Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Scales, North Carolina State University; Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

all high school graduates that are female will obtain a similardegree. Less than 15% of all high school graduates have had sufficient rigorous math and science courses that willallow them to be successful in an engineering program3. Because of this current trend in education and students notchoosing engineering as a career, the federal government has placed a major emphasis in STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) outreach to K-12 students so that the country can continue to have aready supply of engineers and technologist for the future. Research money has been given out by many federalagencies to research and develop STEM fields, but with little success for the amount of money invested to researchand improve upon STEM

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Hartman, Purdue University; Patrick Connolly, Purdue University; Jeffrey Gilger, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

paradigms suggested by Gardner12 and West13.There is a call for better measures of spatial skills and methods for improving spatial ability.While there are a limited number of studies that examine the effect of training on spatial ability,some have proposed that spatial ability has a biological basis; however, individual differences inthe ability are also reflective of environmental input. For instance, Miller and Bertoline14 suggestthat spatial ability develops over periods of time and is related to stages of a person’sdevelopment and various learning environments and types of life experiences. It has beenhypothesized that it is, in part, through these experiences that individuals tend to migrate towardscertain career paths, ultimately influenced

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University-Calumet; Kim Nankivell, Purdue University-Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University-Calumet; James Higley, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Design Graphics

more outcomes-basedaccreditation process. ABET is a recognized accreditor of college and university programs intechnology (also in science, computing and engineering). According to ABET, its accreditationis assurance that a college or university program meets the quality standards which areestablished by the profession for which it prepares its students. ABET accredits programs only,not degrees, departments or institutions. ABET accreditation, for example, focuses on programeducational objectives which are broad statements that describe the career and professionalaccomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve: these are then linked toprogram outcomes, which describe the units of knowledge or skill which students are

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Janice McClure, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

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Engineering Design Graphics

CollegeCurrently ED&G 100 [3] introduces freshmen to engineering design and teaching them thedrawing, CAD, and design skills that they will need throughout their college career; however, italso intended to increase the freshman engineering student knowledge and enthusiasm forengineering. At Penn State University Park, it is taught with one instructor per course section.This allows for fluid integration of the design, drawing, and computer tools topics. At Penn StateAltoona College, ED&G 100 has historically been taught by three instructors on a rotation. Asone instructor taught the design material for one section as the second taught the computer toolsand the third, drawing materials for two other sections at the same time, then the class

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

attractive than ever to the academe. In order to be successful, today’s collegestudents are computer literate and prefer to integrate their studies with work and family toachieve their career goals. Because technology has been socially embedded in their life, they aremore receptive to emerging technologies connected to both their personal and academic life.Many higher education institutions –– both public and private –– are aggressively pursuingoutreach to students without regard to geographical boundaries. These efforts are makingavailable degree and non-degree program offerings using electronic media. The institutions useinstructional delivery methods that do not require the student to be physically located at the samesite as the instructor