Every 10 years the National Research Council releases a survey of astronomy and astrophysics outlining priorities for the coming decade. The most recent survey, titled...
This volume assembles papers commissioned by the National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) to inform judgments about the significant institutional...
This volume assembles papers commissioned by the National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) to inform judgments about the significant institutional...
Spacebased sensors are giving us an evercloser and more comprehensive look at the earth's surface; they also have the potential to tell us about human...
Spacebased sensors are giving us an evercloser and more comprehensive look at the earth's surface; they also have the potential to tell us about human...
In the United States, the nomenclature of adult education includes adult literacy, adult secondary education, and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) services provided...
Sensors, satellite photography, and multispectral imaging are associated with futuristic space and communications science. Increasingly, however, they are considered part of the future of agriculture....
The Oklahoma City Bombing, Intentional Crashing Of Airliners On September 11, 2001, And Anthrax Attacks In The Fall Of 2001 Have Made Americans Acutely Aware...
As the nation's drug crisis has deepened, public and private agencies have invested huge sums of money in prevention efforts. Are the resulting programs effective?...
Ensuring That Members Of Society Are Healthy And Reaching Their Full Potential Requires The Prevention Of Disease And Injury; The Promotion Of Health And Wellbeing;...
Since 1992, the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) has produced a book on principles and practices for a federal statistical agency, updating the document every...
In 2003, NASA began an R&D effort to develop nuclear power and propulsion systems for solar system exploration. This activity, renamed Project Prometheus in 2004,...
Growing demands for water in many parts of the nation are fueling the search for new approaches to sustainable water management, including how best to...
Growing demands for water in many parts of the nation are fueling the search for new approaches to sustainable water management, including how best to...
Institutional Review Boards (Irbs) Are The Linchpins Of The Protection Systems That Govern Human Participation In Research. In Recent Years, Highprofile Cases Have Focused Attention...
Institutional review boards (IRBs) are the linchpins of the protection systems that govern human participation in research. In recent years, highprofile cases have focused attention...
In Massachusetts, a 12yearold girl delivering newspapers is killed when a car strikes her bicycle. In Los Angeles, a 14yearold boy repeatedly falls asleep in...
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This volume reports on discussions among multiple stakeholders about ways they might help transform health care in the United States. The U.S. healthcare system consists...
The MSEB, with generous support and encouragement from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, seeks to bring discussion of assessment to schooland districtbased practitioners through...
Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. The...
Learning to Think Spatially examines how spatial thinking might be incorporated into existing standardsbased instruction across the school curriculum. Spatial thinking must be recognized as...
Can Such Techniques As Sleep Learning And Hypnosis Improve Performance? Do We Sometimes Confuse Familiarity With Mastery? Can We Learn Without Making Mistakes? These Questions...
This report is the second in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa s food supply....
Burning coal in electric utility plants produces, in addition to power, residues that contain constituents which may be harmful to the environment. The management of...
Thirty years ago federal policy underwent a major change through the BayhDole Act of 1980, which fostered greater uniformity in the way research agencies treat...
Coastal farming and ocean ranching of marine fish, shellfish, crustaceans, and seaweed are a major and growing industry worldwide. In the United States, freshwater aquaculture...
Although the oceanand the resources withinseem limitless, there is clear evidence that human impacts such as overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution disrupt marine ecosystems and...
Early childhood mathematics is vitally important for young children's present and future educational success. Research demonstrates that virtually all young children have the capability to...
This report examines the portfolio of research and development (R&D) expenditure surveys at the National Science Foundation (NSF), identifying gaps and weaknesses and areas of...
In November 2000, the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE) held a symposium to draw on the wealth of experience gathered over a...
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