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Goonatilake, Rohitha; Bachnak, Rafic A. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2012
Recent decline of students pursuing engineering degree programs is a great concern for many higher education authorities including Federal and State governments. Existing programs in high schools have not yet produced the desired results. Consequently, a number of initiatives to remedy this situation have been proposed and implemented. One such…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, High School Students, Middle School Students, Workshops
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Murray, Kent S.; Napieralski, Jacob; Luera, Gail; Thomas-Brown, Karen; Reynolds-Keefer, Laura – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2012
The Geosciences Institute for Research and Education at the University of Michigan-Dearborn has been an example of a successful and effective model in increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in the geosciences. The program emphasizes involving middle school and at-risk high school students from the Detroit area public schools,…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Earth Science, Workshops, Middle School Students
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1982
This source book describes 107 projects administered by the U.S. Department of Education under the Pre-College Teacher Development in Science (PTDS) Program from 1980-82. Under the program, grants of up to $50,000 were made to colleges, universities, and museums to assist them in providing opportunities to elementary teachers for continuing…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education