A Transportation Problem for Moving Companies: An Example Activity with an Engineering Design Focus
This study aimed to present an example activity in which the engineering design process was used. The activity was carried out in an out-of-school learning environment in 12 periods of 40 minutes. Twenty-four students who were in the 6th, 7th or 8th grade, participated in the activity. Students were...
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2019-10-01
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| description | This study aimed to present an example activity in which the engineering design process was used. The activity was carried out in an out-of-school learning environment in 12 periods of 40 minutes. Twenty-four students who were in the 6th, 7th or 8th grade, participated in the activity. Students were presented with a design problem in which moving companies must carry out transport operations in high-rise buildings without using the lifts of the buildings. They were then requested to make a design at a scale of 1/20 that can be used to carry goods to the fourth floor of a building. The students used technology (the Arduino program) for developing a solution. This activity enabled integration of the disciplines of technology, engineering, science, and mathematics. Students expressed positive opinions about the activity. The difficulties that students experienced and the suggestions for how to support them are discussed in the paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-61f2c3cd326a405d9bbb3d39f3b146562023-02-15T16:19:07ZengAraştırma Temelli Etkinlik DergisiAraştırma Temelli Etkinlik Dergisi2146-57112019-10-0192A Transportation Problem for Moving Companies: An Example Activity with an Engineering Design FocusEsra Bozkurt Altanİrem ÜçüncüoğluHüseyincan ÖzekThis study aimed to present an example activity in which the engineering design process was used. The activity was carried out in an out-of-school learning environment in 12 periods of 40 minutes. Twenty-four students who were in the 6th, 7th or 8th grade, participated in the activity. Students were presented with a design problem in which moving companies must carry out transport operations in high-rise buildings without using the lifts of the buildings. They were then requested to make a design at a scale of 1/20 that can be used to carry goods to the fourth floor of a building. The students used technology (the Arduino program) for developing a solution. This activity enabled integration of the disciplines of technology, engineering, science, and mathematics. Students expressed positive opinions about the activity. The difficulties that students experienced and the suggestions for how to support them are discussed in the paper.https://ated.info.tr/ojs-3.2.1-3/index.php/ated/article/view/18engineering design processSTEMmiddle school studentsout-of school learning |
| spellingShingle | Esra Bozkurt Altan İrem Üçüncüoğlu Hüseyincan Özek A Transportation Problem for Moving Companies: An Example Activity with an Engineering Design Focus Araştırma Temelli Etkinlik Dergisi engineering design process STEM middle school students out-of school learning |
| title | A Transportation Problem for Moving Companies: An Example Activity with an Engineering Design Focus |
| title_full | A Transportation Problem for Moving Companies: An Example Activity with an Engineering Design Focus |
| title_fullStr | A Transportation Problem for Moving Companies: An Example Activity with an Engineering Design Focus |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Transportation Problem for Moving Companies: An Example Activity with an Engineering Design Focus |
| title_short | A Transportation Problem for Moving Companies: An Example Activity with an Engineering Design Focus |
| title_sort | transportation problem for moving companies an example activity with an engineering design focus |
| topic | engineering design process STEM middle school students out-of school learning |
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