Take critical thinking, curriculum integration, authentic assessment, team teaching, practical problem solving, varied instructional strate gies, and hands-on engagement. Add business and college support, high student interest, creative use of time, and collaboration between acad emics and technologies and the result is Product Design Engineering, a process that can be adapted to the needs of a wide range of students and teachers in middle level and high school settings.
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