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The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (or STEM) Education Center applies interdisciplinary research in learning and cognition, STEM integration, instructor development, and evaluation and assessment to STEM teaching from early childhood through graduate education. See more about STEM education and the center's main focus areas.
The center is located in the College of Education and Human Development's (CEHD) Centers for Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Minnesota, and includes researchers from CEHD, College of Biological Sciences, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, and the Medical School.
In the News
March 2012 - STEM News
Mi Sun Park observes MSTA trainings for ways it provides teachers with examples of multiple representations..
February 2012 - STEM News
Nam Accepts SUNY Faculty Position.
Upcoming Conferences
Upcoming Events
August 15-16, 2011
Colloquium on P-12 STEM Education Research -
A
forum for professionals researching
and teaching P-12 STEM education. Sponsored by the STEM
Education Center. Registration is now open.
Young Rae Kim received a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for his research titled "Building a Theoretical Model of Metacognitive Processes in Complex Modeling Activities: A Window into the Development of Students’ Metacognitive Abilities."