Is Engineering Experimental?

by: Page Keeley, Cary Sneider, and Mihir Ravel

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about using experimentation to solve a problem. The probe is designed to see if students recognize that (1) solving a problem in baking is considered engineering and (2) planned experimentation is something that is critical to engineering as well as science. The probe also provides a scenario to elicit students’ ideas on how one might do an experiment in an everyday situation.

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Type Digital Formative Assessment ProbePub Date February 11, 2021Stock # PB455X_Probe_15

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