Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Laura Bayerle; Marietta R. Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Diversity, Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

higher GPA than men as a result of their self-doubt.8-11 Inaddition, between 5th and 9th grade, gifted girls, perceiving that smarts aren't sexy, hide theiraccomplishments, indicating a strong argument towards providing girls with a segregatedenvironment while pursuing STEM interests.12 Key findings with respect to increasing studentinterest in STEM indicate that the most important methodologies for high impact programs Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 6-7 – Penn State Berksinvolve exploring STEM long term,13 inspiring career exploration,14 and exposing participantsto role-models. Although hands-on activities generate an interest in STEM, it is the interactionwith role-models that is instrumental in generating a

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Emily Alexandra German, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Niki Taylor Taheri, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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Diversity, Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

, 86-01 23rd Ave, Flushing, NY emily.german@vaughn.edu, niki.taheri@vaughn.edu, shouling.he@vaughn.eduAbstractEfforts to raise student interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)careers have increased in recent decades. The goal of such efforts is to satisfy the urgent need forscientists, engineers, and technologists due to the consistent growth of innovative engineeringproducts, such as smartphones, autonomous vehicles and so on. Educational research shows thatthe efforts to interest students in STEM majors and careers can be as early as in the elementaryschool level, the time when students begin to develop interests in engineering products aroundthem. In this paper, we present one approach towards

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Ge Jin, Purdue University Northwest; Michael Tu, Purdue University Northwest; Tae-Hoon Kim, Purdue University Northwest; Justin David Heffron, Purdue University Northwest; Jonathan Kakahiaka White

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Diversity, Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

ASEE Conference, October 6-7 – Penn State Berksawareness by playing various cyber security computer games during the first two days. Each classhas about 25 students and they have competed for 3D Secure Online Behavior game, CyberDefense Tower game and Single-player Gencyber Card game. We picked one winner from eachcompetition and awarded the winner with a small gift on the last day of the summer camp. Thepost-camp survey of camp participants indicated that game based learning for cybersecurityenhanced student’s knowledge in cybersecurity, and understanding of the cybersecurity firstprinciples, and educated a digital citizenry with security awareness, and motivated them to pursuehigher education and careers in the field of cybersecurity. One