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Fages, Volny; Albe, Virginie – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2015
This paper proposes a study of the various ways in which social and ethical issues are integrated in the curricula of nanoscience and nanotechnology master degrees. During the last decade, new types of courses have appeared in science and technology universities, first in the United States and now reaching Europe and France, associating a call for…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science and Society, Molecular Structure, Technology
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Khantine-Langlois, Françoise; Munier, Valérie – Physics Education, 2016
Several studies show that students experience more and more difficulties managing the measurements of electrical values in alternating current and that they have trouble making links between theory and practice. They find it difficult to give meaning to root mean square (RMS; or effective) values, which are not understood as average values and are…
Descriptors: Measurement, Measurement Techniques, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Methodology
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Lautesse, Philippe; Vila Valls, Adrien; Ferlin, Fabrice; Héraud, Jean-Loup; Chabot, Hugues – Science & Education, 2015
One of the main problems in trying to understand quantum physics is the nature of the referent of quantum theory. This point is addressed in the official French curriculum in upper secondary school. Starting in 2012, after about 20 years of absence, quantum physics has returned to the national program. On the basis of the historical construction…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Secondary School Curriculum, Secondary School Science
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Tarnus, Evelyne; Catan, Aurelie; Verkindt, Chantal; Bourdon, Emmanuel – Advances in Physiology Education, 2011
The maximal rate of O[subscript 2] consumption (VO[subscript 2max]) constitutes one of the oldest fitness indexes established for the measure of cardiorespiratory fitness and aerobic performance. Procedures have been developed in which VO[subscript 2max]is estimated from physiological responses during submaximal exercise. Generally, VO[subscript…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities
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Ehses, Markus; Veith, Michael – Higher Education in Europe, 2009
In 1999, the International Research Training Group "GRK532" was founded as a pilot project for cross-border European postgraduate education along the German/French/Luxembourg borders. The project consists of an interdisciplinary research programme on synthesis, isolation and characterization of new materials accompanied by an ambitious…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Interdisciplinary Approach, Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange
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Bouzidi, Naoual; Gozzi, Christel – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
This project is conducted by students during the second semester of their second year in our educational institution. This project constitutes an initiation into research and allows a broadening of knowledge, a development in autonomy, organization, team work, and initiative. It helps prepare the student-engineer for an internship in industry. The…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Design, College Science, Scientific Methodology