Promising practices for engaging families in STEM learning

• Other Authors: Caspe, Margaret (Editor), Woods, Taniesha A. (Editor), Kennedy, Joy Lorenzo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP, Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2018]
• Series: Family, school, community, partnership issues.
• Subjects: Science > Study and teaching > Parent participation > United States.; Science > Study and teaching > Social aspects > United States.; Mathematics > Study and teaching > Parent participation > United States.; Mathematics > Study and teaching > Social aspects > United States.; Education > Parent participation > United States.; Children with social disabilities > Education > United States.; Immigrant children > Education > United States.; Education > Parent Participation.; Educational administration and organization.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806607860
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-64113-282-4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 176 pages) : illustrations

The technology revolution has made it critical for all children to understand science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) or risk being left behind. Promising Practices for Engaging Families in STEM Learning explores how families, schools, and communities can join together to promote student s...

Table of Contents:

• The 5rs : Research-based strategies for engaging families in stem learning / Margaret Caspe and M. Elena Lopez
• Supporting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) learning by helping families overcome math anxiety / Talia Berkowitz, Marjorie W. Schaeffer, Christopher S. Rozek, Sian L. Beilock, and Susan C. Levine
• Listening for strengths in diverse families' conversations about science / Graciela Solis and Maureen Callanan
• Culturally competent mathematics instruction for African American children : A review of promising practices in schools, classrooms, homes, and communities / Jeffery Brown, Oscar Barbarin, and Cassandra Schreiber
• Using a behavioral economics perspective to boost family engagement in the getting ready for school preschool intervention / Helena Duch and Lisa A. Gennetian
• Supporting family engagement in science, technology, and engineering (ste) curriculum among low-income immigrant families with preschool children / Louis Harrison Jr, Alvin Logan, Devin Walker, and Leonard Moore
• Collective impact approach to stem : The case of iridescent / Tara Chklovski and Maggie Jaris
• Interactive digital storybooks and the role of parents in supporting young children's mathematics development / Colleen Uscianowski, Victoria Almeda, and Herbert Ginsburg
• Nysci neighbors : Creating locally-driven authentic opportunities for immigrant parents in a stem ecosystem / Andrés Henríquez
• Policy supports for family engagement in early stem / Matt Weyer
• How the national science foundation supports family engagement in stem learning / Joann Walker.