Analyzing Predictors of Children's Formative Engineering Identity Development

作者：Capobianco Brenda M^*; Deemer Eric D; Lin Chaihua

来源：International Journal of Engineering Education, 2017, 33(1): 44-54.

• elementary
• engineering identity
• academic identity
• identity development

This study examines elementary school students' formative engineering identity development before and after students engage in engineering design-based science instruction over the course of one academic year. Over 200 students in grades three through six completed the Engineering Identity Development Scale (EIDS) on three occasions. Results indicated students' growth in conceptual understandings of engineering and increased career aspirations over time. Third and six graders demonstrated greater career aspirations in engineering than fourth and fifth graders. No interaction effects for gender were found. Implications for studying the impact of the integration of engineering practices on children's identity formation are suggested.

• 出版日期2017