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For several years, both North American and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries have labored over the stimulation and improvement of work in science, mathematics, and technology. In the American context, one area of special interest has been the middle grades, 5–8. Promising projects have been designed, field tested, and carried out, usually leaving few tracks for us to study closely afterward. Some of these projects are still in operation, but the memory of their adoption and the keys to explain the success of some and the demise of others are missing.
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Karlan, J.W., Huberman, M., Middlebrooks, S.H. (1997). The Challenges of Bringing the Kids Network to the Classroom. In: Raizen, S.A., Britton, E.D. (eds) Bold Ventures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5438-3_4
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