OUR RESEARCH

Research Results

NCETE partners present research findings at conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals. Listings of published research results can be found on the Publications web page and the Presentations web page.

Twelve doctoral fellows have completed their dissertation studies. Their studies can be found on the Dissertations webpage.

NCETE invited individuals to provide brief statements of their viewpoints on the selection of engineering design challenges for high school STEM courses. Responses to this invitation include these reports:

• Engineering Design Challenges in High School STEM Courses: A Compilation of Invited Position Papers (edited by Daniel L. Householder)

• Design Problems for Secondary Students (David H. Jonassen)

• Infusing Engineering Design into High School STEM Courses (Morgan Hynes, Merredith Portsmore, Emily Dare, Elissa Milto, Chris Rogers, David Hammer and Adam Carberry)

• Integrating Engineering Design Challenges into Secondary STEM Education (Ronald L. Carr and Johannes Strobel)

• Design Principles for High School Engineering Design Challenges: Experiences from High School Science Classroom (Christian Schunn)

• Engineering Design Challenges in a Science Curriculum (Arthur Eisenkraft)

• A Possible Pathway for High School Science in a STEM World (Cary Sneider)

NCETE invited a graduated NCETE fellow to develop a synthesis of the six position papers described above:

• Building a Framework for Engineering Design Experiences in STEM: A Synthesis (Cameron Denson)

NCETE funds studies to explore various aspects of curriculum, teaching practices, and professional development for infusing engineering into high school settings. The studies are completed by teams of NCETE faculty and students.  Nineteen Center studies have been completed and are found on the Reports of Studies Supported by NCETE webpage.

NCETE Sponsored Conference

NCETE organized and held a doctoral student conference at the University of Minnesota on May 22, 2008. The theme of the student conference was “Research in Engineering and Technology Education.” NCETE Fellows as well as doctoral students and their faculty advisors from Tufts, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Colorado State, and Purdue were invited and presented papers. A link to the conference proceedings is posted below.

Proceedings of the Conference on Graduate Student Research in
Engineering & Technology Education