Variations on an Historical Case Study: The Extraordinary Accident of Isidro Mejia | NSTA

Variations on an Historical Case Study: The Extraordinary Accident of Isidro Mejia

Journal of College Science Teaching -- October 2006

Activities using the same historical case study can be designed for courses of varying degrees of proficiency by altering the format to suit each academic level. The case of Isidro Mejia, a construction worker who had six nails accidently shot into his head from a nail gun, is the basis for a series of case study exercises.

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