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dc.contributor.advisorMaria Yang.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHuynh, Hannah (Hannah E.)en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-05T19:19:09Z
dc.date.available2017-12-05T19:19:09Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112579
dc.descriptionThesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 101-102).en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, the researcher organized and taught an introduction to engineering and design course to her local middle and high schools. Inspired by an industry experience and MIT resources, she developed a curriculum that incorporated interactive activities and culminated into a design challenge for these homeschooled students. She surveyed their interests in and perceptions of engineering and design before and after this introductory course, and the students were 81% percent more interested in engineering and 80% in design after having taken the course. Both student and parent feedback, formally through surveys or informally through conversations, shared about the positive influence this course has had on bringing exposure of engineering and design to the students. This program achieved the researcher's goal of exciting students to consider pursuing engineering and design. The researcher hopes to continue this program in the future with some revisions like cutting back some taught material to allow for more build time or developing a separate more specific and advanced engineering course for students already interested in engineering.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Hannah Huynh.en_US
dc.format.extent102 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectMechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.titleIntroducing engineering and design to homeschooled middle and high school studentsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc1013189954en_US


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