van haneghan & harlan design tasks
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The Impact of Engineering
Focused Modules on the
Engineering Design Knowledge
of 8th Graders
James P. Van Haneghan & Jessica M. Harlan
University of South Alabama
Melissa D. Dean
Mobile Area Education Foundation
This material was partially supported by NSF Award DRL- 0918769. Any opinions,
findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the
authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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Engaging Youth through Engineering
Classroom-based
integrated STEM
experiences
Implemented by math and
science teachers
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6th Grade Module
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8th Grade Module
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Engineering Design Process
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Theoretical Foundations
Bailey & Szabo, 2006
Critical analysis of the design process
Atman, et al., 2008
Depth and breadth of thinking about
complex environmental problems
Bransford & Schwartz, 1999
Transfer as preparation for future
learning
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8th Grade Task
How could this happen?
Common injury
New kind of seatbelt?
Julie’s grandmother is in a car accident and breaks
several ribs
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Depth &
breadth of
thinking
Team skills
& expertise
needed
Critique of
another’s
design
Use of
research &
data
Engineering
Habits of
Mind
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Rubric Scoring
0 1 2 3
No response or
irrelevant response
Integrates &
applies engineering
design principles
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On 3 of 4 dimensions, participating students scored
higher than comparison students
0 1 2 3
Use of research & data**
Critique of another’s design**
Team skills & expertise needed
Depth & breadth of thinking*
Comparison
Participating
*p < .02 **p < .005
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Overall, participating students performed better
on the task
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Total Score Comparison
Participating
*p = .011
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Other findings
Importance of teaming
skills
Gender and ethnicity
differences
Critiquing design
Ethnicity difference
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Conclusions
Curriculum creates
experiences that transfer
to novel situations
Notion of transfer of
learning to new tasks
seems to be of value
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Transfer of Learning
Need further development & investigation
Multi-site study
New administration methods
Examine across age & experience
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Questions?
James Van Haneghan: [email protected]
Jessica Harlan: [email protected]
Melissa Dean: [email protected]