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SUMMARY:Evgenia Sendova - Fostering the art of scientific discovery in gifted children
DESCRIPTION:
 This talk will be a patchwork of personal stories 
 highlighting the speaker's constructionist 
 teaching experiences, going back to her roots 
 in Bulgaria and supplemented by an over 20-year 
 involvement with two institutions helping 
 gifted high-school students engage in scientific 
 research. The first is the Research Science 
 Institute, organized by the Center for 
 Excellence in Education, in collaboration with 
 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 
 The second is the High School Institute 
 of Mathematics and Informatics in Bulgaria.\n
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 Presenter 
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 Evgenia Sendova\n
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 Evgenia Sendova 
 (known to her friends and students as 
 Jenny) is a researcher in mathematics and informatics 
 education, and she is currently an associate 
 member of the Institute of Mathematics 
 and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of 
 Sciences. Her research includes the development 
 of computer microworlds and models for integrating 
 learning and creative processes. Sendova's 
 main professional interest is in using 
 informatics and information technology for 
 teaching mathematics, languages, music, science, 
 and arts, especially in the context of gifted 
 education.\n
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 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Karen King\n
 Contact email: communications@frib.msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://frib.msu.edu/gateway/events/talk-16august.html\n
LOCATION:1300 FRIB Laboratory
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