Editors
| Journal Editor: | Senay Purzer, Purdue University |
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| Associate Editor: | Merredith Portsmore, Tufts | Associate Editor: | Mack Shelley, Iowa State University |
| Associate Editor: | Gina Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame |
| Editorial Assistant: | Emily Jones, Purdue University |
| Founding Editor: | Johannes Strobel, University of Missouri |
| Emeritus Editor: | Monica Cardella, Purdue University |
The Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER) is dedicated to addressing the need for increased engineering interest, preparedness, and representation; to transforming P–12 education through the inclusion of engineering curricula; to preparing a globally competitive engineering workforce; and, ultimately, to creating a society of engineering‐literate citizens.
J-PEER published on an open access, public-good basis by Purdue University Press. Open access allows research to be freely available to all—including those from developing countries, whose academic institutions may not be able to afford costly publications—in the interests of promoting scientific progress and public good. Readers may freely read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles. This journal is covered under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
Recent Content
The Inaugural Readership and Authorship Report of the Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)
Senay Purzer and Emily Jones
The Influence of Student Enrollment in Pre-College Engineering Courses on Their Interest in Engineering Careers
Kelly A. Miller, Gerhard Sonnert, and Philip M. Sadler
Understanding Early Childhood Engineering Interest Development as a Family-Level Systems Phenomenon: Findings from the Head Start on Engineering Project
Scott Pattison, Gina Svarovsky, Smirla Ramos-Montañez, Ivel Gontan, Shannon Weiss, Verónika Núñez, Pam Corrie, Cynthia Smith, and Marcie Benne
Outcome Expectations and Environmental Factors Associated with Engineering College-Going: A Case Study
Holly Matusovich, Andrew Gillen, Cheryl Carrico, David Knight, and Jake Grohs
Establishing a Content Taxonomy for the Coherent Study of Engineering in P-12 Schools
Greg Strimel, Tanner Huffman, Michael Grubbs, Eunhye Kim, and Jamie Gurganus
Call for Papers: A Special Issue of the Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research on ‘‘Asset-Based Pre-College Engineering Education to Promote Equity’’
Lee Martin and Kristen Wendell
Capturing Children with Autism’s Engagement in Engineering Practices: A Focus on Problem Scoping
Hoda Ehsan and Monica E. Cardella
Recognition and Positional Identity in an Elementary Professional Learning Community: A Case Study
Christopher G. Wright, Rasheda Likely, Kristen B. Wendell, Patricia P. Paugh, and Elizabeth Smith
Do After-School Robotics Programs Expand the Pipeline into STEM Majors in College?
Cathy Burack, Alan Melchior, and Matthew Hoover
Argument-Driven Engineering in Middle School Science: An Exploratory Study of Changes in Engineering Identity Over an Academic Year
Lawrence Chu, Victor Sampson, Todd L. Hutner, Stephanie Rivale, Richard H. Crawford, Christina L. Baze, and Hannah S. Brooks
The Effect of Teacher Professional Development on Implementing Engineering in Elementary Schools
Teresa Porter, Meg E. West, Rachel L. Kajfez, Kathy L. Malone, and Karen E. Irving
Elementary Teachers’ Positive and Practical Risk-Taking When Teaching Science Through Engineering Design
Jeffrey Radloff, Brenda Capobianco, and Annie Dooley
Effect of Project Lead the Way Participation on Retention in Engineering Degree Programs
Juliana Utley, Toni Ivey, John Weaver, and Mary Jo Self
A Systematic Review of Studies on Educational Robotics
Saira Anwar, Nicholas Alexander Bascou, Muhsin Menekse, and Asefeh Kardgar
Refining an Instrument and Studying Elementary Teachers’ Understanding of the Scope of Engineering
Jacob Pleasants and Joanne K. Olson
No Bones About It: How Digital Fabrication Changes Student Perceptions of their Role in the Classroom
Alexandria K. Hansen, Jasmine K. McBeath, and Danielle B. Harlow
Disciplinary Learning From an Authentic Engineering Context
Catherine Langman, Judith Zawojewski, Patricia McNicholas, Ali Cinar, Eric Brey, Mustafa Bilgic, and Hamidreza Mehdizadeh
A Novel 3D+MEA Approach to Authentic Engineering Education for Teacher Professional Development: Design Principles and Outcomes
Melissa Dyehouse, Adam L. Santone, Zahid Kisa, Ronald L. Carr, and Rabieh Razzouk
Assessing Mechanistic Reasoning: Supporting Systems Tracing
Paul J. Weinberg
Implementing NGSS Engineering Disciplinary Core Ideas in Middle School Science Classrooms: Results from the Field
Jessica Gale, Jayma Koval, Mike Ryan, Marion Usselman, and Stefanie Wind
Exploring Authenticity Through an Engineering-Based Context in a Project-Based Learning Mathematics Activity
Bradley Bowen and Bryanne Peterson
Search and Review of the Literature on Engineering Design Challenges in Secondary School Settings
Matthew Lammi, Cameron Denson, and Paul Asunda
STEM Roles: How Students’ Ontological Perspectives Facilitate STEM Identities
Dina Verdín, Allison Godwin, and Monique Ross
They Choose to Attend Academic Summer Camps? A Mixed Methods Study Exploring the Impact of a NASA Academic Summer Pre-Engineering Camp On Middle School Students in a Latino Community
Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Laura Rodriguez Amaya, Hiroko Kawaguchi Warshauer, Sara Garcia Torres, Erin Scanlon, and Michelle Pruett
Modification and Assessment of a Residential Summer Program for High School Women
Aimee Cloutier, Guo Zheng Yew, Siddhartha Gupta, Kalpani Dissanayake, Paula Monaco, Susan Mengel, and Audra Morse
Teaching Engineering Design Through Wearable Device Design Competition (Evaluation)
Elena N. Veety, Jesse S. Sur, Hannah K. Elliott, and James E. Lamberth III
Ascertaining the Impact of P–12 Engineering Education Initiatives: Student Impact through Teacher Impact
Marissa H. Forbes, Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, and Denise W. Carlson
How to Shape Attitudes Toward STEM Careers: The Search for the Most Impactful Extracurricular Clubs
Fethiye Ozis, Ali Osman Pektas, Mustafa Akca, and Daniel’le April DeVoss
‘‘Lend a Hand’’ Project Helps Students: Improved Spatial Visualization Skills Through Engaging in Hands-On 3-D Printed Prosthetics Project During a 9th Grade Engineering Course
Shaunna Smith and Kimberly Talley
Choosing STEM College Majors: Exploring the Role of Pre-College Engineering Courses
L. Allen Phelps, Eric M. Camburn, and Sookweon Min
Supporting Mechanistic Reasoning in Domain-Specific Contexts
Paul J. Weinberg
Latinx and Caucasian Elementary School Children’s Knowledge of and Interest in Engineering Activities
Gamze Ozogul, Cindy Faith Miller, and Martin Reisslein
Approaches to Integrating Engineering in STEM Units and Student Achievement Gains
Elizabeth A. Crotty, Selcen S. Guzey, Gillian H. Roehrig, Aran W. Glancy, Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen, and Tamara J. Moore
Anticipating Change: An Exploratory Analysis of Teachers’ Conceptions of Engineering in an Era of Science Education Reform
Tesha Sengupta-Irving and Janet Mercado
Mathematical Description and Mechanistic Reasoning: A Pathway Toward STEM Integration
Paul J. Weinberg
Teachers’ Incorporation of Argumentation to Support Engineering Learning in STEM Integration Curricula
Corey A. Mathis, Emilie A. Siverling, Aran W. Glancy, and Tamara J. Moore
Students’ Successes and Challenges Applying Data Analysis and Measurement Skills in a Fifth-Grade Integrated STEM Unit
Aran W. Glancy, Tamara J. Moore, Selcen Guzey, and Karl A. Smith
Perspectives on Failure in the Classroom by Elementary Teachers New to Teaching Engineering
Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue and Elizabeth A. Parry
Undergraduate Engineers and Teachers: Can Students Be Both?
Malinda S. Zarske, Maia L. Vadeen, Janet Y. Tsai, Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, and Denise W. Carlson
Examining Experienced Teachers’ Noticing of and Responses to Students’ Engineering
Aaron W. Johnson, Kristen B. Wendell, and Jessica Watkins
Elementary Teachers’ Reflections on Design Failures and Use of Fail Words after Teaching Engineering for Two Years
Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue and Elizabeth A. Parry
Reasoning Strategies in the Context of Engineering Design with Everyday Materials
Marcelo Worsley and Paulo Blikstein
Reading and Engineering: Elementary Students’ Co-Application of Comprehension Strategies and Engineering Design Processes
Amy Wilson-Lopez, Stacie Gregory, and Victor Larsen
Disciplinary Differences in Out-of-School High School Science Experiences and Influence on Students’ Engineering Choices
Allison Godwin, Gerhard Sonnert, and Philip M. Sadler
‘‘Can I drop it this time?’’ Gender and Collaborative Group Dynamics in an Engineering Design-Based Afterschool Program
Jessica Schnittka and Christine Schnittka
Stable Beginnings in Engineering Design
Mary E. McCormick and David Hammer
Professional Development for the Integration of Engineering in High School STEM Classrooms
Jonathan E. Singer, Julia M. Ross, and Yvette Jackson-Lee
Building Up STEM: An Analysis of Teacher-Developed Engineering Design-Based STEM Integration Curricular Materials
Siddika Selcen Guzey, Tamara J. Moore, and Michael Harwell
How Engineering Standards are Interpreted and Translated for Middle School
Eugene Judson, John Ernzen, Stephen Krause, James A. Middleton, and Robert J. Culbertson
Changes in Teachers’ Adaptive Expertise in an Engineering Professional Development Course
Taylor Martin, Stephanie Baker Peacock, Pat Ko, and Jennifer J. Rudolph
Quantifying the Information Habits of High School Students Engaged in Engineering Design
Nathan Mentzer and Michael J. Fosmire
Effect of an Engineering Camp on Students’ Perceptions of Engineering and Technology
Rebekah Hammack, Toni A. Ivey, Juliana Utley, and Karen A. High
Teacher Beliefs about Motivating and Teaching Students to Carry out Engineering Design Challenges: Some Initial Data
James P. Van Haneghan, Susan A. Pruet, Rhonda Neal-Waltman, and Jessica M. Harlan
An Introduction to the Standards for Preparation and Professional Development for Teachers of Engineering
Jackson E. Reimers, Cheryl L. Farmer, and Stacy S. Klein-Gardner
Math, Science, and Engineering Integration in a High School Engineering Course: A Qualitative Study
Clara G. Valtorta and Leema K. Berland
Beyond Blackboards: Engaging Underserved Middle School Students in Engineering
Sarah Blanchard, Justina Judy, Chandra Muller, Richard H. Crawford, Anthony J. Petrosino, Christina K. White, Fu-An Lin, and Kristin L. Wood
Driven by Beliefs: Understanding Challenges Physical Science Teachers Face When Integrating Engineering and Physics
Emily A. Dare, Joshua A. Ellis, and Gillian H. Roehrig
Design Practices of Preservice Elementary Teachers in an Integrated Engineering and Literature Experience
Kristen Bethke Wendell
High and Low Computer Self-Efficacy Groups and Their Learning Behavior from Self-Regulated Learning Perspective While Engaged in Interactive Learning Modules
Harry B. Santoso, Oenardi Lawanto, Kurt Becker, Ning Fang, and Edward M. Reeve
Gender Differences in the Consistency of Middle School Students’ Interest in Engineering and Science Careers
Marsha Ing, Pamela R. Aschbacher, and Sherry M. Tsai
Examining Young Students’ Problem Scoping in Engineering Design
Jessica Watkins, Kathleen Spencer, and David Hammer
Shoot For The Moon! The Mentors and the Middle Schoolers Explore the Intersection of Design Thinking and STEM
Maureen P. Carroll Ph.D.
A Framework for Quality K-12 Engineering Education: Research and Development
Tamara J. Moore, Aran W. Glancy, Kristina M. Tank, Jennifer A. Kersten, Karl A. Smith, and Micah S. Stohlmann
Engineering-Based Problem Solving in the Middle School: Design and Construction with Simple Machines
Lyn D. English, Peter Hudson, and Les Dawes
The Humanistic Side of Engineering: Considering Social Science and Humanities Dimensions of Engineering in Education and Research
Morgan Hynes and Jessica Swenson
Secondary Students' Conceptual Understanding of Engineering as a Field
Devlin B. Montfort, Shane Brown, and Victoria Whritenour
Student Learning in Challenge-Based Engineering Curricula
Leema K. Berland, Taylor H. Martin, Pat Ko, Stephanie Baker Peacock, Jennifer J. Rudolph, and Chris Golubski
Elementary Engineering Education (EEE) Adoption and Expertise Development Framework: An Inductive and Deductive Study
Yan Sun and Johannes Strobel
Designing for STEM Integration
Leema K. Berland
Ingenuity in Action: Connecting Tinkering to Engineering Design Processes
Jennifer Wang, Maia Werner-Avidon, Lisa Newton, Scott Randol, Brooke Smith, and Gretchen Walker
Developing a Vision of Pre-College Engineering Education
Jill A. Marshall and Leema K. Berland
Impact of RET Teacher-Developed Curriculum Units on Classroom Experiences for Teachers and Students
Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Megan E. Johnston, and Lisa Benson
Do Goals Matter in Engineering Education? An Exploration of How Goals Influence Outcomes for FIRST Robotics Participants
Jeanine L. Skorinko, James K. Doyle, and Gretar Tryggvason
A Model for Professional Development to Promote Engineering Design as an Integrative Pedagogy within STEM Education
Joel D. Donna
Engineering Education in the Science Classroom: A Case Study of One Teacher’s Disparate Approach with Ability-Tracked Classrooms
Christine G. Schnittka
Considerations for Teaching Integrated STEM Education
Micah Stohlmann, Tamara J. Moore, and Gillian H. Roehrig
An Analysis of Retention Programs for Female Students in Engineering at the University of Toledo
Matthew Franchetti
Designing Design Squad: Developing and Assessing a Children’s Television Program about Engineering
Daniel David Frey and Benjamin Powers
Elementary Teachers’ Views about Teaching Design, Engineering, and Technology
Ming-Chien Hsu, Senay Purzer, and Monica E. Cardella
Exploring Complex Engineering Learning Over Time with Epistemic Network Analysis
Gina Navoa Svarovsky
‘‘Math in a Can’’: Teaching Mathematics and Engineering Design
Ronald B. Narode
STEM Integration: Teacher Perceptions and Practice
Hui-Hui Wang, Tamara J. Moore, Gillian H. Roehrig, and Mi Sun Park
The Development of a Systematic Coding System for Elementary Students’ Drawings of Engineers
Nicole Weber, Daphne Duncan, Melissa Dyehouse, Johannes Strobel, and Heidi A. Diefes-Dux
Problems Associated with a Lack of Cohesive Policy in K-12 Pre-college Engineering
John Chandler, A. Dean Fontenot, and Derrick Tate
Middle-and High-School Students’ Interest in Nanoscale Science and Engineering Topics and Phenomena
Kelly Hutchinson, George M. Bodner, and Lynn Bryan
How Professional Development in Project Lead the Way Changes High School STEM Teachers’ Beliefs about Engineering Education
Mitchell J. Nathan, Amy K. Atwood, Amy Prevost, L. Allen Phelps, and Natalie A. Tran
Knowledge Integration and Wise Engineering
Jennifer L. Chiu and M. C. Linn
