Paper ID #29575The Formation and Dynamics of Teacher Roles in a Teacher-StudentGroupwork during a Robotic Project (Fundamental)Pooneh Sabouri, New York University Pooneh Sabouri received her Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning, focusing on science education at New York University. She has a master’s degree in mathematics education and statistics from The University of Texas at Austin and earned her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Iran. Pooneh is interested in teacher learning and how to co-develop theoretical tools with teachers to inform and expand their teaching practices
Paper ID #30217Talking about design: Teacher talk about design ideas with teams ofmiddle schools during engineering design projects (Fundamental)Amanda Johnston, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Amanda Johnston is a PhD candidate in engineering education at Purdue University.Prof. Tamara J Moore, Purdue University at West Lafayette Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D., is a Professor in the School of Engineering Education and Director of STEM Integration in the INSPIRE Institute at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integra- tion of STEM concepts in K-12 and postsecondary
theylearn how to build CanSats for future projects in order to encourage undergraduate and high schoolstudents to get interested in space science. The teacher participants begin by comparing CanSatdesigns to mission requirements; redesigning the CanSat taking into account the technicalknowledge limitations; implementing the new design; launching the CanSats and collect the data,and finally, organizing a training course for students. Impact on learning effectiveness will bemeasured with indicators like: Experimentation and iteration, Trial and debugging, Reusing andremixing, Abstraction and modularization [2] and will be scored as low, medium or high. Inaddition, problem-solving competencies based on Polya method [3] [4] will be considered
clusters, one of which is clean energy. Inone state, this is due in part to the 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA), whichmandates that greenhouse gases be reduced in the state to 25% below 1990 levels by 2020, and80% by 2050 [1]. To address the growing need for investment in job creation, a privateuniversity, an urban high school, and an industry partner collaborated to create a program forhigh schoolers to instill excitement in this growing field. Specifically, this program addressesthe increasing need for a diverse and highly skilled STEM (Science, Technology, Engineeringand Math) workforce with a focus on Clean Energy. The program was designed to: ● Offer an introductory engineering design course which used project-based learning
International University Dr. Fletcher is currently an Assistant Professor at Florida International University. Her research focus includes people of color and women in STEM and quality in K-12 and higher education. Prior to FIU, Dr. Fletcher served as the Director of Pre-college Programs for NSBE. Additionally, she spent time in industry holding technical and operations-based roles and has experience with outreach projects focused on STEM education and mentoring.Dr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University Araceli Martinez Ortiz, PhD., is Research Associate Professor of Engineering Education in the College of Education at Texas State University. She leads a comprehensive research agenda related to issues of
Engineering Education, 2020Reservoir Rescue: A Community-Connected Elementary WaterFiltration Engineering Unit (Resource Exchange)Grade level: 3-6 (meets 5th grade engineering and earth and space science standards)Time: 12, 1-hour lessons. Final Design Challenge can also be a stand-alone design taskStandards: All NGSS 3-5-ETS standards are met, see full documentation for science standardsIn the ConnecTions in the Making project, researchers and district partners work to develop andstudy community-connected, integrated science and engineering curriculum units that supportdiverse elementary students’ science and engineering ideas, practices, and attitudes. In the units,students use human-centered design strategies to prototype and share functional
a product by the end of the lesson. Students will need to be able to determine a community need in addition to designing and creating a smaller-scale example of their solution. They will need to keep in mind who t hey are designing for; it is not for themselves! Once complete, students will present their projects in an engineering exhibit, and evaluate each other’s solutions. Looking for more inspiration? You can prompt your students to design something more specific. For example: Have your students design a shelter for victims of natural disasters or political conflict. Have your students design a library for small villages without access to this resource. The possibilities are endless! Project Checklist: What are you trying
Community-Connected ElementaryGeotechnical Engineering Unit (Resource Exchange)Grade level: 3-6 (meets 4th grade engineering and earth and space science standards)Time: 8, 1-hour lessons. Final Design Challenge can also be a stand-alone design taskStandards: All NGSS 3-5-ETS standards are met, see full documentation for science standardsIn the ConnecTions in the Making project, researchers and district partners work to develop andstudy community-connected, integrated science and engineering curriculum units that supportdiverse elementary students’ science and engineering ideas, practices, and attitudes. In the units,students use human-centered design strategies to prototype and share functional solutions to adesign challenge rooted in the students
County Adult Proba- tion Department, coordinated and executed the research and program evaluation for a large Department of Justice Second Chance Act grant. These efforts included monitoring, assessing, and evaluating the impacts of program outcomes. Since joining the UOEEE in 2015, Dr. Cook-Davis has led research and evaluation activities for over 50 separate grant-funded programs or initiatives funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Agri- culture, National Institutes of Health, and The Kern Family Foundation. These projects have focused on the evaluation of student success, outreach impacts, innovative learning techniques, and STEM
encourage them to pursue STEAM careers. One particularly effective approach isthrough hands-on learning and “making,” since children often have a natural affinity fortinkering and learn well through active involvement in meaningful activities [1]. Hands-on,project-based learning has been shown to get more students engaged with STEAM and help themlearn key skills for the future [2]. However, most STEAM education programs target students inupper-middle or high school [3]. Bustamante et. al write, “Since engineering education hastraditionally not been part of the general K–12 education experience (i.e., the beginning ofprimary school (age 5) through the end of secondary school (age 18)), early childhood educatorshave minimal background in engineering
Paper ID #30442Evaluating Student Success in a Pre-College General Engineering Program(Evaluation)Dr. Duncan Davis, Northeastern University Duncan Davis is an Assistant Teaching Professor in First Year Engineering. His research focuses on using gamification to convey course content in first year classes. Mostly recently, he has implemented a series of escape room projects to teach engineering to first year students through the process of designing, prototyping, and building these play experiences.Mr. Matthew BurnsDr. John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University Dr. Sangster is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the First
underrepresented students develop the skills and writing habits to complete doctorate degrees in engineering. Across all of her research avenues, Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 12 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award with her share of funding be ingnearly $2.3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 21 journal publications and more than 70 conference papers. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty, an Outstanding Teacher Award and a Faculty Fellow Award. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in Materials Science from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue
- anStats Project studying violence against women, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars studying the 2011 Arab Uprisings, and Brigham Young University’s Political Science Department study- ing marriage and family practices of the Middle East. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic from Brigham Young University where she received the Middle East Stud- ies/Arabic Student Research Award in April 2017.Shawn Grimes, Unaffiliated Shawn Grimes has nearly 20 years of experience as a technologist in a variety of fields including mobile app development, cyber security, and software engineering. Through his passion for working with and serving youth, he served as the Director of
Paper ID #31053Understanding Impact of a Design Thinking Intervention on Students’Resilience (Work in Progress)Dr. Kristin Maria Repchick , Industrial/Organizational Psychology Consultant Dr. Kristin Repchick completed her Ph.D in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at George Mason Uni- versity (GMU) where she also obtained her Masters degree. She currently works as an independent consultant and has partnered with various agencies in the DC metro area on projects requiring HR ana- lytics or talent management strategies. Kristin has several years of experience analyzing workforce data, creating and validating assessments
-management Certificate, Pan American University at Edinburg, TX 1975 Teaching Certification, Pan American University at Edinburg, TX Appointments 09/2018-present RET Master Teacher Coordinator; Special Projects, The University of Texas at Austin; Cockrell School of Engineering, NASCENT Education Research Center 11/1/12-2018 Evaluator, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering, NASCENT Education Research Center 09/1/11-present External evaluator, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and Renewable Resources (IGERT) 09/2003-08/2005 Principal Investigator, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at
- facts. Her outreach work focuses on creating resources for K-12 educators to support engineering edu- cation in the classroom. She is also the founder of STOMP (stompnetwork.org), LEGOengineering.com (legoengineering.com) and the Teacher Engineering Education Program (teep.tufts.edu).Jessica Watkins, Vanderbilt University Jessica Watkins is Assistant Professor of Science Education at Vanderbilt University.Dr. Rebecca D. Swanson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Dr. Swanson is a postdoctoral research associate studying teacher learning in an online graduate-level engineering education program at Tufts University. Prior to joining the CEEO at Tufts, Dr. Swanson worked on research projects studying
selectand implement appropriate instructional tasks, and how to assess learning. Common Core middlegrades standards include the design process in the science framework, but the design process isnot easy to learn and then integrate into broader pedagogical content knowledge teachers mustdeploy to be successful. Teacher preparation and scaffolding are key to implementation of designbased learning to support student learning gains. Well-designed professional developmentexperiences are integral to developing such knowledge and skills.Teachers Engaged in STEM and Literacy (Project TESAL) supported middle school teachersutilizing design based learning with the ultimate goal of increasing student achievement andengagement in STEM disciplines. We focus
, at the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS). Dr. Ilhem F. Hakem joined the Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces (CPS) Program and the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in 2018 as Teaching Professor to support and expand the educational activi- ties of the CPS Program. This involves teaching of undergraduate and graduate level courses, supervising undergraduate and Master students in research projects related to soft materials and finally develop and get involved in K-12 outreach activities. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: A Summer Outreach Program in Chemical Engineering Emphasizing
collection. These interactions are less often for assessmentpurposes. This project describes the development of a tool that can be used in formal andinformal spaces which capitalizes on behaviors students already do to capture data that mightotherwise be overlooked in engineering K-12 environments. For the purposes of less obtrusivepeer assessment (LOPA), students record themselves (or others) during class presentations orstudio critiques and assess each other after having been trained to identify elements of a K-12engineering epistemic frame (EEFK12).IntroductionEngineering design is a process and interpretive practice[1], and traditional assessments oftenfail to assess higher order thinking skills[2]. STEM content knowledge is assessed more often
) Experiential learning (second morning session). Students learned about the subject matterthrough a hands-on laboratory class or a computer-based activity. This direct experience allowedstudents to apply the basic principles of transportation engineering to solve a problem related tothe topic of the day. A faculty member and academic aides assisted students during the activity.3) Case-based learning (first afternoon session). An experienced transportation professional fromthe St. Louis area lectured on a recently completed project or a current project relevant to thetopic of the day. The purpose was to help students learn the subject matter and related decision-making processes through the case study of a real project in the state of Missouri or the
practices in technology-enhanced learning environments. Prior to beginning doctoral work, she taught secondary mathematics for four years as well as created and implemented an interdisciplinary, project-based mathematics, science, and principles-of-technology curriculum for fresh- men and sophomore high school students in Albemarle County, Virginia.Ms. Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia Anne McAlister is a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Her research centers on engineering education, focusing on identity development in higher
engagement of more reticent students.Previous studies have identified the immediate academic environment as a powerful resource tosecondary student retention. Students at an alternative learning center that outperformed learningexpectations set by SES identified several factors to their persistence in school, includingconnecting to real life issues, student autonomy, and a relaxed environment where their inputwas valued [9]. This suggests that offering a similarly non-competitive, constructiveenvironment for exploration of STEM can be an empowering strategy to increase studentengagement.To this end, project-based learning (PBL) may synergize with, or contribute to, a positiveclassroom culture. PBL is a mastery-focused, rather than knowledge-focused
Paper ID #29514Teaching ’Diversity in Design and the Design Thinking Process throughhands-on in-classroom prototyping (Resource Exchange, Diversity)D’Andre Jermaine Wilson-Ihejirika P.Eng., BrainSTEM Alliance D’Andre Wilson-Ihejirika completed her B.Eng in Chemical Engineering at McGill University and her MASc. from the Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship (CMTE) at the University of Toronto. She worked for several years as a Professional Chemical Engineer in the Athabasca Oil Sands, before taking a Project Management role in Research & Innovation at York University. D’Andre is the founder the STEM
libraries for undergraduate and K-12 learn- ing. Reitsma’s research concentrates on how people apply information systems to solve problems with emphasis on digital library navigation.Mr. Brian Gordon Hoglund, Oregon State University Brian Hoglund is a software developer and research assistant for the College of Business at Oregon State University. As part of a NSF funded research project with teachengineering.org, his work involves net- work visualization and analysis of the K-12 Next Generation Science Standards. Brian has a bachelors degree in mathematics from Oregon State University and is currently pursuing a second degree in com- puter science. He is currently working on the network visualization of K-12 NGSS
culturally diverse students. Past and current projects include designing and teaching undergraduate and graduate-level coursework intended to help teachers develop effective science teaching practices and culturally relevant pedagogy for their classrooms, mentoring pre-service science teachers, working with in-service science teachers to develop and implement integrated STEM curricula, leading STEM integration professional development for in- service science teachers, working with administration and teachers to develop STEM programming in their schools, and developing a K-12 STEM observation protocol that can be used in a variety of educa- tional contexts through an online platform.Dr. Gillian Roehrig, University of
research in- terests include team work and collaboration in construction, effective communication in spatial problem solving, and design - field team interaction.Dr. Yunfeng Chen, Purdue University Programs Dr. Yunfeng Chen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Construction Management Technology at Purdue University. She is the founder/director of Construction Animation, Robotics, and Ergonomics (CARE) Lab. Her lab covers research in (1) Building Information Modeling (BIM)/Infrastructure Infor- mation Modeling (IIM); (2) Ergonomics and Human Factors; (3) AR/VR and Game; (4) Automation and AI; (5) Construction and Transportation Safety. She has been awarded one locally funded project from Local Technical
interests include robotics, mechanical design, and biomechanics.Dr. Vikram Kapila, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon), where he directs a Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Laboratory, a Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a DR K-12 research project, and an ITEST re- search project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and con- trol system technology. Under a Research Experience for Teachers Site, a DR K-12 project, and GK-12 Fellows
Collaborative for Teacher Pro- fessional Learning, and Professor Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching Learning and Culture at Texas A&M University. Dr. Capraro’s expertise is applied research in school settings, program evaluation, the teacher as change agent for STEM school improvement, and STEM student achievement. He recently received the best paper award from the International Conference on Engineering Education where he and two colleagues presented their work related to the Aggie STEM project. He is currently involved in research in four school districts and more than 20,000 students and 80 teachers. His editorial work includes Associate Editor of the American Educational Research Journal, School
professionalorganizations and then standards slowly developed and adopted by states [7]. This paper describesthe movement towards technology education reform in the state of Ohio and the intertwiningcomposition of gender and racial backgrounds of K-12 students and teachers in comparison tonational studies over the past decades. Literature ReviewThe Movement from Industrial Arts to Technology EducationStudies investigating the status of technology education programs across the United States can betraced to surveys conducted by Schmitt and Pelley [8] and the 1980 Standards for Industrial Arts(SfIAP) Project [9]. Also conducted over thirty years ago were the School Shop/ TechDirections studies of 1986 [10]. Technology teacher
(ASEE) published a special education researchproject dedicated to retention related issues of engineering students in 2012 [1, 2]. This ASEEretention project collectively invited around 60 universities to share their perceptions on thistopic and, specifically, asked for a focus on exploring the best practices and strategies forretaining students in Engineering, Engineering Technology and Computing programs [1, 2]. Themain focus of this study is to find the reasons why 40 to 50% of engineering freshmen had eitherswitched or withdrawn from the engineering major. The study indicated that it is mainly due topoor teaching and advising, difficulty of the engineering curriculum, and lack of “belonging”within engineering [2, 3]. Furthermore, these