Everyone Finishes FIRST.

Murphy, Patricia J.

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ERIC Number: EJ564288

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Everyone Finishes FIRST.

Murphy, Patricia J.

TECHNOS, v7 n1 p27-30 Spr 1998

Describes Dean Kamen's FIRST foundation (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and its sporting competition that offers high school students hands-on acquaintance with robots of their own creation; its goal is to inspire students to pursue future studies in science and technology by showing them that learning in this area can be fun, exciting, and important. (AEF)

Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Competition, High School Students, Information Technology, Learning Activities, Robotics, Scientific and Technical Information, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Student Developed Materials, Student Motivation, Student Projects, Technology Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue: "Ways of Learning."