STEM Ed Announcement: Mathematics in a STEM Context, Call for Manuscripts

["Mort Sternheim" <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

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 Call for Manuscripts
 
 2013 focus issue
 Mathematics in a STEM Context
 Principles and Standards for School Mathematics emphasizes the 
 importance of students being able to recognize and apply mathematics 
 in other subject areas and disciplines as well as to daily life. 
 Fostering development in the integrated fields of science, technology, 
 engineer- ing, and mathematics, or STEM, â??is a priority, not only 
 because we need todayâ??s students to become tomorrowâ??s leaders in 
 innovation and help our economy, but also because we need to increase 
 STEM interest and skills overall for everybodyâ?? (eSchool News 2009). As 
 a key component of their STEM experiences, students must â??develop a 
 depth of understanding and ability to apply mathematics to novel 
 situations, as college students and employees regularly doâ?? (Common Core 
 State Standards 2010).
 The Editorial Panel of MTMS invites you to share your ideas on pursuing 
 the goal of providing STEM experiences for middle school students. 
 
 Articles should address the philosophy, research, or practice of 
 effective mathematics teaching as an integrated component of STEM. 
 
 Authors are encouraged to consider the following questions:
 â?¢	What engineering, science, or technology contexts are useful for 
 creating intellectual need in students to learn certain mathematical 
 concepts? How can those contexts be incorporated in mathematics 
 classrooms?
 
 â?¢	How can mathematics standards be effectively
 addressed in other STEM-related classrooms, for example, in a school 
 science laboratory or a summer engineering camp?
 
 â?¢	Describe successful examples of teaching math as an integrated 
 component of STEM. What works? In what areas did you struggle? How can 
 an effective collaboration among multidisciplinary team members be 
 fostered?
 
 â?¢	Estimation, observation, and communication are shared in the 
 practices of science and mathematics (AAAS 2009). How are mathematical 
 ways of thinking related to the scientific method and the engineering 
 design process? What instructional strategies are most success- ful in 
 fostering these ways of thinking among students?
 
 â?¢	Beyond graphing calculators, how can other tech- 
 nologiesâ??modeling tools, programming languages, simulations, digital 
 videos, or social networksâ??be implemented to support student decision 
 making, re- flection, reasoning, problem solving, and assessment?
 
 
 The manuscript should be no more than 2500 words. Include figures and 
 photographs at the end. To submit manuscripts, access 
 http://mtms.msubmit.net. 
 
 On the tab titled Keywords, Categories, Special Sections, select the 
 2013 call from the Departments/Calls section. The due date is January 9, 2012.
 
 
 The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. 
 http://www.nctm.org
 
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