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Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

similarinventions appear in different parts of the world almost simultaneously? How did informationand technology spread from one place to another and why did they fade away in one place onlyto resurface later in a different place? How and why were inventions or innovations diffused orborrowed from one culture adapted to suit the needs of another?Teaching methods include lectures, discussions, videos, and written essay projects. The lecturesand discussions are designed and intended to be very interactive and engaging for the students.The selected videos show how past technologies were developed and used. The essays requirestudents to identify and apply the knowledge obtained from the course to both historical andtoday’s technologies. The students are

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Robertson, Arizona State University; Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine; Tom McGlew, MATEC

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Two Year College Division

ACC. He is the author of 19 books on computer and electronic subjects and is a contractor with MATEC to deliver the ESYST program.Tom McGlew, MATEC Tom McGlew has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of semiconductor manufacturing and employee development. He is currently the project manager for the NSF-supported ESYST program at MATEC within the Maricopa Community College District, AZ. He has extensive experience in the electronics industry with interests in systems implementation and troubleshooting. Page 15.103.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Systems

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Learning by Doing

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah McAvoy, Ohio University

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Civil Engineering

students that enrolled in both requiredcourses and 12 students that enrolled in the elective construction management course and therequired engineering economics course. The required construction management course examinedstudent performance in engineering economics through a quiz, an assignment and midtermexamination. The quiz covered cash flow diagrams, determination of present worth, andassessing the feasibility of two projects using net present values and benefit-cost ratios. Theassignment covered the comparison of two projects using net present values and benefit-costratios as well as the determination of present, future and annual worth. The engineeringeconomics portion of the midterm exam covered the topics of the time value of money

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, East Carolina University; Eddy Rojas, University of Washington

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Construction

addition, many conventional curriculumsfor CEM education rely on traditional teaching methods such as lecturing,seminars, and group project work. In this informational learning, it is asignificant challenge for educators to get students engaged in learning.Innovative and Transformative LearningConstruction can be defined as a highly complex system which has a widespectrum of interrelated elements with multiple feedback loops and non-linearrelationships. In addition, construction is a difficult environment to summarizedue to differences of scale, nature, environment, society, etc. For these reasons, ithas been a challenge for construction educators to provide learning environmentsin which students can experience such complexity in the classroom. By

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia University; Karen Guo, Teachers College/Columbia University; Devayani Tirthali, Teachers College/Columbia University; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

,programs that provide many opportunities for active learning and reflection on practice top thelist. Finally, when looking at impact on knowledge and practice together, the significance of aprofessional community became apparent.Fishman, Marx, Best, and Tal17 presented an analytic framework in their study linking PD tostudent and teacher learning. The participants included 40 teachers teaching sixth, seventh, andeighth grade students in 14 urban schools in Detroit, Michigan. Teachers learned project-basedscience through inquiry pedagogy, which is in line with the constructivist notion of learning.Analysis of pre- and post- assessment, surveys, focus-group discussions, and classroomobservations showed positive impact on teachers’ knowledge, beliefs

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamila Cola, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Westlake High School; Margaret Tarver, Tri-Cities High School; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

for a Brighter Economic Future.1 As noted by theCommission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering andTechnology Development, investing in a diverse scientific workforce will lead to innovation andcreativity that will sharpen the competitive edge of the United States. 2 The projected USpopulation trends illustrate an increase in minority population from 30.6% in 2000 to 46.3% in2040.3 In the state of Georgia, minorities already make up 54% of the total K-12 studentenrollment.4 Therefore, in order for the United States in general, and Georgia specifically, toremain competitive and to utilize all of its intellectual capital, we will need to cultivate theuntapped STEM talents of underrepresented minorities. Introducing

Conference Session

Computer Gaming and Virtual Reality for Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

either costly or required special licensing. The Microsoft Zune, however, avoids thoseproblems. The Zune is relatively inexpensive and is supported by an excellent SDK and IDE, both ofwhich are free. In this paper, we describe our experience teaching mobile gaming with the Zune. Weexplain how the Zune platform is used, we outline the projects we use, the topics covered in lecture, andwe give examples of game developed by students. In addition, we provide student assessment of thecourse. We describe how the course supports our ABET course and program outcomes.1. IntroductionMobile gaming is one of the most important and growing segments of the computer games industry1. Itdrives hardware and software innovation in the smartphone market segment

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New Instrumentation Ideas

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hergert, Miami University

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Instrumentation

video or video streaming and are connected to an http stack. The equipment typically includes HVAC trainers, conveyors, wind tunnels, and fluid trainers. F. Laboratories in Vans Driven to Distance Sites. This equipment is driven to the distance sites. Some community colleges use vans to teach labs at distance sites. The problem with this method is that it allows access to equipment for a limited time, making it difficult to accomplish more than competency based tasks. The California Distance Learning Project states that these types of mobile labs are becoming less popular as distributed learning increases. 3 G. Smaller Portable

Conference Session

Industry based new Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in Industrial Technology and Industrial Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Little-Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Erich Bauer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

learningmanagement system such as communication, information, assessment and interaction tools.Communication tools such as email, messaging and blogging can provide students with a meansto not only communicate with their instructor, but also with each other which can help fosterbetter collaboration in projects or assignments. Information tools consist of places where thesyllabus is posted and where supplemental administrative and course materials may be loaded.Online quizzes, tests, and surveys are examples of assessment tools which an instructor or anadministrator can use to determine the amount and quality of student learning. Finally, chat anddiscussion forums as well as file sharing provide opportunities for collaboration and areinteractive type

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Information Systems

, the students are aided in efforts to integrate new knowledge with existing knowledgeand experience. They are expected to build on prior knowledge to solve a sequential series ofproblems involved in designing, building, and operating a commodity-component-based high-performance computing cluster utilizing resources in the lab that mirror the types of resourcesavailable to them in the real world. The courses involve at least one project in which studentsare presented with a problem within the context of a competition to achieve the best possibleperformance. This approach includes components of Problem Based Learning (PBL), whichchallenge students to apply their knowledge and skills as individuals and as a community tosolve a difficult

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Jing Chen, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

. Another prevalent project that explicitly focus onengineering decision-making was developed by the Missouri recovery program17. Thisproject included a workshop that utilized Structured Decision Making (SDM). The SDMapproach focused on complex decisions and the importance of uncertainties.There are, however, few researchers who examined students’ use of data or decisionsupport structures to make design decisions14 and 19. Studies with first-year engineeringstudents show they rarely use structured decision-making tools and tend to overlookcritical information during the decision-making process9. Novice engineering studentsmake decisions based on limited data and evidence. In addition, when novice designersuse a decision support tool such as QFD

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Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

educational exploitation has increased significantly 1, 3.Robotics in education is seen as an interdisciplinary, project-based learning activity drawnmostly on math, science, and technology and offering major new benefits in education at alllevels 2. Robotics implements 21st century technologies and can foster problem solving skills,communication skills, teamwork skills, independence, imagination, and creativity 4. Taking intoconsideration that students have a better understanding when they express themselves throughinvention and creation 5, robotics activities are considered to be a valuable learning tool that cancontribute to the enhancement of learning and to the development of students’ thinking 2.Some specialized robotics jobs require new skills

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

HsinPiao Hsu, Kainan University; Hui-Ying Wu, Ching Yun University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

ACA global scoredatabase, this study selected international ACA as a global standard tool toevaluate Northern Taiwanese university students’ web communicationcompetency in the domains of web design and multimedia applications, andfurthermore to identify the influential factors of web communication competency.The results of this study will be used as references for industrial companies inplanning and developing human resources and also for educational academies incultivating university students’ web communication competency. Two hundredand fifty-two sample participants from different departments of Kainan Universityin Northern Taiwan were tested by web communication domain which includes sixauthorized competency indicators: (a) setting project

Conference Session

Introducing Programming in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso

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First-Year Programs

toillustrate the concepts of programming techniques. This intervention is based on the hypothesisthat students will more quickly learn the fundamentals of programming using CCS0’spedagogical model and programming environment than with a conventional course in C, and thatthey will effectively transfer these understandings to the study of C during the second half of thesame course. Furthermore, SDIm’s inclusion of projects that examine the dynamic behavior ofsimple RLC circuits will reinforce key concepts taught in foundational ECE courses.Introduction and motivationThe University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) offers bachelor programs in several engineeringdisciplines and in Computer Science. One problem reported by many faculty members is thelimited

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Western Australia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

implementation strategies: “Promote broad understanding of political, economic, social and technical issues and processes as related to sustainable development. Advance the skills, knowledge and information to facilitate a sustainable future; including habitats, natural systems, system flows, and the effects of all phases of the life cycle of projects on the ecosystem. Advocate economic approaches that recognize natural Page 15.479.4 resources and our environment as capital assets. Promote multidisciplinary, whole system, integrated and multi-objective goals in all phases of project planning, design

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Ledlie Klosky, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Mark DeRocchi

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

betweeninformation about our programs, the profession, members of the profession and students bycreating a significant presence for the department on a popular social networking site. Thispaper presents the outreach goals of the initiative, the nuts-and-bolts of how it was executed, theeffect on recruiting and student excitement and, lastly, the author’s observations andrecommendations for similar efforts.IntroductionIn the summer and early fall of 2009, recognizing the growth of social networking within thedaily lives of our students, we initiated a project to improve the visibility and profile of the WestPoint civil and mechanical engineering programs through the use of a Facebook fan site. Thisproject aligns with earlier efforts by the authors to reach

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalia Litchinitser, SUNY at Buffalo; Albert H. Titus, SUNY at Buffalo; Alexander N. Cartwright, SUNY at Buffalo; Vladimir V. Mitin, SUNY at Buffalo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

diodes, lasers, and display systems. Inaddition, it has been essential in the development of new imaging techniques for biomedicalresearch, as well as in the development of new fabrication methodologies for electronics. Todate, these remarkable contributions to engineering have largely been ignored in theundergraduate curriculum in electrical engineering.Here, we present our efforts to develop educational modules for nanophotonics with an emphasison how the resulting technologies apply to sustainability and quality of life via devices based onnanostructures: e.g., solar cells, high efficiency lighting, environmental sensing, and other lowerpower optoelectronic devices. Specifically, in this project, we are developing nanophotonicsKnowledge

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Willis, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

more they resonate, the more their CRAnetworks are similar” [9. p. 189]. CRA can also compare all individual word networks bygenerating resonance clusters.The capabilities of CRA inspired three research questions for the initial limited study reportedhere. The research questions addressed are as follows. ≠ Research Question 1: What are the top influential words among word networks of student project reports? ≠ Research Question 2: How do student reports compare across application domain solutions? ≠ Research Question 3: How to student reports compare across report grade levels?MethodThe reports used in this study were created by students to describe results for an individualdatabase application

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Hay, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

physics from The Evergreen State University, a Secondary Teaching Certificate from University of Puget Sound, an M. Ed. in Instructional Technology Leadership from Western Washington University and a Ph.D. (research-based, not theoretical) in Educational Psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Anne Hay, Boise State University Anne Hay is the Coordinator of the Idaho SySTEMic Solution, a K-12 research project at Boise State University funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Ms. Hay has more than 25 years of teaching experience in K-12 through college programs, teaching German, English as a foreign language, biology, general science, life science, ecology and music. She

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Brunhaver, Stanford University; Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Micah Lande, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-118: SUPPORTS AND BARRIERS THAT RECENT ENGINEERINGGRADUATES EXPERIENCE IN THE WORKPLACESamantha Brunhaver, Stanford University Samantha Brunhaver is a second year graduate student at Stanford University. She is currently working on her Masters in Mechanical Engineering. Her research interests include engineering education and design for manufacturing. She earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University in 2008.Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Russell Korte is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently a Fellow with the iFoundry project in the College of Engineering at

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Micomonaco, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

in their studies. Introduced in Tinto’s work, academic integration results from experiences both in and out Page 15.1267.3of the classroom that relate to a student’s academic life and encourage a stronger associationwith the academic community. Academic integration includes a range of academic experiencessuch as informal contact with faculty, success in the classroom, and participation in disciplinaryresearch projects outside of class. Similarly social integration represents a deepening associationto a social community. Social integration results from participation in opportunities that fosterconnections within the community such as

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Beck, Carnegie Mellon University; G. Berard, Carnegie Mellon University; Bo Baker, University of Tennessee Chattanooga; Nancy George, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, 9, 10 Similar representational studies regard theeffect of the gender of the instructional agent in generating response from girls. Aninteresting and recent study from Plant, Baylor, Doerr, and Rosenberg-Kima uses acomputer-based learning environment and argues that female agents help generateinterest and encourage girls to participate in engineering-related projects.11Literature advocating pedagogical strategies that encourage girls to participate in STEMdisciplines tends to cover three broad groups: general advocacy and classroomenvironment strategies, reports on large-scale curriculum initiatives with an emphasis onstudents under-represented in STEM professions, and reports of science and engineeringprograms designed specifically for

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

curriculum and holds HU core designation. The importance of the humanities to the practice of civil engineering is discussed in several courses, including the concept of form and function – that is consideration of civil works as both art and engineering – within the context of design. The program outcome, however, requires students to “explain” versus “demonstrate.” How one “demonstrates the importance” was a concern of the faculty, but “explaining the importance” seemed more assessable. While many students may be able to “demonstrate” the importance through, for example, integration with certain design projects, most may not be exposed to such a broad experience

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, MIT; Beverly Mire, Cambridge Youth Programs; Trent Ramsey, Cambridge Youth Programs; Karen Gareis, Goodman Research Group; Emily Davidson, MIT; Elizabeth Jones, MIT; Michelle Slosberg, MIT; Rafael Bras, MIT

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-963: TERRASCOPE YOUTH RADIO: ENGAGING URBAN TEENS IN AUNIQUE UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPAri Epstein, MIT ARI W. EPSTEIN is a lecturer in the MIT Terrascope program, and also in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is the lead developer and instructor of Terrascope Radio and serves as the director of Terrascope Youth Radio. He is particularly interested in team-oriented, project-based learning, and in bridging the gap between learning in formal academic settings and learning in "free-choice" or "informal" settings, such as museums, media and clubs.Beverly Mire, Cambridge Youth Programs BEVERLY MIRE is assistant director for education at Terrascope

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

do the normative commitments of international engineeringeducators fit or overlap with the emergent image of economic competitiveness?Personal geographies to map differences I and three co-organizers (Kacey Beddoes [Virginia Tech], Brent Jesiek [Purdue University],Juan Lucena [Colorado School of Mines]) invited sixteen international engineering educators toparticipate in a multi-step process to produce personal geographies of their careers. Since a goalof this project is to examine how practitioners understand their commitments to internationalengineering education, we worked with a flexible image of international education as learningactivities that direct students’ attention beyond the boundaries of the home country.Mapping trajectories

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

students learn best anything that they experiencethemselves as well as normally do repetitively. Many engineering educators havehomework, design projects, and mid-term exams, and many times topics are tested againon a final exam. This process allows the student to first wrestle with the concept at theirown pace in a homework assignment where they can collaborate with others before beingasked to test their skills within a timed event such as an exam. Learning by doing is theprimary basis behind the growth of project-based learning (PBL) opportunities.4 Someprograms have been completely sold on the concept to the point of desiring PBL for alllearning activities within the program.5,6 These collaborative, team design experiencesallow even deeper

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University; Colin Neill, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

increasedcollaboration resulted in a convergent mental model of the project in which they were working.We used concept maps to qualitatively and quantitatively measure the convergence of the mentalmodels. While there are many techniques for eliciting and analyzing tacit mental models few Page 15.701.5offer the advantages of concept mapping. Concept maps are intuitive and therefore do not requiresubstantial training and only brief instructions, and they support multiple analysis techniques,many of which are automated, thus allowing larger numbers of participants in studies and lessopportunity for investigator biases. The complete concept map evaluation is

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; Cathy Bays, University of Louisville

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Educational Research and Methods

Dr. Cathy L. Bays is the assessment specialist for the university’s regional reaccreditation Quality Enhancement Plan. In this role she provides leadership across the 8 undergraduate units by demonstrating a broad knowledge of assessment, facilitating unit-specific assessment projects and outcomes, providing faculty development on assessment topics, and supporting the scholarship of assessment. For 15 years she was a faculty member in the School of Nursing at the University of Louisville, serving as Director of the Undergraduate Nursing Program for 5 of those years. Page 15.1022.1© American Society

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerri Phillips, West Virginia University; Giampiero Campa, The MathWorks, Inc.; Srikanth Gururajan, West Virginia University; Marcello Napolitano, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Aeronautical Engineering from Oklahoma University (1989). In 1990 he joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, where is currently a Full Professor. His current research interests include Flight Control Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Fault Tolerance, and Neural Networks. Page 15.507.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Enhancing Aerospace Engineering Education through Flight Testing ResearchAbstractThis paper describes the typical workflow of projects conducted within the flight control group atWest Virginia University (WVU) over the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Schneider, Cornell University; Maria Terrell, Cornell University Math Dept.

William Smith Colleges from 1997-1999, and then served for three years as Senior Director of Research and Evaluation at PowerUP, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding technology access and providing youth development resources for underserved youth.Maria Terrell, Cornell University Math Dept. Page 15.185.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Applications and Confidence Inventories for Assessing Curricular Change in Introductory Engineering Mathematics InstructionAbstractThis project stems from a collaborative effort by engineering and mathematics faculty at aresearch