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Discipline‐Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering
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Engineering education research (EER) has been on the fast track since 2004 with an exponential rise in the number of Ph.D.s awarded and the establishment of new programs, even entire EER departments. The National Research Council’s Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) report (National Research Council, 2012) captures the state-of-the-art advances in our understanding of engineering and science student learning and highlights commonalities with other science-based education research programs. The DBER report is the consensus analysis of experts in undergraduate education research in physics, chemistry, biology, geosciences, astronomy, and engineering. The study committee, chaired by Susan Singer, also included higher education researchers, learning scientists, and cognitive psychologists. A central aspect of the DBER report is the focus on and application of research in the education, learning, and social-behavioral sciences to science and engineering curricula design and teaching methods. Froyd, Wankat, and Smith (2012) identified five major shifts in engineering education in the past 100 years: 1. A shift from hands-on and practical emphasis to engineering science and analytical emphasis 2. A shift to outcomes-based education and accreditation 3. A shift to emphasizing engineering design 4. A shift to applying education, learning, and social-behavioral sciences research 5. A shift to integrating information, computational, and communications technology in education
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- Authors
- Singer, S., & Smith, K. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Engineering Education
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-10
- Volume
- 102
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 468-471
- ISSN
- 1069-4730 (ISSN-L)
- 2168-9830
- OpenAlex
- W1949744349
- Cited by
- 835
- References
- 484
- FWCI
- 172.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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