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Please Join Us! Advancing Equity in STEM Teacher Education, Feb 20, 2025, MSU Kellogg Center
20 Feb 16:00

Registration is open! "Advancing Equity" event, February 20, 2025

We are delighted to announce an upcoming event on Thursday, February 20, 2025, to be held at the MSU Kellogg Center from 9am until 4pm .

Please join colleagues, teachers, administrators, curriculum directors and other interested supporters of equity in STEM education for all students as we welcome members from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to engage with our community. This will be a wonderful opportunity to share insights, ideas and suggestions on how to move equitable STEM education forward in Michigan. 

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Raghavi Ravi

Graduate Student, Department of Statistics & Probability

Raghavi Ravi is a data science student and a researcher specializing in the intersection of data-driven methodologies and STEM education. She earned a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University, PSG iTech, India, in 2021. Currently, she is pursuing an M.S. in Data Science at Michigan State University.

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Dr. Barbara Schneider

John A. Hannah University Distinguished Professor

Barbara Schneider is the John A. Hannah University Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and the Department of Sociology. She uses a sociological lens to understand societal conditions and interpersonal interactions that create norms and values for enhancing human and social capital. Her research focuses on how the social contexts of schools and families influence the academic and social well-being of adolescents as they move into adulthood.

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12 Dec 19:15

Health in Our Hands health summits, December 12 and 17, 2024

The Health in Our Hands project is proud to present two final 'health summits', which feature 7th and 8th grade students presenting their research on community health issues. The Diabetes health summit will be held on Thursday, December 12, and the Substance Abuse Disorder summit will be held on Tuesday, December 17.  Both events will run from 12:15 until 1:30 and are located at Mott Community College, 1401 E. Court St., Flint, MI 48503-2089.

The relationship between teacher's support of literacy development and elementary students' modelling proficiency in project-based learning science classrooms

Scientific modelling plays a crucial role in students’ science learning. Modelling proficiency and literacy development reinforce each other. This study investigates the relationship between teacher support of student literacy development and their modelling proficiency in the context of elementary project-based learning science environments. To explore the relationship, we sampled 557 students from 24 classrooms in 12 different schools. Data were analysed by multilevel mixed linear regression model analysis.

Developing preservice elementary teachers’ self-efficacy toward teaching science

Having a negative attitude toward science plays a major factor in elementary teachers avoiding teaching science in elementary school. This mixed methods study examined changes in pre-service elementary teachers’ (PSETs) attitudes toward teaching science. PSETs (n=59) engaged in a semester-long university course in the Southeastern United States. The course focused on demonstrating and applying knowledge of scientific concepts and inquiry-based teaching. PSETs took a Dimension of Attitudes toward Science (DAS) questionnaire before and after the course.

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