Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan; Anthony Lachawiec, University of Michigan; Jeffrey Ringenberg, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

. Page 13.1293.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 To Sink or Swim: Effective Strategies for Maintaining and Nurturing an ASEE Student ChapterAs an ASEE Student Chapter, one of the toughest aspects for operating a chapter is providingbeneficial opportunities that meet the needs of the members. Due to the varied scope of theneeds for each member, finding a harmonious balance between member desires while avoidingduplication of existing programs can be challenging. This leads to a strain in building andmaintaining a healthy membership. In a previous paper, we presented an analysis on the abilityof our student chapter to evolve with the changing focus on a major university campus. As achapter with a

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

significant body of information that characterizes the students who engage in engineeringprograms and their approaches to learning engineering content and skills. Some themes in thisgrowing body of literature include a documentation of students’ conceptions and misconceptionsin specific content areas, an emphasis on additional dimensions of engineering knowing such asintellectual development and identity development, an emphasis on factors that support learningsuch as self-efficacy, and an emphasis on incoming characteristics of students. Often thesestudies include data comparing students across campuses, over time, and with practitioners.Articles in the recent special issue of the Journal of Engineering Education serve to showcasethis growing body

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Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education

making thingsdifferent, we aim to “make a difference.”36, 37, 38 This approach makes social (power) relationsand social structures vital to students’ design process, but does so without displacing thecentrality of material interventions or negating the potential of material innovation to catalyzesocial change.39 By applying STS methods and concepts in analyzing the social structuressurrounding design processes and outcomes, we do not displace material, localized interventions.A subtle balancing act is needed to move between the local, material intervention and the manylayers of interaction it has or is likely to have with other elements in the complex systems intowhich the local intervention fits.40While STS scholars tend to be more fluent with

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Focus on High School Girls in Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Porche, Wellesley Center for Women; Jennifer Grossman, Wellesley Center for Women; Anne Noonan, Salem State College; Peter Wong, Tufts University

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Women in Engineering

). Page 13.827.9There was no relationship between school site and plans for studying math in college.Racial/ethnic background only had one significant association with outcomes, as students whowere grouped together in the “other” category were more likely to report plans for studying mathin college (however, this included a wide variety of monoracial/ethnic identities and most ofthese students were enrolled in the exam schools so this might simply be confounded with schoolsite). Maternal education level was not associated with STEM college aspirations. For every one point higher rating on grades compared to peers, students were 30% lesslikely to report plans to study math (OR = 0.70). For every one point increase in science self-efficacy

Conference Session

FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

composition within engineering student design teams, Laeser, Moskal, Knecht, andLasich, revealed that balanced gender teams performed the lowest as compared to majorityfemale or majority male 22.In the engineering culture, engineers are typically viewed as “tinkerers”, who are inclined totinker with gadgets, equipment and tools in order to understand, create or improve something.McIlwee and Robinson reported that many female engineering students have low “tinkering”confidence, skills or experience, which may limit the roles they assume on their engineeringdesign teams. This low self-confidence in tinkering could also contribute to females leaving theengineering field or never fully actualizing their potential as a professional engineer. Accordingto

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International Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Douglas Matson, Tufts University; David Gute, Tufts University; John Durant, Tufts University

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International

problem solving techniques in methods that will achieve synergy between technical andsocial systems.Sternberg introduces the “triarchic theory of human cognition,” involving a three-part modelcorresponding to analytical, creative, and practical cognitive skills5,6,7,8,9,10. Interestingly, theNAE’s three main attributes for the Engineer of 2020 coincide with the three attributes thatSternberg claims will help students achieve “successful intelligence”6,7. According to Sternberg,intelligence is demonstrated when one is capable of balancing one’s skills in adapting to,shaping, and selecting the environment that best matches one’s strongest skills, values, anddesires7,8. Success is ultimately achieved through harmonizing three aspects of

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Engineering in Middle Schools

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Crips, Laramie Middle School; William Parker, Laramie County School District 1; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

13.441.5Student growth and understanding gleaned from the Discovery Boxes may be measuredwith classroom, district and state assessments, allowing for student involvement byselecting from a menu of assessment products, providing input on rubrics and exemplars,analyzing themselves as learners (demonstrating meta-cognition), and constructing anindividual portfolio/learning record that demonstrates math, science and language artsproficiency.Beliefs: We, the Discovery Team, believe…• Our Nation is at risk in maintaining our leadership superiority in technology.• Science, mathematics and language arts proficiency are fundamentally linked.• Learning should be fun.• There is an essential partnership between teachers, parents, students and thecommunity and that