Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering

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The National Science Foundation funded a synthesis study on the status, contributions, and future direction of discipline-based education research (DBER) in physics, biological sciences, geosciences, and chemistry. DBER combines knowledge of teaching and learning with deep knowledge of discipline-specific science content. It describes the discipline-specific difficulties learners face and the specialized intellectual and instructional resources that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309254116
• ISBN13: 9780309254113
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"