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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Dimitrios Bolkas, Pennsylvania State University, Lehman; Jeffrey Daniel Chiampi II, The Pennsylvania State University; Jason Robert Kepner, The Pennsylvania State University ; Luke Jacob Kepner; David Neilson

surveying students requires an extensive number oflaboratories (indoor and outdoor). Outdoor laboratories are used to develop skills with surveyinginstruments, teach field techniques, and reinforce concepts taught in lectures. Instructors use aconsiderable portion of the allotted time to provide an overview of the lab, which reduces thetime students can spend in the field conducting the lab. Due to the spatial nature of the tasks, it isoften difficult for students to visualize the steps to complete the labs. As a result, students areoften underprepared for the activities. In outdoor labs students move from one location toanother to collect data related to each task. During the lab students frequently have questions, butit is difficult for the

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology; Reggie Blake, New York City College of Technology; Reina Li

underrepresented minorities in STEM. Dr. Liou-Mark was awarded the 2018 Teaching Recognition Award at City Tech, and she was selected as the 2017-2018 Scholar on Campus. She was awarded the 2017 Best of New York Award for her contributions to City Tech. Her research interest in the implementation of the Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) instructional model in mathematics has won her the 2011 CUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics Instruction and the Mathematical Association of America Metro New York Section 2014 Award for Distinguished Teaching of Mathematics. She was the former Director of the Peer-Led Team Learning Leadership Program at City Tech, and she has trained over 300 underrepresented minority

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Susan Mitchell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Katharine Cole, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Anupam Joshi, UMBC

Paper ID #32009X+CS: A Computing Pathway for Non-Computer Science MajorsDr. Susan Mitchell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dr. Susan Mitchell is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). She holds a PhD in Information Systems from UMBC and a MS in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University. She has been a teaching faculty member in computer science for 27 years, with research in the areas of software process, software process improvement, knowledge management, and computer science education.Dr. Katharine Cole, University of Maryland Baltimore County Dr. Katharine Cole