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- Title
Minding Design Missteps.
- Authors
Crismond, David; Gellert, Laura; Cain, Ryan; Wright, Shequana
- Abstract
The article discusses engineering design in the U.S. elementary school classroom and misconceptions that teachers unfamiliar with engineering design may have and should avoid. Topics discussed include the inclusion of engineering design in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), suggested teaching strategies designed to correct misconceptions, and the difference between problem understanding and problem framing.
- Subjects
ENGINEERING design education in elementary schools; ENGINEERING education in elementary schools; ELEMENTARY school teachers; NEXT Generation Science Standards (Education); TEACHING methods
- Publication
Science & Children, 2013, Vol 51, Issue 2, p80
- ISSN
0036-8148
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2505/4/sc13_051_02_80