This article investigates the impact of a prescholarship internship available to freshman and sophomore science majors exploring the possibility of becoming secondary STEM teachers. Based on positive results with a limited number of students, recommendations are made on how a university-based certification program can better accommodate STEM undergraduates who want to explore teaching as a career possibility.
Influence of Scholarships on STEM Teachers: Cluster Analysis and Characteristics
STEM teachers' perceptions about the influence of scholarship on their decision to teach and to teach in a high-needs school were examined using cluster analysis. Three hundred and four Noyce scholars responded to the survey.
Models are a “Metaphor in Your Brain”: How Potential and Preservice Teachers Understand the Science and Engineering Practice of Modeling
This research study explored beginning secondary science teachers' understandings of the science and engineering practice of developing and using models. The team conducted interviews and used grade-level competencies outlined in the NGSS to analyze the beginning teachers' understandings.
Teaching as Emotional Practice or Exercise in Measurement? School Structures, Identity Conflict, and the Retention of Black Women Science Teachers
This qualitative study draws on identity theory, exploring the relationship between school structures, self-talk, identity development, and retention of an African-American woman science teacher.
Promoting STEM Teacher Reflection through Self-Evaluation
Evaluators of a Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program developed templates and guidelines with program leaders so that teachers could conduct their own evaluations of student outcomes. They discuss the challenges, explain improvements, and reflect on strengths and shortcomings of this approach.
