I have a column in today’s USA Today called “Real Kids Real Research.” It highlights the intense high school research programs that produce many of the finalists and winners of the big high school science contests (Intel, Siemens, Davidson). These programs tend to start in 10th grade or earlier, and teach kids exactly how to do real science. Surprise! It’s not about textbooks and quizzes. Too bad more kids don’t know that.
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Laura Vanderkam is the author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (Portfolio, 2010) and Grindhopping: Build a Rewarding Career without Paying Your Dues (McGraw-Hill, 2007). She is a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors, and her work has appeared in Reader's Digest, Scientific American, Wired, The American, Portfolio and other publications.
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good article. hope to see more of this type of education. let’s thank the mentors of these kids who help to develop these scientists. THANK YOU
Lovely article. I wish they will focus research in school instead of textbooks and quizzes when I was growing up.