Moving from STEM to STEAM: The effects of informal STEM learning on students' creativity and problem solving skills with 3D printing

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2017-October, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-6

  Bicer, Ali ^a   Nite, Sandra B ^a   Capraro, Robert M ^a   Barroso, Luciana R ^a,b   Capraro, Mary M ^a   Lee, Yujin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Informal learning; Problem solving skills; Summer program

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS); STUDENTS; TEACHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGNS (CAD); CREATIVITY; INFORMAL LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; PROJECT BASED LEARNING; SPATIAL VISUALIZATION SKILLS; SUMMER PROGRAM;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 85043266104     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2017.8190545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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