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Chiles, Roburt; Coupland, John Neil – Journal of Food Science Education, 2017
The effective application of food science depends on social constraints, yet the training for food scientists does not adequately consider the contested social context under which food is processed, packaged, and prepared. We recently co-taught a new course ("Arguing about food") intended to introduce students to critical perspectives on…
Descriptors: Foods Instruction, Agricultural Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Epistemology
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Wang, Ting; Vezenov, Dmitri V.; Simboli, Brian – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2014
This paper discusses use of the wiki software Confluence to organize research group activities and lab resources. Confluence can serve as an electronic lab notebook (ELN), as well as an information management and collaboration tool. The article provides a case study in how researchers can use wiki software in "home-grown" fashion to…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Research Administration, Student Research, Courseware
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Berkove, Ethan – PRIMUS, 2013
A capstone course is often synthetic, bringing together many components of a student's educational background. For this reason, a project-based course in mathematical modeling makes a great capstone, as modeling problems often require a broad collection of mathematical tools for their solution. The addition of a service-learning component can…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction