Nathan Mentzer
High School Engineering and Technology Education Integration through Design Challenges
Purdue University System
study contextualized use engineering design process providing descriptions element design process integrated eleventh grade industry engineering systems coursethe guiding research question inquiry students engage engineering design process course technology engineering intersectdata address question collected six weeks observation discussions students suburban high school 1500 studentsadditional data obtained student teacher generated documents lesson plans handouts student journals reports presentationsthis study assumed six critical elements engineering design problem definition development solutions analysismodeling experimentation decision making teamworkthese six elements iterative process derived review engineering design literature became lens classroom learning experiences viewed