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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 5: Online Teaching and Learning

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Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven

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the understanding of personal characteristics and group dynamics on team performance and provides methods to resolve conflicts that might arise in team settings. 5. Cost of Production and Market Conditions – Covers how to determine the cost of production. Introduces various market structures, and their impact on the cost of products. 6. Defining and Protecting Intellectual Property – Provides a basic working knowledge of intellectual property concepts and law that are essential for engineers and scientists seeking a career in the business world. 7. Developing a Business Plan That Addresses Stakeholder Interest, Market Potential and Economics – Informs how to develop a standardized approach for

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

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Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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traditional lecturing with assigned homework andquizzes, with the lab section of the course being the time for modeling projects and the seniordesign project.Learning DesignThe final learning design was developed based on modeling-based learning. The development ofa four-phase process from these frameworks has previously been reported on [citation blindedfor peer review]. The four phases of the modeling process that students used during theirmodeling activities were: (1) planning the model, (2) building the model, (3) evaluating themodel, and (4) reflecting on the model. Table 1 below overviews the tasks that students didduring each phase of the modeling process.Table 1. Overview of learning design for the modeling projects during the course. Phase

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 10: STEM Outreach

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Mahmoud K. Quweider, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Fitratullah Khan, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Liyu Zhang, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Yessica Rodriguez, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Yessenia Rodriguez, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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Figure 2. Application ProcessBased on the final selection of the students, the CS department team at the university (UTRGV)along with the team from Upward Bound program identified the technical and non-technical skillsthat were then targeted in the summer camp. Table 1. Summer Enrollment Total 31 Forensics& Cybersecurity Track 16 Mobile Applications Track 15Gender GapAs we were planning for the summer camp, one goal of the team, which consisted of two femalesand two males, was to make sure that the selected applicants are more diverse in terms of thegender, since the schools are already

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

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Fadi Castronovo, California State University, East Bay; Robert Schaffer, Mission College; Varsha Reddy Kandi

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VR activities to enhance the learning of the students. The course not only focused onimplementing such technology for the students to use as a learning tool but also engaged thestudents in developing new technology-based activities as part of their semester project.Thesecourses leaned heavily on tools available in the Visualization and Immersion Classroom and theExperiential Reality Laboratory at the university and community college that were developed tosupport this course work. The authors present the learned lessons to support other instructors thatare planning on implementing innovative technology in their courses.1. Introduction In higher education, the growing adoption of innovative pedagogy, such as active andexperiential

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 11

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James C. Squire P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Gerald Sullivan P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Tom McCormick, Virginia Military Institute

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identically-appearing input areas showing the phasor. The discrete version requires the user to input themagnitude and angle of the phasor and press a calculate button; the continuous version uses asimilar input screen but allows the user to drag a point to establish the phasor magnitude andangle. Although this pilot study examines only a pair of tightly-coupled programs, further workis planned to determine if certain subjects inherently lend themselves better to discrete orcontinuous input methods.Figure 1: Two almost-identical interactive programs purporting to teach phasor concepts. Theleft panel shows the version designed for continuous-input and output; the learner drags the bluephasor and moves it around while observing the constantly-changing

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

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James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville

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Cornerstone projects that all students demonstrate andpresent at the end of the semester. Throughout the semester up to Cornerstone demonstrations,course instruction, activities, and deliverables have been designed in a dual-purpose manner, inthat they augment student practice of essential engineering skills (such as introductoryprogramming), while at the same time scaffolding progression towards Cornerstone Projectcompletion. Scaffolded lesson plans related to programming have been designed to exposestudents to two primary means of programming interface and methodology. These respectivelyinclude 1) Arduino-based platforms focused on instruction of algorithm-based programmingmethodology, and 2) Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) focused on

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 2: Teaching and Learning

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James Christopher Foreman, University of Louisville; Aly Farag, University of Louisville; Asem Ali, University of Louisville; Islam Alkabbany, University of Louisville; Marci S. Decaro, University of Louisville; Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville

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Louisville. Her research examines the cognitive mechanisms underlying learning and problem solving in both laboratory and educational contexts, including STEM classrooms.Dr. Thomas Tretter, Thomas Tretter is professor of science education and director of the Gheens Science Hall & Rauch Plan- etarium at the University of Louisville. His scholarship includes collaborative efforts with science and engineering faculty targeting retention of STEM majors in entry-level STEM courses. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Towards a Multi-dimensional Biometric Approach to Real-time Measurement of Student Engagement in the STEM Classroom

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 6: Computer Science Freshman Courses

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Tamaike Brown, State University of New York at Oswego; Gursimran Singh Walia, Georgia Southern University; Alex David Radermacher, North Dakota State University; Maninder Singh, St. Cloud State University; Mourya Reddy Narasareddygari, Rider University

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with them to the software industry. Additionally, instructors can use this feedback from students to determine more difficult to comprehend topics that they should target when using guided PCR in CS2 course.C. Students’ feedback: Error checklist needs improvement Insights: We discovered that some students were unable to follow the error checklist thoroughly because steps were unclear and some of the students found the checklist distracting. The researcher plan to make improvements on the error checklist prior to conducting further experiment. We will also need to conduct more extensive training that will communicate to the students the purpose of the checklist in PCR and demonstrate to the students the correct way to use the

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 3: Digital Learning Part I

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa P. Goulart, Texas A&M University; Logan Porter, Texas A&M University; Nripendra Sarker, Texas A&M University; Mike Willey, Texas A&M University

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to our students in choosing a SimpleLink MCU. Regarding the adoptionof an MSP432 MCU, instructors have been closely monitoring the students’ feedback and theirlearning process. In addition, instructors plan to continue to provide effective and hands-onlearning experiences to students in this embedded system integration track. Fall 2019 Total number of Number of *Mean student *Average for ESET 269, ESET 349, enrolled students responses evaluation numerical grade ESET 369 earned by students Spring 2019 349 110 *3.93 *3.19 for ESET 469 Table 1. Embedded system

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 7: Advanced CS courses

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Zachary Michael Steudel, Baylor University; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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Paper ID #30573CODE HARDENING: DEVELOPMENT OF A REVERSE SOFTWARE EN-GINEERING PROJECTMr. Zachary Michael Steudel, Baylor University Zachary Steudel is a Junior Computer Science student at Baylor University working as a Teaching Assis- tant under Ms. Cynthia C. Fry. As part of the Teaching Assistant role, Zachary designed and created the group project for the Computer Systems course. Zachary Steudel worked as a Software Developer Intern at Amazon in the Summer of 2019 and plans to join Microsoft as a Software Engineering Intern in the Summer of 2020.Ms. Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University CYNTHIA C. FRY is currently a Senior

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 4: Digital Learning Part II

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Kelly S. Steelman, Michigan Technological University; Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University; Kay L. Tislar, Michigan Technological University; Charles Wallace, Michigan Technological University; Nathan D. Manser, Michigan Technological University; Briana C Bettin, Michigan Technological University; Leo C. Ureel II, Michigan Technological University

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. Onaverage, participants slightly agreed with (4) the intention to take at least one programming course.Participants slightly disagreed with the statement that (5) the way programs have to be constructedmakes no sense. Average Scores Programming is a useful skill for engineers. I think I could be a good programmer if I took some college-level classes. Knowing at least some basics about programming will help me find a job in my field. I plan to take at least one programming course at MTU. The way programs have to be constructed makes no sense to me. 1 2 3

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 7: Advanced CS courses

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Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden, Penn State Abington; Omar M. Ashour, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College; Ashkan Negahban, Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies

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above can be attributed to the fact that the problem statement in PBLinvolves certain planned imperfections to mimic real-world projects, which are often ill-structuredand vague. Here are some of the responses from control (C) and test (T) groups for the followingquestion: “Do you think you can use or apply what you have learned in this assignment in yourprofessional life? Please explain how.” C: “I believe I can use this to set up my business and help my parents to set up their restaurant structure.” C: “I think I can use or apply what I have learned in this assignment in my professional life, because I can come across a situation where someone has a question on queries to help them set up a database, and I could help them

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 10: STEM Outreach

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Tommi Brooke Kenneda, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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-12 schools. The successful model andexperience collected from this project would be promoted to other counties of West Virginia andother states.Through the STEM ambassadress program, the following three outcomes are anticipated.Outcome 1: Female high school students’ performance in their math and science courses isimproved.Outcome 2: Female high school students’ interest in STEM disciplines is increased.Outcome 3: High school students’ parents become more knowledgeable about STEM.Implementation planImplementation plan of the proposed ambassadress program includes the following three tasks.Task 1: Train female undergraduate students to become the ambassadresses.In the summer of 2018, a training workshop was organized at West Virginia

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

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Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Manoel Cortes-Mendez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University

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PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University. He previously earned his MS in Systems Engineering from the University of Saint Thomas and his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.Ms. Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University Lauren Singelmann is a Masters Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University. Her research interests are innovation-based-learning, educational data mining, and K-12 Out- reach. She works for the NDSU College of Engineering as the K-12 Outreach Coordinator where she plans and organizes outreach activities and camps for students in the Fargo-Moorhead area.Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

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Ali Sheharyar, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Arun R. Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; Eyad Masad

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self-efficacy surveys before andafter giving students the AR application and also gathered their feedback on the engagement andusability aspects.The majority of students gave positive response in terms of being interested in AR andrecognizing its value. AR helped students to be more engaged in solving the problems. However,several students indicated that the activity was “exhausting” and they were “lost” during theactivity. The authors believe that this can be improved by streamlining the practice and trainingstudents in the use of the tool.The responses of students to the self-efficacy questions showed that there was no statisticaldifference in assisting students in understanding the problems. We plan to continue to use AR inthe same course

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

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Caeley Ashtyn Joy Gibbs, Queen's University

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will first complete the standard operating procedure tutorial problem and correspondingVR challenge. They will be split into two groups and a cross-over study approach will beemployed as seen in Figure 3, one group will complete the paper-based problem first, and thengo through the VR challenge, while the other group will complete the VR challenge first. Thisprocess will take place a second time when the students complete the tutorial problem and VRplant troubleshooting challenge. An assessment will be made for each of the four activities andthe grades of the research study participants will be collected.Figure 3: Session plans for the paper tutorial and VR tutorial in phase two for participant groupsA and BParticipants will be invited to an

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 2: Teaching and Learning

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D. Cenk Erdil, Sacred Heart University; Darcy Ronan, Sacred Heart University

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they wereattempting to convey and recalibrate as necessary. Defining the boundaries and sub-fields of computer scienceand engineering would further address students’ epistemological qualifications and concerns.As they experience dimensions of these fields it is important for the students to be made aware of how they arereacting to these experiences, such as through reflection. Given that enjoyment and interest were the mostfrequently cited identity consideration, it would be tempting to design the course to maximize these pleasurableoutcomes. However it is easy to see how this could devolve into a curriculum that does not validly represent thefields. Rather, designers should plan experiences that are authentic windows into each field

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 7: Advanced CS courses

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Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Kevin Kulda, Baylor University; Gennie Mansi, Baylor University

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used, afterany significant alteration or advancement was made, the other project partner was notified ofthe alteration and the new executable was made immediately available.7 Implementation This subsection contains a list of the problems they discovered (as described in the previoussection) followed by a description their initial exploration of the executable revealed that itfunctioned as a hangman game with some malicious side effects, including stack usage errorsand a large number of files being created and placed on the user’s desktop. Of course, theyaimed at further investigating any other malicious side effects and eliminating harmful behavior.Students also initially planned to alter the program so that a player would lose two

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 10: STEM Outreach

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Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Chase Broyles, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Isabel Barrio Sanchez, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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integrated into oneframework.ImplementationIn the fall semester of 2019 and spring semester of 2020, West Virginia University Institute ofTechnology assisted teachers to organize Girls Robotics Clubs in Kanawha County, FayetteCounty, and Lincoln County, which prepare female middle school and high school students for aregional robotics competition. The regional robotics competition will be held in fall 2020, and itwill be West Virginia’s first girls-only VEX robotics competition. Through attending the roboticsclubs and competition, female middle school and high school students are expected to becomemore knowledgeable and interested in STEM disciplines.The specific implementation plan has the following four tasks. The progress of these four tasks is

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 2: Teaching and Learning

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Eddie Davis, SUNY Farmingdale

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Environments on Learning Performance.” Systems Research andBehavioral Science, vol. 31, no. 3, Wiley Periodicals Inc., May 2014, pp. 471–82[8] Alquraan, Mahmoud. “Methods of Assessing Students’ Learning in Higher Education.”Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues, vol. 5, no. 2,Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Apr. 2012, pp. 124–33[9] Petto, Andrew J. “Technology Meets Pedagogy: Comparing Classroom ResponseSystems.(RESEARCH AND TEACHING).” Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. 48,no. 4, National Science Teachers Association, Mar. 2019, pp. 55–63[10] Muñoz, Marco A., and Dena H. Dossett. “Multiple Measures of TeachingEffectiveness: Classroom Observations and Student Surveys as Predictors of StudentLearning.” Planning

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 10: STEM Outreach

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Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University; Nick Lux, Montana State University ; Barrett Frank, Montana State University; Shannon D. Willoughby, Montana State University; Brock J. LaMeres P.E., Montana State University - Bozeman; Rachelle Codie Weyerbacher, Montana State University

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build what that object would look like rotated similarly to the firstpair of objects. Completion of this room would warp them into the next room to continue theactivity. See Figure 3 for an overview of a rotation puzzle room.Figure 3. Overview of rotation puzzle room In order to train students in two dimensional to three-dimensional spatial reasoning, weset up “rooms” where students saw a 2d representation of an object on the “wall”. The “map,” soto speak, showed them where to place blocks, how many to stack on each space, and which sidesof the object were up, down, left, and right. Students obtained blocks and created the object in 3dspace following the plan they observed on the wall, although in harder challenges they wererequired to

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 6: Computer Science Freshman Courses

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Joe Michael Allen, University of California, Riverside; Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside

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in the first weeks of the quarter and letting usfocus on the logic of programming and on problem solving. The online web-based simulator alsowas a pleasure to use during lectures, supporting code stepping, displaying variable updates, anddepicting flowchart views of code. The students indicated they enjoyed using the simulator aswell, and we had no reports of students having trouble accessing or using the simulator.However, we believe we got a few things wrong in the initial design of the Coral-to-C++approach. Based on the experience, we plan to make several changes in our next offering inSpring 2020 (ongoing at the time of this paper's writing): ● We taught Coral for 5 weeks, covering input/output, assignments, branches, loops

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 4: Digital Learning Part II

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Fadi Castronovo, California State University, East Bay; Jesus Oliver Ph.D., California State University, East Bay; Andrew Stanciulescu, California State University, East Bay

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for the acquisition of basic knowledge” ​[5]​. According toDrăghicescu et al. ​[6]​, problem-based learning involves presenting students with problemsdesigned to evoke critical thinking, planning, and communication. Problem-based learningencourages students to further involve themselves in the process of developing results, as itallows each other to be accountable and support when a road-block arises ​[6]​. Steps such as theinterpretation and researching of information yield an increase in critical and creative thinking[7]​. One benefit of problem-based learning, as a pedagogical method, is that it can be applied toany discipline. In mathematics, students tend to have an outlook based solely on computation,focusing on obtaining an answer from

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 8: Modulus Topics

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Safia Malallah, Kansas State University; Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University

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associate information based on the ChainAssociation Method, which chains items inside a memorable story, promoting retrievalwithin the flow of a story. Thoughtfully planned MM efficiently direct one idea to another.Although a series of information can be reasonably remembered using only a connectionbetween two ideas, matching the links within a story minimizes the potential of forgettingone respect and thereby omitting the rest of the list. Furthermore, Danny P. Wallace used the relationship, data-to-information-to-knowledge-to-wisdom (AKA DIKW pyramid), to explain a topic. The DIKW pyramid mapsdata such as words, numbers, and images into sentences and concepts that hold meaning andpurpose is defined as information, connecting the

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 3: Digital Learning Part I

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Zhiyi Li; Stephen H. Edwards, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 5: Online Teaching and Learning

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Joe Michael Allen, University of California, Riverside; Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside

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a lot about what it takes to make anonline course successful. Among key lessons learned were that required synchronous onlinemeetings help keep students engaged and on track, an online chat forum (especially with a TApresent) enables a level of student engagement usually not found in in-person classes, and qualityonline interactive content is highly effective (more so than videos). Readers interested in a shortdemo video of how we run our online course can refer to [17] (full video [18]). In the pastseveral years, we have assisted several other universities to create new online courses modeledafter our course, in some cases simply cloning our entire course for an instructor to step into andteach at their school. We plan to continually

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 5: Online Teaching and Learning

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Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech; Max Mikel-Stites, Virginia Tech

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,process, or system. 1. Develop a plan of study for your undergraduate career 2. Articulate holistic issues that impact engineering solutions 3. Solve problems using systematic engineering approaches and tools 4. Model an engineering system 5. Synthesize information from several sources 6. Communicate information effectively 7. Contribute effectively to an engineering teamThe second course is a project-based course. Student teams are formed, and each section has a specifiedproject. Student teams progress through an engineering design process to design and prototype a deviceaccording to their section. Foundations of Engineering (2) (ENGE 1216) course objectives are as follows:Foundations of Engineering (2): As a