Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Focused on Female Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanna R. Wieselmann, University of Minnesota; Emily Anna Dare, Florida International University; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota; Elizabeth Ring-Whalen, St. Catherine University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

engineering-based integrated STEM. Compulsorycoursework driven by a teacher’s need to address specific academic standards in science andassociated with grades for students is likely to create a different environment for studentinteractions than elective, non-graded, informal experiences. In addition, existing studies oftenuse quantitative analyses to investigate associations between motivation, context, andengagement [28]. With small group work ubiquitous with STEM, the affordances and limitationsof small group activities must be considered.This study addresses the gap in the literature to explore the following research questions: 1) What differences, if any, are seen in the engineering practices middle school girls and boys display during

Conference Session

Best Practices in Out-of-School Time

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University; Elisabeth Roberts, Northern Arizona University; Lori Rubino-Hare, Northern Arizona University; Haylee Nichole Archer, Northern Arizona University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Joelle Clark, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

byextensive field testing, materials design, and a research program, of which this study is a part.The curriculum units foster opportunities for middle-school children in OST settings to becomeengineers and solve problems that are identified as “personally meaningful and globallyrelevant” [20]. Each unit has been developed to include fourteen Curricular Design Principles forInclusivity [21], identified through previous research studies to support student learning, in fouroverarching categories: Set learning in a real-world context, present design challenges that areauthentic to engineering practice, scaffold student work, and demonstrate that everyone canengineer. The Curricular Design Principles are detailed under Findings in Table 3. There