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Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 STEM Education A Nation Advancing? (2013) / Chapter Skim
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Foundation for This Study
Pages 6-7

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... Another goal of education in STEM is to increase students' knowledge and understanding of scientific and mathematical concepts and processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity (National Research Council, 1996)
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... K-12 STEM STEM Education Education System Effective Instruction and School Conditions Figure 1 Key elements for improvements and goals in Successful K-12 STEM Education (National Research Council, 2011)
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