Joanne Jacobs
Science teachers: Don’t say ‘parent’
Who are these people? Photo: Serrano1004/Pixabay Don’t say “parent,” advises a feature article in the National Science Teaching...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 10, 20182 min read
Middle school to manufacturing
Middle-schoolers in Ohio are learning math, science and programming — and competing in contests such as MakerMinded to expose them to...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 22, 20181 min read
Even confident, capable girls don’t study STEM
Girls who are high achievers in math, and confident about their ability, are less likely to major in math, engineering and science than...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 21, 20181 min read
Equality widens STEM’s gender gap
In gender-equal Norway and Finland, 20 percent of college graduates in science, engineering and math are women, compared to 41 percent in...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 29, 20182 min read
Turning scientists, engineers into teachers
Math, chemistry and physics teachers are in short supply. A new MIT-based program is trying to turn scientists, engineers and programmers...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 30, 20171 min read
To teach reading, teach history, science …
Reading isn’t a “general skill that can be applied with equal success to all texts,” writes cognitive scientist Dan Willingham in the New...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 8, 20172 min read
Teach art — not STEAM
Integrating art into science and math teaching — turning STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) into STEAM — is...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 19, 20172 min read
Teaching the eclipse — safely
When I was in elementary school in Illinois in the early ’60s, there was a total eclipse. I remember being terrified of going blind. I...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 19, 20171 min read
83% of science aces are immigrants’ kids
Indrani Das, 17, won the Regeneron Science Talent Search this year for her study of a possible approach to treating the death of neurons...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 9, 20172 min read
Julio pets the stegosaurus
Virtual-reality technology is helping students understand science, writes Carolyn Jones on EdSource. The technology is “extraordinarily...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 26, 20172 min read
Kid-friendly ‘Martian’ teaches science
An astronaut is stranded on Mars, nobody knows he’s alive and rescue is four years away, far longer than his food supply will hold out....
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