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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kalyan Mondal

Teaching an Embedded System Course to Electrical Engineering and Technology Students Kalyan Mondal Gildart Haase School of Computer Sciences and Engineering Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, NJ 07666IntroductionA rapid growth in the application of embedded programmable processors in systems from simplehousehold machines (e.g., washers and dryers) to complex real-time control in automobiles hasbeen seen over last three decades. Microprocessors, microcontrollers, and digital signalprocessors (DSPs) have been at the forefront such development. This has warranted trainingelectrical and

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Iem Heng; Farrukh Zia

industrial andembedded computer systems, in situations where low cost, low speed and single devicecommunication is needed.In this paper we present a survey of the teaching material (section 1), hardware considerationsand laboratory exercises (section 2) that we have developed and used in CET 3510 course, tointroduce the students to the new interfacing and communication standards; at a level that thestudents can understand and incorporate in their laboratory exercises. Then, a rubric forassessment of student performance for programming assignments in the laboratory follows(section 3).1. Introduction to Port CommunicationIn today’s society, technology influences our daily lives in a variety of ways. We are constantlydependent on the use of technology

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla Smyth LoPiccolo

conducted in a computer laboratory – a setting that has more distractions than thetraditional lecture room and therefore not the optimal venue for student note taking. Note taking,per Piolat, increases both students’ attention in class and their performance on tests, but it canalso interfere with students’ efforts to comprehend lecture content.1 In a separate study Kiewrareported that students typically record only about one -third of the important points in a lecture.2The goal of this paper is to show that guided note taking – faculty generated partial notes thatstudents actively complete during a lecture – improve students’ comprehension in a lecturelaboratory setting. In addition, this study furthers the author’s research in innovative

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Grant Crawford; Elizabeth Bristow

describes a practical application of learning theory as well as the teaching andreinforcement of that theory as part of continuing faculty development in an emergingeducational system.IntroductionWhat did you do with your summer vacation? In 2009, a group of faculty members from theUnited States Military Academy at West Point and the United States Air Force Academy joinedforces and traveled to Afghanistan for the sole purpose of helping to build that nation’s fledglinguniversity system. Their focus of effort was at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan(NMAA) located in the capital city of Kabul. They joined the core cadre of advisors as rotating Copyright ASEE Middle Atlantic Regional Conference

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Scott Bronikowski; Christopher Lowrance; Kenneth Viall

study problems and short in-class announced quizzes given overvarious periodicities. After teaching three separate electrical engineering courses at the UnitedStates Military Academy under both course models, we concluded that the benefits certainlyoutweigh the costs.Literature ReviewA civil engineering multicourse study found that quiz performance was correlated to testperformance, and homework performance had little correlation for most courses, and onlymoderate correlation in one course1. Their study included graded homework and fewer quizzesthan our proposal. Bluman, Rowland, and Mockensturm2 used an opposite approach to attemptto force the successful completion of homework. Their iterative homework grading andresubmission method required