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Article: The sport-utility vehicle: debating fuel-economy standards in thermodynamics.(Report)
- Article from:
- Journal of College Science Teaching
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
- Author:
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The environmental challenges we face in the 21st century are scientifically complex, multidisciplinary problems. The next generation of scientists and engineers will be the repository of the technical expertise, as well as the source of technological innovation; it is essential that they be key contributors in the debate and formulation of national and international science policy. An exciting challenge we have as science educators is to investigate how to develop in our science and engineering students the ability to ask the types of questions, both personally and on a larger scale, that maximize constructive involvement in these critical conversations.
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