TY - GEN
T1 - The instructional design of integrative STEM curriculum
T2 - International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2015
AU - Chen, Yu Kai
AU - Chang, Chi Cheng
AU - Tseng, Kuo Hung
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/11/4
Y1 - 2015/11/4
N2 - The purpose of this study is to present an instructional design framework based on project-based learning and is further to apply the framework to a 4-days robotics summer camp curriculum where teams of students carry out a mini-project that requires the design and construct of a robot. Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews with the teacher, the students, by observations in the classroom, and by analyzing students' open-ended questionnaires. A 4-stages framework with corresponding instructional mechanisms is reported in this study. We further propose threefold revisions for the present instructional design framework. In sum, applying PBL with specific instructional mechanisms is suitable to design an integrative STEM curriculum. The present study proposes suggestions on task-oriented context for knowledge integration, evaluations of students' understanding, and constructions of communication platform in the classroom.
AB - The purpose of this study is to present an instructional design framework based on project-based learning and is further to apply the framework to a 4-days robotics summer camp curriculum where teams of students carry out a mini-project that requires the design and construct of a robot. Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews with the teacher, the students, by observations in the classroom, and by analyzing students' open-ended questionnaires. A 4-stages framework with corresponding instructional mechanisms is reported in this study. We further propose threefold revisions for the present instructional design framework. In sum, applying PBL with specific instructional mechanisms is suitable to design an integrative STEM curriculum. The present study proposes suggestions on task-oriented context for knowledge integration, evaluations of students' understanding, and constructions of communication platform in the classroom.
KW - instructional design
KW - integrative STEM curriculum
KW - project-based learning
KW - robotics
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U2 - 10.1109/ICL.2015.7318142
DO - 10.1109/ICL.2015.7318142
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84964789308
T3 - Proceedings of 2015 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2015
SP - 871
EP - 875
BT - Proceedings of 2015 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 20 September 2015 through 24 September 2015
ER -