Preschoolers' Nascent Engineering Thinking during a Construction Task

Autor/inn/en	Shechter, Taly; Eden, Sigal; Spektor-Levy, Ornit
Titel	Preschoolers' Nascent Engineering Thinking during a Construction Task
Quelle	In: Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 20 (2021) 2, S.83-111 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Spektor-Levy, Ornit)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1945-8959
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Thinking Skills; Engineering; Problem Solving; Task Analysis; Construction (Process); Creativity; Correlation; Scores; Video Technology; Time on Task; Play; Engineering Education; Systems Approach; Foreign Countries; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Israel; Raven Progressive Matrices; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Denkfähigkeit; Maschinenbau; Problemlösen; Aufgabenanalyse; Aufbau; Konstruktion; Kreativität; Korrelation; Zeitaufwand; Spiel; Ingenieurausbildung; Systemischer Ansatz; Ausland; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz
Abstract	The objective of this study was to examine in what ways and to what extent preschoolers (5-6 years of age) manifest early Engineering Habits of Mind (EHoM) while engaging in an open-ended problem-solving construction task. The study comprised 228 children (120 boys and 108 girls). The study implemented a quantitative approach. The main research tool was an open-ended LEGO problem-solving play-like construction task (bridge building). All participants and their problem-solving processes were video-recorded. Micro-analysis of videos was conducted using a detailed coding scheme. The results of this study revealed evidence of all six EHoM during participants' execution of the open-ended Bridge Task. Most EHoM were performed by participants to a medium-low extent, based on the coding scheme. Significant positive correlations were found among five EHoM measures: "systems thinking," "problem-finding," "creative problem-solving," "visualizing," and "improving." The children's scores on the "adapting" measure did not correlate with any of the other EHoM measures. Significant correlations were found between four of the EHoM and the three measures of the quality of the construction product ("length," "height," "stability") and the "time-on-task." To conclude, young children demonstrate nascent EHoM with great enthusiasm. They invent, design, construct, and evaluate like young engineers. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11