A Parent's Guide to Introducing Engineering at Home
Target Ages: Grades P-5. The research-based guide shares engineers' top responses when asked how they help their children learn about engineering, why parents should help their kids learn about engineering and what their kids can learn.
Research Bases for Engineering Gift Guide
- Zhang, Sili and Monica Cardella, “The Engineering Self at a Transitional Stage,” Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Chicago, IL, June 2010.
- Dorie, Brianna L. and Monica Cardella "Parental Strategies for Introducing Engineering: Connections from the home” Presented at the 2nd P-12 Engineering and Design Education Research Summit, Washington, DC, April 2012.