Improving STEM Competencies via Archaeological Research in the Staunton River Valley: An Introduction

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Funded through a National Science Foundation – Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (NSF-IUSE) grant, the overarching goal of the project is to improve STEM competency among both STEM and non-STEM undergraduate students. The National Science Foundation has long recognized archaeology as a STEM discipline, although many students do not make this connection. This project is innovative in that it will engage students through field research in a subject they don’t traditionally perceive as STEM, archaeology. In this way, the project will circumvent students’ fear-based avoidance of STEM, thereby bridging the gap between non-STEM and STEM thinking and ultimately improving STEM competency. This paper will provide an overview of the research project as well as the initial steps undertaken.

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• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 32196