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