Research Based

• We work collaboratively with educators, engineers, and scientists using design-based research methods that include multiple cycles of research, development, testing, and improvement to create high-quality materials.
• Educational research informs our work.
  Ideas, input, and feedback from educators continually shape our products.
• YES resources are classroom tested in diverse settings nationwide.
• The team observes lessons, collects student assessments, and examines student work.

The YES team is also keenly interested in improving engineering education through research. In collaboration with schools, educators, and students, we conduct research studies. YES researchers share theoretical frameworks and results of empirical studies in journal articles for researchers and practitioners.

See a complete list of the articles and publications written by our team and by other scholars:

Researchers from Towson University, Penn State University, Elizabeth Parry Consulting, and the Museum of Science, Boston conducted a five-year-long randomized control trial on the effectiveness of Youth Engineering Solutions, funded by the National Science Foundation (Grant/Award Number: 1220305).

Students in the treatment group (Youth Engineering Solutions) regardless of demographic characteristics had better outcomes, in both engineering and science, than those in the comparison group.