CASEE Research Affiliate: Center for Engineering Education
Research Foci:
CEE’s research agenda included a broad array of interest with applications for college, K-12, and professional development education. The bulleted list below illustrates CEE’s current research agenda.
- Describe students’ mental organization and mental model of science concepts
- Develop instructional methods that increase student learning of science and engineering concepts
- Assess and develop instructional interventions to repair science and engineering misconceptions
- Develop methods to use technology to improve learning
- Research methods to make science and engineering more accessible to non-traditional populations (women, minorities, those with varying learning styles.)
- Promote and assess higher order thinking (including the thinking needed in open-ended problem solving).
- Develop and assess curriculum for K-12 science and engineering programs
- Develop and deliver train for science teachers based on cutting-edge research about how students learn science.
Contact Information:
Dr. Ron Miller, Director
Center for Engineering Education
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401
Voice 303-273-3892
Fax 303-273-3730
Email rlmiller@mines.edu