I have long believed that the research mindset must begin early—certainly by the undergraduate level, if not sooner. My years in the United States shaped this belief profoundly. Having lived there for over a decade, I witnessed how students are encouraged to question, explore, and investigate from middle school, even elementary school.One memory that always comes back to me is of my own granddaughter. One day, after learning in school that the moon goes around the Earth, and the Earth goes aro...

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