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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Formulating a Concept Base for Secondary Level Engineering: A Review and Synthesis
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Custer, Rodney L.; Daugherty, Jenny L.; Meyer, Joseph P. – Journal of Technology Education, 2010
There is a growing awareness that an engineering presence within the K-12 curriculum provides an authentic contextual base for mathematics and science concepts. One large scale initiative focused on pre-college engineering is the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) funded through the National Science Foundations' (NSF)…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Research Design, Qualitative Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Delivering Core Engineering Concepts to Secondary Level Students
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Merrill, Chris; Custer, Rodney L.; Daugherty, Jenny; Westrick, Martin; Zeng, Yong – Journal of Technology Education, 2008
Through the efforts of National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE), three core engineering concepts within the realm of engineering design have emerged as crucial areas of need within secondary level technology education. These concepts are constraints, optimization, and predictive analysis (COPA). COPA appears to be at the…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Engineering Education, Concept Teaching, Scientific Concepts
Secondary Level Engineering Professional Development: Content, Pedagogy, and Challenges
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Daugherty, Jenny L.; Custer, Rodney L. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
The design of this study was a multiple case study conducted to examine the knowledge, pedagogical principles, and challenges involved in providing engineering-oriented professional development for teachers at the secondary school level. A set of criteria was used to identify five representative projects for analysis in the US. A variety of tools…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Focus Groups, Engineering, Case Studies
An Assessment Model for a Design Approach to Technological Problem Solving.
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Custer, Rodney L.; Valesey, Brigitte G.; Burke, Barry N. – Journal of Technology Education, 2001
Groups of high school students undertook problem-solving design activities in technology education focused either on process or content approaches. Rating of projects using rubrics identified key indicators of problem solving. The Student Individualized Performance instrument was found to be an effective assessment tool. (SK)
Descriptors: Design, Evaluation Methods, High Schools, Problem Solving
NSF Funded Projects: Perspectives of Project Leaders.
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Custer, Rodney L.; Loepp, Franzie; Martin, G. Eugene – Journal of Technology Education, 2000
A survey of 23 principal investigators of National Science Foundation-funded projects identified the chief facilitating factor to be direct contact with program officers. They had difficulties conceptualizing and envisioning their projects, finding time and confidence for writing proposals, and dealing with the complexity of the guidelines and the…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Program Administration, Program Proposals
Why They Want to Teach: Factors Influencing Students to Become Technology Education Teachers.
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Wright, Michael D.; Custer, Rodney L. – Journal of Technology Education, 1998
Because of declining enrollments, a survey of technology education majors (n=537) was undertaken to determine factors that influenced them to select technology teacher education as a major. Results suggest the importance of meeting personally with prospective students and working with secondary technology education teachers to have the maximum…
Descriptors: Enrollment Influences, Higher Education, Student Motivation, Student Recruitment