PECASE: Implementing K-12 Engineering Standards through STEM Integration

本工程教育研究项目旨在了解将工程内容和标准融入K-12课堂的不同机制。该项目将采用混合方法设计，结合多个案例研究和数据来源，以阐明教师使用的策略以及他们在解决K-12课堂工程标准时遇到的障碍。该项目旨在通过与定制教学实验室的教师密切合作，为将工程内容融入课堂的各种方法提供理论理解。该项目更广泛的意义和重要性在于了解将STEM内容融入K-12课堂的各种方式，从而有可能拓宽进入大学STEM项目和STEM职业的渠道。随着越来越多的州将工程学纳入K-12课程的内容和标准，这项研究将阐明支持这种整合的有效手段，具有潜在的广泛影响。该项目严格关注学校的不同横截面，可能有助于使结果广泛推广。

This engineering education research project seeks to understand different mechanisms of integrating engineering content and standards into K-12 classrooms. The project will use a mixed methods design incorporating multiple case studies and data sources to elucidate the strategies teachers use and the obstacles they encounter in addressing engineering standards in the K-12 classroom. The project seeks to provide theoretical understanding of various methods of integrating engineering content into classrooms by working closely with teachers in custom-designed teaching laboratories.The broader significance and importance of this project are to understand various ways of integrating STEM content into K-12 classrooms and thus potentially broaden the pipeline into college STEM programs and STEM careers. As more states integrate engineering into K-12 content and standards, this study which will elucidate effective means to support this integration has potentially broad impact. The projects rigorous focus on a diverse cross-section of schools may help to make the results broadly generalizable.