{"id":1926,"date":"2021-10-17T11:39:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T11:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2021-10-17T11:39:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T11:39:20","slug":"teaching-k-6-elementary-engineering-with-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=1926","title":{"rendered":"Teaching K-6 Elementary Engineering with Robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>International Journal of Engineering Education\u00a0<\/em>Vol. 37, No. 6, pp. 1\u201319, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It only took 5 years to get this paper through the academic publishing world.  It&#8217;s basically the main results of my 300 dissertation condensed down to 18 pages.  It should be relatively readable for all.  Very happy to get it out there.  Hopefully, it will help contribute to the field of K-6 engineering education using robotics.  Thanks to co-author Florence for encouraging me to persist in getting this out.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18_ijee4133.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Teaching K-6 Elementary Engineering With Robotics ..\"><\/object><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18_ijee4133.pdf\">Teaching K-6 Elementary Engineering With Robotics <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18_ijee4133.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Journal of Engineering Education\u00a0Vol. 37, No. 6, pp. 1\u201319, 2021 It only took 5 years to get this paper through the academic publishing world. 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