Collaborative Research: Multimedia Engineering Notebook Tools to Support Engineering Discourse in Urban Elementary School Classrooms

这个协作，探索，学习链项目的重点是提高小学生在工程设计过程中的规划和重新设计活动的反思决策。 五位教师研究者在三所小学提供了本研究的课堂实验室。 指定单位从工程学是小学，一个精心研究的课程，提供工程学的内容。 在第一年，质性研究观察学生的话语作为学生发展的设计。 根据研究结果，设计了一种带有提示的纸质工程笔记本，供第二年使用，同时开发了数字笔记本。 在第三年，学生使用数字笔记本电脑来开发他们的设计和重新设计。 研究确定了有助于反思话语的语言模式，并确定了笔记本的纸质和电子版本如何改善话语。 一个咨询委员会提供咨询和评估。 会议记录中介绍了这些笔记本，并可在网上查阅。这项工作综合了在小学科学和工程教育中使用笔记本电脑的已知情况，并研究了如何通过数字媒体改善其使用。

This collaborative, exploratory, learning strand project focuses on improving reflective decision-making among elementary school students during the planning and re-design activities of the engineering design process. Five teacher researchers in three elementary schools provide the classroom laboratories for the study. Specified units from Engineering is Elementary, a well-studied curriculum, provide the engineering content. In year one, the qualitative research observes student discourse as students develop designs. Based on the results, a paper engineering note book with prompts is designed for use in year two while a digital notebook is developed. In year three, the students use the digital notebook to develop their designs and redesigns. The research identifies patterns of language that contribute to the reflective discourse and determines how the paper and electronic versions of the notebook improve the discourse. An advisory committee provides advice and evaluation. The notebooks are described in conference proceedings and made available online. This work synthesizes what is known about the use of the notebooks in science and engineering education at the elementary school and investigates how to improve their use through digital media.