Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

their understanding ofengineers.Assessment ProtocolStudents were given 20-30 minutes to draw-an-engineer and answer three questions related towhat they had drawn. Directions and question prompts were as follows: Close your eyes and imagine an engineer at work... Open your eyes. On the attached sheet of paper, draw what you imagined. Once you have completed your drawing, please respond to the following prompts: 1. Describe what the engineer is doing in the picture. Write at least two sentences. 2. List at least three words/phrases that come to mind when you think of this engineer. 3. What kinds of things do you think this engineer does on a

Conference Session

Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Bartholomew; Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Ron Terry, Brigham Young University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

increasingly popular in recentyears; backward design is a method of design that begins with the end in mind.2 The  main  principles  of  this  process  call  for  curriculum  developers  to  first  determine  what  students  should  know  and  be  able  to  do  at  the  completion  of  a  unit.    Great success has been found inthe backward design movement, and teachers are finding opportunities for implementation ofbackward design in their classrooms.3-5In 2002, the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) updatedtheir earlier published book: Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study ofTechnology (STL).1 This document helped to set forth the expectations, benchmarks, standards,and learning outcomes

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Engineering EducationAnnual Conference (2010) http://soa.asee.org/paper/conference/paper-view.cfm?id=246665 ibid.6 Bransford, John D., Brown, Ann L., and Cocking, Rodney R., ed., “How People Learn. Brain, Mind, Experience,and School”, National Academy Press, 20007 Willingham, Daniel T, “Why Don’t Students Like School?”, Jossey-Bass, 20098 ibid. Page 22.839.7

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

-science majorsincorporates perspectives more akin to engineering than traditional physical science courses.These recent efforts at motivating the learning of physics by understanding modern technologystand in distinct contrast to earlier classic works such as Physics for the Inquiring Mind 59 andPhysics for Poets 60, which avoided technological applications and emphasized philosophicalquestions and natural phenomena.These developments illustrate that demand and interest exist among the non-engineeringundergraduate population for courses on technological issues. It also demonstrates thatengineering faculty can develop and teach courses on technological topics to non-engineeringstudents. The successful courses taught by engineers span the entire

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josh Tenenberg, University of Washington, Tacoma

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Design in Engineering Education

confidence” near the end of his career when he saw that manyof his students were not enacting the principles that he taught in his courses; they were notmoving theory into their practice as new teachers. He inquired how he could better help them toconnect their academic work to their practice. He and his co-author spend much of the bookdescribing how the liberal arts curriculum might be structured so as to do so. In this regard, theyview the liberal arts as cultivating the life of the mind, critical reason, and reflection. But theyargue that in educating students for the professions (such as engineering and design), these habitsof inquiry need to be used not just in the abstract (as they might in many courses in theHumanities) but applied to

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-635: HIGHER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN ENGLANDAND WALES 1955-1966. COMPULSORY LIBERAL STUDIESJohn Heywood, Trinity College Dublin Professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin formerly Professor and Director of Teacher Ed- ucation. During the period of the paper was a lecturer in radio communication at Norwood Technical College, Senior Research Fellow in Higher Technological Education at Birmingham College of Advanced Technology, and Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow at the University of Lancaster respectively. he has an MSc in Engineering Education from the University of Dublin Page 22.776.1

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

effective mentorship and social support tracks directly onto gender, ethnic, race,and class differences. With this contingency in mind, the measurement of self-efficacy can betied to a much larger social project. Most suggestively, Jaffee and Riley draw our attention tothe fact that it is in leaving engineering that some women express agency. We certainly need notaccept as final or desirable the departure of these young women from STEM fields, but if we areto understand the complex relationship between identity, self-efficacy, and equitableopportunities in STEM disciplines, such broadened definitions of what counts as self-confidenceand self-determination will be vital. McLoughlin's work on so-called non-traditional students (aproblematic word in

Conference Session

Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2011-1979: IMPROVING TECHNOLOGY LITERACY CRITERIA DE-VELOPMENTSteven R Walk, Old Dominion University Steven Robert Walk, PE, is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology in the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. He is founder and Director of the Laboratory for Technology Forecasting. His research interests include energy conversion systems, technology and innovation management, and technological forecasting and social change. He is owner and founder of Technology Intelligence, a management consulting company in Norfolk, Virginia. Mr. Walk earned BSEET and MSEE degrees at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a University Scholar

Conference Session

Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Lauren Aprill; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Assessment And Instruction, 2002 Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 2002 Annual Conference, June 16-19, 2002, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. 13. Starns, G., and M. Hagge, “Quantifying Learning Through The Use Of Mind Maps And Concept Maps,” ,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 2009 Annual Conference, June 17-19, Page 22.138.18 2009, Austin, TX. 1714. Lohani, V., and R. Castles, “A Paradigm For Comprehensive Concept Map Based Modeling Of Student Knowledge,” ,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-634: HIGHER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN ENGLANDAND WALES BETWEEN 1955 AND 1966. THE CONTRIBUTION OF THEBRITISH ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY TO ITS DEVELOP-MENTJohn Heywood, Trinity College Dublin Professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin formerly Professor and Director of Teacher Ed- ucation in the University. During the period of this paper was a lecturer in radio communications at Norwood technical College, Senior Research Fellow in Higher Technological Education at Birmingham College of Advanced Technology, and Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow in Higher Education at the University of Lancaster. Has an MSc in Engineering Education from the University of Dublin

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

in chemical engineering at the National Center for Scientific Research in France (C.N.R.S.), and more than nine years teaching physics, electrical and mechanical engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physical science, astronomy, biology, and earth science at several colleges and universities throughout the USA. He worked as a high-voltage R&D engineer at Thomson Consumer Electronics, Lancaster, PA from 1998 to 2000, and as a consultant in biomedi- cal imaging (PET). He has been a full-time faculty in electronics and electromechanical engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology since 2000, where he has been teaching in the areas of electronics and biomedical systems engineering, including five years of

Conference Session

Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Guillermo Luis Trotti, Trotti & Asssociates, Inc.; Suzanne Marie Wilcox, ExplorationWorks Museum of Science and Culture; Elizabeth Perry Gundersen, ExplorationWorks Museum of Science and Culture; Dava J. Newman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-1229: USING SPACE-INSPIRED EDUCATION TOOLS TO EN-HANCE STEM LEARNING IN RURAL COMMUNITIESAllison Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Allison is a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California in Astronautics Engineering, and two masters degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Technology Policy Program.Guillermo Luis Trotti, Trotti & Asssociates, Inc. Guillermo Trotti Gui Trotti is an internationally recognized architect and industrial designer. His design thesis entitled ”Counterpoint: A Lunar Colony” is part of the

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-815: BODY-STORMING, SUPER HEROES AND SCI-TECH PUB-LICATIONS:TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE THE IDEATION PROCESSDaniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy Dr. Dan Jensen is a Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy where he has been since 1997. He received his B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), M.S. (Applied Mechanics) and Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering Science) from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has worked for Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, NASA, University of the Pacific, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and MSC Software Corp. His research includes development of innovative design methodologies and en- hancement of engineering education.Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy Kendra

Conference Session

Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhao Chad Kong; Angie Martiza Bautista-Chavez, Rice University; Andres J Goza, Rice University; Rachel Jackson, Rice University; Kurt Kienast, Rice University; Sam Oke; Juan A Castilleja, The Boeing Company; Brent C Houchens, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-2312: IMPLEMENTATION OF MINI-LECTURES IN DREAM:RIGOR IN AN INFORMAL, DESIGN BASED HIGH SCHOOL MENTOR-ING PROJECTZhao Chad KongAngie Martiza Bautista-Chavez, Rice UniversityAndres J Goza, Rice UniversityRachel Jackson, Rice UniversityKurt Kienast, Rice UniversityMr. Sam OkeJuan A Castilleja, The Boeing CompanyBrent C Houchens, Rice University Brent C. Houchens is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rice University. Page 22.814.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implementation of Engineering Mini-Lectures in DREAM: Rigor in an Informal, Design Based High

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Mobrand, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-2241: REVISITING COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCES TO PRE-PARE FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICEKathryn Mobrand, University of Washington Kathryn Mobrand is a doctoral candidate and research assistant in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington. She is working with Dr. Jennifer Turns on preparedness portfolios for engineering undergraduates; her focus is on the communication of practicing engineers.Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington. She is interested in all aspects of engineering education, including how to support engineering

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

great quest for understanding manyunanswered questions of nature.” 23 On the other hand, Grand Challenges distinguishesengineers’ unique contributions, even to science: “In the popular mind, scientists and engineershave distinct job descriptions. Scientists explore, experiment, and discover; engineers create,design, and build. But in truth, the distinction is blurry, and engineers participate in the scientificprocess of discovery in many ways.” 24 Here again, the report plays the boundaries ofengineering loosely, in this case the boundary between science and engineering, to castengineering in its most favorable light. 25The tension in engineers’ ambiguous relationship with scientists represents an opportunity forengineers to embrace more

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1117: LIBERAL LEARNING REVISITED: A HISTORICAL EX-AMINATION OF THE UNDERLYING REASONS, FRUSTRATIONS, ANDCONTINUED PROSPECTS FOR ENGINEERING AND LIBERAL ARTSINTEGRATIONAtsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atsushi Akera is a historian of engineering education and an associate professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer. His publications include Calculating a Natural World: Scientists, Engineering, and Computers during the Rise of U.S. Cold War Research (MIT Press, 2006) Page 22.1015.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Intelligent machines that control their bodies and minds.37What does the choice of certain ends imply about the means? Langdon Winner38 has identifiedthe centralized power structures required for the development of nuclear power (which wouldextend here to fusion technologies). Who will be able to participate in the engineering projectsidentified, and in what capacities – as embedded corporate workers, as government employees,as contractors, as non-profit employees, or as independent professionals? Will engineers haveautonomy to control the means of production? What latitude will they have to negotiate theethical boundaries of a project? Some of these questions relate directly to the means, discussedfurther below, but to what extent does the shaping

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip A. Farrington, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Michael P.J. Benfield, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Matthew W. Turner, University of Alabama, Huntsville

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

theUAHuntsville IPT program they all changed their mind and enrolled in AP Science and/or Mathcourses their senior year. They also asked for more opportunities like the IPT program. Theenthusiasm, engagement, and impact of the pilot program caused the course instructors toseriously consider developing a high school outreach component to the UAHuntsville IPTProgram. Thus the InSPIRESS initiative was created. InSPIRESS is in some ways an extensionof the freshman level design experiences that many engineering colleges have implemented overthe last 20 years.5,7,8,9,10 The purpose of these classes is to help the participants better understandwhat engineers do. InSPIRESS seeks to do this during the high school years so that students gaina better understanding

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Titus, Purdue University ; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

effective design. The reflective components of service-learning functioneffectively as methods to guide students in their exploration and understanding of the users. Theconcept of reciprocal partnerships raises the stature of the users in the mind of the designers andcan empower the kind of relationship and interaction sought by a human-centered approach.While students are practicing the characteristics of high quality service-learning, they are alsodeveloping their skills as human-centered designers.Curricular ProgramThe EPICS Program is a nationally recognized model for engineering-centered, service-learningdesign10, 11. In EPICS courses, students learn design by participating in design teams thatdevelop solutions to meet the needs of the local

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Electronic Systems

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-2745: INNOVATIVE SENIOR PROJECT PROGRAM PARTNER-ING UNIVERSITY AND CORPORATE PARTNERSEric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Electronic Systems Eric P. Pearson is the Sector Director of Development Programs for the Electronic Systems Sector of Northrop Grumman Corporation. After several years as an organizational Staff Manager and the Antenna Integrated Product Team lead for major radar programs he began the development of Internship, Co-op, New Graduate Engineering rotation and Early Career Leadership Training Programs. Eric carries a pas- sion for assisting soon-to-be and recent university graduates as they develop their technical, professional and leadership skills through their early careers in

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University; Robert H. Todd, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

engineering andtechnology students within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology. TheCapstone course was developed in part due to feedback provided by employers of BYU alumniwith encouragement to increase student experiences in: real-world design work, communication,project management, leadership, and teamwork1. Intellectual property (IP) is very much a part ofreal world design work and is basically a creation of the mind for which property rights arerecognized within corresponding fields of law. Intellectual property typically includesinventions (patents), trademarks, copyrights, and industrial designs, and owners of IP aretypically granted certain exclusive rights2.During the early years of the Capstone course at BYU, surveys of

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, institutional andmarket forces that have brought about that situation and that may impede its improvement are notaddressed.The Agency of EngineersDefining engineering problems in light of such up- and downstream conditions would require aconcerted shift in the field; in no engineering job description that I know of are the words"Determine the broadest social and political conditions in which you perform your technologicaltasks and act accordingly." Such a work requirement sounds absurd to our ears, but that sense ofabsurdity in fact arises from a culturally specific idea of engineering which can be challenged.Some, if not all, engineers historically involved in humanistic reforms surely had just such arecalibration in mind, despite such impediments as

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leigh R Abts, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-1405: ANALYSIS OF THE BARRIERS, CONSTRAINTS AND IS-SUES FOR DUAL CREDIT AND / OR ADVANCED PLACEMENT PATH-WAY FOR INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING / DESIGNLeigh R Abts, Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park Dr. Abts received his Bachelor’s of Science in 1973 from Brown University, and his Ph.D. in Engineering in 1982 from Brown University. Currently, Dr. Abts holds a joint faculty appointment as a Research Associate Professor in the College of Education and the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland at College Park. Page 22.206.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Crockford P.E., Sam Houston State University; Bruce Hamby, The Hamby Law Firm

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-2377: TWEAKING PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTBill Crockford, Sam Houston State University He is a registered engineer in Texas. Work experience includes research on flexible pavement materials, design, manufacture and instrumentation of closed loop testing machines, remote sensing, aviation related positions, and a NASA/JSC Advanced Programs Office summer fellowship involving lunar base construc- tion. He holds utility patents as sole inventor. His current work is with Industrial Technology students in construction, product design and manufacturing, and electronics programs.Bruce Hamby, The Hamby Law Firm Bruce W. Hamby is a Registered Patent Attorney in the United States. He graduated from law school at

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Mary A. Moriarty, Smith College; Apurva Errabelli

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-2315: TRANSFER FROM CAPSTONE DESIGN: A MODEL TOFACILITATE STUDENT REFLECTIONSusannah Howe, Smith College Susannah Howe is the Design Clinic Director in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College, where she coordinates and teaches the capstone engineering design course. Her current research focuses on innovations in engineering design education, particularly at the capstone level. She is also involved with efforts to foster design learning in middle school students and to support entrepreneurship at primarily undergraduate institutions. Her background is in civil engineering with a focus on structural materials; she holds a B.S.E. degree from Princeton, and M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell.Mary A

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terence J. Fagan, Central Piedmont Community College; Gerald D. Holt, Project Lead The Way

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and instruction. The central location acts similarly to „hackerspaces,‟ a physical location providing a common place for like-minded thinkers to collaborate onprojects. The goal of the paper is to report on a novel collaboration among home, public, andprivately schooled students within the context of a US FIRST team. Along with the collaborationhands-on modules are developed and taught by partnering engineers in collaboration with collegefaculty. The model applies the constructionist learning theory with structured preparation for thecompetition. In addition the paper presents issues and solutions to implementing an innovativeopportunity for home, public, and privately schooled students. This initiative lays thegroundwork for future endeavors

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

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

AC 2011-2751: TEACHER TRAINING AND STEM STUDENT OUTCOME:LINKING TEACHER INTERVENTION TO STUDENTS’ SUCCESS IN STEMMIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CLASSESGisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is an associate professor in the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. She has expertise in engineering education, precollege engineering and in assessment and measurement. Page 22.1370.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Teacher Training and STEM Student Outcome: Linking Teacher

Conference Session

Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Bedward, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

learning. Student assessments, both formative and summative, must takeinto account students’ natural inclination to leverage multiple modes of discourse, as it is animportant aspect of how students construct knowledge. Engineering as a profession makeswidespread use of physical and virtual modeling tools and modeling opportunities in theelementary grades should be provided as a way to both understand concepts and solve scientificand technological problems. These opportunities, of course, should continue to be built upon inlater grades in a variety of STEM and pre-engineering courses. Work with models and modelingis not only a meaningful way to develop deeper understanding of core conceptual knowledge, butalso develop habits of mind around the

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blake C. Wade, University of Texas, Arlington and Kennedale High School, Kennedale ISD; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Melanie L. Sattler P.E., University of Texas, Arlington

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Keeley. Wade is currently living in Arlington, Texas. Email: blakecwade@gmail.comYvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Yvette Pearson Weatherton received her Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science (Environmental Engineering) from the University of New Orleans in 2000. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Pearson Weatherton’s expertise is in the areas of air quality including monitoring and modeling and engineering education. She is currently PI or Co-PI on a number of NSF-funded engineering education projects including ”UTA RET Site for Hazard Mitigation”, which is the basis for this paper. She is a registered Professional