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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James A. Ejiwale

. According to McPherson7 (2005) “Service learning is a method of teaching throughwhich students apply their academic skills and knowledge to address real-life needs in their owncommunities.” Eyler & Giles4 (1999) highlighted the importance of service learning as “a formof experiential education where learning occurs through a cycle of action and reflection asstudents work with others through a process of applying what they are learning to communityproblems, and at the same time, reflecting upon their experience as they seek to achieve realobjectives for the community and deeper understanding and skills for themselves.” It is essentialtherefore to provide a structured environment in which participants will be able to discover theirown styles of

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

W. Roy Penney; Kendal J. Brown; Joel D. Vincent; Edgar C. Clausen

the structure of the experiment serves as an example of acomplete, well executed instructional activity.Experimental Equipment and Supplies ListThe following supplies and equipment were used to perform the experiment. Of course, the sizeof the plate and corresponding picture frame are not critical to the experiment, and the size givenbelow reflects what was available to the students. • 26cm x 34cm picture frame with a glass plate, but no backing • Dow Styrofoam® insulation, 2 in thick • Packing tape • 26cm x 34cm aluminum plate, 1/8 in thick • Non-reflective black spray paint • Stopwatch • Thermocouple and reader • Watertight bag of iceExperimental ProcedureA schematic drawing of the experimental apparatus is presented

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Chih-Hao Wu; Kim Troboy; Tracy Cole; Loretta Cochran; David Roach

because a model tends to separate out different cognitive activitiesthat are highly interdependent and may be performed at the same time.16 An ethical decision-making model therefore may not be a reflection of actual decision-making processes in businesscontexts. In spite of this, in teaching ethics, professors hope to influence students’ decision-making processes in ways that will result in ethical conduct. As explained by Hartman andDesJardins12 (p. 6), “. . . students can learn and practice responsible ways of thinking anddeliberating. We assume decisions that follow from a process of thoughtful and conscientiousreasoning will be more responsible and ethical decisions. In other words, responsible decisionmaking and deliberation will result in

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James A. Ejiwale

9Roebuck, Brock, & Douglas (2004) in their study titled “Using a Simulation to Explore theChallenges of Communicating” asked participants of the study to write collaboratively a two- tothree-page memo reflecting on the team’s communication process. Within the memo, the teamsdiscussed what they did well, what they could improve, and what they would do differently ifgiven another opportunity to work virtually. From this study, some of the lessons learned thatwere recorded are: • We learned that effective communication is the key for achieving team objectives and success. A common understanding is necessary. We learned that distance is not important as long as you have an effective way of communicating between virtual team members

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

E. Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner; Ronald E. Nelson

lecture and lab concurrently. Only two students in the study had taken the lecture coursein a previous semester. Since the Electric Circuits Lab is designed to complement the Electric Circuits IIcoursework, a metric was developed to reflect the students’ performance in Electric Circuits II andconsisted of the course final grade. The distribution of grades in Electric Circuits II was: 11 A’s, 13 B’s,4 C’s, and 1 D.Analysis and ResultsThe students' performance on the electric circuits laboratory final was first evaluated with respect to theirgrades in the electric circuits lecture course in order to establish the relationship between the students'basic understanding of circuit theory and knowledge and their performance on the laboratory final

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rebeca G. Book

will ultimately possible reflect on them onhow the program is perceived.If the university has a good reputation, then even if the representative is not an alum then just bybeing associated with the university there are some publicity perks.There is always the tax write offs for donated equipment and material, plus the publicity ofgiving back to the public, if the company participated in the meetings and working with theuniversity.5. Projects:Possible partnerships can be forged with projects. If a project is not needed in a timely manner,or if it is a matter that the industry does not have current labor means to investigate, then it is apossibility that the university could undertake the project. The university also has the means totry out

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Peter LoPresti; Theodore W. Manikas; Jeff Kohlbeck

the lower scores, and this is reflected in the lower averages for this activity. TheAcademy staff suspects that the students were bored and/or held back by their partner who wasnew to the material. All of the activities have been rewritten with additional exploration optionsfor such students to give them direction and focus after the original material is completed. Inaddition, pairing students with advanced knowledge and letting them work further ahead isproposed as a future solution.Teacher NotesAt the end of the Academy, the teachers were asked to provide written and/or oral commentsevaluating the Academy and suggesting changes for following years. Many of the commentsreflected the evaluations and comments received from the students. The

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Dan Allison; Colin Davidson; Martha Shawver; Shelly Belles; Chris Wilkinson

participating in a credit-bearing, university-approved study abroad activity in a foreign country. (Note: Students possessing an F-1 VISA qualify for this criteria and must submit a form to the Director of Engineering Education.) 3. Submit a previous global learning or study abroad experience; in this case, the student must prepare a two-page report outlining: • Summary of previous experience, including dates and locations • Description of the student experience (typically a reflective paper, though not restricted to this) • Contact information of faculty/sponsors involved in the global learning experienceThe effort described in this paper directly applies to

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Shannon G. Davis; Bryan W. Hill; Carol S. Gattis; Bradley M. Dearing; Edgar C. Clausen

relationship of the experiment to what the studentsare studying; general directions for completing the exercise; parameters or limitations in thedesign; how the students will be evaluated; and how the experiment relates to the ArkansasScience Frameworks.Table 3 provides a listing and description of the participant-developed design experiments; somewere very open-ended design-oriented experiments, and some fell a somewhat short of that goal.This likely reflects the participants’ current state in understanding the design process. Somegroups created two design activities and others struggled to prepare one. Table 3. Description of Participant-prepared Design Activities Activity DescriptionBeak

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Dan Cernusca; Douglas R. Carroll

used as the categorical variable in this study.Attitude toward MecMoviesThe exploratory question for this part of the study was to see if the difference in students’attitudes toward MecMovies, the online environment used for about 20% of homeworkassignments is reflected in their performance in homework grade. Results were analyzed using aone-way ANOVA, between- groups design. For this analysis the homework score was thedependent variable while the attitude toward MecMovies served as the independent variable.The results showed a relatively equal split between students supporting the use of MecMoviesfor homework assignments, N = 43, and those against it, N = 31. The analysis revealed asignificant effect for the attitude toward MecMovies, F(1,72

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dominic M. Halsmer

/Psychology – Human beings are richly endowed intellectually but morally flawed. 5. Neuroscience – Humans possess consciousness and a capacity for intentionality and rational reflection. 6. Mathematics – Mathematical theories correspond with physical reality. 7. Logic – As abstract entities, the laws of logic are universal, invariant, and independent of human conventions. 8. Ethics – Moral absolutes seem intuitively authentic, and moral relativism is self-defeating. 9. Religion – Belief in the divine is a universal phenomenon and religious experience seems intuitively real and consistent with biblical revelation. 10