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Wilson, Suzanne, Ed.; Schweingruber, Heidi, Ed.; Nielsen, Natalie, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2015
Currently, many states are adopting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or are revising their own state standards in ways that reflect the NGSS. For students and schools, the implementation of any science standards rests with teachers. For those teachers, an evolving understanding about how best to teach science represents a significant…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Education, Faculty Development, Standards
Herman, Joan, Ed.; Hilton, Margaret, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2017
The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainment--the number of years a person spends in school--strongly predicts adult earnings, as well as health and civic engagement. Yet relative to other developed nations, educational attainment in the United States is lagging, with young Americans who heretofore led the…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation, Interpersonal Competence
Nielsen, Natalie – National Academies Press, 2011
Numerous teaching, learning, assessment, and institutional innovations in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education have emerged in the past decade. Because virtually all of these innovations have been developed independently of one another, their goals and purposes vary widely. Some focus on making science…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Evidence, Engineering, Undergraduate Study