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Science 31 August 2007:
Vol. 317. no. 5842, pp. 1175 - 1176
DOI: 10.1126/science.1143834
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Education Forum

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Engineering Education Research Aids Instruction

Norman L. Fortenberry,1* Jacquelyn F. Sullivan,2* Peter N. Jordan,3 Daniel W. Knight2

Fewer students leave engineering studies when education programs link concepts to real-world practice.

1Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education, National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC 20001, USA.

2Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0425, USA.

3National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892-5621, USA.

1Authors for correspondence. E-mail: nfortenb{at}nae.edu (N.L.F.); jacquelyn.sullivan{at}colorado.edu (J.F.S.)

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