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National Standards For Technological Literacy
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1: The Characteristic and Scope of Technology
- J -- The nature and development of technological
knowledge and processes are functions of the setting.
- M -- Most development of technologies these days
is driven by the profit motive and the market.
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2: The Core Concepts of Technology
W-Systems thinking applies logic and creativity
with appropriate compromises to complex real-life
problems.
- AA -- Requirements involve identification of
the criteria and constraints of a product or system
and determination of how they affect the final design
and development.
- BB -- Optimization is an ongoing process or methodology
of designing or making a product and is dependent
on criteria and constraints.
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4: The Cultural, social, economic and political effects
of technology
- I -- Making decisions about the use of technology
involves weighing the trade-offs between the positive
and negative effects.
Standard
8: The Attributes of Design
- H -- The design process includes defining a problem,
generating ideas, identifying criteria and constraints,
making a model or prototype, testing and evaluating
the design, refining the design, communicating process
and results.
- J -- The design needs to be continually checked
and critiqued, and the ideas of the design must
be redefined and improved,
- K -- Requirements of a design, such as criteria,
constraints, and efficiency, sometimes compete with
each other.
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9: Engineering Design
- J -- Engineering design is influenced by personal
characteristics, such as creativity, resourcefulness,
and the ability to visualize and think abstractly.
- K -- A prototype is a working model used to test
a design concept by making actual observations and
necessary adjustments.
- L -- The process of engineering design takes
into account a number of factors.
Standard
11: Applying the Design Process
- P -- Evaluate the design solution using conceptual,
physical, and mathematical models at various intervals
of the design process.
- R -- Evaluate final solutions and communicate
observation, processes, and the results of the entire
design process, using verbal, graphic, quantitative,
virtual and written means.
Standard
16: Energy and Power
- J -- Energy cannot be created or destroyed; however,
it can be converted from one form to another;
- L -- It is impossible to build an engine to perform
work that does not waste thermal energy to the surroundings;
- M -- Energy resources can be renewable or nonrenewable;
- N -- Power systems must have a source of energy,
a process and loads.
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