The Hillsdale Daily News – Jason Dafnis
“Where are all the girls? That’s one of the questions a new Ohio State University study asks – and it hopes to find the answer in Hillsdale County, among other places in the U.S. The study, led by OSU professor Dr. Sheryl Sorby, began as a pilot at a rural Colorado school district to determine what long-term impact Sorby’s spatial visualization training curriculum could have on 7th-grade students. The initial study tracked the proclivity of middle school students who received the training to join the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) career fields. Three schools in Hillsdale County – Davis, Reading and Jonesville Middle Schools – opted into the national study. Multi-axis object rotation and reflection, isometric sketching, symmetry, cross sections, orthographic projection – students could be introduced to several new concepts alongside their current middle school geometry curriculum.”(more)