Narrowing the design task in Y2 to a digging robot with targeted biology resources supported students in completing structure–function analyses and biomimetic designs¶
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q2 i? During Y2, each focal group completed an animal structure–function analysis and designed a robot based on one of the four digging animals presented in the curriculum. → 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 of a Y2 focal group (pangolin) in a rural enrichment block: the narrowed digging task let the team provide targeted biology resources on four digging animals, and all focal groups completed structure–function analyses.
"During Y2, each of the focal groups completed an animal structure–function analysis, and designed a robot based upon one of the four digging animals presented in the curriculum (mole, mole rat, pangolin, pocket gopher)."
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Related Claims¶
- A focused design task supported by explicit and targeted disciplinary supports led to a student technology design process driven by disciplinary understanding — a broader claim this one bears on
- 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
- 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
- The Y1 curriculum's engineering design goals were too extensive for an integrated project — related
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Narrowing the design task in Y2 to a digging robot with targeted biology resources supported students in completing structure–function analyses and biomimetic designs |
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Narrowing the design task in Y2 to a digging robot with targeted biology resources supported students in completing structure–function analyses and biomimetic designs |
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