Scientific research is ideal science education for high school students, K- 12 teachers, and the scientists who mentor them. Of the 468 students in Rockefeller University's Precollege Science Education Program begun in 1992, at least 71 were semifinalists in national or international science competitions such as the Intel, formerly, Westinghouse Science Talent Search. At least 40 of the 60 teachers created student research programs. And, scientists improved as mentors by working beside teachers in labs, classrooms, and the Program's ScienTific Reading And Writing course (STRAW). STRAW supports inquiry by teaching how to read journal articles, write research papers, and communicate science orally.
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