Integration of an Engineering Curriculum on the Social-Emotional Development of Preschool Students with and without Disabilities

Gurupriya Ramanathan, Yvette Mere-Cook, Deb Carter

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Abstract

Curricula based in STEM emphasize collaboration in critical thinking, hypothesizing, creating and improving what you create. The rationale behind such curriculum is that there is a problem to be solved and that students must work together in brainstorming solutions, collaborate in creating a product, testing the product out, and improve upon it. Students with disabilities are known to require supports in developing their social-emotional understanding of peers’ wants and needs. Considering the collaborative nature of such curriculum, this study explores the effects of the implementation of an engineering curriculum on preschool students’ cooperative play and collaborative problem-solving in the classroom.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 12 Apr 2019

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