NDLI: An engineering and education interdisciplinary learning experience

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Martinez, D. Smith, K.H.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Math, Phys., & Eng., Tarleton State Univ., Tarleton Station, TX, USA (Martinez, D.)
Abstract	In order to remain competitive as a nation and increase our technology capable workforce, it is important to motivate children at a young age towards science, mathematics, and engineering. One of the best ways to do this is through their teachers. However there is typically a large gap between engineering students and elementary education students. In order to maximize the impact teachers may have on children, this gap must be closed. In the fall of 2002, an interdisciplinary project was conducted between freshmen engineering students and senior EC-4 (Early Childhood through 4th grade) pre-service teachers at Tarleton State University. The main objective was for the engineering students to explain and demonstrate fundamental physics concepts to the education students, who then disseminated the activities to kindergarten teachers for use in their classrooms. For the engineering students, it was a chance to solidify their knowledge of fundamentals by having them explain concepts in general terms and relate them to common phenomena. It was also an exercise in effective communication with a non-technical audience. For the education students, it was exposure physics concepts which could be directly incorporated into fun, motivating, elementary school activities.
Sponsorship	IEEE Educ. Soc. IEEE Comput. Soc. American Soc. for Eng. Educ. (Educ. Res. and Method Div.)
File Size	308650
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780379616
ISSN	01905848
DOI	10.1109/FIE.2003.1264659
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-11-05
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Engineering students Mathematics Physics education Educational institutions Communication effectiveness Collaboration Technological innovation Knowledge engineering Machine learning Displays
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computer Science Applications Software

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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