STEM Is for Everyone: Strategies for Engaging Multilingual Learners in the K–12 Classroom

Discover how to bridge linguistic barriers and deliver meaningful, engaging lessons to all K–12 students, including multilingual learners. With culturally responsive teaching, scaffolding, and scientific approaches such as Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER), author Darlyne de Haan proposes general education STEM teachers can seal the leaky STEM pipeline that impacts many multilingual students, providing all students with equitable instruction and opportunities in STEM.

This book helps educators:

• Learn about the leaky STEM pipeline and why it matters
• Organize cooperative learning groups that encourage rigorous learning
• Implement culturally responsive teaching and culturally responsive pedagogy approaches
• Work with simulated examples of multilingual learners
• Use scaffolding to leverage students’ strengths in twelve key ways
• Pique students’ curiosity and engagement with the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning approach

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Empowering Multilingual Learners Through STEM Education
Chapter 2: Understanding Multilingual Learners’ Unique Needs
Chapter 3: Making Instruction Applicable Through Culturally Responsive Teaching
Chapter 4: Using Collaborative Learning Groups to Support Language Acquisition and Sustain Rigor
Chapter 5: Leveraging Student Assets and Building Content Knowledge Through Scaffolding
Chapter 6: Using Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning to Build Language Fluency
Epilogue
References
Index