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Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Johnson, Washington State University; Reid Miller, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

ways.For the field of engineering education, there has not been an embracement in the use of onlineeducation. Following an extensive review of engineering online programs, Bourne, Harris, &Mayadas31-32 found that a large number of them were available for master’s level, but there werefew bachelor’s degrees. A reason often noted to not developing engineering courses online is thechallenge of replicating hands-on laboratories over the internet, even though a great deal ofmodule development has been done in this area31-32. For these same engineering educationresearchers, they recommend that field of engineering learn more about methods for blendedlearning (in-class and online), different pedagogies for teaching and learning in onlineengineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

Technology, Teaching and science education, engineering or Initiatives Learning Laboratory higher education Assistant or Ph.D. South Dakota School of Mines, Backgrounds in all areas of engineering Associate professor, First Year Experience and science will be considered STEM education research Associate Professor, Ph.D. Arizona State University, Ira A. Earned doctorate in engineering or Engineering Fulton School of Engineering closely related field Education* Assistant or Ph.D. Stony Brook University, Doctorate in science and technology Associate Professor

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, University of Minnesota-Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

typically constrained laboratory budget,since the cost of development of a platform for a mobile robot can become fairly expensive asthe complexity of the sensors and control system are increased, it can reach thousands of dollars.In our case, early in the development process, this was a limitation that we had to work with.First, we try to establish which would be the best approach to follow in order to keep the cost ofthe robotic platform within the limits of the budget assigned to this class. Next, in order to reducethe implementation costs we decided to use as much devices and systems that we already hadavailable in our labs, such as sensors, electronic devices, laptops, microcontroller cards anddebugging, simulators, programming, and analysis

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsty Mills, University of New Mexico

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Engineering Ethics

policy, spoke of nanotechnology’s geopoliticalimplications. Two further lecturers were invited to explore the routes by which nanotechnologymoves from the laboratory into society. The first, a faculty member and co-founder of ananotechnology start-up company, described the constraints and opportunities of the nanotechsmall business experience. The second, another faculty member, described the universityresearch process, and the extent to which this is shaped by societal forces such as fundingprocesses, safety considerations, collaborative interactions, and so on.Perhaps the most unique speaker was a philosopher from the Deaf community, who talked of theimpact of technology in that community. (The ‘Deaf community’ is a sociocultural grouping

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

on traditional lectures; Page 11.1257.8 • Increased emphasis on experiential learning through properly designed laboratory experiments to teach engineering principles and verify theoretical work raised in the classroom; • Stress on: life-long learning, systems thinking, organizational management, teamwork and group problem–solving skills, and cultivation of leadership skills; • Focus on design issues of relevance to the Region, involving life-cycle economics, environmental impact, utilization of locally available resources, maintainability, and conformity with

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

applications and limitations oftechniques,” but the development of philosophies, methodologies, and skills is best served by thecase method. Cases are used to extend the learning experience beyond the classroom exercisesand laboratory experiments. Shapiro states that “the case method is built around the concepts ofmetaphors and simulation.” Each case is a metaphor for a selected set of problems or issues. Intheir analysis and discussions, students are expected to simulate the information processing anddecision-making skills of managers or engineers involved in the case. Cases require students toconsider multiple factors and to integrate information from various sources. Thus, cases, invarious forms, are one solution to the widening discrepancy between

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Nosa Egiebor, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Arizona State University; Lisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Chalmers Sechrist, Florida Gulf Coast University; Sam Hulbert, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Osborn, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Roger Williams University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

New trends in ECE education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

their homework computer assignments and the final course project.When hands-on experimentation is implemented in image processing courses, it isusually via computer laboratory assignments done after the class meets. However, in theauthor’s opinion this “waiting period” between the time the knowledge is acquired andthe time it is applied through hands-on activities in unnecessary and may negativelyaffect student learning. Students are more likely to understand and retain the theory if it isillustrated with immediate hands-on experiments. In the course described here, studentswere given the chance to practice the theory at the same time as they were learning it.The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. The context of the DIP course is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omnia El-Hakim, Colorado State University

Mathematics Scholarships (CSEMS) 5. XCEL Energy Foundation. 6. Colorado Institute of Technology. 7. U.S. Army Unite Jets Program for High School Students. 8. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (c)Thesis Advisor George, Carmen (2005), M.Sc. – Environmental Health Hall, Kendy (2004), M.Sc. – Physics Wilson, Christopher (2005), M.Sc. – Construction Management (d)Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor Sonya LeFebre (2004), Ph.D. - Ecology Page 11.930.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Rocky Mountain Math Science PartnershipBackground/GoalsThe Rocky Mountain

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Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reginald Hobbs, Tufts University; Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

are better able toconstruct meaning in practical ways so that knowledge can be applied outside of school settings.Howard Gardner developed the idea of multiple intelligences: several different kinds ofintelligence exist in humans, each relating to a different area of human life and activity.10 Anylearning environment can be organized to draw on most of Gardner’s multiple intelligences byincluding a variety of learning activities, such as lectures rich with visual information,discussions that promote student–student interactions, group projects that allow for creativeelements and laboratory investigations that engage learners in the physical doing of science.11This module with its hands-on application, discussions based upon observation, and

Conference Session

New trends in ECE education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University; Nate Evans, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

Blue and Red Teams (assuming the reports were not intercepted).Bibliography1. Doug Jacobson, “Teaching Information Warfare with a Break-in Laboratory”, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, June 2004.2. L.J. Hoffman and D. Ragsdale, “Exploring a National Cyber Security Exercise for Colleges and Universities”, tech. report CSPRI-04-08, Cyber Security Policy and Research Inst. Aug 2004, www.cpi.seas.gwu.edu/library/docs/2004-08.pdf3. L.J Hoffman and D. Ragsdale, “Exploring a National Cybersecurity Exercise for Universities”, IEEE Security and Privacy, Volume 3, Number 5, September 2005, pg27-33.4. InfraGard, www.infragard.net5. Iowa State University Information Assurance

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Knowing Our Students II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 11.1346.12AcknowledgementsThis work has been supported by the National Science Foundation through grant REC-0238392,Using portfolios to promote knowledge integration in engineering education. The authors wishto thank all members of the Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education for theinsightful reviews and comments that helped to shape this paper.References1. Lappenbusch, S., & Turns, J. (2005). Finding their place in TC: using a community of practice model to research emerging TC professionals. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Professional Communication, Limerick, Ireland.2. Guan, Z., Yellin, J.M., Turns, J., and Kumar, V. (2005). User-centered design of course-based portfolios for mechanical engineering

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Bradley, University of Kentucky; Janet Lumpp, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

College of Engineering, College of Education, publictelevision station (KET), local industry (SMC, Inc.), naval research laboratory (Crane NSWC),local school district (Fayette County Public Schools), and Appalachian school districts in EasternKentucky, and are connected by in-service teachers at various career stages. The connection ofteachers across disciplines at different career stages has had initial success as recent KEEP PDworkshops trained several teachers from the same school representing math and sciencedepartments. Following Simon’s cycles of learning, our PD format emphasizes the “modeling”phase where each step is demonstrated and repeated. The “scaffolded practice” phase has beenused to help teachers overcome the confidence barrier

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Moore, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

in Table 1. The MEA wascompleted in a computer laboratory setting with the students working both individually and inteams of 3 to 4 students. The students had twenty minutes to do the individual portion and onehour to complete the team portion of the MEA. The students begin by reading the entire MEAindividually. When students work this problem, the individual warm-up activity (the last sectionof Table 1) requires that the students think about the problem and provides the students time toorganize their thoughts before setting out to solve the problem with their team members. Thestudent teams then re-read the problem statement and develop the model for their procedure. Table 1. Factory Layout MEA

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

materials as fine and coarse aggregates, and measure their compressive strength during afield trip to Clarkson University’s Civil Engineering testing laboratory. The strength results areevaluated, together with additional qualitative criteria, with a matrix approach that demonstratesthe use of a multi-criteria engineering decision making process. Students ultimately select theirbest choice of waste aggregate material and produce their final product. Table 2. Environmental Problem Solving Curriculum: Converting nonbiodegradable solid waste into a usable product 1. Define our problem: Introduction to Problems associated with Solid Waste ‚ Definitions and statistics about solid waste generation, including an

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

defined roles (Gantt chart). The second stage begins when a team’s proposal isaccepted and they are given access to the resources needed to implement their solution.This phase of evaluating understanding may involve building a solution or characterizingthe device they designed during the proposal phase. To make this experience as authenticas possible, teams choose the equipment they need from an on-line catalog common tothe entire electrical engineering program, and set it up on a bare laboratory bench. The Page 11.576.11price of all equipment is listed since teams assume ownership of, and responsibility for,the equipment and supplies they check out

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kazem Kazerounian, University of Connecticut; David M. Moss, University of Connecticut; David Giblin, University of Connecticut; Elias Faraclas, University of Connecticut; Cathi Koehler, University of Connecticut

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

“cookbook” laboratory exercises assigned by the teacher. For example, in atypical physical science class, students “solve problems” that determine the voltage needed for2mA of current through two 50Ω resistors. As we were investigating how engineering might beintegrated into science frameworks, we were searching for evidence where students woulddevelop their own circuit diagrams based on the physical fluid system and determine data basedon reasonable assumptions that they have made about their design to solve the given problem. Asstudents design products within constraints of their given requirements, they can make intelligentdecisions by weighing trade-offs for an efficient design. This is how an engineer operates whenposed with a problem

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University; Girish Rao, SPRINT

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Moreover, thiswas an analysis of design activities in actual practice, unlike laboratory experiments whichmight alter designer behavior and strategies.During stage I, students were required to analyze the current offerings in the market andredesign an electric toothbrush that will better meet needs of the targeted population. Theywere expected to begin with a customer needs assessment, complete a literature search,product dissection and benchmarking, generate and select a viable concept, and end withdetailed design specifications. The deliverables included a progress report four weeks into theproject, and a final design document and presentation at the end of the seven week period.The design documentations of the eight design teams were reviewed

Conference Session

Energy Resources, Efficiency, and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarma Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University; Wendy Mahen, PennSylvania State University; Mark Deluca, Pennsylvania State University; Martin Gutowski, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

course was the location where they take the exams. Studentswere allowed to take quizzes and exams at home. Students who opted to come to aclassroom were given an opportunity to come to a computer laboratory at a scheduledtime to take the exams. Although the average time students took to complete was only75% of the time given, several students felt that the time provided was not enough tocomplete quizzes and exams. However, it is also important to note that no one was able toscore 100% on any exam.The students were required to do a project and prepare a webpage on their findings sothat the rest of the class members can learn their findings. This was one of the ways topresent their work to other students in an online course. Two help sessions to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Rywalt, Florida Tech; John Hadjilogiou, Florida Tech

interfacing with the box. b. Acquiring a good understanding of the resources in the box, and their uses, in order to develop the flowchart for meeting the stated objective. c. Output devices and their interface with the box.To accomplish part a., students are introduced to input devices. Switches are very basiccomponents with a wide variety of configurations. However, the students need toexperience some of the switches characteristics in a laboratory environment. Temperatureswitches, analog input devices and keypads were used in most of the projects. For thepart c the students are introduced to output devices. In their projects, students primarilyuse alphanumeric displays as output devices, along with LEDs and seven segment

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Niehaus, University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

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Civil Engineering

Center duplicate a typical design office in a civilengineering firm. To assist teams during their planning sessions, the Center also has aconferencing area, complete with a 50 inch plasma screen Smart-Board. The CEE Departmentcoordinated with the CEE Alumni Advisory Board's Facilities and Equipment Committee toraise $65,000 ($55,000 in cash and $10,000 in pledges) to establish this self-contained designand production laboratory. The lab was dedicated on October 9, 2003 by UC President NancyZimpher. The equipment and software provided in the Center are: Page 11.1008.8 Hardware Software

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven; Michael Collura, University of New Haven

,laboratory investigation, data analysis and model development. Students go on to buildsubstantial depth in some of the foundation areas, while other topics may not be furtherdeveloped, depending on their chosen discipline. Thus the foundation courses serve both as thebasis for depth in disciplinary study and as part of the broad multidisciplinary background.During a three year period, a team of faculty at the University of New Haven has developed theMultidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral curriculum concept, including a set of ten newcourses. Several of the first year courses were run in pilot form in the 2003-2004 academic year.The new curriculum has been fully adopted by programs in Chemical, Civil, Mechanical andGeneral Engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Thomas Waldmann, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

cost effective means of data collection.Participants were requested during their initial laboratory session (Introduction toComputers module) to access the questionnaire and complete all aspects. Students weregiven one week to ensure correct completion of the questionnaire, as stratified samplingtook place at the beginning of the following week. On submission of the questionnaire alldata was immediately transferred to the research database.Index of learning stylesThe 36 questions were administrated electronically to all participants. The followinginstructions were given to the participants before commencing: • All questions must be answered. • If both answers apply select the one that applies most frequently

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Dana Newell, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Fall 03 Fall 04 Fall 05 (14/29) (21/23) (14/20) 48.28% 91.3% 70.0%1. Textbook/supplementary material in support of the course. 4.31 3.95 3.862. Value of assigned homework in support of course topics. 4.14 3.90 3.573. Value of laboratory assignments/projects in support of the 4.36 3.95 3.75course topics.4. Reasonableness of exams and quizzes in covering course 4.21 4.18 4.00 Page 11.732.11material.5. Weight given to

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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Women in Engineering

. Medicalleave ensures that a new mother has time to recover from her pregnancy and care for her newchild and, at the same time, protects her from other disadvantages she might suffer if pregnancywere treated differently. As the 2004 GAO Report notes, for example, “relief from teachingduties [to deal with family issues such as the birth of a child] may benefit male faculty more thanfemale faculty. In connection with the arrival of a child, to the extent that male faculty may haveless involvement in caring for newborns, male faculty may use the extra time to do additional Page 11.1066.13research or laboratory work.”12 Thus, while either family or

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Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy; Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

engineers. In fact, many engineers in a design shop relyon the newer graduates to show them how to use the newest software. The USMA graduateexceeds what is expected from the undergraduate experience in the BOK in the areas ofcommunication and leadership, largely due to the additional opportunities they have to practiceboth in realistic settings.The areas where USMA students fall short according to the initial assessment are in Outcomes 2(Experiments, Analyze and Interpret), 5 (Solve Engineering Problems), 12 (Specialized Area),and 9 (Lifelong Learning). The BOK expects that the undergraduate education will provideattainment of ability for outcomes 2 and 5. Most of the experiments that USMA studentsconduct are in a controlled laboratory environment

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Sherrill, University of Houston; Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

property protection” is better understood by engineers andtechnologists who have created novel products or technologies in the laboratory and desire tocommercialize their innovations, as opposed to, say, business students who are eager to establisha restaurant or nightclub. The latter is not likely to be centered on “resources” as much as“opportunity” or “speed to market”. It would be a stretch to conceive of these latter sources ofcompetitive advantage as “resources”.A resource becomes valuable as a result of its attraction to a particular market. While this mayseem like a highly intuitive and even obvious statement, to many technology or engineeringoriented entrepreneurs it can be a revelation. They simply have not been trained to view

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Beverly Perna, Tsongas Industrial History Center

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

projects could be replaced with two lectures and two homeworkassignments, with a lower teaching load but different learning outcomes.In addition to the time requirements, there is a significant increase in stress and apparentworkload from the expectations from the client and the larger community that the SL projects Page 11.879.13will be a success. For all these reasons, the instructor reports feeling “burnt out” after thecompletion of the projects. Possible reductions in workload may be achieved through theaddition of the engineering workshop and technical laboratory instructor, additional training andearlier recruitment of teaching assistants to

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Freeman, Valparaiso University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

must perform an annual assessment. Theprimary reason for this assessment is to demonstrate the learning community is meeting its statedoutcomes. There are three general reasons to assess any project or program- to improve theprogram or project; to inform stakeholders whether the program, or project, is achieving it’sgoals; or to prove a program, or project is meeting, or has met its intended goals. [6]Traditionally, the evaluation in EELC is done via different tools. For the material at hand theevaluation has been done by homework, quizzes, tests, and laboratory reports. In addition tothat, one-on-one interviews are conducted, with each student, twice during the term and wouldidentify weakness and strengths for each student. The interview