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This page provides an overview of a longitudinal research study conducted by the Connecticut Pathways to Innovation 21 project. The question to be studied is "Do high school students who participate in the Academy demonstrate a greater interest in and college career readiness in STEM areas than...

This paper, by Theodore Lewis, Professor in Industrial Education at the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, covers methods and approaches to technology curriculum. These methods are "content, which focuses upon conceptual structure, and process, which...

This 22-page report describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the Coral Crusaders team for the Ranger Class of the 2023 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM students to build underwater ROVs to complete...

This webpage, provided by Bio-Link, includes information about the Core Skill Standards for Bioscience Technicians report. "This report identifies a set of core technical competencies and skills that are shared across the Bioscience Lab, Biomanufacturing, and Medical Device domains of the bioscience...

This report, authored by Stuart Bond, a Senior Corrosion Technologist for The Welding Institute (TWI), provides an overview of the "issues influencing the corrosion performance of welded carbon and low alloy steels, corrosion resistant alloys and aluminium alloys" in marine environments. Bond also...

This 25-page report, published by the Bahçeşehir High School for Science and Technology, describes the design and construction of an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). This report was created by Cosmos Gravity, a student group that participated in the 2021 MATE ROV competitions Ranger...

This 23-page report, published by Singapore American School, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the Crimson team for the Ranger Class of the 2022 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM students to...

This 50-page article from the GeoTech Center provides descriptions of additional workforce competencies that may not have been entirely covered in the Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM). Although the GMCM was not intended to be a comprehensive list of all workforce competencies,...

This 12-page resource, from the ATE 2.0: Preparing Technicians for the Future of Work project, provides a framework for a cross-disciplinary STEM core. This paper describes why a cross-disciplinary STEM core is needed (the global workforce is evolving and jobs will change), its' components, and how...

This paper, by W. J. Haynie, III, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at North Carolina State University, studies interactions between male and female students in technology education. Methodology, findings, and considerations are presented.