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This session explores how hands-on experiences like 3D printing and engineering tasks foster self-efficacy, identity, and design skills among rural and young learners. By examining motivations, challenges, and critical thinking frameworks, the papers reveal pathways to support equitable engineering learning beyond traditional classrooms in underserved communities.

Moderated by

1. Tahmid Latif

Papers Presented

1. “I felt like an engineer”: Exploring the impact of 3D printing sessions on rural high school students’ engineering self-efficacy [view paper]
   Hengtao Tang (University of South Carolina) and Dr. Yingxiao Qian (University of South Carolina)


2. Impact of An Engineering Task on Development of Middle School Students’ Engineering Design Practices (Fundamental) [view paper]
   Dr. Natasha Wilkerson (Vivify, LLC), Joanne K Olson (Texas A&M University), and Justin Wilkerson (Texas A&M University)


3. Motivations, Challenges, and Funds of Knowledge for Children’s Engineering Learning at Public Library in Rural Communities (Fundamental) [view paper]
   Dr. Soo Hyeon Kim (Indiana University Indianapolis), Dr. Gi Woong Choi (University of Cincinnati), and Ju Hui Kang (University of Cincinnati)


4. Assessing the Engineering Identity of Elementary School Students Through the Application of a Critical Thinking Skills Framework: Pre-college Research to Practice [view paper]
   Ms. Alison Haugh Nowariak (University of Minnesota) and Dr. Gillian Roehrig (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities)