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Davis, Freddie J.; Lockwood-Cooke, Pamela; Hunt, Emily M. – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2011
Over the last few years, WTAMU Mathematics, Engineering and Science faculty has used interdisciplinary projects as the basis for implementation of a linked-class approach to Problem-Based Learning (PBL). A project that has significant relevance to engineering statics, fluid mechanics, and calculus is the Hydrostatic Pressure Project. This project…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, Problem Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Bencze, J. Lawrence; Bowen, G. Michael – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2009
School science systems tend to emphasize teaching and learning about achievements of science (such as laws and theories) at the expense of providing students with opportunities to develop realistic conceptions about science and science inquiry and expertise they could use to conduct their own science inquiry projects. Among reasons for such an…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Science Projects, Teacher Education Curriculum