Subtitle: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering
Description: From What’s New @ the National Academies, Sept. 10, 2012:
“The National Science Foundation funded a synthesis study on the status, contributions, and future direction of discipline-based education research (DBER) in physics, biological sciences, geosciences, and chemistry. DBER combines knowledge of teaching and learning with deep knowledge of discipline-specific science …”
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World of Science was given a 4-star review in the May 15, 2012, issue of “Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News“. Eric Weisstein is a web encyclopedia author. This portal is available via Wolfram Alpha, within which there are 5 portals for Math, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy and Biography. “Beautifully designed”, “easy to navigate” and a “wealth of information”
“Search Engines and Beyond: A Toolkit for Finding Free Online Resources for Science, Technology and Engineering“
By Nedelina Tchangalova and Francy Stilwell, University of Maryland
in the Spring, 2012 issue of Science and Technology Librarianship [ http://www.istl.org/ ]