Conference Session

OMCED Topics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edgar An, Florida Atlantic University; Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

observation from these responses is that while the students might have learned an adequate level of math and science at school they have not yet gathered enough insights and intuition into how they can apply their knowledge to solving real-world problems. This suggests that teaching the students very complex math and science concepts alone in an isolated framework does not appear to adequately promote their interests in math and science. Rather, it is the application of science in terms of interesting, problem-solving projects that captures the students’ interests in math and science. We believe that once we have captured their interests, the effect is perpetuating. In terms of teaching, the effectiveness of the