Science In Solution: The Impact of Undergraduate Research on Student Learning
David Lopatto
David Lopatto’s, Science in Solution: The Impact of Undergraduate Research on Student Learning is available from CUR here. Lopatto is a professor of psychology and the Samuel R. and Marie-Louise Rosenthal Professor of Natural Science and Mathematics at Grinnell College.
Science Teaching as a Profession: Why It Isn't, How It Could Be
Sheila Tobias and Anne Baffert
Research Corporation for Science Advancement supported a new book by noted education writer Sheila Tobias and veteran science teacher Anne Baffert, entitled Science Teaching as a Profession: Why It Isn't, How It Could Be. Based upon their communications with nearly 500 science teachers across the United States over the past two years, the book explores what is needed to reduce attrition by high-school science teachers at a time when the United States is facing increasing competition in the sciences from other nations. For more information, contact NSTA.
Academic Excellence: The Role of Research in the Physical Sciences at Undergraduate Institutions
Michael P. Doyle, editor
Download: Academic Excellence: The Role of Research in the Physical Sciences at Undergraduate Institutions
Length 199 pages. Published by Research Corporation, 2000.
Download: Academic Excellence: The Sourcebook
Length 531 pages. Published by Research Corporation, 2001.
Bringing the Excitement of Science to the Classroom
by the Teachers and Mentors of the Partners In Science Program
W. Stevenson Bacon, editor
A collection of first-hand experiences from a highly successful ten-year experiment in science education from the standpoints of the participants and administrators of the Partners program which allowed high school teachers to do two summers of research with a college or university mentor. A how-to section is included for those interested in joining or founding similar programs.
Length 112 pages, 6 x 9, paper. Published by Research Corporation, 2000. Cost: $2.50, includes "media rate" shipping.
Rethinking Science as a Career: Perceptions and Realities in the Physical Sciences
Sheila Tobias, Daryl E. Chubin and Kevin Aylesworth
Many of America's best minds have been idled by changing national priorities, and recent graduates in science may have difficulty in finding employment. The authors gauge the scope of the job problem and recommend measures to restructure the supply of, and demand for, scientists.
Length 157 pages incl. appendix, index, 6 x 9, paper. Published by Research Corporation, 1995. Cost: $2.50, includes "media rate" shipping.
Cottrell Samaritan of Science
Frank Cameron
The story of the the founder of Research Corporation who invented the electrostatic precipitator, still one of primary means for controlling industrial air pollution, and used it to fund academic science in the United States. A reprint edition of the original 1952 biography of Frederick Gardner Cottrell with forward by Ernest O. Lawrence.
Length 414 pages incl. index, 6-1/2 x 8-1/2, paper. Reprint edition published 1993 by Research Corporation. Cost: $10.00, includes shipping.
Revitalizing Undergraduate Science: Why Some Things Work and Most Don't
Sheila Tobias
OUT OF PRINT
A decade of study and innovation aimed at correcting serious flaws in undergraduate science failed to remedy serious problems. Here's why most reforms of college science have been incomplete and short-lived.
Length 192 pages incl. appendix, index, 6 x 9, paper. Published by Research Corporation, 1992.