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Using Systemic Functional Linguistics to Analyze Engineering Speak in an Introductory Materials Science and Engineering Course

Conference Session
Innovations in Materials Education
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University
Tagged Divisions
Materials
instructionaldecisions to enhance and maximize student learning. Challenges, affordances, and results ofinterpreting engineering speak through an SFL lens will be discussed.IntroductionLanguage is a communication tool that allows students to explain what knowledge exists in theirminds. Mental models are personal representations of target concepts that occur in the mind, andare therefore only fully understood by the person who has constructed them1. However, if themental model of the concept is explained by the student (through verbal, written, or kinestheticcommunication), it becomes an expressed model1. The expressed model can then be compared tothe normative, or scientifically accepted, model to test its validity. However, without language,accessing students
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The Development of an Outreach Activity Introducing Middle and High School Students to Nanotechnology and Carbon Nanotubes

Conference Session
Outreach Activities and Introductory Materials Engineering
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mohammad Mayy, Norfolk State University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tanya S. David, Norfolk State University
Tagged Divisions
Materials
AC 2012-5017: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OUTREACH ACTIVITYINTRODUCING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO NAN-OTECHNOLOGY AND CARBON NANOTUBESTasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tasha Zephirin is a doctoral student in the Department of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech and her research interests involve incor- porating concepts from learning theories, international and global education, and multicultural education to best advise the development of STEM education to diverse audiences across the education continuum.Mr. Mohammad Mayy, Norfolk State UniversityDr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West LafayetteMs. Tanya S. David, Norfolk
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