Michael K. Daugherty Data-verified

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Distinguished Professor

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-22

faculty

11 h-index 52 pubs 605 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Michael K. Daugherty's research focuses on integrated STEM education, particularly within elementary settings. He investigates essential practices and attributes for successful integrated STEM curricula, examining how specific approaches like tinkering and "take apart" activities contribute to learning. Daugherty also explores the role of teacher self-efficacy in implementing STEM education and the connection between empathy and STEM literacy integration.

His work has been supported by federal funding, including a $249,026 grant from the NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, where he serves as Co-PI on a project focused on STEAM education and training for underrepresented students and teachers in the Arkansas Delta. Daugherty collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Vinson Carter, Leah R. Cheek, Christian Z. Goering, and Emine Sahin Topalcengiz.

With a career including 52 publications and 598 citations, Daugherty holds an h-index of 11. He maintains an active lab website and leads a research group dedicated to advancing the understanding and practice of STEM education.

Metrics

  • h-index: 11
  • Publications: 52
  • Citations: 605

Selected Publications

  • Key Practices in P-6 Integrated STEM Education: Delphi Panel Insights (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Essential Practices and Attributes of Integrated STEM in Elementary Education (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Elementary teachers' self-efficacy and its role in STEM implementation (2024)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • STEL Practice and the Integration of Tinkering and Take Apart in the Elementary Classroom  (2022)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 1 $249,026 total

NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences Co-PI Aug 2022 - May 2025

STEAM Education and Training for Underrepresented Students and Teachers in the Arkansas Delta

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $249,026 R25

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