STEM SMART Parenting: A Practical Guide for Nurturing Innovative Thinkers

Risk-taking, the tenacity to buckle down when tough problems occur, and critical thinking are a few of the skills explored in this guide to STEM. Educators Zollman (secondary mathematics education, Indiana Univ. Southeast), Lisa Hoffman (education, Indiana Univ. Southeast), and Emily K. Suh (postsecondary student success and writing program coordinator, Texas State Univ.) are all aware that busy parents and teachers don’t have the time to read many publications or to decode technical jargon. As a result, they penned this simple, procurable text for arming children with a STEM mindset, a thought process that can also help them sort through everyday problems and the daily obstacles of life. The authors assert that proficiency in STEM aids people on a daily basis in everything from cooking to construction. Their ideas to boost this type of STEM-related mindset include free and low-cost options with handy, comprehensive materials.