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What’s the Purpose of Technology?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the purpose of technology. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that technologies are developed to meet human needs and preserve the environment. ...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about engineers. The probe is designed to reveal how students think about who is an engineer and the kind of work engineers do. ...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about who can become an engineer. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that anyone can become an engineer as long as they study science and math, have a willing...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit student’ ideas about engineers and teamwork. The probe is designed to see if students recognize that different types of engineers and other professionals must work as members of a team to accomplish...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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Working Together to Save Lives
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the role of different professions in contributing to the solution of a problem that benefits society, such as the development of a lifesaving device. The probe is designed to d...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about creativity in engineering. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students think that creativity is an important part of engineering. ...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the use of evidence and reasoning to support a claim. The probe is designed to see if students apply systematic methods of reasoning from evidence and controlled experimentatio...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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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 expe...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel