STEM Learning IT Integration and Collaborative Strategies
This book reports the results of a three-year research program funded by the National Science Foundation which targeted students and teachers from four Detroit high schools in order for them to learn, experience, and use IT within the context of STEM (IT/
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ning IT Integration and Collaborative Strategies
STEM Learning
Mesut Duran Margret Höft Brahim Medjahed Daniel B. Lawson Elsayed A. Orady •
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Editors Mesut Duran University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI USA
Daniel B. Lawson University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI USA
Margret Höft University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI USA
Elsayed A. Orady University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI USA
Brahim Medjahed University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI USA
ISBN 978-3-319-26177-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-26179-9
ISBN 978-3-319-26179-9
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015953785 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To the students and teachers in Detroit Public Schools for their participation in the Fostering Interest in Information Technology (FI3T) project and interest in STEM learning and careers.
Foreword
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) has become a proxy for careers that, from the viewpoint of our nation’s leaders, are essential for economic security and, from the viewpoint of parents, are gateways to well-paying jobs. The STEM mantra is also used to define pathways to national competitiveness for the stakeholders of relevant K-12 curricula. However useful this mantra is for educators implementing STEM programs, for employers who depend upon a STEM talent pipeline, for parents who understand the advantages a STEM competency might offer their children, and for national leaders who view an enlarged STEM workforce as competitively essential, the STEM mantra is too abstract to attract students. Those who are choosing STEM careers might speak with passion of becoming biologists, mechanical engineers, o
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