Engineering Notebooks in for VEX IQ R

What is the purpose of engineering notebooks in VEX Robotics competitions?

• To promote active learning

• To motivate students

• To serve as a collaborative tool

• To contextualize learning experiences

According to the National Science Teachers Association, what should STEM education programs be grounded in?

• Receptive learning

• Constructivism

• Cognitive development

• Formative assessment

How can engineering notebooks support active learning?

• By inhibiting subsequent learning and student motivation

• By promoting student reflection and sense-making

• By providing connections to the real world

• By delivering formative assessment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

What characteristic of engineering notebooks motivates students?

• Ownership and choice

• Collaboration and interaction

• Personal relevance and real-world connections

• Student-teacher conversations

How do engineering notebooks promote student interaction?

• By inhibiting subsequent learning and student motivation

• By promoting student reflection and sense-making

• By serving as instructional resources for one another

• By contextualizing learning experiences

Tags

NGSS.3-5-ETS1-2

NGSS.3-5-ETS1-3

What is the benefit of students sharing their engineering notebooks with students outside of their group?

• It activates students as instructional resources

• It promotes student reflection and sense-making

• It provides connections to the real world

• It delivers formative assessment

How do conversations between students and teachers about their engineering notebooks impact student learning?

• They inhibit subsequent learning and student motivation

• They promote student reflection and sense-making

• They provide connections to the real world

• They maximize impact on learning

What does it mean for learning to be authentic?

• It inhibits subsequent learning and student motivation

• It promotes student reflection and sense-making

• It provides connections to the real world

• It delivers formative assessment

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Where can teachers find resources to help them utilize engineering notebooks in the classroom?

• VEX Professional Development Plus

• National Science Teaching Association

• STEM Labs

• VEX Robotics competitions

What is the purpose of VEX IQ and EXP STEM Labs?

• To promote active learning

• To motivate students

• To serve as a collaborative tool

• To contextualize learning experiences

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4