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Learning Styles

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Knight; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Lawrence Carlson

Session 2430 Skills Assessment in Hands-On Learning and Implications for Gender Differences in Engineering Education Daniel W. Knight, Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, Susan J. Poole and Lawrence E. Carlson Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractA comprehensive course evaluation plan is a helpful tool for the development and revision ofnew curricula. One component of an evaluation plan is the assessment o

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Computer Based Measurements

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sanjeev Arora; Fariborz Asadian; Masoud Naghedolfeizi

software. The lab also includes two experimental set-ups thatcan be fully controlled, monitored and operated by computer systems using virtualinstrumentation technology. They also feature on-line capabilities that allow users to operatethem remotely through the Internet.The new curriculum has positively impacted our existing programs in many respects. For thefirst time, our students have been able to perform applied research in their fields of engineeringand science and publish/present their findings in a national scientific conference. In addition, thelab has been utilized as an instructional facility in teaching of a number of courses inmathematics, physics and engineering.This paper describes the efforts undertaken with respect to curriculum

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mary John O'Hair; Mark Nanny; Teri Rhoads

-world experiments, observations, and measurements, to study problems that affect their daily lives.· To use these activities to link students from different classes and schools, via peer teaching, collaborations, and the Internet, as they focus on common themes.· To include computers and up-to-date sampling and laboratory equipment in all activities so Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Page 7.21.3 students gain experience with current technology.· To incorporate computer-based

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

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Murat Tanyel

Page 7.513.13 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationJohnson Controls for helping make the teaching of not only electronics but also DSP a pleasantexperience.Bibliography1. Ingle, V. K., Proakis, J. G. Digital Signal Processing using MATLAB, Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole (2000).2. Tanyel, M., Quinn, R., Barge, E., "An Engineering Laboratory for Freshmen - Computer Utilization", in 1990 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Toronto, June 26-29 1990.3. Scoles, K., Tanyel, M., Onaral, B., "Computing in Electrical Engineering Education at Drexel University", in IEEE Transactions on

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

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Scott Husson; Richard Rice; James Haile; II, S. Michael Kilbey; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Deborah Switzer

critical thinking skills and engineering judgment inengineering undergraduates. We adopt the hypotheses that mental growth constitutes aprogression through a hierarchy of cognition, that the critical thinking and judgment required ofengineers lies at an upper level in the hierarchy, and that to reach high levels, an individual mustmaster cognitive skills and reorganize knowledge gained at lower levels. These hypothesesprovide a roadmap for developing effective teaching and learning strategies to be applied to coreengineering courses taught in the sophomore and junior years. It also suggests that theconventional approach of simply applying high-level instruction to educate sophomores andjuniors does not necessarily produce seniors who can think

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

M. P. Sharma; Edward Anderson; Roman Taraban

active learning exercises that are simple, relate to thelearner’s experience level, and that can be incorporated into and synchronized with otherteaching pedagogies. These also need to be structured so that learners can proceed at their ownpace, receive appropriate feedback and coaching, and can review as often as necessary to masterthe material. This paper presents and discusses several such exercises that are integrated with acomplete CBI system and textbook [10].The examples presented are taken from the Introduction to Thermodynamics course that is taughtto almost every engineering student. This course is particularly challenging as it is normallytaught without a laboratory experience. This course also contains many physical concepts

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lee Robinson; Jody Finnegan; Gene Stuffle; D. Subbaram Naidu; Al Wilson; Jay Kunze

Dean for Graduate Studies.JODY FINNEGAN obtained her BA in History with Secondary Education Teaching Certification from Idaho StateUniversity, Pocatello, Idaho. Before joining the ISU College of Engineering, she worked with ISU CareerDevelopment Center. At present she works as Student Services/Public Information Specialist.AL WILSON obtained his PhD in Engineering Science from Univ. of Oklahoma. He worked with University ofOklahoma and in industry before joining ISU in 1966 and held various positions including the first Dean ofEngineering. He retired in May 1995.LEE ROBINSON obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering from Montana State University. He worked with NRTS(now Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory), University of Tulsa

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Thomas Brady; Helmut Knaust; Connie Kubo Della-Piana; Andrew Swift; Jana Renner Martinez

engineering students attending an urban commuter campus. In order to ensure asuccessful transition into college, UTEP has implemented an entering student program for ourscience and engineering majors. To strengthen the community of student learners on campus,UTEP has created both a state-of-the-art academic center for student support and a center foreffective teaching and learning for professors, teaching assistants, and undergraduate peerleaders. Finally, UTEP has developed an undergraduate research program for students who wishto participate in an academic research experience under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Sincethe implementation of these programs, first and second-year student retention in science andengineering has increased

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

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Scott Morton; John Nydahl; Nancy Peck

laboratory exercises,since the bulk of entering engineering students lack laboratory experiences. Consequently, many Page 7.1194.1educators are stressing the need for hands-on teaching of fundamentals3-9. Over the past ten Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationyears, the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Wyoming (UW) has usedalumni recommendations10, Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) 2000criteria11, as well as UW’s Engineering Task Force on Undergraduate

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Real-World Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Attila Yaprak; Ece Yaprak; Mulchand Rathod

received her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Wayne State University in 1989.Prior to joining WSU’s Division of Engineering Technology in 1993, she taught at Western MichiganUniversity, and held technical positions at General Electric, Ford Motor Company, NASA (Lewis, JetPropulsion Laboratory, and Ames Research Center) and Navy (SPAWAR). Her areas of interest includecomputer networks and communications where she has published a number of papers. She has receivedexcellence in teaching awards from ET Division and the College of Engineering. She has received fundingfrom NSF and other organizations for her scholarly work.Attila Yaprak: Attila Yaprak, Ph.D. is a Professor of Marketing and International Business at Wayne StateUniversity. He is a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Duff

adverse student reaction toward structuring the course too muchtoward Internet content was also evident in other ASEE 2001 Internet course content papers. As aresult, the course has been further modified in the recent semesters to re-establish more traditionalinstructor-student classroom activities. Teaching assistant led computer laboratories and help sessionshave been added. In the current semester live lecture and group participation activities have beenreintroduced.This paper builds on the previous paper by presenting additional statistical comparisons from the currentmore balanced approach course and by discussing some of the changed approaches to teaching thecourse.II. Group PresentationsThe class was divided into groups of four to five

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

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Habibur Rahman

Session 1332 Development of an Undergraduate Course in Radar Systems Habib Rahman, Beshara Sholy Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO 63103-1110AbstractThis paper outlines and presents the results of the development and teaching of a unique coursein radar systems to undergraduate students in electrical engineering and avionics majors at SaintLouis University. It also discusses the challenge of offering such a course, and proposes a coursecurriculum that is specifically tailored for undergraduate students.The important and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sylvia Alexander

incorporating entrepreneurial skills will beexplored including:· Classroom based teaching, learning and assessment;· Support for students in industrial placement through the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (WebCT);· Development of a portfolio of professional competencies;highlighting the merits and problems associated with each.1. BackgroundThe EU Enterprise Commissioner Erkki Liikanen has stated that, “Innovation is thekey to competitiveness”. Moreover “substantial gains from information technologywill be possible in the future” 1. According to the European Innovation Scoreboard2001 2, the United Kingdom generates a higher percentage of science and engineeringgraduates than any other European state. This is particularly significant as

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

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Maya Place; Markus Flury; Jennifer Shaltanis; Geoff Puzon; Brent M. Peyton; James Petersen; Candis Claiborn

prepares all pedagogical aspects of a block of the course,including lectures, exams, course outline, etc. In this way, the graduate student is exposed to themanner in which such materials are prepared and the thought processes involved in theirdevelopment, while still having access to someone who has the time and inclination to ensurethat course quality is maintained. Because of the objectives of this portion of the program,serving as a regular teaching assistant (TA) for a laboratory generally does not meet thisrequirement.This activity has benefits to the graduate student that extend well beyond learning to be aneffective class-room instruction. Such benefits include learning to think on his/her feet, toanswer unexpected questions, to organize

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Gregg

introducesstudents to the different engineering disciplines using a hands-on approach. This laboratory classemploys a combination of reverse engineering (take apart common devices) and laboratories fromdifferent disciplines. The aim is to introduce our students to engineering disciplines, to introduceassembly and design topics, to promote and encourage the understanding of engineering drawingsand associated visualization issues, and to also generate enthusiasm for our profession. At thesame time we teach students some basic skills (such as using wrenches and calipers) and givethem an understanding about how devices are designed and why, as well as the roles of thedifferent engineering disciplines in the production of the device.International ComponentsAn

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Farr

revenue from research - Generates revenue from teaching- Graduate programs focused on technical - Graduate programs focused on depth/teaching continuing education for practitioners- Full time students are research/teaching Assistants - Students are mainly part time and- Delivered in a classroom environment work full time - Delivered using many methodsDemonstrated growth and potential are key for resource allocation within any university. Thus,we chose to initially pursue off campus programs to justify hiring more faculty and to grow theinfrastructure. Because of our growth, our administration

Conference Session

Building Bridges in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Newman; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

interactivetechnology used in the industry. Chandler Gilbert Community College and Mesa CommunityCollege will teach the laboratory portion of their Associate of Applied Science Degree in theMTF beginning in spring semester of 2002.A key component in the utilization of the MTF by ASU East and its community college partnersis the need for a comprehensive and robust curriculum. A curriculum development team withfaculty representatives from the community colleges and ASU East has been formed to developand pilot the curriculum materials and resources that will be used in the MTF. Each communitycollege will co-develop their curriculum and teach the laboratory portion of their course in theMTF, beginning in the fall of 2002. The curriculum materials will be developed

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lori Bassman; Patrick Little

.) “wash ashore” and building begins. A three-foot high waterfall is constructed ina laboratory for teams’ use. At this stage, the members of the teaching team interact with teamsindividually, challenging their design decisions, questioning how they plan to calibrate theirdevices, and joining in the victories of successful prototype tests. A task that seemed quitedaunting to many attendees on Monday morning produces an especially rewarding experienceupon completion.Because the participants have walked through the design process themselves, they are able to Page 7.916.7understand the relationship between the timing of introduction of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Zheng Min; Robert Weber; Feng Chen; Ben Graubard; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

total delay time between a user’s action andthe system response. Latency must be below human perceptual thresholds to create acomfortable virtual environment. Other considerations for wireless design in virtualenvironments are: complete coverage of the interaction space, no interference with other wirelessdevices, the data rates between the user and the system, and low-power requirements. Thecurrent project team includes four faculty members, three graduate students and twoundergraduate students.First Year AccomplishmentsIn the first year of this project, new laboratory experiments were added to existing courses incommunications to enforce the concepts of hardware/software co-design and human factorsissues. One example of these first

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mohammed Zribi; Mohammad Al-Ansary; Ibrahim Nashawi; Haitham Lababidi; Faridah Ali; Aziz Tayfun; Adel Aly; Andreas Christoforou; Ahmet Yigit

information, and periodic review of thecurriculum.Teaching Area Groups (TAG) are formed based on the current teaching interests of faculty.These groups advise the Undergraduate Program Committee on various matters related to thecourses assigned to a particular group. The tasks include choice of textbooks, updating ofcourse syllabi, and the review of assessment information.A number of other committees are involved in improving the quality of academic environmentsuch as student advising, faculty promotion, appointment and contract renewal, scholarship,laboratory, computing facilities, budget and planning. The advising committee is responsiblefor advising and counseling students to ensure a healthy progression towards graduation.Faculty promotion and

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

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Douglas Schmucker; Charles Camp; Anna Phillips; Paul Palazolo; Susan Magun-Jackson

Experiments,” The Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87, no. 1, pp. 7-9. 10. Phillips, A., Palazolo, P. and C.V. Camp. “Team Teaching Technical Topics: An Innovative Approach to an Introductory Civil Engineering Course,” Proceedings, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, 2000, Session 473. 11. Engineering Criteria 2000, 3rd edition. Engineering Accreditation Commission. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Baltimore, MD Pub. No. 98- AB-7a, 1998. 12. Schmucker, Douglas G. Structures Demonstration Laboratory. http://diamond.gem.valpo.edu/~harvey/models/strdemo.html 13. Schmucker, Douglas G. Manila File Folder Project. http://diamond.gem.valpo.edu/~harvey/classes/ce202/project.html

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Harwood; David Shaw

Session 1625 Practical Application of FEA in Freshman Design using Senior Student Mentors David W. Shaw, Richard F. Harwood Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PennsylvaniaAbstractThis paper presents the results of three years of work on an innovative means of addressingseveral important aspects of the Freshman Design course (EGR 101). In an effort to address thebalance of teaching engineering design and decision skills with new technical skills, freshmandesign teams were paired with senior engineering students taking the Finite Element Analysiscourse

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Magedy Salama; M Kazerani; Khaled Nigim

Page 7.1262.1can be simulated without sufficient background knowledge. “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Session # 1433 (Energy Programs and software Tools) The use of GPMS provides a flexible tool for the teacher to integrate the theory withproblem solving techniques. Several articles focused on the practicality of using GPMS for awide range of topics in the electrical engineering discipline. The emerging trend is towardspaperless classrooms and laboratory setups. Reference [1] demonstrates the use of GPMS as alink to enforce

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rocio Alba-Flores; Christopher Carroll; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

Page 7.884.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã2002, American Society for Engineering Educationbeen used successfully in our introductory microprocessor class, and will continue to formthe focus for that laboratory in the foreseeable future.References 1. Carroll, C. R., “Early Engineering Exposure Using A Microcontroller-Based Personal Lab Station,” 1990 North Midwest Section Meeting of ASEE, Houghton, MI (1990).BiographiesCHRISTOPHER R. CARROLLChristopher R. Carroll received a Bachelor of Engineering Science from Georgia Tech, and M.S. and Ph.D.degrees from Caltech. After teaching in Electrical Engineering at Duke University, he

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Zdzislaw Pawlowski; Krzysztof Zaremba; Roman Morawski

Biomedical Engineering program hasbeen subject to external evaluation because of the lack of the corresponding evaluation body inPoland. The National Accreditation Committee has been established only recently, and soon willundertake its evaluation duties.The Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology is the largest teaching and research centerat Warsaw University of Technology. Its educational and research activities cover almost thewhole spectrum of relevant areas of concentration: from nano- and microelectronics, throughoptoelectronics, instrumentation, measurement, control and robotics, to computer engineering,computer networks and telecommunications. Currently, it has more than 3 500 full-time students;they are served by more than 300

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

Session # 2793 A Senior Capstone Project in Pump System Design Charles H. Forsberg Department of Engineering, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549AbstractHofstra University recently received a grant from the American Societ y of Heating,Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for students to design and build apump system demonstration unit for the mechanical engineering laboratories. The grant wasawarded through ASHRAE’s Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program. Senior mechanicalengineering students designed and built the pump system as their capstone design

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Rabb; Ronald Welch

PDJ Components Battlebots Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science AIAA Aero Design, Build, Fly AOG SAE Aero Design, Build, Fly AOG IEEE MicroMouse AOG MAGIC - Autonomous Unmanned Ground AOG Vehicle Competition Baja - SAE Off Road Vehicle Competition AOGResearch projects give the students an excellent opportunity to further existing research at anArmy laboratory or assist a faculty member at USMA with research. Many of these projectsallow students to have access to data and computing facilities not

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ward; Eugene Simmons; Michael Doran

Session 1520 Using Mobile Robots to Explore Intelligent Behaviors: The Obstacle Course Challenge Michael D. Ward, Michael V. Doran, W. Eugene Simmons University of South Alabama School of Computer and Information Sciences Mobile, Alabama 36688Abstract: A recently concluded NSF-ILI grant provided equipment to create hands-on laboratoriesfor CIS students. The goal of this laboratory environment was to provide a setting to reinforcecourse concepts. One of the target courses was the Artificial

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Megat Johari Megat Mohd Noor

from the conception stage until achieving the certification arehighlighted. The implementation of the ISO 9001 quality system is to complement theexisting quality assurance activities such as the accreditation by the Board of Engineers,Malaysia and the external examination and assessment processes.Prior to the ISO 9001 certification exercise by the School of Engineering, there was anambitious move by UPM to certify all activities covering the scope of teaching, research,consultancy and administration at the university level. Learning from the failure, which wasmainly due to the lack of management commitment at nearly all levels that did not translateor permeate down the importance of the exercise, has led UPM to take a more cautiousapproach

Conference Session

Innovations in Freshman Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Melinda Gallagher; Lawrence Genalo

Session 3553 Practicing Teachers in a Graduate Engineering Course Lawrence J. Genalo and Melinda Gallagher Iowa State UniversityIntroduction:The National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Centurystated that “Better mathematics and science teaching is therefore grounded, first of all, inimproving the quality of teacher preparation and in making continuing professionaleducation available for all teachers 1.”The "constructivist" paradigm 2,3 asserts that learning occurs through a process in whichthe student plays an active role in constructing the set of conceptual structures