Impacts On Students
Basic engineering concepts
What do students learn from Engineering Curricula?
Teacher structured engineering activities and class discussions
What helped students develop their facility to examine evidence and make decisions based in data?
Curriculum development, professional development, and research & evaluation
What are the three pillars?
Problem solving skills and design abilities
What are other aspects in student academics are schools who embrace and teach engineering other than a rise in science test scores?
Possibilities for what engineering education can look like in the elementary setting
What do curriculum developers and teachers need to keep imagining?
Showed a better engineering and technology vocabulary & understanding of the specific field of engineering they studied.
How did engineering activities improve students' understanding of engineering concepts?
"Engineer" and "Engineering" because it creates identity
What should teachers address their students as in EiE lessons?
Teacher professional development (PD)
What is a critical element for the implementation of engineering in classrooms?
Hands-on engineering
Students learn science better when it is paired with what other subject?
The local educational landscape
What influences the plan created to implement engineering in a school district's curriculum?
Increased interest and achievement in STEM
What did students from underrepresented groups show?
Lack of knowledge of science/technology, lack of understanding of materials, poor craftsmanship, & inherent limitation in the materials available.
What are the four identified causes for failure?
More than a million
How many current elementary teachers are there in the U.S.?
Hands-on activity with less verbal instruction and communication
In what ways do English learner students benefit from engineering focused school?
Asking questions about how to improve or best serve all students
What do we need to do in order to change the education landscape today?
The achievement gap
What did participation in EiE help close?
Integrate another subject such as reading
What is a good way to introduce a new engineering concept?
Introducing teachers to engineering by engaging them in engineering challenges as learners
What is a common Professional Development (PD) approach for teachers of engineering?
Speak with administration, come together as a group of teachers, get parents involved, spark interests in the students
What are solutions to bringing a STEM-based curriculum into your future school?
The ability to learn from their peers
What opportunities can online PD resources give teachers?
All students
Who is positively effected by EiE lessons?
We need to help teachers and students become comfortable with failure
What does the important role of failure in engineering?
Most research study participants indicated that they planned to continue teaching engineering
What was indicated after the STEM PD research study was complete?
Engineering can be used to drive change
What can engineering drive the force of when it comes to school impact?
An iterative one
What is the development process?