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This activity focuses on promoting awareness of effective approaches to instruction and also discusses strategies for addressing barriers. The book articulates the theoretical and empirical foundation for particular instructional practices as well as provides specific descriptions of what the practices look like when implemented.
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2015
The undergraduate years are a turning point in producing scientifically literate citizens and future scientists and engineers. Evidence from research about how students learn science and engineering shows that teaching strategies that motivate and engage students will improve their learning. So how...
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The Board on Science Education (BOSE) at the National Research Council (NRC) proposes to develop a practitioners guidebook based on the NRC consensus study on the Status, Contributions, and Future Direction of Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) and aimed at higher education faculty and administrators. The consensus study synthesizes the available research on teaching and learning in the discipline of science. The practitioners guidebook will draw on this synthesis to describe research based strategies for improving undergraduate science instruction.
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National Science Foundation
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Heidi Schweingruber
Lead
