Hierarchical Learning Ensembles: Team Building for Undergraduate Scientists and Engineers

Journal Article | February 2006

This article describes the design and implementation of the Hierarchical Learning Ensemble (HLE) model, a pedagogy that assembles interdisciplinary teams of graduate, undergraduate, and secondary-level students to solve…

Water You Engineering? An Activity to Develop Water-Quality Awareness

Journal Article | March 2009

Water is one of our most precious resources. However, for many in the United States, having fresh, safe drinking water is taken for granted, and due to this perceived lack of relevance, students may not fully appreciate…

Retaining Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Majors

Journal Article | April 2013

This article presents results relating undergraduate student retention in STEM majors to the use of Peer Instruction (PI) in an introductory physics course at a highly selective research institution. The authors compare…

Crosscutting Concepts: Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning (e-book)

eBook | April 2021

Maybe you have a good grasp of disciplinary core ideas and science and engineering practices—critical parts of the Next Generation Science Standards—but you are looking for more resources about integrating crosscutting…

Improving Precollege Science Education—The Involvement of Scientists and Engineers: Enlisting the Support of Scientists and Engineers to Translate Science Education Standards into Effective Science Programs

Journal Article | February 1998

This article focuses on the importance of science education and of the need to support the implementation of the Standards by improving science education in local school districts, colleges, and universities. Scientists…