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Guidelines for Pedagogic Experiments
First Draft: April 23, 2014
Final Revision: November 25, 2014
Final Revision: November 25, 2014
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Pedagogic Pilot Studies
The proposed K12 engineering pilot studies: This
pedagogic pilot studies is aimed at answering the questions of “To what degree
could high school students master selected pre-calculus engineering topics
which up to this point, are taught only to college engineering students?” In this part of the SCHOLAR STEAM K12 Plus
Project, high school age-possible engineering topics from college engineering
textbooks and associated materials would be tried in K12 classrooms. This part of the SCHOLAR STEAM K12 Plus
Project could last 3 to 4 years. Teams of two engineering instructors could conduct, observe and analyze
pedagogic experiment to test the age-appropriateness of carefully selected sets
of engineering topics with K12 students. Under supervision from experienced college
engineering and technology professors, graduate students working on Master of
Science Program in Engineering from local four-year universities could be
recruited, trained in K-12 engineering and technology pedagogy, and serve as Teaching Assistants. Topics from the proposed courses listed under the Research Outcomes section of this website could be
used to teach age-possible engineering knowledge content to a randomly selected
group of high school students enrolled in engineering and technology career
pathways, from Greater Los Angeles Area. As much as possible, student population would
be selected from diverse academic, economic and ethnic backgrounds (preferably
from schools with substantial percentage of economically and academically
disadvantaged and under-privileged groups, such as students from low-income
White working families, Native-, Latino-, African-, and Asian-American
families), with a substantial number of female students. The pilot testing could be conducted first as
summer camp learning activities before it moves into former K12
classrooms. The high school age-possible
engineering knowledge could possibly include (1) pre-calculus level engineering analytic
principles and computational skills, and (2) high school age-possible models
of engineering design process, such as “creative, conceptual and light
analytical,” “engineering and technology experiment,” “analytic reduction” for
“well-structured design problems,” and “system thinking” for “ill-structured”
and “capstone” projects.
The potential impact of the K12 engineering pilot studies: Outcomes from the pedagogic pilot studies of the proposed SCHOLAR STEAM K12 Plus Project could help locating areas in need of improvement in both pedagogy and the development of digital instructional materials in the proposed K12EngineeringDeal.com website.
The potential impact of the K12 engineering pilot studies: Outcomes from the pedagogic pilot studies of the proposed SCHOLAR STEAM K12 Plus Project could help locating areas in need of improvement in both pedagogy and the development of digital instructional materials in the proposed K12EngineeringDeal.com website.
Cross-Institutional Comparative Studies on Engineering Analytic and Predictive Knowledge content
Research participants: Pre-calculus Level
Engineering Examination for the proposed courses listed under the Research Outcomes section of this website, with format and degree
of difficulty similar to those found in the Engineers-in-Training Examination
and Fundamentals of Engineering Examination, would be designed and conducted
with the following two groups of students, under similarly controlled
conditions to test and compare their mastery of the essentials of relevant
engineering analytic and predictive skills: (1) the same randomly selected
group of high school students enrolled in engineering and technology career
pathways, from Greater Los Angeles Area; and (2) randomly selected group of engineering
students from local colleges and universities.
Research method: The comparative analysis of the outcomes of the pedagogic pilot studies, from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives, could help to reach a more or less systematic understanding of the ability of K12 students to master the essentials of the pre-calculus portions of engineering analytic and predictive skills from the proposed courses listed under the Research Outcomes section of this website, which is up to this point reserved for college engineering students, and provide useful first-hand data for the improvement of K-12 engineering pedagogy, for the purpose of addressing the challenging question of “How can all students be assured the opportunity to learn significant STEM content,” in the area of high school age-possible engineering analytic and predictive skills.
Research method: The comparative analysis of the outcomes of the pedagogic pilot studies, from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives, could help to reach a more or less systematic understanding of the ability of K12 students to master the essentials of the pre-calculus portions of engineering analytic and predictive skills from the proposed courses listed under the Research Outcomes section of this website, which is up to this point reserved for college engineering students, and provide useful first-hand data for the improvement of K-12 engineering pedagogy, for the purpose of addressing the challenging question of “How can all students be assured the opportunity to learn significant STEM content,” in the area of high school age-possible engineering analytic and predictive skills.
Cross-Institutional Comparative Studies on
Engineering Design Abilities
Cross-Institutional Engineering Design Competition:
The same groups of students could
participate in an engineering design competition, under similarly controlled
conditions (including design requirements, materials used, evaluation criteria,
etc.), using similar sets of pre-calculus level engineering knowledge content
from the same proposed courses listed under the Research Outcomes section of
this website, and designing simple products for everyday usage, using the same
“system thinking,” ill-structured, multi-disciplinary model of engineering
design process. The competition could be
judged by the same group of jurors to be randomly selected from engineering
professors and practicing engineers from the Greater Los Angeles Area. The outcomes of the competition could help to address the challenging question of "How can high school students apply engineering analytic and predictive knowledge content in real-world like product design?"
Research method: The comparative analysis of this competition, from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives, could help to reach a more holistic understanding of the ability of high school students to apply the pre-calculus portions of engineering knowledge content from the proposed courses listed under the Research Outcomes section of this website in the design of real world like products (in comparison with the ability of college students), and provide useful first-hand data for the improvement of K12 engineering pedagogy, in the area of generic engineering design process.
Research method: The comparative analysis of this competition, from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives, could help to reach a more holistic understanding of the ability of high school students to apply the pre-calculus portions of engineering knowledge content from the proposed courses listed under the Research Outcomes section of this website in the design of real world like products (in comparison with the ability of college students), and provide useful first-hand data for the improvement of K12 engineering pedagogy, in the area of generic engineering design process.
Freedom and opportunities! You will have the right to a high quality K12 science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education!
¡Libertad y oportunitades! ¡Usted va a tener el derecho a una K12 educación de alta calidad en ciencia, tecnología, ingenería, artes y matematica (CTIAM)!
自由和机会!你们将拥有接受高质量的、贯穿幼儿园到中小学阶段的科学、技术、工程、艺术和数学教育的权利!
¡Libertad y oportunitades! ¡Usted va a tener el derecho a una K12 educación de alta calidad en ciencia, tecnología, ingenería, artes y matematica (CTIAM)!
自由和机会!你们将拥有接受高质量的、贯穿幼儿园到中小学阶段的科学、技术、工程、艺术和数学教育的权利!