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Stuart Kellogg

continue tobelieve that the drop outs are mainly students who lack the necessary analytical skills required ofthe engineering discipline. In their classic study, Seymour and Hewitt1 showed that the gradedistributions of students who leave engineering are essentially the same as the grade distributionof those who stay in. That is, while a number of students drop out due to poor academicpreparation or other difficulties, it is equally likely that a good student will drop out because ofdissatisfaction with instruction or career mentoring. Local data reflects some of the sameobservations made by Seymour and Hewitt and is shown in Figures 1 and 2. Figure 1 plots thecumulative gpa for 204 freshman, sophomores and juniors who did not return to

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John M. Murray; Roger A. Greener; Heong-seok Kim; William T. Murray

of expanded polystyrene insulation (R-7.5)known commercially as “blue board” (painted white to reflect light within the home toward the 2cans of water), and double pane, 1/8 inch glass for the 1 ft south-facing, vertical window. Thedimensions of the custom prototype were 19” W x 12” H x 13.5” D. At sunset, the lids of thecoolers were closed to reduce thermal losses through the glass. In the case of the polystyrene Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education

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Nebojsa Jaksic; Jeff Piquette; Melvin Druelinger; David Lehmpuhl; Helen Caprioglio; Juyun Cho; Paul Chacon; Michael Mincic

a controlled and safe environment. The challenge course setting provides an opportunity for groups and individuals to learn about themselves and address personal, interpersonal, and organizational issues. Each team member brings a unique personality and style of communication that contributes to the dynamics of a team. Team members discover how vital individual contributions are to the success of the team. Participants have an opportunity to reflect on their team-building adventure and apply their experience to everyday life11.” Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education

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Lizabeth Thompson Schlemer; Faith Mimnaugh

written on each. In the area of basketball, every passionatecoach would include John Wooden7 as a fantastic role model. He often mentions his view that coachingis teaching and he took the responsibility seriously8.John Wooden’s “Pyramid of Success”8 has informed many on not only sports skills but life skills also.The title of Swen Nater’s book on John Wooden reflects Wooden’s passion for individual development:You haven’t taught until they have learned.Phil Jackson9 extends activities on the court to life lessons. He focuses on success through selfless teamplay and spiritual practices to help focus team activities.Jenkins10 reviewed an interesting book, The Sports Coach as Educator: Reconceptualising SportsCoaching that attempts to conceptualize

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Marilyn A. Dyrud

production Figure 1. The professional hierarchy Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 105managers overseeing the manufacture of war matériel and teachers following völkisch state-sanctioned curricula, which reflected the antisemitic provisions of the Nuremberg Race Laws.Hannah Arendt‘s comments on the ―banality of evil‖ apply equally well to this group as to thatvery efficient head of Department IVB4, Office of Jewish Affairs, Adolf Eichmann.5―Active supporters‖ included the academic class, who

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J. S. Shelley P.E.

“enhancements” outside of regular class times, even if it is just checking their grades.That students appreciate having information available outside of class times is also illustrated bythe breakout of data by week day. Taking the week of 1 Dec as an example, Blackboard showsno student log-ins during the Tuesday and Thursday class days, but 11 out of 18 students loggedin over the weekend of 6 Dec. All checked grades, and two also “hit” Elluminate content.Observations of the distant classroom indicate that the distant students attend class moreregularly on Tuesdays than on Thursdays. The Blackboard data reflect this trend as well with15.4% of log-ins occurring on Tuesdays and only 7.4%, the lowest percentage, occurring onThursdays. Just over one

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Eniko T. Enikov; Vasco Polyzoev; Joshua Gill

testing of the closed loopresponse does predict the correct stability limit of the closed loop gain. Fig. 8: Root locus of third-order system reflecting the effect of time delay Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 328IV. Student experience assessmentAn anonymous survey was conducted for the students choosing the project, to share theirexperience after the first semester this project setup was offered in the Control System Designcourse, following the protocol approved by the Institutional Review

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Oenardi Lawanto

Prediction Model for Academic Achievement,” Dissertation Abstracts International, Vol. 60, No. 10, 5243B.11. Nicholls, J., 1984, “Achievement Motivation: Conceptions of Ability, Subjective Experience, Task Choice, and Performance,” Psychological Review, Vol. 91, pp. 328-346.12. Pintrich, P. R., Schunk, D. H. 2002, Motivation in education: Theory, research, and applications (2nd ed.), Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.13. Bandura, A., 1997, Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control, New York: W.H. Freeman & Company.14. Bandura, A., 1978, “Reflections on Self-Efficacy,” Advances in Behaviour Research and Therapy, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 237-269.15. Gist, M. E., Mitchell, T, 1992, “Self-Efficacy: A Theoretical

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A.M. Vollstedt; E. L. Wang

scales, oneshould make sure they are measuring self efficacy, or belief in one‟s capability, not self esteem,which is belief in one‟s self. The standard method for constructing a self efficacy survey is toask individuals to rate their belief in their ability to perform a specific task. Subjects rate theirefficacy on a likert scale that ranges from zero or no confidence to 100 or high confidence.Cognition is the process of knowing, applying knowledge, and changing preferences. There aretwo popular methods for measuring cognitive levels including Perry‟s Model and King andKitchener‟s Reflective Judgment (RJ) model. Both models are similar in classification althoughPerry‟s model contains two extra positions at the higher end of the scale 6, 7

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Maria C Sanchez; Nell Papavasiliou; Hernan Maldonado

discussed. Following familiarization of these solar techniques,the students were introduced to a solar pathfinder. The pathfinder is used to perform solar siteanalysis and has been the industry standard to determine the impact of shade on the placement ofsolar panels. Additionally, the solar pathfinder can predict the amount of sunlight that theselected site will experience all year. The components of the solar pathfinder include a domethat provides a panoramic view of the site reflected on the dome‟s surface. A paper sun-pathdiagram showing the sun‟s route through the sky for every month of the year and every hour ofthe day is underneath the dome. Broken into teams of four students, the solar path finder wasplaced in different positions in front

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Wangping Sun

tradepractices, copyright and patent protections, research protocol review boards, and political practices.B. Awareness of societal and cultural dynamicsThrough service-learning projects abroad, the students will gain substantial social and culturalawareness. These projects introduce the students to open-ended problems at the community level, helpthe students develop the skills to solve those problems and provide holistic engineering solutions that aresustainable and appropriate to the community being served. These projects also help the students workin interdisciplinary teams, give them the opportunity to reflect on the importance of their communityservice, and give them a professional work ethics28.In 2004, students from Tufts University have

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Amelito Enriquez

0.0% Engineering (General) 7 28.0% 7 28.0% Mechanical 3 12.0% 3 12.0% Undecided 8 32.0% 8 32.0% Other (Landscape Architecture) 0 0.0% 1 4.0% Total 25 25The failure of the SEI program to achieve its primary goal of recruiting students into engineeringis also reflected in Table 11. Although student enthusiasm for the program increasedsignificantly, there was a statistically significant decrease in student confidence

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Kenneth W. Santarelli

that Antelope Valley High School District studentsqualifying for a free lunch program have increased from 28.1% to 53.7% over the last ten yearswith two of the 13 responding high schools reporting qualifying student populations that exceed70%3. This trend is reflected in the high school district demographic data shown in Figure 1. 14000 12000 10000 Number of Students 8000 White African American

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discussed. Following familiarization of these solar techniques,the students were introduced to a solar pathfinder. The pathfinder is used to perform solar siteanalysis and has been the industry standard to determine the impact of shade on the placement ofsolar panels. Additionally, the solar pathfinder can predict the amount of sunlight that theselected site will experience all year. The components of the solar pathfinder include a domethat provides a panoramic view of the site reflected on the dome‟s surface. A paper sun-pathdiagram showing the sun‟s route through the sky for every month of the year and every hour ofthe day is underneath the dome. Broken into teams of four students, the solar path finder wasplaced in different positions in front