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What’s More:
Author/s, Year Topic Sample Data Collection Method Major Findings Recommendation

Ryan Brown, Understanding Survey This article presents the results of a N/A
Joshua Brown, STEM: Current survey that explored the current
Kristin Reardon Perceptions Questionnaire teacher and administrator perceptions
and Chris of STEM education. The research
concludes that: (1) STEM education is
Merrill
not well understood; (2) there is not a
clear vision for STEM education even
(2011)
amongst those who believe it is
important; and (3) there is little
evidence that STEM education exists
in the school in this survey, based on
the lack of collaboration that exists.

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 curricula, exemplified in this

response by a teacher from

School One:

T. J. Engaging There are a number of U.S. STEM Upon examination of the In this approach, students are
required to demonstrate their
KENNEDY*, Students in initiatives targeted at high school mission of the T-STEM understanding of STEM
disciplines in a work-based,
M. R.L. ODELL† STEM Education age (14-18-year-old) students. The initiative, it becomes apparent contextual environment. To do
this, teachers must be able to
(2014) most notable of these are in the that the basic design of
offers standards-based STEM
states of Massachusetts, North STEM extends beyond simply
improving science and
Carolina, Ohio, and Texas. The mathematics education.

Texas initiative is particularly

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focused on transforming schools STEM education builds on programs that use innovative
reform efforts in mathematics instructional tools.
into academies that engage and science education.

teachers and students in STEM

with the goal of improving high

schools and the college readiness

of students (Texas High School

Project, 2006)

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 Ryan Brown, Understanding Survey Descriptive Method The first conclusion is that N/A

Joshua Brown, STEM: Current Questionnaire STEM education is not well

and Interview
Kristin Reardon, Perceptions understood. Fewer than one

and Chris Merrill half of the administrators

(2011) (with teachers in their building

participating in a STEM

focused Master’s Degree)

understood the concept and/

or could describe it. Even

teachers in the STEM fields

had varying levels of

understanding of STEM

education.

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David W. White What Is STEM Searching for the N/A N/A Perhaps for the first time since the
related topic
(2014) Education and online launch of Sputnik, educators

Why Is It broadly agree on the value of

Important? STEM education for ensuring

America’s edge in the global

economy. Yet teachers,

administrators, and policy-makers

find themselves confused about

what it means to successfully

implement STEM programs and

initiatives (p.2).

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Mi-Hwa Park, Early childhood Research The participants in this study were About 12 percent of the Furthermore, given the positive

Dimiter M teachers’ beliefs questions/Online 830 early childhood teachers in participants showed a lack of effects of teachers’ beliefs on their

Dimitrov, Lynn about readiness Survey preschool–third grade representing awareness (responses coded instructional decisions

G Patterson, for teaching public elementary schools in rural as 0) by stating that they did (Borko and Shavelson, 1990;

Do-Yong Park Science, areas located in Western not know enough about Thompson, 1992), further
research is needed to investigate
(2017) Technology, Kentucky. The data consisted of STEM to answer this how such effects may transfer in
question. In addition, about 1 the context of teaching STEM in
Engineering, and the responses of the study percent of the participants early childhood classrooms.
were categorized as other
Mathematics participants on a survey of because their responses
were not suitable for the
teachers’ beliefs regarding
purpose of the RQ.
readiness for teaching STEM

developed specifically for this

study.

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