During her high school internship at the MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Tuba Balta explored different ways to educate the public about fusion energy. "It just made me happy to help other people understand it," she says.
“We designed a novel approach where we combined teaching fabrication with playing video games. Kids already play a myriad of video games that have countless digital objects and characters that the players engage with.” – MIT’s Dishita Turakhia
The MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) awards nearly $200K to innovative MIT research on the science of learning and learning effectiveness.
The MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) has selected four projects to receive grants t
By: Olgamary Rivera, Alina Amador, Laura Ruiz-Gaona, Daniela Gómez Treviño
ATEMA offers mentoring to math teachers to use Computer Assisted Learning and is being implemented by the University of Puerto Rico, led by Project Director Olgamary Rivera and Research Manager Alina Amador.
Michael Pilgreen believes in taking risks and investing long-term — especially when it came to his education and career. Finance and computer science courses on OpenCourseWare gave him a solid foundation.
Just before school was out for summer, high school students from Everett and Lawrence toured life sciences research labs at MIT to get information and inspiration.
A group of six MIT students, called the MIT Spokes, are on a 3,800 mile cross country bike trip. “It was originally started as a goal of biking across the country while spreading STEM education along the way,” said MIT student Robert Henning.
By: Leah Campbell | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
While everyone struggles occasionally with finding the right word or tripping over their sentences, aphasia patients can lose the ability to comprehend language entirely.
“I found myself wondering if we could cultivate that same MIT spirit in parts of the world where it seems really difficult to do hands-on learning,” says MIT’s Heather Beem.