Abstract
This paper reports on an NSF-supported project to develop Socio-Technological Instructional Modules for use with college students. Each module or case study focuses on a particular national socio-technological problem of current and future importance.
The modules were field-tested with freshmen engineering students as well as nonengineering undergraduates and continuing education students in technology and society courses. To satisfy these audiences, each module consists of a Student Reading which provides basic background information for all students. The Instructors' Guide, besides providing suggestions for using support materials such as audio-visual materials and computer programs, contains engineering or technical extensions and sociological extensions.
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