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Creator:: Bornasal, Floraliza
Abstract:: It is expected that information taught in the context of school will ultimately transfer to workplace settings. To support this transition, educators and researchers advocate for organizing foundational ideas, or concepts, in specific domains of knowing. In the domain of transportation engineering, knowing of concepts, which include "big ideas" such...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: Shane A. Brown It is expected that information taught in the context of school will

Creator:: Peters, Allie
Abstract:: Background The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded multiple research projects dedicated to the development of research and evidence based instructional strategies in an effort to improve the state of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the US. These efforts have led to an abundance of research based...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Shane A. Brown Background The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded multiple

Creator:: Urlacher, Mark A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to explore civil engineering students’ and professional civil engineers' understanding of concepts within statics and fluid mechanics. The studies described herein begin to examine theories of situated cognition utilizing concept inventories, which are sets of multiple-choice questions where the incorrect answers are based on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Shane A. Brown The purpose of this thesis is to explore civil engineering students’ and

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