This book critically explores the United States government’s relationship with human spaceflight. Although multiple presidents have made impressive pronouncements regarding the future of space travel,
Assessments, understood as tools for tracking what and how well students have learned, play a critical role in the classroom. Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards develops
From the National Research Council's Panel on Measuring Higher Education Productivity: Conceptual Framework and Data Needs, this report examines productivity measurement at the higher education level
This study documents the work of the National Research Council's Committee on Opportunities and Challenges for International Science at the US Geological Survey (USGS), established at the request of t
Advances in computing hardware and algorithms have dramatically improved the ability to simulate complex processes computationally. Today's simulation capabilities offer the prospect of addressing que
This work offers a synthesis of research from the National Research Council's Committee on the Status, Contributions, and Future Directions of Discipline-based Education Research. Committee members ar
Prepared as part of the National Academy's study on mathematical sciences in 2025, this volume is geared toward showing the general reader how pervasive mathematics is behind all of the technologies w
Research Universities and the Future of America presents critically important strategies for ensuring that our nation's research universities contribute strongly to America's prosperity, security, and
Written for educators, policy makers, business leaders, and others interested in education policy and practice, this volume from the National Research Council's Committee on Defining Deeper Learning a
The National Research Council formed a Committee on the Assessment of Water Reuse as an Approach for Meeting Future Water Supply Needs, and this report summarizes the nation's recent history in water
This edition retains all of the data in the 10th that has not been revised by new research findings. The tables of feed ingredient composition were among the material that needed updating, so the comm
In July 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) appointed the Committee to Review the 21st Century Truck Partnership, Phase 2, to conduct an independent review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership
Increased HIV screening may help identify more people with the disease, but there may not be enough resources to provide them with the care they need. The Institute of Medicine's Committee on HIV Scre
"For the past three decades, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a national agenda aimed at improving the health of all Americans over each 10-year span. Under each of these H
The design, construction, operation, and retrofit of buildings is evolving in response to ever-increasing knowledge about the impact of indoor environments on people and the impact of buildings on the
The end of dramatic exponential growth in single-processor performance marks the end of the dominance of the single microprocessor in computing. The era of sequential computing must give way to a new
"The indoor environment affects occupants' health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars a year in exacer
The National Research Council's Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care was formed to investigate the role of human factors in home health care and the range of issues resulting fro
" ... summarizes the second workshop, which was held February 4-5, 2010, in Washington, D.C., and focuses on pedagogical considerations for computational thinking. This workshop was structured to gath
Updating and supplanting the 1997 edition, this reference compiles research findings on the dietary needs and biological activities of the two essential nutrients, particularly addressing recent contr
This report supersedes the Academy's previous one, released in 1993, by incorporating the considerable published literature on the nutrition and feeding of fish and shrimp since then. One of the commi
