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Datt, Sachin; Chunawala, Sugra – Design and Technology Education, 2018
The focus of Design and Technology (D&T) education (Wilson & Harris, 2004) has been on designing and making activities and in developing technological capabilities amongst students. Innovation is an important aspect of D&T that helps in creating new products and artefacts to overcome the limitations of existing ones. Problem solving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Design, Technology Education, Innovation
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Capobianco, Brenda M.; Yu, Ji H.; French, Brian F. – Research in Science Education, 2015
The integration of engineering concepts and practices into elementary science education has become an emerging concern for science educators and practitioners, alike. Moreover, how children, specifically preadolescents (grades 1-5), engage in engineering design-based learning activities may help science educators and researchers learn more about…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary School Science, Engineering, Scientific Concepts
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Chow, Anthony S.; Smith, Kathelene McCarty; Sun, Katherine – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
This study explored the impact of using best practices identified in previous studies in designing age-appropriate websites for middle and high school youth. Utilizing a mixed-method approach, 31 middle and 22 high school youth took part in six focus groups across four states. Participants were introduced to a website specifically designed for…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Mixed Methods Research, Statistical Analysis, Best Practices
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Jastrzembski, Tiffany S.; Charness, Neil – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2007
The authors estimate weighted mean values for nine information processing parameters for older adults using the Card, Moran, and Newell (1983) Model Human Processor model. The authors validate a subset of these parameters by modeling two mobile phone tasks using two different phones and comparing model predictions to a sample of younger (N = 20;…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Telecommunications, Cognitive Processes, Models