Instructional Methods in STEM Education: A Cross-contextual Study

Andreasa Zendler; Cornelia Seitz; Dieter Klaudt

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Andreasa Zendler ¹ ^* , Cornelia Seitz ¹, Dieter Klaudt ¹

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¹ University of Education Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, GERMANY^* Corresponding Author

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This study contributes to an integrative view on STEM subjects from an educational point of view. The focus is on the assessment of instructional methods in relation to knowledge processes. By a questionnaire, computer science teachers and mathematics teachers assessed 20 instructional methods in terms of knowledge processes (build, process, apply, transfer, evaluate, and integrate). The findings show that computer science teachers and mathematics teachers differ on the rating of instructional methods. However, the findings also allow a common way of looking at instructional methods by computer science teachers and mathematics teachers. This is an important result for pre- and in-service training programs and for the introduction of computer science as a new school subject.

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STEM
computer science education
mathematics education
instructional methods
knowledge processes
cross-contextual research

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2018, 2969-2986

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Zendler, A., Seitz, C., & Klaudt, D. (2018). Instructional Methods in STEM Education: A Cross-contextual Study. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(7), 2969-2986. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91482

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Zendler A, Seitz C, Klaudt D. Instructional Methods in STEM Education: A Cross-contextual Study. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(7):2969-86. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91482

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Zendler A, Seitz C, Klaudt D. Instructional Methods in STEM Education: A Cross-contextual Study. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(7), 2969-2986. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91482

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Zendler, Andreasa, Cornelia Seitz, and Dieter Klaudt. "Instructional Methods in STEM Education: A Cross-contextual Study". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2018 14 no. 7 (2018): 2969-2986. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91482

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Zendler, A., Seitz, C., and Klaudt, D. (2018). Instructional Methods in STEM Education: A Cross-contextual Study. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(7), pp. 2969-2986. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91482

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Zendler, Andreasa et al. "Instructional Methods in STEM Education: A Cross-contextual Study". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 7, 2018, pp. 2969-2986. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91482