Y2 students did not always extend their animal structure–function understanding to the choice or use of building materials¶
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q2 i? Students in Year 2 were not always extending their animal structure–function understanding to the choice or use of building materials, relying on pliable materials instead of stronger ones. → 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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Observation of Y2 focal groups found students used pliable materials such as flat cardboard rather than recognizing that digging structures needed to be stronger or reinforced, prompting the Y3 focus on internal anatomy.
"However, we noticed that students in Year 2 were not always extending their animal structure–function understanding to the choice or use of building materials. Students were relying on pliable materials (e.g., cardboard used only in flat pieces) instead of recognizing that digging structures needed to be stronger."
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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
- The Y2 curriculum supported students in enacting the CT practices of decomposition and abstraction in biology and engineering work — 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
- With the revised Y3 curriculum, students conducted more in-depth structure–function analyses that guided their robot designs, mimicking both structure and function — related
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Y2 students did not always extend their animal structure–function understanding to the choice or use of building materials |
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Y2 students did not always extend their animal structure–function understanding to the choice or use of building materials |
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