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... and the National Science Foundation (NSF) wrote reports on the state of undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics -- the disciplines collectively referred to as STEM (see National Research Council, 1996, 1999; National Science Foundation, 1996)
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... If future investments were to be informed by the past, then the field clearly needed a retrospective look at the ways in which earlier innovations had influenced undergraduate STEM education. To address this need, NSF asked the NRC to convene an ad hoc steering committee to plan and implement a series of two public workshops focused on a thoughtful examination of the state of evidence of impact and effectiveness of selected STEM undergraduate education innovations.
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... That initiative, Engaging Critical Advisors to Formulate a New Framework for Change: Expansion of "Toward a National Endeavor to Marshal Postsecondary STEM Education Resources to Meet Global Challenges," focused on future directions for STEM and aimed to identify new strategies for organizing and implementing STEM undergraduate education practices. It underscored the need for the STEM community to take stock of what has been learned and to attend to the evidence base for drawing conclusions.
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... 4 PROMISING PRACTICES IN UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION Indeed, the report summarizes views expressed by workshop participants, and the committee is responsible only for its overall quality and accuracy as a record of what transpired at the workshops. Also, the workshops were not designed to generate consensus conclusions or recommendations but focused instead on the identification of ideas, themes, and considerations that contribute to understanding.
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