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ERM Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russ Pimmel, University of Alabama; Roger K. Seals, Louisiana State University; Stephanie M. Beard, Louisiana State University

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learning among diverse students: 1, 11 2) the stallingof innovation in STEM education:15 and 3) the wide-spread reliance on lecture and thereceive/memorize cognitive demand as the primary instructional strategy.12 Thusalternative faculty development models are needed.From a NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) perspective, facultydevelopment has been a key component in the Transforming Undergraduate Education inSTEM (TUES) and Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Programssince the Solicitation has a component calling for projects devoted to developing facultyexpertise. Further, with many of the proposals focused on the curriculum development,faculty workshops play a major role in the dissemination plan. For a number of

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Research in Engineering Education I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc.

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firm in 1996. Page 25.1068.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Implementation Evaluation: The Vital (and Usually) Missing Piece in Educational Research IntroductionMost large educational research projects are challenging to manage. Activities of many peoplemust be coordinated and unanticipated problems commonly arise at every turn. Project directorsnormally deal with the challenges by trial-and-error; unfortunately, it can take half or more of theterm of the grant or contract for them to figure out how to make

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Before and After: Matriculants and Alumni

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene B. Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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communicators, and have the skills towork globally and in multidisciplinary teams. For evaluation purposes, the Universityperiodically sends out surveys in which engineering alumni are asked about how well preparedthey perceive themselves to be for their post-graduation employment. Using the results from the2010 administration of this survey, this study seeks to answer the following questions: (1) Whatare alumni’s perceptions of their preparedness in these areas: ethics, innovation, communication,project management, global and international work, and multidisciplinary teamwork? (2) Canclusters be identified from the survey results? (3) What undergraduate engineering experienceshelped prepare them for these skills, and in what ways do they believe the

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Contextual Competencies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christel Heylen, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven; Jos Vander Sloten, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven

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christel.heylen@mirw.kuleuven.be 2 Jos Vander Sloten, Faculty of Engineering, Division of Biomechanics and Engineering Design, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Technical communication and technical writing are important skills for the daily work- life of every engineer. In the first year engineering program at KU Leuven, a technical writing program is implemented within the project based course ‘Problem Solving and Engineering Design’. The program consists of subsequent cycles of instructions, learning by doing and reflection on received feedback. In addition a peer review assignment, together with an interactive lecture using clicking devices, are incorporated within the assignments of the

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Research in Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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these areas at graduation.However, the variability of these projects presents significant challenges for common rubricdevelopment and by implication, our ability to retrieve reliable data on student performance inthese categories/attributes. This variability also brings unique challenges to the development of asingle rubric that is 1) flexible enough to apply to a variety of engineering thesis projects, 2)reflective of the learning objectives of the thesis course, and also 3) appropriate for use ingathering reliable data about students’ graduate attributes.This paper describes the development of the rubric, and the inherent challenges in designing avalid and reliable tool that provides flexibility to a diverse group of projects and supervisors

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Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Feser, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science & Technology Policy ; Maura J. Borrego, National Science Foundation; Russ Pimmel, University of Alabama; Connie Kubo DUPE Della-Piana, National Science Foundation

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and cultureat the institutional level are currently being tested. The Science Education Initiative, facilitatedby Carl Wieman, at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of British Columbia13and efforts in the University System of Maryland14 are concrete examples of efforts to change Page 25.1126.2institutions. At their core, these projects emphasize evidence-based teaching and studentengagement through active- and inquiry-based approaches. While these model initiatives addressmany disciplines within STEM education, engineering education leaders have similar aspirationsfor achieving excellence in undergraduate education. The

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Epistemic Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erick Jacob Nefcy, Oregon State University; Edith Stanley Gummer, Education Northwest; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Virtual LaboratoryIntroductionModeling has been identified as a critical element of engineering practice. Theories regardingmodeling by STEM professionals in practice contend that models are initially constructed fromprior knowledge and newly gathered information and that they are refined in an iterative cycle ofcreation, use, evaluation, and revision.1,2,3 However, authentic modeling practices are difficult toreplicate in the school environment.In order to develop these iterative modeling skills in students we have designed the Virtual CVDLaboratory Project. It has been specifically designed to provide students an authentic,industrially-situated task which they can solve using the fundamental knowledge and skills

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Research Informing Teaching Practice I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Timothy Miller, Binghamton University ; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University

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particular design solutions. Specifically, they struggle with creating,manipulating, and critiquing mathematical models to assist in the design of a product or process.The ultimate aim of our work is to improve students’ ability to use models in capstone designafter being exposed to instruction on mathematical modeling.This study was a continuation of an earlier project in which we explored how studentsdeveloped, used, and interpreted mathematical models. In the previous study, students weregiven instruction in the steps of mathematical modeling and a scenario in which they were askedto assist a hypothetical design team by creating a mathematical model that could be used inmaking decisions about the design. The instruction and the scenario broke

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Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Anna Zilberberg; Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sean Mcvay, James Madison Univeristy

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AC 2012-5229: FACULTY SURVEY ON LEARNING THROUGH SERVICE:DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL FINDINGSDr. Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University Olga Pierrakos is an Associate Professor and founding faculty member in the School of Engineering, which is graduating its inaugural class May 2012, at James Madison University. Pierrakos holds a B.S. in engineering science and mechanics, an M.S. in engineering mechanics, and a Ph.D. in biomedical en- gineering from Virginia Tech. Her interests in engineering education research center around recruitment and retention, engineering design instruction and methodology, learning through service (NSF EFELTS project), understanding engineering students through the lens of identity theory

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Research on Engineering Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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remain vibrant organizations working in marginalized communities decades after theirfounding. This paper critically asks two questions: 1) How does each organization bring its founder’s vision to various communities? 2) What lessons can engineering educators designing service-learning programs learn from both organizations?I begin by introducing the social construction of technology and multimodal discourse analysisas appropriate theoretical frameworks and research methodologies for my research questions.Next I explore Schumacher’s and Polak’s legacies in how each organization defines poverty,conducts projects, understands community change, and educates the global public. Beforeconcluding, I identify specific lessons for

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ERM Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Allison Antink Meyer, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G. Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology

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mentoring team and the level of student Page 25.1308.3interest in the project.3 Over the past 6 years we have run a summer undergraduate research 2program that has focused on engineering research in diabetes, including both treatment andunderstanding of the disease and its complications. Student projects and activities are focusedaround the disease. Diabetes has a significant societal, and often personal, impact and has thepotential to increase the students’ long-term interests in science and engineering research.Another primary goal is to

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Model Eliciting Activities

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; John Anthony Christ, U.S. Air Force Academy; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Tamara J. Moore, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics.Dr. Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and professor of industrial engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering education experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem-solving, and the

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Identity and Culture

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiago R. Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristen Hatten, Purdue University

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LafayetteKristen Hatten, Purdue University Page 25.371.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Abstract Engineers seldom work solely within their own discipline, though they are typicallytrained and educated in their own area of expertise (e.g., civil engineering, agriculturalengineering, etc.). As such, the identity formation of engineers throughout their education andcareer is a rich area of study, and one which has not been explored fully. The current project usesthe lens of crystallized identity to examine perceptions of identity in the life of a

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Problem-based and Challenge-based Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Brett D. Jones, Virginia Tech; Philip R. Brown, Virginia Tech

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has been documented (see 16 for a discussion), how to do so,especially within different contexts such as first-year engineering courses, is less understood.The purpose of this study was to examine how PBL and TED affected first-year engineeringstudents’ perceptions of the usefulness of the course content and to provide examples of the waysin which course pedagogy impacted these perceptions of usefulness.Defining PBL and TEDThis project compares student motivation in a course that uses a well-established PBL approachto a course that uses a more traditional approach to teaching design, TED. Therefore, it isimportant to understand what we mean by PBL and TED.PBL, as defined in the literature, has specific features 17-19. In PBL, students work in

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Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter H. Meckl, Purdue University; Marc H. Williams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carolyn Percifield, Purdue University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Leah H. Jamieson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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planning. Maximum freedom to the developers of the courses and educational projects, within well defined framework of attainment targets, learning objectives, and distribution of study loads over the various disciplines and skills to be attained.Other survey respondents suggested that curriculum changes should be grounded in empiricaldata as well as other evidence of prior success: Having data (e.g. a comparison of other curricula) to support decisions. Past success --- ECE department here at Our University changed its curriculum in a dramatic way about twenty years ago and became a symbol for change in electrical engineering undergraduate curricula. Given the positive effects of that effort, we

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Research in Engineering Education I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hanjun Xian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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AC 2012-4392: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF COLLABORATION PAT-TERNS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCHERSMr. Hanjun Xian, Purdue University, West Lafayette Hanjun Xian is a Ph. D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He holds a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and started to pursue his Ph.D. degree in engineering education in 2009. He is working with Dr. Madhavan to implement the iKNEER web portal to allow intuitive navigation of the knowledge products of engineering education research. His major roles in this project are to retrieve, mine, and manage knowledge products; provide multiple visualization tools to represent the large problem space in engineering

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ERM Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, University of Colorado; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado, Boulder

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discussions with current graduate students and facultymembers. Undergraduate mentees are required to spend 3-5 hours per week in the lab doingwork in line with a project defined by the graduate student mentors. As part of the work for thecourse, undergraduates must complete weekly reflective questions regarding their ongoingresearch experiences and their opinions on the seminars. Additionally, the undergraduates arerequired to present the results of their research at the close of the semester to the rest of theprogram community as a celebratory culmination of their efforts.This mentoring program is partially modeled after the GLUE program at UT Austin in its focuson relationships between undergraduates and graduate students and in the emphasis

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Research Informing Teaching Practice II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech; Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC

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AC 2012-4295: HOW AWARD WINNING COURSEWARE IS IMPACTINGENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC Flora P. McMartin is the Founder of Broad-based Knowledge, LLC (BbK) , a consulting firm focused on assisting educators in their evaluation of the use and deployment of technology assisted teaching and learning. Throughout her career, she as served as an External Evaluator for a number of CCLI/TUES and NSDL-funded projects associated with community building, peer review of learning materials, faculty development, and dissemination of educational innovation. She is PI for the project ”Where have We Come From and Where are We Going? Learning Lessons and Practices from the Projects of the NDSL

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Research in Engineering Education I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mallory Lancaster, Purdue University; Yi Luo; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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of cyber-infrastructure to sensitively and resourcefully provide access to and support learning of complexity. Page 25.872.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Keyword, Field, & Social Network Analysis Trends for K-12 Engineering Education ResearchAbstract— This project serves the purpose of defining K-12 engineering education research (K-12EngER), building a database of publications, tracing analyzing trends, and tracing researchers in thisfield. This has been achieved in terms of the discipline’s methodical publications. A manually

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Research Informing Teaching Practice I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Ameen Basim Al-Khafaji, College of Engineering at the University of Michigan; Martha Jane Neubauer, College of Engineering at the University of Michigan

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evidence-based best practices in teaching and learning.Dr. Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Research and Learning in Engineering and re- search associate professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. In addition, she actively pursues research in engineering education and assists other faculty in their scholarly projects. She is past Chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE.Mr. Ameen Basim Al-Khafaji, College of Engineering at the University of Michigan Ameen Al-Khafaji is a junior in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. He majors in electrical engineering. He contributed to this project

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Understanding Our Students II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Viktoria Zelenak, University of New Haven; Michael J. Hollis, U.S. Air Force Academy

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, course drops, persistence, and graduation rates. Programs tohelp with stress and time management including support services geared toward adult studentssuch as their own orientations, academic and financial aid advisors, peer advisors, and supportstaff and faculty who understand their needs without loss of academic rigor,10 campus day care,families invited to campus events, etc.Additional research supports the hypothesis that the balance adult students face between work,school, family, and other commitments is an additional cause of stress for adult students, but thedifficulty of the coursework was also a factor. A research project in 2009 that surveyed 72 adultgraduate students at Texas State asked students an open-ended question: “_______ are

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Epistemic Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jamon W. Opgenorth; Carrie Beth Reardan, Epistemic Games; Nathan Patrick Haggerty, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Clayton Guy Lepak

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AC 2012-3103: NEPHROTEX: MEASURING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’WAYS OF PROFESSIONAL THINKING IN A VIRTUAL INTERNSHIPMs. Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison Before becoming interested in education, Golnaz Arastoopour studied mechanical engineering and Span- ish at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. While earning her bachelor’s degree, she worked as a computer science instructor at Campus Middle School for Girls. Along with a team of undergraduates, she headlined a project to develop a unique computer science curriculum for middle school students. She then earned her secondary mathematics teaching certification in New York City at Columbia University. Arastoopour then accepted a position teaching

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Research Informing Teaching Practice II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renata A. Revelo Alonso, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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with him then he'd help me out through the class, so that's why I didn't drop it. (Interviewee 5)In addition, some students showed improved self-efficacy with regards to being involved withtechnical projects. Self-efficacy5, how confident a person feels in their abilities to do something,is used here to describe situations where students emphasized learning something about Page 25.1320.5themselves through the course that showed improved self-efficacy. As much as I disliked this class and it was a struggle for me, I did well when all was said and done and I realized that even though I … don't see myself as someone who is good at these

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Research Informing Teaching Practice II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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.) How is the concept of cyberlearning describedin the scholarly literature? 2.) What funding has DUE provided for cyberlearning projects over the past 10years? 3.) What types of cyberlearning awards has DUE made over the past 10 years? 4.) What are theperceptions of cyberlearning among a subset of NSF Program Officers? 5.) Based on the quantitative andqualitative findings, what are possible directions DUE could take with its support for cyberlearning? This study yielded many findings. In scholarly literature, cyberlearning is described using theforms in which it may appear (e.g., games, virtual environments), its purpose, attributes, and outcomes.Over the past ten years, DUE has provided approximately $100M to over 800 cyberlearning

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Research Informing Teaching Practice II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University; Judy Sheard, Monash University

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Journal, and the ACM SIGCSE and ITiCSE and Koli Calling International Computer Science Education confer- ences. Pears is currently Steering Committee Chairman of the IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, and has served as Programme Chair for several other international conferences.Dr. Judy Sheard, Monash University Judy Sheard is an Associate Professor in the faculty of information technology, Monash University. She has had leadership roles both nationally and internationally in the computing education research com- munity. Sheard’s main research interests are in student learning behavior and in exploring the web as a new educational medium. She has extensive experience in computing education related projects includ

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Problem-based and Challenge-based Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; William F. McKenna, University of Texas, Austin

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practices asfundamental to their fulfillment of design challenges.BackgroundIn the past two-decades, engineering educators have used lessons learned in science educationand the learning sciences to improve engineering courses at both the collegiate7, 15 and pre-collegiate 13 levels. Engineering modules that emerge out of this work typically employ a versionof project-based learning 9 in which students are posed problems or challenges that motivateexploration of the desired engineering science content. In engineering education, this is typicallycalled Challenge-Based instruction (CBI). Across this work we see three different sorts ofchallenges: Problem, Design, and STEM-Design.In CBI that focuses on challenging problems students are given large

Conference Session

Contextual Competencies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyun Kyoung Ro, Carnegie Mellon University; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Dan Merson, Pennsylvania State University; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

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AC 2012-4880: MEASURING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ CONTEXTUALCOMPETENCEDr. Hyun Kyoung Ro, Carnegie Mellon University Hyun Kyoung Ro is a Research Designer and Analyst in the Institutional Research and Analysis at Carnegie Mellon University.Dr. Lisa R. Lattuca, University of MichiganDr. Dan Merson, Pennsylvania State University Dan Merson is a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Center for the Study of Higher Education and the College Student Affairs program at Penn State. He received his Ph.D. in higher education from Penn State in the summer of 2011. While at Penn State, he primarily worked on the NCAA-funded Student-Athlete Climate Study (SACS), a nation-wide project to assess student-athlete’s perceptions and experiences

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Problem-based and Challenge-based Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela van Barneveld, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Greg Light, Northwestern University

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2000 from the University of London (UK) where he was deputy head of the Lifelong Learning Group now the School for Lifelong Education and International Development - at the Institute of Education. He has taught post- graduate courses in higher and professional education and consulted across the higher and professional education sector in the UK the USA and Canada. His research and scholarship focuses on the theory and practice of learning and teaching in higher and professional education. Recent projects and publications have focused on student learning and the professional development of teaching in higher education

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Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mark H. Somerville, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kerri Ann Green, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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identifying the strategic core, we discussed what topics and activities students couldchoose. The negotiable elements reinforce the strategic core, but give students autonomy topursue personal purposes and competencies. For example, students could choose to take thehour exams or they could choose to create design projects or education resources. Page 25.357.93.3.3 Create course structures To present the strategic core and the negotiable elements in a way that supportedstudents’ sense of competence, we required students to create three learning agreements thatwould replace the normal course syllabus. These learning agreements would be

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Understanding Our Students I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald William Rhymer Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard T. Buckley Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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-specific impact. For the control group,both instructors taught their class using traditional lecture (narration was not used nor directly referredto during class time.) Note that the key conceptual sections of the text were still referred to in thecontrol group classroom, where a main point of the author would be highlighted by the instructor andthe students would be asked to draw conclusions. However, per the aforementioned definition, thestudents did not participate in narration. The research sections used narration for 3-5 minutes at thebeginning of approximately half of the lessons, primarily during the first half of the semester (thecourse focused on project work toward the end of the semester).During narration, the randomly chosenstudent