Teaching and Learning STEM: A Practical Guide, presents a trove of practical research-based strategies for designing and teaching university and high school courses. Its engaging and well-illustrated descriptions will equip you to implement the strategies and deal effectively with problems that might occur in the implementation.
New edition !!! In addition to most of the first edition content, the new edition features effective practices in online classes, educational applications of artificial intelligence, and updated references throughout. It also has information that specifically addresses the needs of high school STEM instructors. Order today from Amazon.com or your favorite bookseller!
Here are some of the many questions the book answers. How do I:
- prepare to teach a new course or improve an existing one and get it off to a good start?
- plan and conduct class sessions in which students are actively engaged, no matter how large the class is?
- make good use of instructional technology and artificial intelligence in face-to-face, online, and hybrid courses?
- assess how well students are acquiring the knowledge, skills, and conceptual understanding the course is designed to teach?
- help students develop expert problem-solving skills and skills in communication, creative and critical thinking, high-performance teamwork, and self-directed learning?
- address the learning needs of STEM students with broad ranges of backgrounds and skill levels?
To read selected sections and/or learn more about TLS, click below:
Table of Contents
Author’s Biographies
Foreword
Preface 1
Preface 2
Chapter 1
Reading Guide (questions for reading circle and self-study)
Interview of Authors in Physics Today
Reviews of First Edition
Review in Advances in Engineering Education
Review in CBE-Life Sciences Education
Review in Chemical Engineering Education
Review in Education in Chemistry
Review in Intl. Journal of Engineering Education
Review in Journal of Chemical Education
Review in Journal of STEM Education
Review in MIT Cog Blog
Review in Physics Today
Review in UCO Transformative Teacher-Scholar
Review in The Physics Teacher