Research Materials

Some of the research methods that are used in this study are described in these papers.

We measured students' metacognition and attitudes toward learning using selected items from three established instruments:

• • Research on the Integrated Science Curriculum (RISC),

  • Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), and the

  • STEM Questionnaires developed by the STEM team at the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI).

These survey questions were administered to students at the beginning and end of each class.

The survey instruments used in this study can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.

Engineering 82 Pre-test Survey

Engineering 82 Post-test Survey

Mathematics 45 Surveys will be available in Fall 2017.