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Discipline-based education research : understanding and improving learning in undergraduate science and engineering

Title
Discipline-based education research : understanding and improving learning in undergraduate science and engineering / Committee on the Status, Contributions, and Future Directions of Discipline-Based Education Research, Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; Susan R. Singer, Natalie R. Nielsen, and Heidi A. Schweingruber, editors, National Research Council of the Naitonal Academies.
Author
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Status, Contributions, and Future Directions of Discipline-Based Education Research.
Publication
  • Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2012]
  • ©2012

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  • Singer, Susan R.
  • Nielsen, Natalie, 1966-
  • Schweingruber, Heidi A.
Description
xvii, 263 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Science > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States
  • Engineering > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States
  • Science > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States
  • Engineering > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States
  • Universities and colleges > Curricula > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Executive summary -- Section I: Status of discipline-based education research -- Introduction -- The emergence and current state of discipline-based education research -- Section II: Contributions of discipline-based education research -- Overview of discipline-based education research -- Identifying and improving students' conceptual understanding of science and engineering -- Problem solving, spatial thinking, and the use of representations in science and engineering -- Instructional strategies -- Some emerging areas of discipline-based education research -- Section III: Future directions for discipline-based education research -- Translating research into teaching practice: the influence of discipline-based education research on undergraduate science and engineering instruction -- Future directions for discipline-based education research: Conclusions and recommendations -- References -- Appendix.
ISBN
  • 9780309254113 (paperback)
  • 0309254116 (paperback)
LCCN
2012027266
OCLC
  • ocn795762235
  • 795762235
  • SCSB-5655438
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Columbia University Libraries