Connecting Science and Engineering Education Practices in Meaningful Ways

The need for a scientifically literate citizenry, one that is able to think critically and engage productively in the engineering design process, has never been greater. By raising engineering design to the same level as scientific inquiry the Next Genera

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Leonard A. Annetta James Minogue Editors

Connecting Science and Engineering Education Practices in Meaningful Ways Building Bridges

Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education Volume 44

Series Editor Dana Zeidler, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA Founding Editor Ken Tobin, City University of New York, USA Editorial Board Hsing Chi von Bergmann, University of Calgary, Canada Michael P. Clough, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA Fouad Abd El Khalick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Marissa Rollnick, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Troy D. Sadler, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA Svein Sjøberg, University of Oslo, Norway David Treagust, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Larry Yore, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

SCOPE The book series Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education provides a forum for innovative trends and issues connected to science education. Scholarship that focuses on advancing new visions, understanding, and is at the forefront of the fi eld is found in this series. Accordingly, authoritative works based on empirical research and writings from disciplines external to science education, including historical, philosophical, psychological and sociological traditions, are represented here.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/6512

Leonard A. Annetta • James Minogue Editors

Connecting Science and Engineering Education Practices in Meaningful Ways Building Bridges

Editors Leonard A. Annetta George Mason University Fairfax, VA, USA

James Minogue North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, USA

ISSN 1878-0482 ISSN 1878-0784 (electronic) Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education ISBN 978-3-319-16398-7 ISBN 978-3-319-16399-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16399-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015958086 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for