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Showing 1 to 20 of 146 for “"Technology and Engineering"”.
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Analysis of Technology and Engineering Education Assessments
Technology and Engineering Education has deep roots in Project Based Learning, with its beginning in the Industrial Arts, and tracing its ancestry to craft apprenticeships. This constructivist philosophy supports the idea that the creation of an artifact lends itself to higher order cognitive …
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Technology and engineering of liquid lithium for fusion applications
Many outstanding issues in tokamak fusion arise from the interaction of the fusion plasma with the first wall of the device, particularly in the divertor of the tokamak. Edge cooling, impurity generation, and first wall erosion among others all have root causes that lie in particle and energy …
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The Nature and Perceptions of Critical Reflective Writing within Hands-On Technology and Engineering Design-Based Learning
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has influenced educators to adapt design thinking (DT) for technology and engineering design-based learning (T/E DBL) because they believe design-based problems introduce authentic, open-ended challenges valuable for developing hands-on …
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Examining the Extent to Which Select Teacher Preparation Experiences Inform Technology and Engineering Educators’ Teaching of Science Content and Practices
… recent release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) (NGSS Lead States, 2014b) science educators were expected to teach engineering content and practices within their curricula. However, technology and engineering (T&E) educators have been expected to teach content and practices from …
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An investigation into student and teacher perceptions of, and attitudes towards, the use of information communications technologies to support digital forms of summative performance assessment in the applied information technology and engineering studies courses in Western Australia
… investigated the connections between teachers’ and students’ perceptions of, and attitudes towards, the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to support assessment in senior secondary courses in Western Australia, and the feasibility of such support in various forms. This …
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Examining the Relationship between Technology & Engineering Instruction and Technology & Engineering Literacy in K-8 Education
… study was to examine the relationship between technology and engineering instruction and technology and engineering literacy in grades K-8. The factors identified and used for the purpose of this study were gender, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and important modes of technology and …
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Engineering as Technology of Technology and the Subjugated Practice
Two sets of concerns have motivated and sustained the research in my dissertation. First, modern ideas of technology and engineering have been over-represented by their dominant forms: that technology is all about progress and the more advanced "high" technology and that engineering chiefly …
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Examining the Impact of Participation in a Collaborative Professional Learning Community with a Focus on Stem Engineering Education
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning have increasingly become a part of educational practice and pedagogy. Educators, business leaders, and policy-makers seek to get involved with funding and making decisions for STEM initiatives. Stakeholders include those …
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Perceptions of Technology/Engineering Education Influence on Integrated STEM Teaching and Learning
The dynamics of successfully integrating science, technology/engineering and math content, practice, and delivery in K-12 education is still evolving. "A number of questions remain about the best methods by which to effectively teach engineering at the K-12 level and how they play into the …
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The effects of a model-eliciting activity on high school student design performance
… to become more effective designers. High school technology and engineering students engage in engineering design challenges as part of traditional instructional practices. Model-eliciting activities (MEA) present students with opportunities to elicit mathematically thinking that facilitates …
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Three-Dimensional Digital Recording and Modelling Methodologies for Documentation and Reconstruction of the Newport Medieval Ship
… three-dimensional digital documentation methods and modelling approaches used during the excavation and post-excavation research phases of the Newport Medieval Ship Project. The primary case study is the Newport Medieval Ship, a large clinker-built merchant vessel discovered in 2002 in Newport, …
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Peluchi : product development of a programmable robotic toy to stimulate interest in the fields of science and technology amongst young girls
Statistically speaking, science, technology, and engineering are male dominated fields. Peluchi is a second-generation prototype of a programmable robotic toy targeted towards young girls in hope of promoting more interest in these areas. Peluchi is an educational toy designed to both appeal to …
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Reasoning by Analogy in a Multi-Level System Architecture for the Design of Mechanisms
<p>Since the first attempts to integrate AI technology and engineering design nearly two decades ago, few expert systems have been shown to demonstrate sufficient reasoning capabilities to solve real-world design problems. The complex nature of design, the lack of understanding of the design …
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A Pilot Study Examining the Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Problem Solving Therapy in College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
… There is a growing need for the identification and development of efficacious interventions and supports for these young adults. The present study sought to address this need by adapting and piloting a group-based cognitive-behavioral intervention program, Problem-Solving Skills: 101 (PSS:101), …
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Η Τεχνολογία στην Πρωτοβάθμια Εκπαίδευση: Ανάλυση και Σύγκριση των Ελληνικών Εκπαιδευτικών Προσεγγίσεων με τα Διεθνή Πρότυπα NGSS και ITEEA
… την τεχνολογία με τα Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) των ΗΠΑ και το International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA), όσον αφορά τη διδασκαλία της Τεχνολογίας στις τάξεις του Δημοτικού σχολείου. Στόχος της είναι να εντοπίσει τα κοινά σημεία και τις διαφορές μεταξύ …
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Promoting Preservice Elementary Teacher Acquisition of Science and Mathematics Concept Knowledge: Potential of Technological/Engineering Design Based Learning
… research suggests that teachers connect science and mathematics concepts to practical explanations and, when given examples where such concepts can be seen, explanations and applications of the theory are more accurate. Technology and Engineering Design Based Learning (T/E DBL) is uniquely suited …
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