June 26, 2017
The June 2017 Smithsonian Research Highlights, prepared for the Board of Regents, describes an invited chapter authored by the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) and published in the anthology "Theories and Fundamentals of Inquiry Based Science Teaching." The chapter outlines results from SSEC's i3 validation study on LASER. The Smithsonian Institution was created by Congress in 1846 as "an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Congress vested responsibility for the administration of the Smithsonian in a Board of Regents, consisting of the Chief Justice of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, three members of the United States Senate, three members of the United States House of Representatives, and nine citizens. The Board of Regents meets at least four times each year and typically convenes in the Regents Room. For more information on the Board of Regents, see: https://www.si.edu/regents
Read more at https://www.si.edu/sites/default/files/unit/regents/21_research_highlights_june_2017.pdf