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Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering DISCIPLINEBASED EDUCATION RESEARCH Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Committee on the Status, Contributions, and Future Directions of Discipline-Based Education Research Board on Science Education Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Susan R. Singer, Natalie R. Nielsen, and Heidi A. Schweingruber, Editors Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Govern- ing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineer- ing, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropri- ate balance. This study was supported by Contract/Grant No. 0934453 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Status, Contributions, and Future Directions of Discipline-Based Education Research. Discipline-based education research : understanding and improving learning in undergraduate science and engineering / Susan R. Singer, Natalie R. Nielsen, and Heidi A. Schweingruber, editors. ; Committee on the Status, Contributions, and Future Directions of Discipline-Based Education Research, Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-309-25411-3 (paperback) — ISBN 0-309-25411-6 (paperback) 1. Science—Study and teaching (Secondary)—United States. 2. Engineering—Study and teaching (Secondary)—United States. 3. Science—Study and teaching (Higher)—United States. 4. Engineering—Study and teaching (Higher)—United States. 5. Universities and colleges—Curricula—United States. I. Singer, Susan R., editor. II. Nielsen, Natalie R., editor. III. Schweingruber, Heidi A., editor. IV. Title. Q183.3.A1N3585 2012 507.1’173—dc23 2012027266 Additional copies of this report are available from the National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001; (800) 624-6242 or (202) 334-3313; http://www.nap.edu. Copyright 2012 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America Suggested citation: National Research Council. (2012). Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering. S.R. Singer, N.R. Nielsen, and H.A. Schweingruber, Editors. Com- mittee on the Status, Contributions, and Future Directions of Discipline-Based Education Research. Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 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Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF DISCIPLINE-BASED EDUCATION RESEARCH SUSAN R. SINGER (Chair), Department of Biology, Carleton College ROBERT BEICHNER, Office of the Provost and Department of Physics, North Carolina State University STACEY LOWERY BRETZ, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University MELANIE COOPER, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University SEAN DECATUR, Department of Chemistry, Oberlin College JAMES FAIRWEATHER, Department of Educational Administration, Michigan State University KENNETH HELLER, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota KIM KASTENS, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University MICHAEL E. MARTINEZ, Department of Education, University of California, Irvine DAVID MOGK, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University LAURA R. NOVICK, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University MARCY OSGOOD, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico TIMOTHY F. SLATER, College of Education, University of Wyoming KARL A. SMITH, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota and School of Engineering Education, Purdue University WILLIAM B. WOOD, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado NATALIE R. NIELSEN, Study Director HEIDI A. SCHWEINGRUBER, Board Deputy Director MARTIN STORKSDIECK, Board Director MARGARET L. HILTON, Senior Program Officer ANTHONY BROWN, Senior Program Assistant DOROTHY MAJEWSKI, Senior Program Assistant (until January 2011) REBECCA KRONE, Program Associate v Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering BOARD ON SCIENCE EDUCATION HELEN R. QUINN (Chair), Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University PHILIP BELL, Learning Sciences,
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