Professional Development in Engineering for Elementary and Middle Teachers: STEM Implementation and Outcomes

Virtual Brief Paper ID: 48914
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    Amy Overbay
    Overbay Consulting Group
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    Lisa Grable
    Overbay Consulting Group
  3. Amy Bradley
    Patterson Science Center
  4. Emily Ludlum
    Patterson Science Center

Abstract: This paper explores teacher outcomes associated with the E-MAGINE project, an MSP-funded teacher training initiative in a rural district intended to improve elementary and middle school teachers’ physical science content knowledge and pedagogy through training that focuses on the implementation of Engineering is Elementary (EiE) kits and curricula. In the project’s first year of implementation, participating teachers experienced statistically significant growth in their physical science content knowledge and level of science teaching self efficacy, and their scores after participating in the year of training were higher than those of comparison teachers (p<.05), although their use of technology and reported level of constructivist practice were lower than expected.

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