Placemat Instructions – The development of a new type of instructions for learning engineering practices through robotics

Recent graduate Sara Willner-Giwerc's doctoral research focused on supporting open-ended engineering activities in the classroom. Her work focused on a worksheet format, called “Placemats”, which provides scaffolded prompts that support solution diversity. Focused on robotics, the placemats share building and…

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The LEGO-centric Classroom

by Barbara Bratzel Educators are asked to teach many different things these days, above and beyond their usual subject matter. Technological literacy. Project-based curriculum. Soft skills such as collaboration, communication, and resilience. Ideally, these topics reinforce each other and excite…

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