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Shiller, Z. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2013
This paper describes a multidisciplinary teaching program, designed to provide students with the broad knowledge and skills required to practice product development in robotics and mechatronics. The curriculum was designed to prepare students for the senior capstone design project, in which they design and build a working mechatronic/robotic…
Descriptors: Mechanical Skills, Robotics, Engineering Education, Instructional Innovation
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Bastiaens, Theo, Ed. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2022
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. The "EdMedia + Innovate Learning" conference took place in New York,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Flipped Classroom, Online Courses, Student Projects
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Barak, Moshe – Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, 2011
This paper presents the outcomes of teaching an inventive problem-solving course to middle school students. Contrary to the common view of creativity as a 'free flow of thought' or 'thinking out of the box,' the method under discussion stresses the use of diverse heuristic approaches for problem-solving and the invention of new products: for…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Middle School Students
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Verner, Igor M.; Hershko, Eyal – Journal of Technology Education, 2003
A study of 46 Israeli high school students' graduation projects involving robot design focused on engineering knowledge and skills needed, learning through reflective practice, and individual assessment of learning. Analysis of teacher logbooks and student portfolios indicated that all students completed projects, were motivated, devoted extra…
Descriptors: Design, Foreign Countries, Graduation Requirements, Robotics
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Doppelt, Yaron – Journal of Technology Education, 2005
Project-based learning (PBL) that has authenticity in the pupils' world enables the teaching of science and technology to pupils from a variety of backgrounds. PBL has the potential to enable pupils to research, plan, design, and reflect on the creation of technological projects (Doppelt, 2000). Engineering education, which is common in Israel,…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Engineering Education, Creative Thinking