Math and Science
Building a Love for
RDECOM’s STEM outreach program targets students from kindergarten to college.
by Ms. Argie Sarantinos-Perrin K
nocking down a stack of blocks, then backing up to switch directions, a robot effortlessly moves around a local school as a group of children watches
and waits for their turn to operate the remote control. Te children marvel at the hodgepodge of whirring motors, nuts and bolts, the culmina- tion of their hard work in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) robotics competition.
Trough STEM experiences, competitions and research apprenticeships, the Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP)—managed by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engi- neering Command (RDECOM) on behalf of the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisi- tion, logistics and technology—offers an array of educational opportunities for children from kindergarten through college. As a major sub- ordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, RDECOM is working with AEOP and its academic and industry partners to develop the workforce of the future.
“Even if students don’t go into a traditional science or mathematics field, formal and informal STEM education helps children develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills that will help them in any career field,” said Louie Lopez, chief of RDE- COM human capital planning and development and STEM education outreach. “One of our goals is to get children excited about math and science, beginning in kindergarten, so that it will hope- fully carry through high school and into college.”
According to the 2015 results of the Program for International Student Assessment
(PISA),
students in the United States scored 496 in sci- ence literacy—lower than 18 education systems worldwide. Students in Singapore had the highest score, 556; the lowest, 332, was in the Dominican Republic.
PISA, which is administered to 15-year-old stu- dents every three years, evaluates education systems worldwide in science, mathematics, read- ing, collaborative problem-solving and financial literacy. More than a half-million students in 72 countries took the two-hour test in 2015. Te
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