Engineering

Design and Development of Transmedia Narrative-based Curricula to Engage Children in Scientific Thinking and Engineering Design (Collaborative Research: Ellis and McGinnis-Cavanaugh)

Principal Investigator: 
Glenn Ellis
Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh
Transforming Engineering Education in Middle Schools (TEEMS) is an NGSS-aligned middle school curriculum that utilizes heroic stories to engage students in learning engineering and science concepts.
 
Our curriculum consists of multiweek units covering Principles of Engineering Design and Materials, Tools, and Manufacturing,  as well as six shorter integrated engineering/science lessons.
 
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Discipline / Topic: 
Engineering
Science
Assessment
Broadening Participation
Cognitive Science
Curriculum
Disciplinary Content Knowledge
Professional Development
Target Audience: 
Middle School

STEM Sea, Air, and Land Remotely Operated Vehicle Design Challenges for Rural, Middle School Youth

Principal Investigator: 
Guenter Maresch
STEM SEALs builds collaborative partnerships between North Florida College and local middle schools to bolster STEM pathways for students in this region. It involves the development of inexpensive, rigorous, and versatile design challenges to expose rural middle school students to high quality STEM experiences. Researchers study the feasibility and efficacy of these experiences to promote greater awareness of STEM pathways, increase readiness for STEM study; and generate student identity as STEM-able, STEM-skilled, and STEM-belonging.
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Discipline / Topic: 
Computer Science
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Curriculum
Target Audience: 
Middle School

Exploring Experienced Designers' Strategies in a CAD Learning Environment

Engineering
Science
Assessment
Educational Technology
Gaming/Virtual Environments
High
Computer-aided design (CAD) simulation environments offer opportunities for students to evaluate, redesign, and visualize engineering design solutions quickly and get feedback. However, the use of CAD simulation tools in precollege settings is relatively rare. This study explores design strategies used by experienced designers in Energy3D, a CAD simulation environment designed for learning settings, to provide insight into supporting students' use of CAD simulation environments in precollege settings.
Access Link: 
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cae.22441
Author/Presenter: 
Anne M. McAlister
James P. Bywater
Jennifer L. Chiu
Lead Organization(s): 
University of Virginia (UVA)
Year: 
2021
Short Description: 

This study explores design strategies used by experienced designers in Energy3D, a computer-aided design (CAD) simulation environment designed for learning settings, to provide insight into supporting students' use of CAD simulation environments in precollege settings.

Collaboratively Engineering for Justice in Sixth Grade STEM

Engineering
Science
Middle

In this article, it is argued that processes of co-production can support teachers and students in organizing resources for justice through science learning. Drawing upon a critical justice conceptual framework, critical ethnographic data from one urban middle school classroom during a unit focused on engineering for sustainable communities were analyzed.

Access Link: 
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/tea.21691
Author/Presenter: 
Angela Calabrese Barton
Kathleen Schenkel
Edna Tan
Lead Organization(s): 
University of Michigan (UM)
Year: 
2021
Short Description: 

In this article, it is argued that processes of co-production can support teachers and students in organizing resources for justice through science learning. Drawing upon a critical justice conceptual framework, critical ethnographic data from one urban middle school classroom during a unit focused on engineering for sustainable communities were analyzed.

“Zooming In” on Robotics during COVID-19: A Preservice Teacher, an Engineering Student, and a 5th Grader Engineer Robotic Flowers via Zoom

Engineering
Technology
Educational Technology
Elementary
Undergraduate
Graduate

The COVID-19 induced school shutdown dramatically decreased students’ hands-on STEM learning opportunities. An NSF-funded program partnering preservice teachers and undergraduate engineering students to teach robotics to fifth graders was adapted to a virtual format via Zoom. A case study intimately explored one team’s experience as they engineered bio-inspired robots over five weekly sessions. Zoom recordings, written reflections, and lesson slides were analyzed to describe how the virtual context shaped the lesson and influenced the preservice teacher’s experience.

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Author/Presenter: 
Jennifer Kidd
Krishna Kaipa
Kristie Gutierrez
Pilar Pazos
Orlando Ayala
Stacie Ringleb
Lead Organization(s): 
Old Dominion University
Year: 
2020
Short Description: 

An NSF-funded program partnering preservice teachers and undergraduate engineering students to teach robotics to fifth graders was adapted to a virtual format via Zoom. A case study intimately explored one team’s experience as they engineered bio-inspired robots over five weekly sessions.

Resource(s): 
PDF icon ___Zooming_In____on_Robotics_during_COVID_19__A_Preservice_Teacher__an_Engineering_Student__and_a_5t.pdf

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program) Full Proposal Deadline

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Event Date: 
Wed, 08/25/2021 - 5:00pm
Sponsoring Organization: 
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Associated Dates and Deadlines: 

Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505512&org=EHR&sel_org=....

Discipline / Topic: 
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Event Type: 
Funding Opportunity

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Full Proposal Deadline

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Event Date: 
Wed, 07/21/2021 - 5:00pm
Sponsoring Organization: 
National Science Foundation (NSF)

Institutional and Community Transformation Capacity-Building Proposals
Engaged Student Learning and Institutional and Community Transformation Level 1 Proposals

Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505082&org=EHR&sel_org=....

Discipline / Topic: 
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Event Type: 
Funding Opportunity

Racial Equity in STEM Education (EHR Racial Equity) Full Proposal Deadline

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Event Date: 
Tue, 07/13/2021 - 5:00pm
Sponsoring Organization: 
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Associated Dates and Deadlines: 

Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505910&org=EHR&sel_org=....

Discipline / Topic: 
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Event Type: 
Funding Opportunity

Developing Transmedia Engineering Curricula Using Cognitive Tools to Impact Learning and the Development of STEM Identity

Engineering
Science
Assessment
Broadening Participation
Classroom Practice
Cognitive Science
Curriculum
Disciplinary Content Knowledge
Equity
Evaluation
Implementation
Pedagogy
Research
Standards
Student Attitudes/Beliefs
Middle

This paper examines the use of Imaginative Education (IE) to create an NGSS-aligned middle school engineering curriculum that supports transfer and the development of STEM identity. In IE, cognitive tools—such as developmentally appropriate narratives, mysteries and fantasies—are used to design learning environments that both engage learners and help them organize knowledge productively. We have combined IE with transmedia storytelling to develop two multi-week engineering units and six shorter engineering lessons.

Access Link: 
https://peer.asee.org/34438
Author/Presenter: 
Glenn W. Ellis
Jeremiah Pina
Rebecca Mazur
Al Rudnitsky
Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh
Isabel Huff
Sonia Ellis
Crystal M. Ford
Kate Lytton
Kaia Claire Cormier
Lead Organization(s): 
Smith College
Springfield Technical Community College (STCC)
Year: 
2020
Short Description: 

This paper examines the use of Imaginative Education (IE) to create an NGSS-aligned middle school engineering curriculum that supports transfer and the development of STEM identity.

Resource(s): 
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Disciplinary Literacy in STEM: A Functional Approach

Engineering
Classroom Practice
Disciplinary Content Knowledge
Elementary

This study explores disciplinary literacy instruction integrated within an elementary engineering unit in an urban classroom. A multidisciplinary team of university literacy and engineering educators and classroom teachers served as the research team for this case study. A social semiotic language theory (systemic functional linguistics) and a framework of mechanistic reasoning informed the instruction and analysis of classroom discourse and student writing.

Access Link: 
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1086296X20986905?journalCode=jlrb
Author/Presenter: 
Patricia Paugh
Kristen Wendell
Lead Organization(s): 
University of Massachusetts, Boston (UMass Boston)
Tufts University
Year: 
2021
Short Description: 

This study explores disciplinary literacy instruction integrated within an elementary engineering unit in an urban classroom.

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