Examination of Assessment Practices for Engineering Design Projects in Secondary Education (Part 1)

Authors

Todd R. Kelley, Purdue University
Robert C. Wicklein, University of Georgia

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Industrial Teacher Education

Volume

46

Issue

1

Publisher

National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators

Publication Date

2009

First Page

6

Last Page

31

Abstract

The following descriptive study was designed to determine the national status of secondary technology education curriculum content and assessment practices as they relate to engineering design. The results of this study were divided into a three-part article series. Although this study focused on the larger construct of the national status of the infusion of engineering design into technology education, three separate sub-constructs emerged. The three sub-constructs were: a) status of engineering design curriculum content; b) the status of assessment practices of engineering design projects, and c) what selected challenges are identified by secondary technology educators in teaching engineering design.

Comments

Originally published by the National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators (NAITTE). HTML fulltext can be accessed through the Journal of Industrial Teacher Education.