Saturday Academy of Computing and Mathematics (SACAM) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Author

Clark, D.N.

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN

fYear

1991

fDate

7-10 Apr 1991

Firstpage

42

Abstract

The Saturday Academy of Computing and Mathematics (SACAM) represents one facet of Oak Ridge National Laboratory´s (ORNL´s) response to meet the challenge of training students and teachers in the use of computers, logic, and mathematics. SACAM attempts to provide high school students with a program that illustrates how researchers use computing and mathematics tools to help solve problems in virtually all scientific fields. Each SACAM program is designed as eight 3 h sessions. Each session outlines a current scientific question or research term. Sessions are presented on a Saturday morning by two or four ORNL scientists working in that particular field. Approximately four students and one teacher from each of ten area high schools attend the sessions. Evaluations from students, teachers, and speakers indicate that the program has been well received, and a tracking program is being undertaken to determine long-range benefits

Keywords

computer science education; education; mathematics; teaching; training; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; SACAM; Saturday Academy of Computing and Mathematics; USA; high schools; logic; research; science education; students; teachers; teaching; training; Cryptography; Educational institutions; Government; Humans; Laboratories; Logic; Mathematics; Physics; Technology transfer; Telecommunication computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '91., IEEE Proceedings of

Conference_Location

Williamsburg, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0033-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1991.147699

Filename

147699