Seminar: "Do Hands-on Experiences Really Increase STEM Learnning?"

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Date/Time:Monday, 01 Jun 2009 at 3:00 pm
Location:Room 2030 Morrill Hall
Cost:Free
Contact:Tom Brumm
Phone:515-294-5145
Channel:College of Engineering
Categories:Lectures Training, development
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Dark will share the results of a Purdue study that found that the best way to get students interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines at an early age may be to focus less on textbooks and more on interactive, problem-solving design projects.

The research was conducted with eighth graders studying human impacts on water quality as part of the standard Indiana science curriculum.

Dark is a professor in computer and information technology, assistant dean in the College of Technology, and associate director for educational programs at Purdue's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security. She has a B.A. in education, an M.S. in educational technology and a PhD in Instructional research and development, all from Purdue.