A Metacognitive Approach to the Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices

Journal Article | July 2019

Modifying and executing practice trackers in the classroom using metacognitive exercises

Career of the Month: Interview with Mechanical Engineer Bill Chambers

Journal Article | July 2019

Based on interviews with professionals using science in the workplace.

Engineering Encounters: Engineer It, Learn It: Science and Engineering Practices in Action

Journal Article | October 2013

Step into an elementary classroom to see what Next Generation Science Standards practices look like.

Engineering Encounters: Teaching Educators About Engineering

Journal Article | August 2017

This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue describes preservice elementary teachers learning engineering principles from engineers.

Engineering Encounters: Identifying an Engineering Design Problem

Journal Article | December 2017

This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. Engineering a pancake recipe gives fifth graders a taste of chemistry in everyday life.

Partnering to Develop a Coordinated Engineering Education Program Across Schools, Museum Field Trips, and Afterschool Programs

Journal Article | January 2020

Engineering Explorations are curriculum modules that engage children across contexts in learning about science and engineering. We used them to leverage multiple education sectors (K–12 schools, museums, higher…

Engineering Essential Attributes of Cooperative Learning and Quality Discourse in a Large Enrollment Course by Leveraging Clicker Devices

Journal Article | April 2020

This article describes how clickers (student response systems) may be used to assess and support the development of productive process skills and discourse patterns within student teams during class periods. Clicker…

Thinking Engineering

Journal Article | December 2003

Two university educators and a sixth-grade teacher collaborated to create and implement a five-day engineering unit that incorporated both mathematics and science concepts and hands-on learning. In this series of…