NAGC 58th Annual Convention & Exhibition
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T21. Invest in America's Future: Maximize the Challenge for Middle and Secondary STEM Students
Track
:
Thursday Expert Perspectives
Program Code:
270
Date:
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Time:
12:30 PM to 2:15 PM
EST
Room:
Rosedown
CO-PRESENTER
(S):
Deborah Beckman Kotzubei, Mirman School for Highly Gifted
Boyd Gilbert, Imagine Schools ILSAW
Nielsen Pereira, Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University
Chris Schultz, Iowa State University
Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Smith Professor Emerita, College of William and Mary, College of William and Mary
NAGCFACULTY
(S):
Deborah Beckman Kotzubei, Mirman School for Highly Gifted
Boyd Gilbert, Imagine Schools ILSAW
Nielsen Pereira, Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University
Chris Schultz, Iowa State University
Linda Sheffield, Consultant, Northern Kentucky University, Emerita
Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Smith Professor Emerita, College of William and Mary, College of William and Mary
PRESENTER
:
Linda Sheffield, Consultant, Northern Kentucky University, Emerita
Description
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are critical to our economy, national security, and global leadership in innovation and research. In this session, participants will have an opportunity to explore global research-based strategies, creativity techniques, curriculum, and resources for identifying and nourishing promising, inventive, and productive STEM students. Participants may choose from roundtable groups as they actively investigate these techniques and resources for supporting and developing middle and secondary STEM students from all backgrounds, and discuss currents issues, research, and implications of recent national initiatives with STEM experts.
No items are available for this session.
