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Teaching Fifth Graders Engineering

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-on-the-method dept.

Jamie noticed a NYT story saying "To compete in a global economy, some school districts are offering engineering lessons to students in kindergarten. " The story is about 5th graders working on a new experimental curriculum that is well beyond the egg drop of old.

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  1. Re:He Huffed and he Puffed.... by jsnipy · · Score: 4, Informative

    5th graders, not 5 year olds

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  2. Summary is confusing... had to read TFA by mark-t · · Score: 4, Informative

    (Damnit, what is slashdot coming to?)

    Anyways.... fifth graders are not in kindergarten (or at least, they damn well shouldn't be!)

    At least the article was a lot less confusing by saying they are teaching it to levels from kindergarten through grade 5.

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