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U.S. Leadership in Science May Depend on 8th-Graders

I found this article in one of my RSS feeds from Live Science earliar today. What struck me the most about the article is that according to this recent study, we need to influence students by the time they get to eigth grade that science is cool, in order to have them become more likely to pursue careers in science and technology.

So you know what that means - go create one, two, three, ten FIRST LEGO League teams in your hometown this summer! What are you waiting for, that means now!

Linkage: http://www.livescience.com/othernews...s_science.html
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U.S. Leadership in Science May Depend on 8th-Graders
By Sara Goudarzi
LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 25 May 2006
02:07 pm ET


It's not your skill at crunching numbers that determines whether you'll grow up to be a scientist, but how badly you want to be one as a child, new research shows.

The study analyzed surveys from a group of 8th-graders in 1988 that later received their college degrees, finding that early interest goes a long way in career choice.

The finding bears on current shortcomings seen in U.S. science education and professional research.

... [see link for the rest of the article]
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