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Schultheis, Elizabeth H.; Kjelvik, Melissa K. – American Biology Teacher, 2015
Current educational reform calls for increased integration between science and mathematics to overcome the shortcomings in students' quantitative skills. Data Nuggets (free online resource, http://datanuggets.org) are worksheets that bring data into the classroom, repeatedly guiding students through the scientific method and making claims…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Process Skills, Educational Change, Statistical Analysis
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Barozzi, Anna; Toschi, Vittoria – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1989
Provides statistical data of female representation in college, engineering majors, and engineering careers in Italy. Discusses the reasons for choosing engineering as a major field and the difficulties of the choice. (YP)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Science, Engineering, Engineering Education
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Vetter, Betty M. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1985
Presents degree and employment statistics on women scientists and engineers, outlining variations through the years and by fields. Several factors contributing to the difference between women's proportion of degrees and their proportion of the labor force are discussed. Also presents starting salary differences and types of employers. (DH)
Descriptors: College Science, Degrees (Academic), Employment Statistics, Engineering
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Jankowski, John E., Jr. – 1989
In recent years state governments have taken steps to strengthen their economic bases by promoting growth of high-technology industries within their borders. A byproduct of this effort has been an increasing need for information on the geographic distribution of research and development (R&D) expenditures. The information in this report permits…
Descriptors: College Science, Financial Support, Government Role, Higher Education
Thompson, Norman, Comp. – 1986
This booklet is a compilation of factual information about physics education in Great Britain. It is an update of a previous booklet of the same title dated 1979. Almost all of the information is presented in graphical or diagrammatic form. Data are usually given for a few subjects in addition to physics to permit comparisons. Separate data for…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Graduates, College Preparation, College Science
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1988
State Governments throughout the country have taken steps to strengthen their economic bases by promoting growth of high-technology industries within their respective borders. A byproduct of this effort has been an increasing need for information on the geographic distribution of industrial research and development (R&D) activities in terms of…
Descriptors: College Science, Exchange Programs, Government Role, Higher Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div. – 1988
There has been concern for the amount of foreign sponsorship and support that is received by federal research and development (R&D) laboratories. This report summarizes a 1986 survey of federal R&D laboratories. The report discusses the extent of United States and foreign participation in R&D in the United States, federal policies regarding…
Descriptors: College Science, Exchange Programs, Government Role, Higher Education
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Mincy, Robert B.; And Others – Science, 1990
Research which makes possible a quantification of the size, composition, and growth of the underclass is discussed. Trends in the quality of life and the growth of the underclass are presented. (CW)
Descriptors: College Science, Definitions, Demography, Higher Education
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. National Science Board. – 1987
This volume was written to reflect an increased awareness of the complementary roles played by science and engineering research and engineering in creating both new knowledge and new technological products and processes. It was designed to provide a broad base of quantitative information about the structure and function of science and technology…
Descriptors: College Science, Educational Research, Engineering Education, Graduate Study