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Teacher Level Factors and Student Achievement in a Cyber-Enabled Engineering Education Professional Development Program
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Zakharov, Wei; Strobel, Johannes; Diefes-Dux, Heidi A. – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2020
This study investigates the impact of an elementary engineering education teacher professional development program on student learning. The results show a significant increase in students' knowledge in science from pre- to post-test as well as in engineering design from grade two to grade four. Further, the study uses multilevel modeling to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Engineering Education, Faculty Development, Social Capital
Introducing Engineering in Elementary Education: A 5-Year Study of Teachers and Students
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Diefes-Dux, Heidi A. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Engineering, when integrated into K-12 education, may offer a number of potential student learning and future success benefits. In a 5-year study, four cohorts of elementary teachers of grades 2 to 4 in a single US school district were provided with teacher professional development with engineering education. Teachers were prepared to teach…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies, School Districts