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Category Archives: Child Development
Learning a New Task
My 5 year old son Aidan just learned to ride a bike. We noticed that there were 5 or so dimensions to learning to ride a bike: steering, balance, braking, pedaling, and staying balanced when bragging to strangers on how … Continue reading
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Another Example of Natural Kid Engineering
I posted previously on ways that kids are natural engineers at school with their fairy houses and gnome homes. On vacation at the beach, another one became apparent, sand castles. Such a great way to explore materials and building! You … Continue reading
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Tracking Engineering Skills Over Time
I am trying to think of a good way to track engineering skills over time. I will be tracking this year’s K class as they progress to sixth grade. Is there a task I can give them that will work … Continue reading
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Fear and Learning
Aidan is spending lots of time in the water. A few weeks ago, we were swimming at Beaver Lake in Ware, Massachusetts and were out on a dock. I have expected for sometime that he would be close to jumping … Continue reading
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Fairy House Engineering
I was thinking today about Fairy Houses, also known as Gnome Homes, when I saw a bunch of them at my son’s YMCA camp. We also see these at the elementary school where I work. I wonder if these fill … Continue reading
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Research Directions; Which Way To Go?
I plan on continuing to implement and document the PK-6 Elementary Engineering Curriculum I have been developing. That is clear. What is less clear is the direction to go with my associated research. Many intriguing possible areas have come up … Continue reading
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What Do The Student Quotes Mean?
I received this analysis of the student robotics quotes from graduate student Lama Jaber. I found it to be an excellent summary. Here it is. First, at an affective level, the robotic experience seems to be triggering very good … Continue reading
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Creative Play and How It Relates to Robotics Education
At the suggestion of a doctoral student I met at a robotics conference, I did a series of interviews with some of my elementary robotics students. I started a program this year that consists of robotics projects at every grade … Continue reading
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Quotes From Elementary Robotics Students
Here are some key quotes from the robotics interviews I conducted with students this year. I will discuss them later. Enjoy. There are some great quotes that show what this robotics experience is like from the student’s point of view. … Continue reading
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Robotics Interview Data
Here are some preliminary data from the robotics interviews I conducted this year. I recorded responses when watching the video of the interviews and grouped the same or similar responses together. There were lots of unique answers and I some … Continue reading
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