Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
First Advisor
Wendy Smith
Date of this Version
8-2019
Citation
Rohde, A. G. (2019). Assessment and engagement strategies for STEM. (Masters's thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States). Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.unl.edu
Abstract
In this study, I looked at how does student engagement change when a certain assessment is announced prior to a unit. This study looks at what different assessment levels have been researched to accomplish and how to utilize that to our advantage. I researched how does student engagement change when STEM projects are introduced in a 5th grade classroom. It is the role as educators to work towards providing our students with the opportunities to express their levels of knowledge and to show students what they have achieved. This study looks at what I found to be important about STEM projects and if projects changed student engagement in my classroom. I found that students’ engagement levels were not impacted by assessment strategies, but more related to utilizing STEM projects.
Comments
A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts Major: Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education Under the Supervision of Professor Wendy Smith Lincoln, Nebraska August 2019 Copyright 2019 Aaron Rohde