Formulating a Concept Base for Secondary Level Engineering: A Review and Synthesis
Formulating a Concept Base for Secondary Level Engineering: A Review and Synthesis
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制定二级工程的概念基础:回顾与综合
DOI:
10.21061/jte.v22i1.a.1
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发表时间:
2009
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通讯作者:
Joseph P. Meyer
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作者:
R. Custer;J. Daugherty;Joseph P. Meyer
Introduction In recent years, there has been growing interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education across the K-12 spectrum (e.g., Borgman, Abelson, Dirks, Johnson, Koedinger, Linn, Lynch, Oblinger, Pea, Salen, Smith, & Szalay, 2008; National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, 2000; National Mathematics Advisory Panel, 2008; National Research Council, 2006). In part, this interest has been triggered by a “growing concern that the United States is not preparing a sufficient number of students, teachers, and practitioners in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics” (Kuenzi, 2008). While much of the focus on STEM has concentrated on science and mathematics, engineering and technology are emerging as disciplines in their own right at the K-12 level (Coppola & Malyn-Smith, 2006). A significant part of this emphasis on engineering and technology can be attributed to a concern that insufficient numbers of students are being attracted into and prepared for post-secondary engineering education (Brophy, Klein, Portsmore, & Rogers, 2008). There is also a growing awareness that an engineering presence within the K-12 curriculum provides an authentic contextual base for mathematics and science concepts (Daugherty, Reese, & Merrill, in press; Lewis, 2005; Wicklein, 2006). One large scale initiative focused on pre-college engineering is the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) funded through the National Science Foundations’ (NSF) Centers for Learning and Teaching program (Hailey, Erekson, Becker, & Thomas, 2005). One key problem that emerged from a multiple case study project of engineering teacher professional development funded by NCETE was the lack of a well-defined conceptual base for K-12 engineering (Daugherty, 2009). The development of meaningful learning, teaching, and assessment is problematic in the absence of a clear understanding of the conceptual base of the subject matter—in this case K-12 engineering (Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, 2000). Given the current ambiguity
DOI:
10.1348/000709908x398106
发表时间:
2009
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The British journal of educational psychology
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作者:
Rittle-Johnson,Bethany;Koedinger,Kenneth
通讯作者:
Koedinger,Kenneth