Inter-American Development Bank report on Lab4U: "What is this for?" Scientific inquiry as a key to teaching 21st century STEM skills

In 2018, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-sponsored randomized control trial (RCT) measured the impact of Lab4Physics on 4,868 46 high school students in introductory physics classes in Sinaloa, Mexico. After a semester of using Lab4Physics with their teachers, who had been trained in Lab4U’s methodology, students showed a significant increase in:



  1. Physics knowledge, 


  2. Self-perception with respect to physics, and 


  3. Their interest in studying STEM in the future.



To see the full IDB study, please click here or visit: https://publications.iadb.org/en/what-scientific-inquiry-key-teaching-21st-century-stem-skills

To see a video of the project (Spanish with English subtitles), please click here or visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hdgoauYeHM