SURVEY: K-12 EXPERIENCE KEY TO STEM LEARNING.

HARRIS Interactive Inc.; SCIENCE education; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY education; PARENTS; COLLEGE students; ENGINEERING education

The article offers information on a survey conducted by the company Harris Interactive on the U.S. college students studying science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and parents of children from K-12. It states that the survey aimed to know what can help students to take up STEM subjects in post-secondary education. It mentions that 93 percent of parents believe that STEM education should become priority in the country. It reports that motivation to study STEM for boys is games.