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David Lemar Simpson, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Catlin Wells; Tes Cotter Zakrzewski EdD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Nicole Price

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GROW: An Equity-Minded Framework to Support the Integration of Equity and Inclusion in Learning2020 brought awareness to many issues surrounding equity and inclusion across the nation. In collegesand universities around the country, open forums on systemic racism and gender bias allowed newvoices to shine through and strategic plans on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) to be reimagined. Acommon theme that has emerged from these discussions is the critical need to effectively integrateequity and inclusion into the teaching and learning environment. As equity-minded institutions, we havea responsibility to not only meet our students where they are at, but also our faculty. Thus, wedeveloped a framework that provides faculty with a self

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James Accuosti, University of Bridgeport

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this example to from a career path in students’ planning. One limitation of thisresearch is that there is little analysis on long-term results. One group [39] successfully generatedinterest with students in physiology, but questions how long these students retain interest – thereseems to be no reliable metric. This concern is previously shared with Laursen, et al. [40]; weexpect students’ interests to change over time.Factor 3: School AtmosphereSchool Climate: Schools have their (un)fair share of social problems; in turn, STEM programobjectives and outcomes are heavily dependent on factors, including local economies. Thischallenge puts strain on school programs because schools require balanced stability. SomeSTEM schools which suffer

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Jim Olson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Emily Liu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Malcolm Kenneth Porterfield, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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addition to his academic and athletic endeavors, Malcolm was the treasurer of the Black Graduate Students Association of RPI where he planned and executed team events and managed the finances of the group. Prior to accepting a position as a GEM Fellow, Malcolm completed four Graduate Assistant Research As- sistant internships at Los Alamos. In addition to his Ph. D. studies, Malcolm continues to pursue available opportunities in learning by auditing courses such as Fusion Energy at Princeton Plasma Physics Labo- ratory and earning certification in courses such as, Neutron Scattering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Lean / Six Sigma at RPI. American c

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Brian Bartelo, Student; Sean W Bartelo

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accelerated students interested in engineering school and asubsequent successful engineering career. Homeschooling may not be a good fit for everyone,but it can help those interested in deep diving into mathematics and science ahead of engineeringschool.Keywords: homeschooling, aerospace engineering education, elementary school, middle school,project-based learning, accelerated learning, dual enrollment, concurrent creditTo become an aerospace engineer, one needs to study advanced math and science; however, onedoes not need to wait until they are eighteen years old to begin the journey. This paper discussesmy educational plan as I hope to study aerospace engineering and law.Aerospace engineers can contribute more than just the design and execution of

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Caressa Adalia Wakeman, University of Connecticut ; Amvrossios Bagtzoglou, University of Connecticut; Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut

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forthem.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underIUSE/PFE: RED Grant No. 1920761. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Appendix: Questionaries for Reflection PiecesInitial Reflection Piece1) Please articulate how you are attending the class, how you plan to study, what you believe may give you difficulties, and most importantly what steps will you take to tackle those perceived difficulties.2) Please give me suggestions on what I can do to help you succeed in this class.3) Have you been classified via formal diagnosis as belonging to the neurodiversity

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Diane Ward, Educator

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otherwise be exposed to engineering andcreating, Young Engineers guides students in understanding mechanical cause and effectrelationships. Promoting the study of engineering in afterschool environments lends a “coolfactor” to those involved in the program. There is also a pride of creation for each project builtand taken home.Future Engineers [9] creates quarterly challenges for elementary, middle, and high schoolstudents. Many of the challenges require students to use CAD software, produce 3D models,create a scientific experimentation plan. The organization provides mentoring and challengeshave no fee to enter. Recently, they featured challenges for creating a lunar rover to captureregolith from the moon titled Lunabotics, and a challenge where

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Emily Deterding, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Nathan Agyeman; Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carter Keough, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Sumudu Lewis, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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leaders inour group, but that's just more because they're already skilled with certain aspects, like CAD(Computer Aided Design).” The focus group participants identified that equal contribution of work performed by allteam members was key in keeping their teamwork projects in orbit, but they seemed to strugglewith implementing this in their own groups. They all agreed their teams had a plan to split theproject workload up, but so far some team members did not complete their parts. Participantsalso felt there was too much work to equally split between all of the team members. Otherimportant characteristics for successful teamwork mentioned in this discussion were efficiency,accuracy, and precision. The third focus group rounded off