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the relative velocity. Their resulting calculation of Coriolisacceleration is plotted in Figure 3 above. For the experimentally determined Coriolisacceleration, the team reached a value of 0.1305 m / s 2 while their theoretical calculation wasfound to be 0.1608 m / s 2 . A sample is given here from the team’s concluding remarks:“From our data we can conclude that we successfully isolated the phenomenon. We did this bycalculating our theoretical acceleration and comparing it to what the sensors actually recorded.Areas of improvement would be a more rigid base, smoother running surface, a constant angulardrive and linear velocity for the car.”B. Sample 2: “Trebuchet”The students in this project constructed a homemade launching apparatus known
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other STEM subjects for DHH or otherstudents may increase knowledge of how diverse groups of visual learners access complexconcepts.AcknowledgementsSupport for this research was provided by the National Science Foundation ImprovingUndergraduate STEM Education program under Award No. 1432566. Any opinions, findings,and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.ReferencesAguilera, M. D., & Mendiz, A. (2003). Video games and education: (education in the face of a "parallel school"). ACM Computers in Entertainment, 1(1), 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/950566.950583Annetta, L. A., Minogue, J., Holmes, S. Y., & Cheng
element in both versions of the course.For the recorded videos, the students were able to review the videos as much as they needed. Therewere also embedded quizzes and questions in the recorded online videos to help students stay on trackand to engage students in actively applying their learning. The course connected students to EverydayExamples in Engineering (E³s) 5, engineering concepts to which students can readily relate. Some E3sused were: Using a tire gauge to measure the pressure in a bicycle tire, Using mobile devices to findthe current outdoor temperature, and then converting that reading to different temperature scales,Discussing open and closed systems and the properties of pure substances while brewing and drinkingcoffee
preconceptions ofthe problem. This study needs to be repeated to overcome some of the study’s currentlimitations. However, the preliminary results do suggest that this approach could be useful tohelp new college students understand the integrative nature of engineering and gain a betterperception of the profession.ReferencesBowen, E., Prior, J., Lloyd, S., Thomas, S., & Newman-Ford, L. (2007). Engineering moreengineers—bridging the mathematics and careers advice gap. Engineering Education, 2(1),23- 32. doi: 10.11120/ened.2007.02010023English, L. D., Hudson, P. B., & Dawes, L. A. (2011, January). Middle school students'perceptions of engineering. In STEM in Education Conference: Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics in Education
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were expected to attend at least 2 sessions of the Iowa State Conference on Race andEthnicity, which is held on campus every spring. Table 1: Schedule of topics covered during the semester long course. Week Topic(s) 1-2 Introduction to Broader Impacts 3 Explaining the impact of your work 4-5 K-12 engagement 6-7 Broadening Participation 8 Engaging the public 10 Promoting teaching, training and learning 11 Assessment of activities 12-15 Course Project: Objectives and Scope; Project details; Assessment plan and results if piloted
knowledge.” [19]We hypothesize that, like obtaining surface knowledge before engaging in problem-basedlearning, developing early student competencies in the skills underpinning engineering designwill lead to improvements in design projects in the later years of engineering students’ education.These underpinning skills ought not be restricted to mathematics and computation, but alsoinclude fabrication. We assert that these skills are best gained through overt training rather than“as needed” in the context of a project-based class.Literature Cited[1] K. T. Ulrich and S. D. Eppinger, Product design and development. Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2000.[2] M. D. Murphy, K. L. Wood, K. Otto, J. Bezdek, and D. Jensen, “Building Better Mousetrap Builders: Courses
(45%).Most of the sailors were males (17 of 20). Based on the data provided by the sailors through theQualtrics online survey, six sailors of 20 were not aware of the CNO / OPNAV 41's “Print theFleet Initiative” within the U.S. Navy before the workshop. They expressed that there is a gap inthe current expertise within their organization to utilize additive manufacturing for naval purposes.The majority of sailors agreed that their overall knowledge on 3D printing and reverse engineeringsignificantly improved as a result of this workshop. They also noted that they would like to attendan extended version of the workshop, or even have it as a part of their regular naval training (a C-school for electronics technicians). Most of the workshop
evaluated through the course evaluation and surveyquestionnaire. The specific survey questions are as follows:Q-1 Green Concrete project helped you in understanding sustainability concepts.Q-2 Hands-on-activities through Green Concrete project increased student participation andimproved student learning in this course.Q-3 In the future, this course should continue Green Concrete project.Q-4 Green Concrete project presentation and report improved your learning in this course.Q-5 I am able to accurately define what is meant by sustainable design practice in constructionprojects.Q-6 The lessons in this course provided me with an awareness of sustainable design practices.Q-7 I tried to relate material covered in lecture(s) to group project assignment.Q
court case related to a report written by the student apprentice on the degradation and in servicefailure of a manufactured material. The overarching question to answer for the court and jurywas why the material degraded and eventually failed. The written report and expert testimonyprovided was based on evidentiary analytical data which supported the apprentice’sconclusion(s) in this PBL scenario.Identified background: Students were to search the scientific literature to find a publishedprocedure suitable for the analysis of the desired components of the sample(s). Students wererequired to be able to accomplish the procedure with four (4) of the instruments that wereavailable in the instrumental analysis laboratory. Students needed at least two
. Surveyresponse data was converted to a 100-point scale such that a response of all 3’s would yield anormalized score of 100% and a response of all 1’s would yield a normalized score of 0% asfollows: 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑦𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒 − 1 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑦𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 = (100%) 2 100% KS0 KS1 Exam 1 KS2 Exam 2 90% 80% 70%Score (Percent) 60% 50% 40
: 1. Problem identification: ability to articulate problem/s based on information provided in the scenario 2. Information needs: ability to identify additional information needed to address the problem/s identified 3. Stakeholder awareness: ability to identify and include groups needed for decision- making 4. Goals: ability to identify short- and long-term goals towards addressing the problem/s identified 5. Unintended consequences: ability to identify possible limitations and unintended consequences of a potential solution 6. Implementation challenges: ability to identify expected barriers to their crafted response to the problem scenario 7. Alignment: degree to which the respondent
. noted in their work, these process based, cognitive theory approaches were derived either adhoc or through controlled experiments that use simple tasks. The suitability of these models fordesign problems that are much more complex has never been investigated. This lack ofinvestigation and difficulties met in process based measurements of ideation effectiveness ledShah et al. to consider outcome based metrics for their study of engineering design [7]. As such,Shah et al. developed a framework to measure ideation effectiveness in simple and complexdesign situations.Shah et al.’s framework includes metrics that measure the effectiveness of formal ideageneration methods. The framework addresses that engineering design must be novel – unusualand
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the literature about thechallenges of advancing innovations from the interest or awareness phase into actualimplementation. When developing professional development programs, people should considerthis challenge. Further, they should include dedicated and structured time for programparticipants to discuss about the particular innovation that the program is focused on, in order tohelp facilitate change of practices.AcknowledgmentThe authors gratefully acknowledge support of this work by the National Science Foundationunder Grant No. 1524527.References 1. Felder, R. M., & Brent, R. (1996). Navigating the bumpy road to student-centered instruction. College teaching, 44(2), 43-47. 2. Freeman, S., Eddy, S. L., McDonough, M
, Stanhope, & Wiebe, 2015).IV. Selecting and Designing Instruments for AssessmentSelection and design of instruments for assessment was directly aligned with research questionsand assessment objectives. The primary research questions examining the curriculum's impacton early elementary through middle school students specifically in areas of student (1)application of engineering design as an engineering approach in STEM education and (2)knowledge of and attitudes towards STEM- related fields, careers, and educational opportunities.To answer these questions, the team will utilize mixed methods in a pre-post with comparisongroup framework. The research instruments being utilized are (1) the are the Student AttitudeToward STEM (S-STEM) Survey
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survey were brought to the attention ofthe faculty including the survey’s skip function when particular questions were answerednegatively and items requiring free response. The format of the interview followed that ofcognitive interviewing in which faculty were encouraged to explain their understanding of eachitem. Cognitive interviewing is an important step in survey development as this type ofinterviewing helps researchers to evaluate participants’ interpretation of the quality of surveyitems and their ability to measure the intended construct(s). In keeping with the sensemakingframework, this phase of interviewing was aimed at validating the items on the survey from theperspective of faculty who would be future implementers of the instrument
interested in STEM majors atTAMU and community college representatives interested in building relationships for theirstudents to transfer into STEM majors at TAMU. The STEM Conference program includedresource roundtables for students and one-on-one sessions with faculty and staff forrepresentatives.Other activities such as the NSF Scholarship in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (S-STEM) were used as both recruitment and retention strategies. The S-STEMsprovided community college transfer students research opportunities, academic and professionaldevelopment seminars, scholarship money to assist in funding students’ education without themhaving work commitments, and establishment of cohorts and the resulting social community tohelp
, measures, number of participants, teamsize(s), methods of data collection (survey, interview, etc.), methods of analysis (descriptivestatistics, regression, structural equation modeling, etc.), and conclusions with respect to trust.Conclusions related to the relationship of trust and team success were sorted into “trustdescendant conclusions” and “trust antecedent conclusions.” Descendants of trust are defined asvariables or aspects of teamwork and success directly affected by trust. Antecedents of trust arethose variables or aspects of teamwork and success that directly affect trust within a team.Study SelectionAs shown in Figure 1, the initial search generated 140 studies. The 140 studies initially includedwere reviewed first by their title and
understanding this community. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Quantifying and Assessing Trends on National Science Foundation’s Broader Impact Criterion The American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (S.3084) reapproved the NationalScience Foundation’s (NSF) merit review criteria i.e. Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts,called for an update of the policy guidelines for NSF staff members and merit review processparticipants, and emphasized the importance of transparency and accountability. EvaluatingProject Summaries based on Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts has been the standard ofmaintaining excellence and accountability since 1997. Intellectual
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