October 9, 2017
Missouri middle school teachers and their students will learn different ways to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics under a new federal NIH SEPA grant. The National Institutes of Health awarded a $1.25 million Science Education Partnership Award to a team led by Missouri Univeristy professors in the departments of special education and biochemistry. The grant will be used to lead a program to improve middle school students’ STEM literacy and skills and give professional development to teachers. The Smithsonian Science Education Center, cited in the article for its expertise in inquiry, has evidence of the impact of inquiry-based science methods on students with special needs: https://ssec.si.edu/laser-i3.
See also: https://ssec.si.edu/impacting-student-learning