{"id":3815,"date":"2012-07-26T16:55:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T16:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/sites\/gsm_sum12\/?p=39"},"modified":"2014-06-02T14:59:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T18:59:05","slug":"progressive-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2012\/07\/26\/progressive-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Professor Advances Research on Quantitative Reasoning<\/h3>\n<p>For College of Education Professor Robert Mayes, improving science, technology, engineering and <a href=\"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/coe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/coe.jpg\" alt=\"coe\" width=\"145\" height=\"191\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/coe.jpg 145w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/coe-75x100.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a>mathematics (STEM) education isn\u2019t just about teaching algorithms and theories, it\u2019s about challenging students to use math and science in everyday situations.<\/p>\n<p>Mayes is advancing research on quantitative reasoning in STEM teaching, and believes STEM should be incorporated into every classroom subject. \u201cIt\u2019s math and statistics applied in real life, authentic situations that impact an individual\u2019s life as a constructive, concerned and reflective citizen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to get kids to use their experiences to excite them about science and math,\u201d he says. \u201cThis keeps them interested and informed, and more adept at using quantitative reasoning in all aspects of their lives. The result will be more scientifically literate children and by extension, more globally aware citizens,\u201d Mayes says which he adds will allow them to be able to see the connections between their lives and what\u2019s happening around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Improving STEM education has been a national \u2013 and state \u2013 priority through all grade levels, including college. Last March, COE and the Allen E. Paulson College of Science and Technology held the 1st Annual Georgia Scholarship of STEM Teaching and Learning Conference. Plans are underway for a second conference to be held March 8, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Mayes conducts research on quantitative reasoning in STEM and spearheaded, through Georgia Southern\u2019s Office of Research, the first International STEM Research Symposium on Quantitative Reasoning in Mathematics and Science Education, held this summer in Savannah. \u201cInterest in the symposium was much greater than I anticipated,\u201d Mayes says, which he believes is a reflection of the growing recognition of the importance of quantitative reasoning in STEM teaching and will lead to the development of a research collaborative that will move study in this area forward. The symposium brought together research experts in quantitative reasoning, learning progressions, technology and experiential mathematics to explore the future of research in quantitative reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>Mayes is also looking at \u201clearning progressions,\u201d a kind of outcomes-based approach to incorporating quantitative reasoning into different STEM classes and he submitted a grant in collaboration with the Georgia Department of Education on integrating STEM in Georgia\u2019s new Career Pathways curriculum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Advances Research on Quantitative Reasoning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-3815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-summer-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}