Robots, plants, and the ten-year-old consultant: teaming K-12 and undergraduate students in community-based projects to encourage stem

Author

Crowley, Leslie ; Dolle, J. ; Finnegan, Ann ; Litchfield, J. Bruce

Author_Institution

Coll. of Eng., Illinois Univ., Champaign, IL, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2003

Abstract

This pilot program teams undergraduates with K-12 students in service-learning projects. We hope to increase the supply chain of engineering students in general, with a particular goal of increased enrollment of underrepresented populations. By engaging K-12 students in large, real-world "hands-on/minds-on" problems in teams with undergraduate engineering students, it is hypothesized that these younger students will develop both cognitively (as they learn new information, create solutions, and analyze data and alternatives) and affectively (by increasing their excitement and interest in STEM). For more information, see http://ae3. cert, uiuc. edu/epicsk12.

Keywords

engineering education; supply chains; team working; STEM supply chain; community-based projects; engineering students; pilot program teams; project-based learning; service-learning projects; team-based learning; undergraduate students; Data analysis; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Educational robots; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Information analysis; Problem-solving; Supply chains; Teamwork;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2003. FIE 2003 33rd Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7961-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2003.1265902

Filename

1265902