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Design Principles For High School Engineering Design Challenges: Experiences From High School Science Classrooms, Christian Schunn
Design Principles For High School Engineering Design Challenges: Experiences From High School Science Classrooms, Christian Schunn
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At the University of Pittsburgh, we have been exploring a range of approaches to design challenges for implementation in high school science classrooms (Apedoe, Reynolds, Ellefson, & Schunn, 2008; Ellefson, Brinker, Vernacchio, & Schunn, 2008; Schunn, Silk, & Apedoe, in press). In general, our approach has always involved students working during class time over the course of many weeks. So, our understanding of what works must be contextualized to that situation (i.e., without significant home support, by students enrolled in traditional classrooms, involving content that is connected to traditional science classrooms). However, our approach has been implemented with thousands of …
Engineering Design Challenges In High School Stem Courses A Compilation Of Invited Position Papers, Daniel L. Householder
Engineering Design Challenges In High School Stem Courses A Compilation Of Invited Position Papers, Daniel L. Householder
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Since its initial funding by the National Science Foundation in 2004, the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) has worked to understand the infusion of engineering design experiences into the high school setting. Over the years, an increasing number of educators and professional groups have participated in the expanding initiative seeking to acquaint all students with engineering design. While there is strong support for providing students with engineering design experiences in their high school STEM courses, the lack of consensus on purposes and strategies has become increasingly apparent as the work continues. Among the unsettled issues are the …