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 National Academies.
"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 discipl...
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Table of 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.