Uncovering Student Ideas about Engineering and Technology : 32 New Formative Assessment Probes.

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Section 1 - What Is Technology? -- 1 - Surrounded by Technologies -- 2 - Is It a Technology? -- 3 - What's the Purpose of Technology? -- 4 - How Do Technologies Change? -- 5 - Block Diagrams -- 6 - Technology, System, or Both? -- 7 - Systems Within Systems -- Section 2 - What Is Engineering? -- 8 - Who Engineers? -- 9 - Who Can Become an Engineer? -- 10 - Team Players? -- 11 - Working Together to Save Lives -- 12 - How Are Science and Engineering Similar? -- 13 - Is Engineering Creative? -- 14 - Reasons for Success -- 15 - Is Engineering Experimental? -- 16 - Is It Rocket Science? -- Section 3 - Defining Problems -- 17 - An Engineering Design Process -- 18 - How Do Engineers Solve Problems? -- 19 - What's the Problem? -- 20 - Who Needs It? -- 21 - Is It an Engineering Problem? -- 22 - Criteria and Constraints -- 23 - Pizza Problem -- Section 4 - Designing and Testing Solutions -- 24 - Brainstorming -- 25 - Engineering and Nature -- 26 - Is It Affordable? -- 27 - What Is a Product's Life Cycle? -- 28 - Engineers' Models -- 29 - Picking the Best Solution -- 30 - Designing With Math and Science -- 31 - Testing for Success -- 32 - Making It Better -- Index -- Back Cover.

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