Considering the Future of K-12 STEM Curricula and Instructional Materials: Stimulating and Supporting New Developments

University Of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia MO

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Abstract

DRL: DR K-12/REESE PI: Barbara Reys ABSTRACT This project, Considering the Future of STEM Curricula and Instructional Materials, led by the Center for Study of Mathematics Curriculum is organizing and operating a series of working groups to examine challenges and opportunities for future innovations in STEM curricula, instruction, and instructional materials. The project is addressing three key questions that have been suggested by prospects for fundamental technology-driven change in the character of STEM education: How could STEM education look very different in the near and long-term future? What development and study of instructional materials, models, and technologies would be required to make those future visions possible? What design, development, and diffusion processes are most likely to produce new approaches to STEM education that are actually implemented in schools? The goals of the working group activity are an innovation research and development agenda for STEM educators, activation of community interest in work on the tasks of that agenda, and guidance for funding agencies and professional organizations that provide support for the work.