Resumen de An integration of simple materials and complex ideas: description of an instructional sequence in statics
Joseph A. Taylor, Thomas M. Dana, Mehmet F. Tasar
A collaborative effort between Penn State's College of Engineering and College of Educationresulted in the development of an engineering course designed primarily for future elementaryschool teachers that focuses on the construction of robust conceptual understanding of basic scienceand engineering ideas. In this article we describe an instructional approach we designed utilizingLegoTMand other simple materials to assist non-engineering students in developing an under-standing of the basic concepts of normal forces, tension, compression, equilibrium, and vectorcomponents in the context of simple trusses
