Engineering Contexts and Concepts for Developing and Promoting Students' Higher Level Learning

普渡大学工程与教育学院的教师与初中和高中(6-12年级)教师之间的合作，旨在利用工程背景和概念开发教学环境(任务和教学方法)，以促进本科生和初中生的更高水平的学习(如解决问题、推理、创建模型和执行批判性分析的能力)。其目标是加强和扩大工程、教育和K-12学校之间现有的非正式合作，以开发一个连贯、专注和综合的研究和开发计划，目的是改善本科工程学的教学，并利用工程背景和概念来加强6-12教育中的数学和科学教育。该项目将包括：o为一个新的连贯和综合的教育方案做好准备；为工科本科生开发典型的利用工程背景和概念启发模型的活动；为本科工程专业的学生发展创新的教学环境--为中学生和高中生开展利用工程背景和概念的原型启发活动的小组和课堂讨论；以及实现一个新的连贯和集成的教育方案的框架。

This Bridges for Engineering Education planning grant project consists of collaboration between the faculty in the Schools of Engineering and Education at Purdue University along with middle and high school (6-12 grade level) teachers with the goal of using engineering contexts and concepts to develop instructional settings (tasks and pedagogy) to promote higher level learning (e.g., abilities to problem solve, reason, create models, and perform critical analysis) for undergraduate students and middle and high school students. The goal is to strengthen and extend existing informal collaborations between Engineering, Education, and K-12 schools to develop a coherent, focused, and integrated research and development program for the purpose of improving the teaching of undergraduate engineering and to use engineering contexts and concepts to enhance mathematics and science education in 6-12 education. This project will involve: o Setting the stage for a novel coherent and integrated education program o Development of prototypical model-eliciting activities using engineering contexts and concepts for undergraduate engineering students o Development of innovative pedagogical environments for undergraduate engineering students - small group and class discussions o Development of prototypical model-eliciting activities using engineering contexts and concepts for middle and high school students o Realization of a framework for a novel coherent and integrated education program .