Women obtain more than half of US undergraduate degrees in biology, chemistry, and
mathematics, yet they earn less than 20% of computer science, engineering, and physics …

In the past 40 years, the proportion of women in science courses and careers has
dramatically increased in some nations but not in others. Our research investigated how …

Background Nurturing students' interest in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) careers is a major goal of STEM education. Although the relationship …

Internationally, efforts to increase student interest in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) careers have been on the rise. It is often the goal of such efforts that …

Critical thinking and STEM career perception are important in 21th century and STEM
education is necessary to promote middle school students' critical thinking skills and STEM …

What is engineering? What do engineers do? How is engineering related to, but distinct
from, science? These questions all relate to the nature of engineering (NOE), and as …

Background Research in engineering education tends to focus on students' factual
knowledge about engineering, their interests and attitudes, and on students' conceptions of …

Background Federal initiatives promoting STEM education to bridge the achievement gap
and maintain the nation's creative leadership inspired this study investigating engineering …

This chapter briefly traces the history of nature of science (NOS) orientations in science
education, notes some differences in the way NOS is defined and in arguments used to …

Middle school is a crucial stage in student development as students prepare for a fast
changing future. The science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills that …