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Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle E. Jordan , Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #10605Exploring How Design Critique Processes Shape Fifth Graders’ Peer Inter-action in Collaborative Engineering ProjectsDr. Michelle E. Jordan , Arizona State University Michelle Jordan earned her PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, focusing her studies on learning, cognition, and motivation with an emphasis on classroom discourse. She joined the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University in 2010. Her interdisciplinary research draws on traditions in qualitative inquiry, sociolinguistics, complexity theories, and the learning sciences. Partnering with teachers

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shelley Goldman, Stanford University; Maureen Carroll; Molly Bullock Zielezinski, Stanford University; Aaron Loh, Ministry of Education, Singapore; Eng Seng Ng, Stanford University; Stephanie Bachas-Daunert, Stanford University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the filters to create a water filtration system. Use any combinations of Bottles (cut each bottle at the the materials here & layer/sandwich them with halfway point & nest the tops the goal of creating the system that will trap the most pollutants from the dirty water.” inside of the bottoms, with the 4. Getting Feedback: Teams submit designs for teacher/peer feedback. spout down) Ensure that teams can articulate which design parameters they are holding 100 Cotton Balls constant & which they are varying between designs. After receiving 2 Gallons Dirty Water

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 1 of 3: Supporting K-8 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering vocabulary.Engineering Effective ways to integrate engineering into current curriculum, such asIntegration language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, and art lessons.Teaching Teaching practices that include different ways to improve problem solvingStrategies and critical thinking skills: questioning techniques to elicit student responses; writing techniques, such as expository, procedural, and reflective journal writing; and how to make learning more hands-on, etc.Student Teamwork Team building that fosters positive peer interaction and cooperative learning among students to solve problems and complete projects

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Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lyndsey Alyssa Wright, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

success. One such group is students who are diagnosed with dyslexia, a learning disabilitythat results in challenges when learning to read. These students often determine very young thatthey are not as capable in learning as their peers because they struggle to master reading. Yet,many dyslexic students are also gifted, and some researchers believe that some dyslexic studentshave a unique capacity to visualize in three dimensions, which ironically contributes to thechallenge of mastering reading in two dimensions. The ability to reason in three dimensions is anadvantage when learning STEM. This advantage should be recognized, developed andencouraged because many of these students may have the potential to be future scientists andengineers.This

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K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University; Sarah Marie Riordan, Robert Morris University; Stephanie Abbott; Sarah Mukui Mutunga, Robert Morris University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

college level, so the material is new formost of the students. For example, the physics course concentrates on special relativity;chemistry focuses on aspects of organic chemistry and molecular synthesis. Each course gives ahomework assignment every week, designed to be challenging enough to require collaborative Page 24.691.4effort to solve. No student is advanced enough in all areas of science to complete eachassignment independently. This forces gifted students who rarely encounter true academicchallenges to be pushed from their comfort zone. To succeed they must ask for and acceptassistance from their peers or teaching assistants. The

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 3 of 3: Supporting High School Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Shaw, University of Southern California; Minh Tuan La, University of Southern California; Richard Phillips; Erin B. Reilly, University of Southern California Annenberg Innovation Lab

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

developing PLAY!, an educational collaboration platform helping learners tap into broad interest based peer communities as well as exploring new forms of reading and writing through dynamic book prototypes. She most recently published her first digital book, Flows of Reading, to inspire educators to reflect on what can be considered as reading and what kinds of reading they perform in their everyday lives. She was Research Director for Project New Media Literacies at MIT and also has conducted classes as a Visiting Lecturer at MIT’s Comparative Media Studies Department and Harvard University’s Project Zero Summer Institute. Reilly is a graduate of Emerson College and has her Master of Fine Arts degree from Maine Media

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K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 1 of 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sara Hahler, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S. Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

which includes writing assignments, classroom debates, and student presentations.Beyond concrete skills, the curriculum also aims for students to improve upon soft skills andhigher order thinking as well as creativity; this aspect of the curriculum meshes well with thestandards for mathematical practice that should occur at every grade level. For example, theopening project of the AMES curriculum that introduces the Cartesian coordinate systeminvolves students guiding a peer to a certain spot in the class using only verbal instructions.Unless the student giving directions is very specific, the student following the instructions mayend up in a completely different position than the directing student intended. The resulting affecton the students

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy V. Ernst, Virginia Tech; Laura J. Segedin, Virginia Tech; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University; Vincent William DeLuca, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

T2I2 Learning Objects. T2I2 Project Learning Objects are granular, scalable, andadaptable professional development learning modules that teachers interface with and implementin their existing learning environments. The Year 1 pilot began in September of 2012 andconcluded in May of 2013. Throughout the pilot year, a number of teachers were not able toparticipate in the project. As a result, only six teachers submitted data.T2I2 online professional development materialsThe T2I2 materials were created to meet the need for high quality professional development fortechnology, engineering, and design educators. During a one-week writing workshop, a 20-member writing team of NBPTS certified teachers, in-service technology, engineering anddesign

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 1 of 3: Supporting K-8 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott C. Molitor, University of Toledo; Joan N. Kaderavek, University of Toledo; Hoangha Dao, University of Toledo; Nicholas J. Liber; Regina Rotshtein, University of Toledo; Geoff Milewski, The University of Toledo; Charlene M. Czerniak, The University of Toledo

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

- hood Education at the University of Toledo. Dr. Kaderavek’s research has focused on classroom discourse and linkages between discourse and academic achievement.Hoangha Dao, University of ToledoNicholas J LiberRegina Rotshtein, University of ToledoGeoff Milewski, The University of ToledoDr. Charlene M Czerniak, The University of Toledo Charlene M. Czerniak is a professor at The University of Toledo in the department of Curriculum and Instruction. She received her Ph.D. in science education from The Ohio State University. A former elementary teacher in Bowling Green, OH, she teaches classes in grant writing, elementary science edu- cation, and science teacher leadership. Professor Czerniak has authored and co-authored over 50

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Hani Mehrpouyan P.E., California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, CSUB STEM Affinity Group

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Technology. Additional duties included grant writing, management, and evaluation; and university committees. RESEARCH INTERESTS: Include teaching and learning cognition skills, informal learning environ- ments and strategies, and curriculum design. Page 24.1141.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Work in Progress: Summer Engineering Outreach Program for High School Students: Survey and Analysis Abstract In the academic year 2011-2012, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering and Computer

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K-12 and Pre-college Engineering: Research on Teachers' Perceptions, Attitudes and Impacts of Teacher PD

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Purdue University; Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

learned that team work and group work is vital. (F,3) Problem Solving I think they learned some problem solving skills. (C,4) To talk about what they’re learning, you know, to write it down and just plan things out and think about it. (D,4) Other They’ve learned simple machines. (B,3) They learned what the engineering process is. (F,3) Types of Engineers That it could be different processes, like with chemical engineers...and manufacturing, you know designing different ways to make things. (A,2) I think they learned what engineers do and that there's lots of

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tess Anne Hegedus, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Heidi B. Carlone, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Aundrea D. Carter, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Fall 2013. The fourth-grade teachers chose theSolid as a Rock: Replicating an Artifact (see http://www.eie.org/content/rocks) unit with a focuson materials engineering. The fifth-grade teachers chose to implement Now You’re Cooking:Designing Solar Ovens (see http://www.eie.org/content/energy) with a focus on greenengineering. Teachers chose units because they best aligned with district pacing guides andrelevant content standards. During the professional development, teachers engaged in andplanned the EiE units with their grade-level peers and the research team. These collaborationscontinued after the summer session ended through use of a team blog, email collaboration, ateam meeting during the fall semester and a team meeting in Spring 2014

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Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica M. Scolnic, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Kathleen Spencer, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Research Associate at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University. Her area of expertise is reading and writing instruction, particularly in the content areas and in project-based learning contexts. Her current research focuses on the effects of text-based engineering units on reading comprehension and oral argumentation. She is particularly interested in how interactive, hand-on learning environments can support literacy development among students with reading disabilities.Dr. Merredith D Portsmore, Tufts University Page 24.1358.1 c American Society for

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K-12 and Pre-college Engineering: Research on Teachers' Perceptions, Attitudes and Impacts of Teacher PD

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis S. Nadelson PhD, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

curriculum leader was able to use the collaboration time to help teachers envision how sciencecould be integrated with other aspects of the curriculum such as reading and writing. Four of theprincipals described their role as a facilitator or encouraging force in terms of professional development.For example, Principal 2 (P2) indicated, “I am more of a facilitator (guide on the side) than the person Page 24.1376.7doing the staff development.” Money and time were mentioned as issues by half of the principals; theprofessional development days in this district were at an all-time low as a result of budget cuts. Twoprincipals expressed a need for

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Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University - College of Education; Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University; Indhira Maria Hasbun, Utah State University; Daniel L. Householder, Utah State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Latino adolescents use engineering design processes to solve community-based projects, and how their household bodies of knowledge and social practices with their peers may connect to these design processes. Alex is particularly interested in the use of comprehension strategy instruction in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms, physical and digital manipulatives and their application in engineering courses, and education and outreach for minorities in STEM.Dr. Amy Alexandra Wilson, Utah State University - College of Education Amy Alexandra Wilson is an assistant professor in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at Utah State University. She studies disciplinary literacy instruction for adolescents in

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Engineering Across the K-12 Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Sciences, and the Common Core

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Lesley Eva Bristol, Maui Economic Development Board; Graham R. DeVey, Maui Economic Development Board

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Toearn credit as an implementer, each teacher must reflect on lessons learned in the classroom andshare with peers. Some teachers report that this is the most valuable step in learning to use IEI—taking the time for meaningful reflection, and developing conclusions from their own teachingthat represent value to other teachers pursuing inquiry learning techniques: “Overall, this course has become much more beneficial to me as a teaching practitionerover the past few days in reflection than I would have imagined. The workshop was hands-onand informative, the presentations and feedback sessions brought more “realness” to theapplication and the learning process of the inquiry activities, and the reflections especially, haveforced me to dig

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K-12 Computer Science and Computational Thinking Initiatives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Raul R. Peralta, Northern New Mexico College; David Torres, Northern New Mexico College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

October-November-December Substantive/Progressive Learning Tasks (SMART goals – Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely) In this unit: Students will listen, read, and write about how their actions can help others by using grade level standards for writing. Students will apply Cornell three column note taking. Students will develop an understanding of S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) by using mathematics and technology. Students will apply creative computing and Scratch, through sample projects and hands-on experiences Students will explore the arts by creating projects that include elements of music, design, drawing

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Gender Perceptions and Girls in K-12 Engineering and Computer Science

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina Deckard, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific; David Quarfoot, SDSU/UCSD; Kimberly C Csanadi

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

compriseabout 28% of the population, but their presence in nonacademic science and engineeringpositions is only about 9%[5]. Clearly, these groups represent large reservoirs of untappedpotential for new STEM professionals. We can no longer afford to waste the talent of two-thirdsof our increasingly diverse population. As stated in President Obama’s Executive Order No.13583[6]: “We are at our best when we draw on the talents of all parts of our society, and our greatest accomplishments are achieved when diverse perspectives are brought to bear to overcome our greatest challenges.”This important idea is extended in Peter Godfrey-Smith’s “Theory and Reality”, who writes thatsome female philosophers believe that “the experiences of the

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K-12 and Pre-college Engineering: Educational Policy and Research

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

example visually, in physical form,and in writing—can facilitate learning, research shows.43 But integration can also impedelearning because it can place excessive demands on resource-limited cognitive processes, such asattention and working memory.44,45,46While fundamental to all learning experiences, social and cultural experiences such as thosewhich require students to work with each other and actively engage in discussion, joint decisionmaking, and collaborative problem solving may be particularly important in integrated learning.Some social processes can support learning through deliberate efforts to convey knowledge andstrategies to children. Techniques such as scaffolding47 and peer collaboration can help studentsbe successful with