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Increasing Parent and Community Awareness of the Importance of STEM

Authors:
Rosalind Barnes Fowler, Judith Monsaas
Presented at:
MSP LNC 2010
Presented:
January 2010
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Type:
Conference Paper
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Abstract

This paper addresses the following claim(s):

  1. An effective PAC can increase parents' awareness of the importance of mathematics and science for their child's future.
  2. An effective PAC can help parents understand their roles in helping their children recognize the importance of mathematics and science in everyday life.
  3. Engaging parents and their children in science and mathematics activities, through a MSFN, can increase parents' attitudes toward, and appreciation of, math and science.
Posted to Site:
02/01/2010
Copyright © 2010 by Rosalind Barnes, Judith Monsaas.
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