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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ initial response to an ill-defined problematic situation. The probe is designed to revea...
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 needs to be consulted when solving a problem (the client). The probe is ...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how to approach a problem. The probe is designed to gain insight into how st...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about researching a problem. The probe is designed to determine the extent to whic...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about brainstorming. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which studen...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how engineers use designs from nature. The probe is designed to see if stude...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about trade-offs. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize tha...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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What Is a Product’s Life Cycle?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the life cycle of a product. The probe is designed to see how students apply...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about different types of models commonly developed by engineers. The probe is desi...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to provide practice in using a decision matrix. The probe is designed to see if students are able to interpret...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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Designing With Math and Science
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how science and math are both used in engineering. The probe is designed to ...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ initial ideas and attitudes about the procedure that should be followed when testing mod...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about different ways to optimize a design that has been successful in the past, bu...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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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 ...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel
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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...
By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel