Michael K. Daugherty
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Distinguished Professor
Also affiliated: Illinois State University (1998–2020)
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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.
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- h-index: 11
- Publications: 52
- Citations: 609
Selected Publications
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Key Practices in P-6 Integrated STEM Education: Delphi Panel Insights (2025)
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Essential Practices and Attributes of Integrated STEM in Elementary Education (2024)
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Elementary teachers' self-efficacy and its role in STEM implementation (2024)
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STEL Practice and the Integration of Tinkering and Take Apart in the Elementary Classroom  (2022)
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The Nature of Interdisciplinary STEM Education (2017)
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The Nature of Interdisciplinary STEM Education (2017)
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Integrating Informational Text and STEM: An Innovative and Necessary Curricular Approach (2017)
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Expanding Earth Science in STEM: A Model (2015)
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Elementary STEM Education: The Future for Technology and Engineering Education? (2014)
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Teaching RFID Information Systems Security (2013)
Federal Grants 1 $249,026 total
STEAM Education and Training for Underrepresented Students and Teachers in the Arkansas Delta
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- Elementary teachers' self-efficacy and its role in STEM implementation
- STEL Practice and the Integration of Tinkering and Take Apart in the Elementary Classroom 
- Essential Practices and Attributes of Integrated STEM in Elementary Education
- Key Practices in P-6 Integrated STEM Education: Delphi Panel Insights
- STEL Practice and the Integration of Tinkering and Take Apart in the Elementary Classroom 
- Essential Practices and Attributes of Integrated STEM in Elementary Education
- Key Practices in P-6 Integrated STEM Education: Delphi Panel Insights
- Essential Practices and Attributes of Integrated STEM in Elementary Education
- Key Practices in P-6 Integrated STEM Education: Delphi Panel Insights
- Elementary teachers' self-efficacy and its role in STEM implementation
- Elementary teachers' self-efficacy and its role in STEM implementation
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