Optimism
Directions:
Step 1 – Review the information posted below.
Step 2 – Answer the question(s) in a clear and organized paragraph.
Technology and Engineering Practices - Optimism
Optimism refers to a commitment to finding better solutions to design challenges through experimentation, modeling, and adaptation.
Optimism also reflects a positive view in which opportunities can be found in every challenge, as well as persistence in looking for solutions to technological problems.
Optimism is a world view in which possibilities and opportunities can be found in every challenge and an understanding that every technology can be improved.
Engineers believe that products and systems can always be improved.
Good ideas can come from anywhere and engineering is based on the premise that everyone can design something new or different.
Engineers relentlessly try to make things better by experimenting, designing, sketching, guessing, and prototyping.
Optimism acknowledges the trade-offs that are inherent in the creation of any technology, and the need to seek optimal solutions.
The goal of optimism is to display the persistence to keep working on a problem or challenge.
Optimism can be developed through awareness of prior inventions and innovations, including the details of their development and the outcomes of their use.
Technologists and engineers reflect on their work in ways that help them articulate what strategies were successful and what barriers they encountered in solving a problem.
Questions
Answer the following question(s) in a clear and organized paragraph.
- Start with your topic sentence. This is where you should state your ideas.
- Then, include evidence to support your ideas.
- Finally, finish your paragraph with a brief wrap-up sentence.
- Then, include evidence to support your ideas.
- Finally, finish your paragraph with a brief wrap-up sentence.
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