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This site, from the National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM), has links to a variety of manufacturing based projects for high school and college students. Community college and technical high school educators in Connecticut participated in four- week summer externships and not only...
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This slide deck was presented on October 26, 2017 as part of a National Academy of Sciences workshop on the role of digital tutors. This workshop, titled The Role of Digital Tutors, "describe[s] the evidence on the efficacy of Digital Tutors, exploring our current knowledge about the capabilities...
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This website, provided by The National Institute for Science Education's College Level One Team, provides an overview for Classroom Assessment Techniques -- CATs. These CATs are self-contained, self-instructional, web-based modules that introduce a broadly applicable technique for use in college or...
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This 286-page report is provided by the Goodman Research Group, Inc. and discusses a long-term study of more than fifty undergraduate engineering programs. The study used questionnaires for students, engineering deans, and engineering faculty as well as student focus groups and site visits. The...
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Flat World Knowledge offers textbooks for free online for educational or personal use. They also offer convenient, low-cost textbook choices for students in different formats including print, audio, by-the-chapter, and more. Books are open for instructors to mix, mash, and make their own.
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This webpage, published by Hostos Community College, provides instructional videos created for educators interested in incorporating the Game-Framed Math & Science (G-FMS) initiative into their classroom. The G-FMS initiative "aims to increase students’ understanding of STEM-based subjects at...
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This 20-page paper from Elizabeth Fennema examines the topic of gender differences in learning mathematics. This paper examines changing beliefs about how women learn math, such as a preference for learning cooperatively, and reviews intervention programs for girls and women. Feminist perspectives...
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This paper describes a study identifying factors related to gender differences in tenth grade science performance. An earlier study of eighth grade science performance found that gender differences were related to subject matter, student ability level, and frequency of hands-on lab opportunities. By...
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This 10-page literature review, provided by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, covers studies of gender differences in learning math, science, and technology. The possibility that female students think and learn differently as well as interact with equipment differently from boys...
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This 5-page article, written by Donna Milgram of the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science, explores the gender differences in teaching science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). "There are gender differences in learning styles specific to science, math, engineering...
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