JoinSTEM20: Virtual Event
NSTA Press Session: Uncovering Elementary Students’ Ideas About Engineering and Technology
By Page Keeley (The Keeley Group: Fort Myers, FL), Cary Sneider (Portland State University: Portland, OR), Mihir Ravel (Olin College of Engineering: Needham, MA)
Engineering-STEM-Elementary
Learn how to use purposefully designed, engaging questions to elicit and address students’ commonly held ideas about core concepts and practices related to engineering and technology.
Takeaways
- Learn how formative assessment probes reveal students' ideas about engineering and technology, including common misconceptions and stereotypes about engineers.
- Learn how to embed the engineering and technology probes into instruction.
- Learn how the engineering and technology probes support disciplinary core ideas and practices.
