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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ understanding of the word technology. The probe is designed to find out if students are ...

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An Engineering Design Process

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an engineering design process. The probe is designed to show how students th...

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Is It a Technology?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about what is and what is not technology. The probe is designed to find out if stu...

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How Do Engineers Solve Problems?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how engineers use an engineering design process to solve problems. The probe...

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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 probl...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Middle School Elementary High School Engineering STEM