The Y2 curriculum supported students in enacting the CT practices of decomposition and abstraction in biology and engineering work¶
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q2 i? During Y2, the curriculum supported students to enact two key CT practices—decomposing the animal system and abstracting the functions most important for digging into their robot design. → Debra Bernstein 2022
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Debra Bernstein 2022¶
Debra Bernstein, Gillian Puttick, Kristen Wendell, Fayette Shaw, Ethan Danahy, Michael Cassidy. (2022). Designing biomimetic robots: iterative development of an integrated technology design curriculum. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-10061-0
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Case study analysis of Y2 focal groups: students' analysis of structures and functions constituted decomposition, their storyboard was an abstraction, and they engaged in algorithm design coordinating two motors.
"During Y2, the curriculum supported students to enact two key CT practices—decomposing the animal system (by identifying and documenting specific body parts that help the animal dig), and abstracting the functions most important for digging into their robot design."
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Related Claims¶
- In Year 1, an open-ended biomimetic robot design task led to a wide range of implementation outcomes, with some groups not completing the task or not integrating biology — related
- Narrowing the design task in Y2 to a digging robot with targeted biology resources supported students in completing structure–function analyses and biomimetic designs — related
- Y2 students did not always extend their animal structure–function understanding to the choice or use of building materials — related
- With the revised Y3 curriculum, students conducted more in-depth structure–function analyses that guided their robot designs, mimicking both structure and function — related
- Problem decomposition, artifact creation, data practices, and testing/debugging appear in all 28 reviewed CT manuscripts, while iterative refinement appears in 17 — related
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The Y2 curriculum supported students in enacting the CT practices of decomposition and abstraction in biology and engineering work |
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The Y2 curriculum supported students in enacting the CT practices of decomposition and abstraction in biology and engineering work |
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