TY  - CONF
T1  - The Relevance of K-12 Engineering Curricula to NGSS: an Analysis of TeachEngineering-NGSS Alignments
T2  - ASEE 2015 Annual Conference
Y1  - 2015
A1  - Reitsma,Reindert
A1  - Samson,Carleigh
A1  - Soltys,Mike
A1  - Sullivan,Jacquelyn
KW  - BIS
AB  - The 2013 publication of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) provided the first widely adopted set of science standards to include engineering design throughout all K-12 grades. In doing so, NGSS raised the relevance of the K-12 engineering education sector on a national scale. The TeachEngineering digital library, representative of the K-12 engineering education sector through its collaboration of 36, mostly NSF-funded, K-12 engineering education programs across the US, recently aligned its 1,300+ K-12 engineering lessons and hands-on activities to the NGSS. This paper provides analysis of both the alignment process and its results. As such, we offer insight into the correspondence between the NGSS and a broad, collection of K-12 engineering learning objects and hence, into the mutual relevance of K-12 engineering curriculum and the NGSS. We also provide some recommendations for future K-12 engineering curriculum development.
JA  - ASEE 2015 Annual Conference
U2  - b
U4  - 105617211392
ID  - 105617211392
ER  -