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

“工程教育之桥”计划资助项目由普渡大学工程和教育学院的教师以及初中和高中（6-12年级）教师之间的合作组成，目的是利用工程背景和概念来开发教学环境（任务和教学法），以促进更高水平的学习（例如，解决问题、推理、创建模型、学习和学习的能力）。并对本科生和初高中学生进行批判性分析。目标是加强和扩展工程、教育和K-12学校之间现有的非正式合作，以制定一个连贯的、重点突出的、综合的研究和发展计划，以改善本科工程教学，并利用工程背景和概念加强6-12教育中的数学和科学教育。该项目将涉及：o为一个新颖连贯和综合的教育计划奠定基础o为工程本科学生开发使用工程背景和概念的原型模型引出活动o为工程本科学生开发创新的教学环境-小组和课堂讨论o为初中和高中学生开发使用工程背景和概念的原型模型引出活动o实现一个新的连贯的和综合的教育计划的框架。

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 .