Merredith Portsmore

Engineering · Indiana University

Engineering Education and Pedagogy Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Science Education and Pedagogy Teaching and Learning Programming Design Education and Practice

Publications

Citations

1,953

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Active years

Publishing since 2003

Research summary

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Merredith Portsmore's work focuses on engineering education for young learners, especially in kindergarten through 8th grade and informal learning settings. The research develops teaching resources, classroom activities, and professional development programs to help teachers introduce engineering concepts, and explores how to make engineering education more culturally relevant and inclusive. Recent projects also connect engineering to emerging topics such as cellular agriculture and its ethical implications.

K-8 engineering educationTeacher professional developmentCulturally relevant and inclusive teachingEngineering curriculum and activity designEngineering ethics and emerging technologies

Publication activity is uneven, with large clusters of output in 2020 and 2024 and much quieter years in between, averaging about 5 publications per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.2/year recently

Recent publications

Publishes in

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings×4
Journal of Engineering Education×3
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings×2
Science Education×1
Early mathematics learning and development×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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