This symposium will feature talks that involve the philosophy, benefits and mechanics of engaging students in authentic research much earlier than is conventionally done. Authentic research means work done by students that addresses questions for which the answers are not known beforehand. Early research is defined as authentic research done before graduate school by high school and early-stage college students, including community college students. Part of the impetus for advocating for universal adoption of early research are the many credible and authoritative reports over the span of the last 30 years indicating that (a) American K-16 science education is underperforming both on the global scale and internally vs the pre- eminence of American graduate level science education, and (b) specifically, according to the National Research Council 2005 report, "the quality of science laboratory experiences is poor for most U.S. high school students."
..... the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. - Edward M Kennedy Founding Director of Building Excellence in Science & Technology (BEST, www.bestearly.com), Editor of the Benton Spirit Community Newspaper (www.bentonspiritnews.com... Read More →
Thursday August 7, 2014 9:30am - 12:30pm EDT
MAK A1117