Generation NXT: Building Young Engineers with LEGOs

Autor/inn/en	Karp, T.; Gale, R.; Lowe, L. A.; Medina, V.; Beutlich, E.
Titel	Generation NXT: Building Young Engineers with LEGOs
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Education, 53 (2010) 1, S.80-87 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-9359
DOI	10.1109/TE.2009.2024410
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Toys; Robotics; Outreach Programs; Engineering; Program Development; Program Implementation; Informal Education; College Students; Student Employment; Mentors; School Holding Power; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Toy; Spielzeug; Robotertechnik; Jobcoaching; Maschinenbau; Programmplanung; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Collegestudent; Studentenarbeit
Abstract	This paper describes key success factors for the implementation and development of a LEGO robotics engineering outreach program for elementary school students in West Texas. The outreach program not only aims at getting young students excited about engineering but at the same time aims at improving retention rates among electrical and computer engineering freshman-level college students by involving them as paid mentors. It particularly takes into consideration the rural character of West Texas, which provides hardly any electrical and computer engineering job opportunities, and the fact that a university with a college of engineering serves as academic hub for the area. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10