Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Shauna O'Hurley, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert P. Lillis, Evalumetrics Research; Betsy Khol, Women in Engineering; Robert D. Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

communication andnetworking among students, staff and alumni; develop and execute programs to recruit girls andretain women in science and technology; provide mentoring for freshmen, shadowing withalumni for upperclassmen and licensure and exam preparation for graduates; and formpartnerships with organizations (educational, professional, community and youth), businessesand corporations to assist in introducing women to the various opportunities in science andtechnology. In support of these goals, WIT has series of programming initiatives to meet thesegoals that include recruiting events, professional skills development workshops, academicsupport, industrial tours, networking events with engineering professionals, community buildingsocial activities

Conference Session

Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunni H. Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna C. Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

development in instructional design, teaching diversity, and peer coaching. Dr. Utschig completed his PhD in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison. His technical expertise involves analysis of thermal systems for fusion reactor designs.Donna C. Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Llewellyn is the Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Georgia Tech. Her primary professional interests are in the area of faculty and graduate student pro- fessional development, engineering education research, and increasing access and support for under- represented minorities in the field of engineering

Conference Session

Special Session: Moving Towards the Intended, Explicit, and Authentic: Addressing Critical Misalignments in Engineering Learning within Secondary and University Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas Dean McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy K. Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

US Dept. of Education, including the AWAKEN Project (funded by NSF-EEP), which examines learning, instruction, teacher beliefs and engineering practices in order to foster a more diverse and more able pool of engineering students and practitioners, and the Tangibility for the Teaching, Learning, and Communicating of Mathematics Project (NSF-REESE), which explores the role of materiality and action in representing mathematical concepts in engineering and geometry. Dr. Nathan is on the editorial board for several journals, including The Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-Peer).Amy C. Prevost, UW-Madison Ms. Prevost is a doctoral student in Education Leadership and Policy Analysis at the

Conference Session

Computer Science and Information Technology in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Victoria Forssen, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

inIT. Showcasing opportunities in IT or other STEM-related fields may peak students’interest and participation in computing.5,6,7,8,9,10A challenge to these efforts is measuring and quantitatively capturing the impact of theseefforts on students’ perceptions of STEM fields. Some researchers have sought tomeasure changes in students’ attitudes toward IT or CS using descriptive methods.6,9Although descriptive statistics are useful for describing changes among a given set ofparticipants, they have limited use in terms of generalizing to a broader population. Otherresearchers have developed their own instruments to measure changes in attitude towardIT or CS.4,11,12,13 These instruments often lack the evidence necessary to support thevalidity of

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Igel, Polytechnic Insititute of New York University; Ronald Leonel Poveda, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Examples of using robotics to teach STEM concepts abound in literature and cover theentire education spectrum from elementary to graduate school.4-6 Unfortunately, theextracurricular nature of robotics contests has not made the use of robotics more central to K-12science and math education. Moreover, the potential for explicitly exploring science and mathprinciples using robotics-based activities remains largely untapped in K-12 schools.7 Manyrobotics-focused K-12 programs are organized as outreach efforts for students’ educationalenrichment and necessitate on-site support of teachers through college-level engineeringstudents5 or volunteer engineering professionals,8 thereby making it difficult to sustain and scale-up projects. Therefore

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis S. Nadelson, Boise State University; Patricia Pyke, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Anne Hay, Boise State University; Joshua Pfiester, Boise State University; Mark A. Emmet, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

; Instruction and Graduate Research Assistant. His relevant research interests include understanding the obstacles STEM teachers face in collaboration and disseminating best instructional practices. He completed a M.A. in Elementary Science Education from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a B.S. in Natural Resources Management from Rutgers University.Mark A. Emmet, Boise State University Mark A, Emmet is currently the Associate Research Project Coordinator for Idaho SySTEMic Solution, a project funded by the United States Department of Education and administered jointly by the Colleges of Engineering and Education at Boise State University. Mr. Emmet has worked previously as the Profes- sional Development Coordinator