Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Oswald, Oklahoma State University; Charlie Huddleston, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

ENGINEERING FOR HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS," American Society for Engineering Education, (2006).7. T. Waller, and D. B. A. Watford, "ASPIRE – The Academic Summer Program Introducing Resources forEngineers," in American Society for Engineering Education, (2004).8. R. Cano, S. B.-H. N. Koppel, S. Gibbons, and H. Kimmel, "EVALUATION OF SUMMERENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN STUDENTS," American Society for Engineering Education, (2004).9. H. S. Barrows, and R. M. Tamblyn, Problem-Based Learning: An Approach to Medical Education(Springer, New York, 1980).10. A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magelby, and C. D. Sorenson, "A Review of Literature on TeachingEngineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses," Journal of Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teac

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University; Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

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 Design.Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University Robert J Culbertson Robert Culbertson is Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Associate Director of the Center for Research in Education on Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (CRESMET) at Arizona State University. He is a member of the Leadership Team in the Math-Science Partnership project, and he

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Natalie Tran, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-2566: THE STRUCTURE OF HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC ANDPRE-ENGINEERING CURRICULA: MATHEMATICSMitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - MadisonNatalie Tran, University of Wisconsin - MadisonAllen Phelps, University of Wisconsin - MadisonAmy Prevost, University of Wisconsin - Madison Page 13.1268.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Structure of High School Academic and Pre-engineering Curricula: MathematicsAbstractOur curriculum content analysis examines how the pre-engineering curriculum Project Lead TheWay as compared to the academic curricula focus high school students’ understanding ofmathematics that would prepare them for

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Howell, Western Carolina University; Robert Houghton, Western Carolina University; Elaine Franklin, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

concepts to existing curriculum and standard course of study 5. Set a week long goal of having a robot “Fair” to show off to each other the capstone projects, selected by the teachers working in small groups. 6. At the end of the day, hold a brief feedback session including daily +/- feedback to the instructors on weaknesses, frustration, and strengths for quick adjustments to the curriculum. 7. Provide opportunity for role reversal for participants to be “students”, showing off to “teachers” who were real middle school students.As part of the senior engineering technology students’ project, they were required to prepare afive day curriculum6 for teaching the elements of robotics, data collection, analysis, and

Conference Session

Engineering in the Elementary School

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students thoroughly digest the material at hand and create newmeans of presenting the subject matter and then to act as teachers in a classroom setting withchildren. We also found motivation from the study of Elton et al.2 who sought to demonstrate“some interesting and mysterious, but explainable experiments” to a K-12 audience. The keymotivator here was the term “explainable,” we really did not want anything to come across asrandom or inexplicable. The overall structure of our research project, and its credence as asenior capstone project focused on research questions that were similar to Moskal et al.3, namely“how are children impacted by an outreach program”?, and “how are the college students andfaculty impacted by the outreach program”?. We

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tylisha Baber, Michigan State University; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

virtual design space and test them against the force of gravity. The purpose of theSodaConstructor computational environment is to emulate one particular aspect of engineeringdesign, the design-build-test (DBT) cycle[10]. DBT is an iterative process through whichengineers develop and evaluate design alternatives[11]. In each iteration of the cycle, engineersdesign a solution to a specified problem, build a prototype of the proposed design, and then test Page 13.499.3the prototype to determine its potential effectiveness. The DBT concept has been used inundergraduate engineering laboratories and in capstone senior design projects [12, 13]. Based

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Nelson, University of Texas at Tyler; Michael Odell, University of Texas at Tyler; William Geiger, University of Texas at Tyler; Kristian Trampus, University of Texas at Tyler

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

; Pre-Calculus Physics Composition II Senior Year Capstone Project HIGHER EDUCATION Language & Leadership History I Communication I Engineering Mathematics, Engineering Science, Language & Human History II

Conference Session

Enhancing K12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eli Silk, University of Pittsburgh; Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a project that investigates the use of engineering as a context in which to learnmathematics through an evaluation of a LEGO-based robotics curriculum. We performed acontent analysis of the curriculum in order to identify the types of mathematics topics thatstudents would have an opportunity to learn, and investigated the extent to which those topicswere aligned with national mathematics standards. The curriculum had a large percentage oftasks with clear relevance for mathematics and aligned well with the standards at the level ofbroad, topic areas (e.g., measurement, algebra, etc.). The curriculum was not well aligned at themore specific, topic level (e.g., use of measuring instruments, evaluating expressions, etc.),indicating that level