges in assessing students' STEM-based problem solving
19. Ways of thinking and STEM-based problem solving: Toward the future