Analysis of K-12 Engineering Education Curricula in the United States
A Preliminary Report

What is clear even from this preliminary research is the great diversity in content, organization, and purpose of many of the curricular materials that have been developed to-date. This diversity reflects the complexity and breadth of modern engineering. At the same time, it poses challenges to educators and policy makers seeking to understand how or whether engineering can become a more regular part of U.S. pre-college education. The noticeably thin presence of mathematics, as well as of some key engineering concepts, such as modeling and analysis, raises additional questions about the difficulty of developing curricula that authentically represent the practice of engineering.

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