Our Mission
STEM International Teachers (STEM IT up) is a community of teachers that promotes the use of Modeling Instruction by providing Modeling Workshops, ongoing professional development, and community support in the international school community.
We strive to
Engage students in understanding the physical world by constructing and using scientific models to describe, explain, predict and control physical phenomena.
Provide students with basic conceptual tools for modeling physical objects and processes, especially mathematical, graphical and diagrammatic representations.
Familiarize students with a small set of basic models as the content core of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
Develop insight into the structure of scientific knowledge by examining how models fit into theories.
Show how scientific knowledge is validated by engaging students in evaluating scientific models through comparison with empirical data.
Develop skill in all aspects of modeling as the procedural core of scientific knowledge.
OUR Method
Modeling Instruction is a guided-inquiry approach to teaching science that organizes instruction around a coherent storyline of model development. This method provides content instruction while students are immersed in the process of doing science. Research has shown students in Modeling Instruction classrooms perform significantly better on measures of conceptual knowledge when compared to similar students in traditional classrooms.
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