Wednesday 23 November 2022.12:30m - 1:00pm
Tomotaka Kuroda
Importance of the NGSS 8 practices for STEM students in Japanese universities
Contact Author: Tomotaka KURODA (
Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education, Okayama University of Science, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
STEAM Education Institute, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS; NRC,2013) posit eight practices for K–12 education. First-Year Experience (FYE) programs support students’ transition from secondary to higher education; this is particularly significant for increasing the numbers of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) graduates (PCAST, 2012). Therefore, clarifying how students in FYE programs perceive the NGSS practices is essential for effective connection between school and university education. This study’s research question is “What are STEM majors’ perceptions of the eight NGSS practices, and are there gender differences in these perceptions?”