NDLI: Development of K-12 Teaching Modules by Undergraduate Researchers Amidst Their Own Professional Growth as Research Participants

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Kumpaty, Subha
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The author has been successful with Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site for the past 15 years attracting funding from the National Science Foundation for the intense 10-week summer research program for undergraduate students in the field of additive manufacturing and its variety of applications in many disciplines. In the current site, a novel undertaking was initiated by asking REU participants, who are junior and senior year undergraduate standing at the time of participation, to come up with ways they can communicate their research to K-12 students and provide teachers a tool for teaching some concepts in the area of their research. Seven modules have been developed by the seven participants and the modules have been found to be very attractive to the teachers in K-12. The paper presents the inner workings of the undergraduate participants getting out of their comfort zones from research to pedagogy about their own work, especially when we need such role models for our children in K-12. It is also exciting to see teachers willing to take REU participants’ finished modules for potential use in their classrooms.
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780791856277
DOI	10.1115/IMECE2013-63314
Volume Number	Volume 5: Education and Globalization
Conference Proceedings	ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Language	English
Publisher Date	2013-11-15
Publisher Place	San Diego, California, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Engineering teachers Career development Undergraduate students Additive manufacturing Engineering disciplines Teaching K-12 students
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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