Interdisciplinary conversations in STEM education: can faculty understand each other better than their students do?

• Main Authors: Jeffrey M. Rabin (Author), Adam Burgasser (Author), Thomas J. Bussey (Author), John Eggers (Author), Stanley M. Lo (Author), Sherry Seethaler (Author), Laura Stevens (Author), Haim Weizman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Rate of change concepts from calculus are presented and applied rather differently in college mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry classes. This is not simply a matter of pedagogical style but reflects real cultural differences between these disciplines. We describe the efforts of o...