The 2017 Best STEM Books (Resource Exchange)
- Conference
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Columbus, Ohio
- Publication Date
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June 24, 2017
- Start Date
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June 24, 2017
- End Date
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June 28, 2017
- Conference Session
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
- Tagged Topic
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Diversity
- Page Count
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3
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--28940
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https://peer.asee.org/28940
- Download Count
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619
Paper Authors
Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Towson University
Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, worked briefly as a process engineer, and taught high school physics and pre-engineering. She has taught engineering and science to children in multiple informal settings. As a pre-service teacher educator, she includes engineering in her elementary and early childhood science methods courses, and has developed engineering education courses for middle school pre-service teachers and practicing elementary teachers. She has provided science and engineering professional development to multiple schools and school systems in Maryland, and has significantly contributed to the writing of many integrated STEM units of instruction used by teachers and school systems. Her research has examined factors that support and those that hinder elementary teachers as they learn to teach engineering, and currently focuses on how children learn to engineer and in the process, learn to fail and productively persist. She is the Director of the Integrated STEM Instructional Leadership (PreK-6) Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program at TU. She currently serves as the Chair of the Pre-College Engineering Education Division of ASEE, and is a member of the ASEE Board of Directors Committee on P12 Engineering Education.
Abstract
Between July and November 2016,* nine individuals from organizations including ASEE, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), and the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) reviewed over 250 recently published books to determine the first ever “Best STEM Books” list in partnership with the Children’s Book Council (CBC). The books reach P-12 audiences, and invite STEM-like thinking. Such thinking includes creativity, problem solving, divergent thinking, and design. In this Resource Exchange, we – representatives of the reviewing team – will share the books that made the list, and will describe the team’s criteria for rating these as the Best STEM Books on the 2017 list.
* Note: Books were reviewed through October 24, 2016, and the final set of Best STEM Books was determined at a meeting on November 5 and 6, 2016. The final list of books was released to the public in January 2017.
Lottero-Perdue, P. S. (2017, June), The 2017 Best STEM Books (Resource Exchange) Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--28940
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