Ways of Thinking in STEM-based Problem Solving: Teaching and Learning in a New Era

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Lyn D. English (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Timothy Lehmann (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)

Ways of Thinking in STEM-based Problem Solving

Teaching and Learning in a New Era

Lyn D. English (Queensland University of Technology, Australia), Timothy Lehmann (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)

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02 October 2024

Primary & middle schools; Secondary schools; Teacher training; Teaching skills & techniques; Teaching of a specific subject

Taking a future-oriented approach, this book addresses students' ways of thinking in STEM-based problem solving. It provides a rich set of chapters that explore how we can advance important thinking skills in STEM education for K-12 students.

Edited by: Lyn D. English (Queensland University of Technology Australia), Timothy Lehmann (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
ISBN: 9781032520339
ISBN 10: 1032520337
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 02 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. STEM-based Problem Solving and Thinking in a New Era 2. STEM in a changing world: What is valuable and valued 3. Global creative disruption and implications for STEM-based problem solving and learning 4. STEM ways of thinking: Elementary grade learners’ possibility and adaptive thinking in STEM-rich contexts 5. The critical role of intuition in problem solving 6. Nexus for STEM Problem Solving and Transfer Research: Instruction First or Productive Failure First? 7. Students’ Systems Modeling: A Classroom of the Future 8. Systems thinking in the early grades 9. Systems Thinking Journeys of Preschool Teachers: A Leverage Point for Problem Solving 10. Perspectives on Design Thinking within STEM 11. Design-based thinking in problem solving in technology and across the STEM disciplines 12. Engineering Design in STEM-based Problem Solving 13. Engineering design reasoning for conscientious decision-making 14. Critical thinking in STEM education 15. Critical Thinking in Mathematics and Mathematical Modelling Related to STEM 16. Computer programming puzzles, mathematics education, and the culture of learning 17. Computational Problem Solving in STEM education 18. Challenges in assessing students’ STEM-based problem solving 19. Ways of thinking and STEM-based problem solving: Towards the future

Lyn D. English is Professor of Mathematics/STEM Education at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Her areas of research include mathematics/STEM education, ways of thinking in integrated STEM-based problem solving, mathematical modelling, engineering education, and reasoning with probability and statistics. She is a Fellow of The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the founding editor (1997) of the international journal, Mathematical Thinking and Learning (Taylor & Francis). Timothy Lehmann is Senior Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Education at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. His areas of research are the teaching and learning of secondary mathematics topics including measurement, calculus, discrete mathematics, and the development of computational thinking in mathematics and STEM education.