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Survey of the Field of Empirical Research on Scientific Methods in STEM

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Research shows that being versed in scientific modeling is a precursor to succeed in engineering modeling and might be a factor attracting students to engineering. This finding suggests that STEM activities that develop the skills of modeling should not only focus on students’ mathematical and scientific reasoning skills but also provide an environment where students would feel comfortable and encouraged to continue these enterprises in their college and professional careers. One of the main obstacles in adopting inquiry-based learning projects in mathematics is the gap between problem-solving in mathematics and inquiry in science. It appeared worthy to search the literature on STEM education to determine what the research findings in this domain are. The synthesis of the survey findings will support multidisciplinary STEM framework developed in Chap. 6.

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Sokolowski, A. (2018). Survey of the Field of Empirical Research on Scientific Methods in STEM. In: Scientific Inquiry in Mathematics - Theory and Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89524-6_5

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