Research and Teaching: Introducing Engineering Design to a Science Teaching Methods Course Through Educational Robotics and Exploring Changes in Views of Preservice Elementary Teachers

by: Erdogan Kaya, Ezgi Yesilyurt, Hasan Deniz, Anna Newley, and Patrick Newley

Preservice elementary teachers need to know how to integrate the engineering design process into their science teaching. In this article, the authors describe how they used the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Kit as part of a NGSS-aligned engineering unit in an elementary science teaching methods course to introduce the engineering design process to preservice elementary teachers.

Details

Type Journal ArticlePub Date 11/1/2017Stock # jcst17_047_02_66Volume 047Issue 02

NSTA Press produces classroom-ready activities, hands-on approaches to inquiry, relevant professional development, the latest scientific education news and research, assessment and standards-based instruction.

Learn More