TY - GEN
T1 - Engineering the human heart in the sixth grade classroom
AU - Foster, Christina
AU - Ganesh, Tirupalavanam
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - A Framework for K-12 Science Education has been released that provides further support of K-12 engineering education by framing requirements for K-12 engineering standards for the science classroom. This study uses the engineering themes from the framework to evaluate how an engineering learning experience affects student achievement in science and engineering in the context of a science classroom. An engineering design challenge, Engineering an Artificial Heart, was developed for a pre-existing science instructional lesson, the human heart, for its use in a 6th grade science classroom with 32 students. Students' achievement of learning objectives for science and engineering concepts were measured using content assessments, student artifacts, and semi-structured interviews. Preliminary analysis shows positive learning gains for science learning objectives and evidence of performance for the engineering learning objectives.
AB - A Framework for K-12 Science Education has been released that provides further support of K-12 engineering education by framing requirements for K-12 engineering standards for the science classroom. This study uses the engineering themes from the framework to evaluate how an engineering learning experience affects student achievement in science and engineering in the context of a science classroom. An engineering design challenge, Engineering an Artificial Heart, was developed for a pre-existing science instructional lesson, the human heart, for its use in a 6th grade science classroom with 32 students. Students' achievement of learning objectives for science and engineering concepts were measured using content assessments, student artifacts, and semi-structured interviews. Preliminary analysis shows positive learning gains for science learning objectives and evidence of performance for the engineering learning objectives.
KW - K-12 engineering
KW - Learning through design
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2013.6685040
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2013.6685040
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893306222
SN - 9781467352611
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
SP - 1293
EP - 1295
BT - 2013 Frontiers in Education Conference
T2 - 43rd IEEE Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2013
Y2 - 23 October 2013 through 26 October 2013
ER -