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This paper, by Theodore Lewis, Professor in Industrial Education at the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, covers methods and approaches to technology curriculum. These methods are "content, which focuses upon conceptual structure, and process, which...

Description: This collection of curriculum, from Norwalk Community College, includes a set of activities and application problems for intermediate algebra classes. These materials are intended to promote STEM majors and careers for students, especially to women in the course. The idea behind this...

The objective of this project is to introduce students to the concepts of diffusion, polymers and polymerization reactions, and enzyme mediated reactions by designing and testing a controlled release drug delivery system. These types of systems are also referred to as localized drug delivery because...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between 183 governments. Its aim is to "ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival." There is a species data base,...

This 3-page learning activity module from the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) provides information on technologies that have been used in the telecommunications industry. The activity consists of four short answer questions. Learning outcomes include: Describe the various...

This 8-page document, made available by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), is an activity on the fundamental concepts of voice over IP. During the activity students will use both a "POTS or plain old telephone system dial peer" and a VoIP dial peer. The learning objective for this...

The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) uses this page to provide an overview of this field. Convergence Technology is the "blending or integration of voice, video, and data into a single but flexible global communications network" which includes the "merging together of products and...

In this activity, developed by the Lane Community College MAPS GIS Program, students "work to understand concepts of latitude and longitude using an interactive Web-based GIS map. The lesson helps review basic concepts of coordinate geometry as they move about the world identifying coordinate...

In this activity, developed by the Lane Community College Geo-STAC program​, students "understand geographic location (absolute and relative) using an interactive Web-based GIS map." The lesson helps review basic concepts of coordinate geometry as they move about the world identifying coordinate...

This 25-page paper from Fred Peskoff is a report on a study used to evaluate the relationship between college students' level of mathematics anxiety and the strategies employed to cope with it. The study found that low mathematics anxiety students tend to utilize a number of "coping strategies" more...