What's wrong with evidence? Epistemological roots and pedagogical implications of "evidence-based practice" in STEM education

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Riley, Donna M ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCHES; EVIDENCE-BASED; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES; EVIDENCED-BASED; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; LEARNER-CENTERED; LIBERAL EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84905176393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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