Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Cheryl Bluestone, Queensborough Community College; Amy Bieber, Queensborough Community College; James Valentino, Queensborough Community College; Patrick Wallach, Queensborough Community College; Joseph Goldenberg, Queensborough Community College; Clara Wajngurt, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

affective measures related to increased interest in andawareness of careers related to photonics or other STEM fields. We were particularly focused on Page 11.1055.11reaching underrepresented ethnic/cultural groups and females. Research suggests that the barriersto greater involvement in STEM careers for underrepresented minority groups and women arestrongly related to factors such as people’s beliefs about their competence in the science-relatedareas2,3,6. Specifically, low self-efficacy beliefs, lack of encouragement, and a lack of access tomaterials and resources together with other cultural, familial, and socioeconomic factors conspireto keep

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

+/- one standard deviation of each other and of the National averages.Interestingly, unlike the Science scores, which showed a mixture of student affinity relative tostudent confidence levels, Figure 3 shows that at every school – as well as the national averagedata – students responded more positively to questions regarding their confidence in mathematicsthan to questions concerning how much they like the subject.Given that quantitative survey response methods fall short of adequately assessing our program’simpact on student attitudes or feelings of self-efficacy, other than to show that our students’attitudes are in line with the National averages, we’ve used post-program questionnaireresponses and reflective essays to provide additional

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati; Suzanne Soled, University of Cincinnati; Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati; Mingming Lu, University of Cincinnati; Richard Miller, University of Cincinnati; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Heng Wei, University of Cincinnati; Thaddeus Fowler, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

patterns. Using the facilities Page 11.183.5available at the Advanced Transportation Engineering Systems Laboratory, the teacher was thentrained on the use of VISSIM traffic simulation software, and conducted simulation studies forthe previously selected sites to evaluate their operational performance under the existing andfuture traffic conditions. The teacher identified existing and potential traffic problems byanalyzing the results obtained from both the HCM-based and VISSIM simulators, in terms of“measure of effectiveness” estimation, and recommend possible improvements for HCM models. A field trip connected with each research project