Introduction Integration of math and science is a current issue impacting the classroom, this issue has multiple view points some negative and some positive. No matter the viewpoints it is important to consider how integration impacts the students. At the end of the day what students retain is what matters most and retaining information can happen in a variety of different ways. Integration provides a way to connect multiple subjects and allows students to make connections. Integration can be difficult for teachers to teach because integration requires organizing and planning, but the outcome of integration is beneficial. With the heavy weight of assessments and standardized tests, teachers need to make sure the material they teach connects
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Integration is the combination of two or more subjects. “Integration is"teaching together" may take place in a single lesson, in a unit comprising a series of lessons over several days or weeks, or in a year-long integrated course”(Isaacs et al., 1997). Integration can happen in a variety of different ways, and these different ways need to meet …show more content…
There are many ways to include science and math, and a program has been created to help increase math and science integration. This program is called STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. This STEM program encourages the integration of math and science its goal is for students to follow careers that are in the science and math fields. School is the beginning of students’ paths in this world, and engaging lessons will allow students to become interested is science and math. “Science process should be a means by which science knowledge is gained. Students who participate in scientific practices, such as, questioning, hypothesizing, investigating, developing models, interpreting and analyzing data, linking conclusions to data, and sharing findings with others, are able to develop and provide meaning to knowledge and explanations of the natural world”(Cotabish et al., 2013). The classroom should not be filled with questions about how does this lesson relate to me, but rather engaging students to ask why, how, and what questions regarding the lesson. Teachers need to encourage these types of questions because these questions will lead students to be intrinsically motivated to
Integration is the combination of two or more subjects. “Integration is"teaching together" may take place in a single lesson, in a unit comprising a series of lessons over several days or weeks, or in a year-long integrated course”(Isaacs et al., 1997). Integration can happen in a variety of different ways, and these different ways need to meet …show more content…
There are many ways to include science and math, and a program has been created to help increase math and science integration. This program is called STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. This STEM program encourages the integration of math and science its goal is for students to follow careers that are in the science and math fields. School is the beginning of students’ paths in this world, and engaging lessons will allow students to become interested is science and math. “Science process should be a means by which science knowledge is gained. Students who participate in scientific practices, such as, questioning, hypothesizing, investigating, developing models, interpreting and analyzing data, linking conclusions to data, and sharing findings with others, are able to develop and provide meaning to knowledge and explanations of the natural world”(Cotabish et al., 2013). The classroom should not be filled with questions about how does this lesson relate to me, but rather engaging students to ask why, how, and what questions regarding the lesson. Teachers need to encourage these types of questions because these questions will lead students to be intrinsically motivated to