Effect of Engineering Literature in Enhancing Analytical Skills Through Academic Conversations in Kindergarten

There was a visible increase in discussion participation for all 3 students including academic terminology, reasoning for idea-building and effective problem-solving. The redundancy of ideas, related academic vocabulary, conversational and analytical skills of the students improved during the intervention period. These findings suggested that the engineering centered literature enhanced the analytical skills through academic conversations in linguistically diverse students. These findings were based on one classroom only.