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Engaging Gifted Minds: The Impact of Innovative Curriculum on Young Learners
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
09:00 - 12:00
Rand 308
Chair: Christine Deitz, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Christine Deitz and Kristy Kidd
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
United States
What could be better than innovative engineering challenges to engage young learners? Curriculum that combines those challenges with captivating children’s biographies of inventors whose lives illustrate creative problem-solving and critical thought in action! This session showcases three engaging engineering challenges paired with award-winning children's biographies. Participants will experience effective approaches to teaching literacy such as point-of-view analysis, persuasive writing prompts, and portrait study in addition to delving into the use of the engineering design process to promote problem-solving and critical thinking while engaging talented learners. Participants will leave with curated links to downloadable curriculum materials and resources.