Clemson University: Engineering and Science Education

Research in Engineering and Science Education


    SCALE-UP (Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment Undergraduate Programs) is a new program spearheaded by Faculty from the Departments of Engineering and Science Education (Lisa Benson), Civil Engineering (Scott Schiff)...
    Creative Inquiry is a program at Clemson that involves undergraduate students in research and discovery. Students work on a team to creatively explore a research area, collect information or data, analyze it, evaluate it, and communicate its meaning to others. By learning to ask their own questions, they gain deeper understanding of their field of interest. Additionally, students will earn academic credit each semester that they participate!
    Each Math in Engineering demonstration examines an engineering challenge, and the basic math skills that are used to invent, design, improve or maintain it. Engineering students use a combination of slides, graphs, handouts and physical models...
    (coming soon; under construction)
    Faculty from the Department of Engineering and Science Education (Lisa Benson) and the Eugene Moore School of Education (Deborah Switzer) recently collaborated on a study that posed the question:

    "How does participation in conducting pre-college outreach activities affect the retention, concept comprehension, and communication skills of freshman engineering students?"