Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meetu Walia, Polytechnic University; EDWIN YU, Polytechnic University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University; Noel Kriftcher, Polytechnic University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for a three-year term as a Senior Faculty Fellow of Polytechnic University’s Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. He has edited one book and published four chapters in edited books, 37 journal articles, and 76 conference papers. He has mentored 67 high school students, 38 high school teachers, 10 undergraduate summer interns, and seven undergraduate capstone-design teams. In addition, he has supervised three M.S. projects, two M.S. thesis, and two Ph.D. dissertations.Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University MAGUED ISKANDER is Associate Professor and Graduate Adviser of the Civil Engineering Department at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Iskander is a recipient of NSF

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Wayne Kibbe, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

22.5%Final Presentation of Project by Participant 10.0% Total 100%Capstone ShowcaseIn September of 2005, the Northeast Network STEM Fellows Capstone Showcase washeld to provide an opportunity for all of the STEM Fellows Teams to present the plansthey had developed to promote greater student interest in STEM careers as well as toadvance STEM teaching and learning at the local level. The final plans developed by the11 STEM Fellows who participated in the Embedded Computer Systems & Photonicsreflected the positive influence that this professional development course had on themand how they would implement their new knowledge into their district.Demographics of

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Robert Kavetsky, Office of Naval Research; Robert L. Stiegler, NSWCDD; Peter N. Squire, NSWCDD; Juanita Jo Matkins, College of William and Mary; Gail Hardinge, College of William and Mary; John A. McLaughlin, McLauglin Associates

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

issues in teacher education, including assessment, gender and multicultural issues in science education.Gail Hardinge, College of William and Mary GAIL B. HARDINGE -- Dr. Hardinge is an educational psychologist who currently works with the Va. Department of Education's Training and Technical Assistance Centers, at the College of William and Mary, providing professional development programs for teachers. She has worked in public education for twenty-two years and is an adjunct Assistant Professor at William and Mary, teaching courses in collaborative consultation and assessment, as well serving as the college's VDP Project Coordinator.John A. McLaughlin, McLauglin Associates

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

polymers and semiconductors. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing fundamental knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes. Most recently, he has been working on Project Pathways, an NSF supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for a courses on Connecting Mathematics with Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone DesignChell Roberts, Arizona State University Chell A. Roberts is an associate professor of industrial engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech in 1991. He has a MS in Industrial Engineering and a BA in Mathematics from the University

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Hwang, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Ahrash Bissell, Duke University; Daniel Kaplan, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Matthew Mian, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Vineet Agrawal, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Jessica Manson, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to favor some parts of their brain more than other parts in learning.Indeed, Kolb has devised a learning-styles inventory (LSI), which can determine the test-taker’spreferred learning style.1,23 Theoretically, this preference reflects something about the way inwhich a student would like to learn, but does not limit learning to only one part of the cycle.With this information in hand, it may be possible to determine why some students get excited byand excel at certain aspects of a project, whereas other aspects of the same project seem boringor too difficult. Since effective learning requires the whole brain,18 one goal of InnoWorks is tohelp students develop those parts of the learning cycle that they are less inclined to use.It can be a