Archive for February, 2009

In the Spotlight: Celebrate Black History in February and Women’s History in March With the Engineering Pathway

The Engineering Pathway (EP) “In the Spotlight” feature highlights timely resources from their collections. The February focus on Engineers Week, noted the winners of the 2009 NAE Gordon Prize in Engineering Education, the Grand Challenges of Engineering, and the “Vision” campaign message that engineering requires creativity, imagination and vision.
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Solving a Big Math Problem

An understanding of mathematics may be considered essential for an educated person today, but many Americans seem almost allergic to math. While there is much discussion about the importance of mathematics to scientific research, engineering, and technological innovation, the performance of American math students on international assessments is below that of math students in many […]

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A Scholarly Look at the Early Science Behind Hard Drives

The NSDL Classic Articles in Context (CAC) project seeks to integrate landmark works of scientific inquiry into dynamic learning spaces for teachers and learners. To achieve the goal of illustrating science as a process that builds, and often turns, on discovery and replication expressed in the archival literature of empirical findings, NSDL works with publishers […]

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