NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Teachers10
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 47 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Corkins, Chelsea; Cerv, Sara – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2019
While some might argue that lessons such as this cater towards nonformal education, teachers should not be deterred from integrating these lessons into their formal classrooms. Nonformal lesson plans--including their structures and techniques--can and should be integrated into formal classroom settings. Many nonformal activities are easy to…
Descriptors: Nonformal Education, Engineering Education, Teaching Methods, Lesson Plans
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kapon, Shulamit; Schvartzer, Maayan; Peer, Tal – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
This article discusses a case study of a pair of students mentored by a physics teacher as they engaged in a long-term (15 months) engineering maker-based inquiry (EMBI), a mandatory part of these students' formal learning of physics at the advanced high school level. We conceptualize the students' engagement as participating in a particular…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Physics, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Thornburgh, William; McFadden, Justin; Robinson, Brian – Science and Children, 2020
The "Next Generation Science Standards" ("NGSS") have placed an emphasis on the incorporation of engineering practices into K-12 science instruction. This article details a sequence of physical science lessons that would be part of teaching matter in the second-grade classroom. The goals of these lessons are: (1) to be hands-on…
Descriptors: Standards, Science Education, Engineering Education, Grade 2
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Wong, Wing-Kwong; Chen, Kai-Ping; Chang, Hong-Ming – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2020
This research aimed to explore the effects of a virtual lab (VL) and a Microcomputer-based Lab (MBL) on students' performance in scientific modeling. A web-based virtual lab and a low-cost MBL were proposed to help first-year engineering students build scientific models. Empirical research was done in a slope motion experiment. The participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Laboratories, Computer Simulation, Educational Technology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Yin, Yue; Hadad, Roxana; Tang, Xiaodan; Lin, Qiao – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
Computational thinking (CT) is believed to be a critical factor to facilitate STEM learning, and a vital learning objective itself. Therefore, researchers are continuing to explore effective ways to improve and assess it. Makerspaces feature various hands-on activities, which can attract students with diverse interests from different backgrounds.…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Entrepreneurship, STEM Education, Hands on Science
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Sena-Esteves, Teresa; Morais, Cristina; Guedes, Anabela; Pereira, Isabel Brás; Ribeiro, Margarida Marques; Soares, Filomena; Leão, Celina Pinto – Education Sciences, 2019
The main objective of this study is to evaluate students' perceptions regarding different methods of assessment and which teaching/learning methodologies may be the most effective in a Fluid Transport System course. The impact of the changes in the assessment methodology in the final students' grades and attendance at theoretical classes is also…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Engineering Education, Mechanics (Physics), Student Evaluation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jurkiewicz, Melissa A.; Kirn, Adam; Crowther, David – Science and Children, 2019
Interactions with forces and energy can range from a toddler dropping toys repeatedly for someone else to pick up to a group of fifth graders playing soccer at recess. In addition, students may have observed the power of water to move physical objects by seeing news footage of rising floodwaters, experimenting with a garden hose, or spending a day…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Water
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cool, Nate; Strimel, Greg J.; Croly, Michael; Grubbs, Michael E. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2017
To be technologically and engineering literate, people should be able to "make" or produce quality solutions to engineering design challenges while recognizing and understanding how to avoid hazards in a broad array of situations when properly using tools, machines, and materials (Haynie, 2009; Gunter, 2007; ITEA/ITEEA, 2000/2002/2007).…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Integrated Curriculum, Design
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kye, Hannah – Science and Children, 2019
In this article, second graders learn the basics of engineering through an exploration of magnetic levitation (maglev) technology. The author designed and taught the lessons to a class of 26 students enrolled in a month-long summer science program. The maglev lessons took place over three mornings (15 minutes for the first lesson and 40 minutes…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Engineering Education, Magnets, Summer Science Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Bustamante, Andres S.; Greenfield, Daryl B.; Nayfeld, Irena – Education Sciences, 2018
Early childhood science and engineering education offer a prime context to foster approaches-to-learning (ATL) and executive functioning (EF) by eliciting children's natural curiosity about the world, providing a unique opportunity to engage children in hands-on learning experiences that promote critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Critical Thinking, Persistence, Engineering Education
Bustamante, Andres S.; Greenfield, Daryl B.; Nayfeld, Irena – Grantee Submission, 2018
Early childhood science and engineering education offer a prime context to foster approaches-to-learning (ATL) and executive functioning (EF) by eliciting children's natural curiosity about the world, providing a unique opportunity to engage children in hands-on learning experiences that promote critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Critical Thinking, Persistence, Engineering Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Guzey, S. Selcen; Ring-Whalen, Elizabeth A. – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
Engineering has been slowly integrated into K-12 science classrooms in the United States as the result of recent science education reforms. Such changes in science teaching require that a science teacher is confident with and committed to content, practices, language, and cultures related to both science and engineering. However, from the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Science Teachers, Engineering Education, Integrated Curriculum
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gautam, Satyen; Nagarajan, Karthiga; Loh, Kai Chee; Zhou, Kang; Yung, Lanry Lin Y.; Tong, Yen Wah; Li, Zhi – Chemical Engineering Education, 2020
The paper explores the effectiveness of hands-on learning (HOL) as a student-centered model to train first year chemical engineering undergraduates. The pedagogical design of the course uses laboratory sessions, lectures, reflection sessions, projects, and assessments to achieve the course learning outcomes. The adopted assessment methodology…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bianchi, Lynne – Primary Science, 2017
Tinker Tailor Robot Pi (TTRP) is an innovative curriculum development project, which started in September 2014. It involves in-service primary and secondary teachers, university academic engineers, business partners and pupils at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 (ages 5-14). The focus of the work has been to explore how a pedagogy for primary engineering…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Partnerships in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Prasa, Anthony R., Jr.; Del Guercio, Ryan – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2016
Engineers are faced with solving important problems every day and must follow a step-by-step design process to arrive at solutions. Students who are taught an effective design process to apply to engineering projects begin to see problems as an engineer would, consider all ideas, and arrive at the best solution. Using an effective design process…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Secondary School Science, High School Students
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4