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Ms-174: Science Center Papers, Devin Mckinney Apr 2015

Ms-174: Science Center Papers, Devin Mckinney

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This collection contains documents both formal (memoranda, minutes, reports) and informal (notes, emails) on the conception, design, and progress of the Science Center, along with blueprints, schematics, and other visual representations. It constitutes a first-generation view of the process by which the college created one of its most significant academic centers and pieces of architecture.

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Fostering Students' Identification With Mathematics And Science, Brett D. Jones, Chloe Ruff, Jason W. Osborne Jan 2015

Fostering Students' Identification With Mathematics And Science, Brett D. Jones, Chloe Ruff, Jason W. Osborne

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Book Summary: Interest in Mathematics and Science Learning is the first volume to assemble findings on the role of interest in mathematics and science learning. As the contributors illuminate across the volume’s 22 chapters, interest provides a critical bridge between cognition and affect in learning and development. This volume will be useful to educators, researchers, and policy makers, especially those whose focus is mathematics, science, and technology education.

Chapter Summary: The primary purpose of this chapter is to explore the process whereby students transition from a short-term, situational interest in mathematics or science to a more enduring individual interest in …