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Table 5 Inclusion of themes by participants in each role group

From: Making sense of “STEM education” in K-12 contexts

Concept map themes with % inclusion overall, as shown in Table 3

STEM teachers (18), %

Non-STEM teachers (5), %

School or district administrators (5), %

External partners (6), %

Interdisciplinary (IntDis), 85%

89

100

80

67

Instructional practices (InstPrac), 74%

83

60

100

33

Real-world problem solving (RWPS), 71%

83

60

60

83

Student learning experiences (StLE), 59%

72

20

80

33

Twenty-first century skills (21CS) 53%

61

20

60

50

Standards (Stan), 41%

44

20

60

33

Partnerships (Part), 38%

28

20

60

67

Challenges and problems (ChPb), 35%

33

40

40

33

Equity (Equ), 29%

28

20

60

17

Technology (Tech), 29%

22

20

60

33

Value (Val), 18%

6

0

0

83

Teacher needs (TchNd), 18%

17

20

40

17