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Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators

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Key points: Early exposure to STEM education is critical for students See article: Building a STEM pipeline needs to start in kindergarten See article: Here’s why STEM Career Days are a great idea For more on STEM education, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM page In today’s fast-paced world, STEM education has become imperative for global progress.

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How early can we introduce STEM education?

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Key points: Researchers are developing a STEM curriculum intended for preschool students. Though evidence suggests early STEM exposure has benefits, little STEM instruction occurs in preschool classrooms. Next page: How to combat the idea that STEM education is too challenging for preschool.

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Researchers develop preschool STEM education curriculum

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In an effort to address the national need to guide more students to careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers are developing curriculum which introduces STEM principles during the formative preschool years. Supported by a $1.5 million grant from the U.S.

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Elevating Math Education Through Problem-Based Learning

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Everest Knowledge Through Experience The influence of constructivist theories has been instrumental in shaping PBL, from Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which argues that knowledge is constructed through experiences and interactions , to Leslie P.

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Why It's Important to Teach Your Students Financial Literacy—and Three Ways to Do It

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Research shows that by the age of 12, students will develop an economic understanding that researchers describe as “essentially adult”. Supplement At-Home Education with Digital Learning Digital financial education can—and does—play a role in providing students with the financial knowledge they may not receive at home.

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Parents Don't Need to Be Coding Experts, Just Willing to Learn With Their Children

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We also know from existing family literacy research that shared reading interventions and home reading programs can enhance children’s linguistic and cognitive development. Shift the focus to exposure, rather than knowledge. What if the same principle is applied to coding?

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A Glimpse Into the Playful World of Seymour Papert

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His theory stems from the work of education innovators such as John Dewey, Maria Montessori, and Paulo Freire; but most of all, Jean Piaget, the genius genetic epistemologist with whom he worked in 1958 to 1963 in Switzerland. Seymour’s genius goes far beyond the academic. In his view, there was hope for every child. Learning Stories.

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