ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--High school teachers and their students will find NSTA’s new publication a useful resource for the various stages of large-scale STEM research projects. The handbook provides enough detail to embolden all teachers, even those who have never designed an experiment on their own, to support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics student-researchers through the entire experimental process.
Early chapters on research design, background research, hypothesis writing, and proposal writing help students design and implement their research projects. Later chapters on descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as graphical representations, help them correctly interpret their data. Finally, the last chapters enable students to effectively communicate their results by writing and documenting a STEM research paper, as well as by preparing for oral and poster presentations. Included are student handouts, checklists, presentation observation sheets, and sample assessment rubrics.
STEM Student Research Handbook will help teachers assist their students in conducting meaningful research and creating quality projects.
About the Author
Darci J. Harland, PhD, a former biology and English teacher, is the assistant director of research at the Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (CeMaST) at Illinois State University.
You can browse sample pages of this new book free at the NSTA Science Store website at www.nsta.org/store.
For additional information or to purchase STEM Student Research Handbook and other books from NSTA Press, visit the NSTA Science Store at www.nsta.org/store. To order by phone, call 800-277-5300 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET weekdays. The 218-page book is priced at $23.95 and discount-priced for NSTA members at $19.16 (Stock # PB297X, ISBN # 978-1-936137-24-4).
The Arlington, Va.-based National Science Teachers Association is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership includes more than 55,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in science education.
NSTA Press produces 20–25 new books each year. Focused on the PreK–college market and specifically aimed at teachers of science, NSTA Press titles offer a unique blend of accurate scientific content and sound teaching strategies.