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This paper, the sixth of a series of six, includes suggestions for addressing faculty concerns about alternative teaching methods and possible incentives and rewards for faculty to redesign courses and curricula and improve teaching quality.

This 19-page article, from the International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (IJEMST), discusses a study on the impact of an engineering course on middle school students' academic achievement in science and math and also on non-cognitive skills. The article discusses the...

These presentation slides, provided by Georgia Institute of Technology, discuss the InVenture Challenge, a competition for Georgia Tech undergraduates. "The InVenture Challenge seeks to bring design, engineering, invention, and entrepreneurship to K-12 education by providing a framework, curriculum,...

This 18-page paper, provided by Georgia Institute of Technology, discusses the InVenture Challenge, a competition for Georgia Tech undergraduates. "The InVenture Challenge seeks to bring design, engineering, invention, and entrepreneurship to K-12 education by providing a framework, curriculum, and...

This website includes a simple description of how a mass spectrometer works. Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique for the determination of the elemental composition of a sample or molecule. Mass spectrometry is also used for elucidating the chemical structures of molecules, such as...

This slide deck, from the Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrated to Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP) project, was presented at the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association Conference. The slide deck was presented by Jeff Rosen, Amber Smith, and James Ray and discusses...

This web site provides information on three topics: fundamental physical constant, the International System of Units (SI), and expressing the uncertainty of measurement results. This site contains a checklist of rules and style conventions for proper SI usage and rules for correct typefaces for...

The Physics Classroom site is an online portal for introductory physics students. The tutorials were originally developed for physics students at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois. The 13 tutorials cover basic physics topics using informative graphics and an easy-to-understand...

This paper on Engineering Technology (ET) came from a task force that presented at the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. In it, the authors discuss ET scholarship and the importance of having relevant ET scholarship, the evaluation of ET Scholarship, faculty...

These learning resources, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, are all part of a modular learning activity (MLA) on sharpening edged cutting tools used in the construction of acoustic guitars. The goals of this MLA is to "guide the student to an understanding of the basic, physical science...