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Direct linkAssenmacher, Matthew Benedict – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This quasi-experimental study investigated the application of visual literacy skills in the form of parametric modeling software in relation to traditional forms of sketching. The study included two groups of high school technical design students. The control and experimental groups involved in the study consisted of two randomly selected groups…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Models, Quasiexperimental Design, Problem Based Learning
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Download full textMentzer, Nathan; Becker, Kurt – Journal of Technology Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine if a student's academic success, measured by grade point average (GPA) in mathematics, science, and communication courses, is correlated with student change in achievement during an engineering design challenge. Engineering design challenges have been implemented and researched in K-16 environments where…
Descriptors: Design, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
Ernst, Jeremy V.; Clark, Aaron C. – Technology Teacher, 2007
In this article, the authors discusses Visualization in Technology Education (VisTE). VisTE units are designed to enhance students' knowledge in science, develop good visual and presentation skills, understand emerging technologies, and most of all help with the integration of standards that promote technological literacy. Technological changes…
Descriptors: Visualization, Units of Study, Teaching Methods, Technological Literacy
Kelley, Todd R. – Journal of Technology Education, 2008
Since the publication of the Standards for Technological Literacy in 2000 (ITEA), there have been a number of new programs developed that are designed to teach pre-engineering. Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is one such program. Project Lead the Way boasts serving over 1250 schools in 44 states and teaching over 160,000 students. Another program is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Technological Literacy, Technology Education, Problem Solving
Kelley, Todd; Brenner, Daniel C.; Pieper, Jon T. – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2010
A comparative study was conducted to compare two approaches to engineering design curriculum between different schools (inter-school) and between two curricular approaches, "Project Lead the Way" (PLTW) and "Engineering Projects in Community Service" (EPIC High) (inter-curricular). The researchers collected curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Protocol Analysis, Surveys, Engineering
Kelley, Todd R.; Hill, Roger B. – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to better understand cognitive strategies used by high school technology education students who have participated in technology education instruction with an engineering design focus. Specifically, this study evaluated the cognitive strategies of students participating in "Project Lead the Way" curriculum…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Educational Technology, Engineering
