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Genfu Wu; Kejie Wu – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
Course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) exposes an entire class of students to scientific research and is thought to increase students' knowledge retention in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. Microbial engineering is an interdisciplinary subject that combines science and engineering. We transformed a…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Engineering, Microbiology, Science Instruction
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Johnson, Kristen C.; Sabel, Jaime L.; Cole, Judith; Pruett, Christin L.; Plymale, Ruth; Reyna, Nathan S. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2022
The need for changing how science is taught and the expansion of undergraduate research experiences is essential to foster critical thinking in the Natural Sciences. Most faculty research programs only involve a small number of upper-level undergraduate students each semester. The course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) model enables…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science Education, Science Instruction
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Chengdong, Yang; Shuang, Liang – International Education Studies, 2019
As BIM (Building information modeling) comprehensive advantages in the field of engineering, it develops rapidly in the international building industry including China. In the face of new technology and new methods of innovation, architecture teaching also needs to adjust. BIM as new design tool is very necessary. But how to perfectly combine BIM…
Descriptors: Talent, Architecture, Engineering, Technological Advancement
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Zimeri, Anne Marie – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Critically thinking about scientific data to form opinions on controversial issues in environmental health is crucial in undergraduate education in the field. An assignment paired with a "flipped" classroom activity was designed to impart knowledge on how to search the primary literature and extract data that can help formulate a point…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Critical Thinking
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Willis, David A.; Krueger, Paul S.; Kendrick, Alice – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2013
Undergraduate research opportunities are valued by university faculty and administrators in part because of the belief that they are useful for attracting students to graduate school. Other perceived benefits are that these programs improve students' engagement in their respective disciplines, enhance students' understanding of theory by…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Engineering, Communication Skills, Laboratories
US Congress, 2011
The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-358) was put in place to invest in innovation through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: (1) Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; (2) Sec. 2. Definitions; and (3)…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Computation, Research and Development, Innovation