Efficacy Study of TinkRworks at Career and Success Academy South Bend
Exciting research in supplemental STEM/STEAM is underway! Learn about The Herb Innovation Center’s (THInC) study on the efficacy of supplemental STEM curricula in the newsletter below.
December 19, 2023
THInC Newsletter — Fall 2023
Author: Dr. Michael Toland, Executive Director of THInC
For this project funded by TinkRworks, THInC teamed up with Career and Success Academy South Bend to evaluate the efficacy of supplemental STEM curricula at improving students’ computational thinking skills and attitudes towards STEM. TinkRworks is a supplemental curriculum that let’s students experience science the way it was meant to be, fun!
“Students absolutely love doing these projects. Every day is full of creativity and fun.”
“Curriculum selection, especially in STEM, is always a tricky situation as there are so many good options but we want to find the best for our students. Drs. Michael Toland, David Dueber, Susanna Hapgood, and Svetlana Beltyukova have helped us develop a project for addressing this issue. The expertise and the support that The University of Toledo- specifically THInC- have brought to our endeavors is truly transformative and irreplaceable in helping us ascertain the best tools to give our students skills to break cyclical poverty through education in our community.”
– Dr. Aaron Esper, Director of CTE and Special Projects at The Career Academy Network of Public Schools
Visit the University of Toledo’s website to learn more about The Herb Innovation Center (THInC): https://www.utoledo.edu/education/centers/herb-innovation-center/
