Making larger than life figures in the scientific community more relatable to the students may have a significant impact on students understanding and internalization of the material. Research shows that as students learn more about the struggles that scientist such as Einstein had to go through tend to stimulate student’s interest in STEM history.
Chartier, T., & Gonchar, M. (2016, January 20). Lesson plan | teaching ’Star Wars’ with the New York times. The New York Times.
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