Below are recommended ways for educators to support and encourage students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines. The strategies are numbered and lettered for ...

Many times, careers are more a matter of chance and inspiration than destiny. As such, a variety of U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) outreach programs encourage local youngsters to pursue careers ...

President Obama earlier this year announced a new initiative, “Computer Science for All,” to empower a generation of American students with the computing skills they need to thrive in a digital ...

White female students are more likely to pursue STEM fields in college if they attended a high school with a high proportion of female math and science teachers, according to a recent study. The ...

A recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) took a comprehensive look at gender differences in student performance based on an exam taken by 15-year-olds. The ...

New research shows that K-12 teachers use eight mental models to teach science, technology, engineering and math—a more complex system than initially apparent. These models are laid out in a new study ...

Historically, it’s a no brainer. Survey kids and usually most of them will tell you they prefer a P.E. class over a math one. When it comes to STEM - science, technology, engineering and mathematics - ...

If you’re a student at one of California’s community colleges and you plan to study a STEM field, you’ll typically have to pass calculus first before diving into many of the other required classes in ...