Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Donnelly, Three Rivers Community College; Fenna Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

jaundice?" ≠ Watt's my light? - The package on an energy-saving light bulb says the 26 watt fluorescent has the same light output as a 100 watt incandescent. Can Cal Poly Pomona students verify this statement? ≠ Of mice and Penn - UPenn McKay Orthopaedic Research Lab graduate students study the healing of tendon injuries using mouse tendons. Can optics provide a non-contact method for measuring mouse tendon properties? ≠ Hiking 911 - Two boys are lost in deep woods in rough terrain. Penn State Electro Optics Center (EOC) needs to recommend the best technology to locate them. ≠ Blinded by the Light – A man is arrested for blinding a pilot with a laser pointer. Is he innocent or guilty? Make your

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University; Soko Starobin, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

AC 2010-1019: EDUCATING FUTURE ENGINEERS: ROLE OF COMMUNITYCOLLEGESFrankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University Frankie Santos Laanan is associate professor and director of the Office of Community College Research and Policy at Iowa State University. His research focuses on the role of community colleges in serving as a pathway for women and minorities in STEM.Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University Dimitra Jackson is a doctoral student and research associate in the Office of Community College Research and Policy at Iowa State University. Her research interests focuses on underrepresented students in STEM fields.Soko Starobin, Iowa State University Soko Starobin is assistant professor

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Evans, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

undergraduate engineering degrees. 4. Implement a statewide strategy to fully utilize the capacity of all engineering programs.As previous research suggests that students are more likely to persist to graduation if they aresocially and academically integrated into STEM disciplines23, participating schools worked toachieve their goals by implementing a variety of strategies designed to provide academic supportand to create a ‘community’ of engineering and pre-engineering students, specifically targetingwomen and URMs.This partnership between community colleges and universities provides a unique opportunity toexamine how differing institutional settings impact students’ feelings of integration into socialand academic engineering communities. Analysis