. Classroom Interpreting and VisualInformation Processing in Mainstream Education for Deaf Students: Live or Memorex(R)? American EducationalResearch Journal. 2005 [accessed 2010 Sep 7];42(4):727–761.http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=14409274. Cavender AC, Bigham JP, Ladner RE. ClassInFocus: Enabling improved visual attention strategies for deaf andhard of hearing students. In: Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computersand Accessibility - ASSETS ’09. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press; 2009. p. 67–74.http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1639642.16396565. Kushalnagar RS, Lasecki WS, Bigham JP. Accessibility Evaluation of Classroom Captions. ACM Transactionson Accessible Computing. 2014;5(3):1
AC 2010-1503: STUDENT LABORATORY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGEIMPROVED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL LAB PARTICIPATIONEdward Greco, Arkansas Tech University Professor of Electrical Engineering with research interest in biomedical signal processing. Received the PhD in Electrical Engineering from Rice University.Jim Reasoner, Arkansas Tech University Received the BSEE from US Naval Academy in 1971 and the MA in Defense Analysis and Strategic Studies from the US Naval War College in 1986. He is an Instructor of Electrical Engineering at Arkansas Tech University. Page 15.1117.1© American Society for Engineering Education
computing andeach requires a different skill set. It seems like people in these fields have a preference for beingtaught differently. Is it possible to predict in which computing discipline an incoming freshmanwould succeed based on their learning style? Previous research has shown a correlation betweenlearning style and academic success, but does this correlation also exist for computingstudents?In the 1970s, David Kolb developed a model to represent learning styles. His model works on atwo-axis system: concrete experience (CE) versus abstract conceptualization (AC), and reflectiveobservation (RO) versus active experimentation (AE). The x-axis, AE−RO, differentiatesbetween students who learn by doing or by seeing results, and those who prefer to
AC 2011-391: TIME TO COMPLETION OF AN ENGINEERING BAC-CALAUREATE AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYMargaret Hobson, Texas A&M University Margaret Hobson, Ph.D. serves as an Assistant Director of Strategic Research Development for the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, a state-wide research agency of the Texas A&M University System. Dr. Hobson has a B.S. from Texas Woman’s University and an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Educational Psychology (Dissertation: Teacher Perceptions of Change in Leadership Roles and Activ- ities as a Result of Participation in a Science Education Leadership Program). Her dissertation study was supported by the National Science Foundation project Center for
AC 2011-1428: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF REPEATED TESTING ASA METHOD TO ENHANCE LONG-TERM RETENTION OF KNOWL-EDGEPaul M. Santi, Colorado School of Mines Paul Santi is a professor of Geology and Geological Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. He has 16 experience teaching at the university level and 6 years experience in the geotechnical and environmental consulting industry. He obtained a B.S. in Geology and Physics from Duke University, an M.S. in Geology from Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D. in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. His research areas include ways to enhance learning in the field of geological engineering, as well as understanding and mitigation of natural hazards
AC 2011-2836: LOOSE NETWORKS AND THE COMMUNITY OF ENGI-NEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH: A DEFINITION BY BIBLIOMET-RIC STANDARDSJohannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Johannes Strobel is Director of INSPIRE, Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning and As- sistant Professor of Engineering Education & Educational Technology at Purdue University. After study- ing philosophy, religious studies and information science at three universities in Germany, he received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. (2004) in Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. NSF, SSHRC, FQRSC, and several private foundations fund his research. His research and teaching focuses on the intersection between
AC 2012-4399: STUDENTS’ CONFIDENCE LEVELS IN TECHNICAL CON-CEPT KNOWLEDGE WITH MODEL ELICITING ACTIVITIESMs. Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh Nora Siewiorek is a graduate student in the Administrative and Policy Studies Department in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh, where she also received her M.S. in information science. Her research interests include engineering education and educational assessment and evaluation. Her K-12 outreach activities are organizing a local science fair and a hands on workshop in nanotechnology. Her other research interests are higher education administration, comparative, and international education.Dr. Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry
text. While the early focus of this work isin the classroom and on deaf students in particular, there are other universal access applicationsfor this technology related to panel presentations, conference settings, and theatre productions.References 1. Marschark M, Pelz JB, Convertino C, Sapere P, Arndt ME, Seewagen R. Classroom Interpreting and VisualInformation Processing in Mainstream Education for Deaf Students: Live or Memorex(R)? American EducationalResearch Journal. 2005 [accessed 2010 Sep 7];42(4):727–761.http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=14409272. Cavender AC, Bigham JP, Ladner RE. ClassInFocus: Enabling improved visual attention strategies for deaf andhard of hearing students. In: Proceedings of the 11th
, to see what percentage of students were retained one year after starting at ouruniversity based on their first mathematics course, we collected data for all first year engineeringstudents in Fall 2010 (𝑛 = 865). Transfer students and continuing students were not included inthis study. The data were collected from the university’s student information system andincluded their major in Fall 2010, the mathematics course they took that semester, their finalgrade in that course, gender, race, and declared major one year later. Students were consideredretained if their major was still in an engineering discipline at the end of their third semester (oneyear after they completed their first semester at the university). Data was matched and
AC 2012-3717: RESULTS FROM A SURVEY OF NATIONAL SCIENCEFOUNDATION TRANSFORMING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION INSTEM (TUES) PROGRAM REVIEWERSDr. Jason Feser, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science & Technology Policy Jason Feser is a 2011-12 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science & Technol- ogy Policy Fellow currently placed in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation. He completed his graduate studies in molecular biology in 2010 at the University of Col- orado, Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo. His graduate work explored how the aging process affects chromatin structure and how lifespan can be extended by altering histone
AC 2012-5111: INVESTIGATION OF BELONGING FOR ENGINEERINGAND SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATES BY YEAR IN SCHOOLDr. Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University Tamara Floyd Smith, P.E., is Associate Professor of chemical engineering and 3M Scholar at Tuskegee University.Dr. Denise Wilson, University of Washington Denise Wilson is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington in the Department of Electrical Engineering and holds degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as education (learning sciences). Her technical research focuses on sensors and sensor systems, while her research in engineer- ing education emphasizes affective outcomes which influence academic achievement and persistence in
AC 2010-1911: TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS IN INNOVATIVE SCIENCECURRICULUMStephen Snyder, Taylor UniversityJoshua Gates, Taylor UniversityLydia Kilmer, Taylor UniversityEmily Paladin, Taylor University Page 15.1276.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Training Effectiveness in Innovative Science CurriculumAbstract In the summers of 2008 and 2009, 59 professors from 51 universities attended one of fourhigh altitude ballooning program (HARP) workshops. The 2-day workshops were designed toequip participating professors with the materials, procedural knowledge, and educationaltechniques necessary to effectively implement high altitude ballooning into
(20items). Nine demographic and open-ended items pertaining to ambassadorship experiences andgoals were added. Sample subscale items can be found in Table 1.Table 1. Sample Subscale Items Subscale Item Academic Confidence (AC) I am confident I can succeed in my engineering courses. Engineering Career Interest and Motivation (ECM) Someone like me can succeed in an engineering career. Engineering Beliefs (EB) Engineers help to make the world a better place. Professional Skills (PS) I can deliver engaging outreach presentations. Interpersonal Skills (IS) It is easy for me to make
forengineering and computer science graduates, began focusing heavily on student successinitiatives in 2004 with support from the Engineering Schools of the West Initiative, through theWilliam and Flora Hewlett Foundation. This first wave of initiatives was critically assessed, andengineering student success became a focal point for the CoE. Internal research conducted underthis grant exposed numerous roadblocks that impeded students' academic success. In 2010,another large grant, funded through the National Science Foundation Science Talent ExpansionProgram (STEP), was awarded to increase the numbers of students graduating with STEMdegrees. This grant engaged an interdisciplinary, cross-college team of STEM educatorspassionate about continuous
college impact was usually the direct relationship of collegeenvironment on student outcomes as expressed in relationship B. Relationship C expresses theconcept that some portion of the outcomes a student realizes was affected by inputs independentof the college environment. Significantly, this model also allows for the analysis of certaininteractions expected by theory that have direct impact on the question being studied. The effect Page 24.486.3of input was expected to be different in different college settings as shown by the AC interaction.This interaction was of particular interest when comparing military academies to civilianinstitutions
AC 2011-1610: ARE WE GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION OF BIO-ENGINEERS? AN ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF ONE BIOINSTITUTESUMMER CAMPRobin Guill Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Robin Guill Liles is associate professor in counseling and counselor education in the Department of Hu- man Development and Services in the School of Education at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro. Liles is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Coun- selor. Liles’ is also Associate Director for Educational Assessment for the NCA&T Engineering Research Center Education and Outreach program, and she is co-principal investigator for research on the NSF Con- tent
AC 2011-1452: SPECIAL SESSION: MOVING TOWARDS THE INTENDED,EXPLICIT, AND AUTHENTIC: ADDRESSING MISALIGNMENTS IN EN-GINEERING LEARNING WITHIN SECONDARY AND UNIVERSITY ED-UCATIONKevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Madison Kevin Anderson is a Ph.D. candidate in the Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on primary through university STEM education policy and practice, and the alignment of education with professional practice. He previously taught science and math at the secondary level and earned the distinction of National Board Certified Teacher.Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison Sandra Shaw Courter is PI for the ”Aligning
AC 2012-3106: INTRODUCING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES TO ENGI-NEERING STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY MODULEDr. Joshua David Schwartz, Trinity University Joshua Schwartz has been an Assistant Professor with the Engineering Science Department at Trinity University since 2010. His graduate and postdoctoral studies have garnered international recognition in the area of analog microwave signal processing. In 2008 McGill University awarded him the Governor General’s Gold Medal, Canada’s highest academic award, for his doctoral thesis on the applications of a new microwave interconnect, and in 2009 he was awarded the distinguished IEEE Microwave Prize for the most significant paper contribution in an area of interest to the IEEE Microwave
American Chemical Society (ACS) standard exam was used at theend of the semester as part of the final. Since the exam was administered online during the COVID-19 pandemic, the items for the final exam were chosen from the ACS exam database. The studentshad 60 minutes to answer 40 multiple choice questions online through the Learning ManagementSystems. They were not allowed to use any other resources other than a calculator and an onlinecover page provided by ACS. They signed an Honor Pledge at the beginning of the exam.Table 1. Codes and Examples of Responses. Codes Definition Example Responses--Q2 What remains unclear to me and that I need to review further for
AC 2010-1841: CLEERHUB.ORG: CREATING A DIGITAL HABITAT FORENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCHERSRuth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy Ruth A. Streveler is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Before coming to Purdue she spent 12 years at Colorado School of Mines, where she was the founding Director of the Center for Engineering Education. Dr. Streveler earned a BA in Biology from Indiana University-Bloomington, MS in Zoology from the Ohio State University, and Ph.D in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at M?noa. Her primary research interest is investigating students’ understanding of difficult concepts in engineering
AC 2011-1394: SOCIOECONOMIC TRENDS IN ENGINEERING: ENROLL-MENT, PERSISTENCE, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTMarisa K. Orr, Purdue University Marisa K. Orr is is currently a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses on the hurdles faced by students of low socioeconomic status, the interaction of gender and socioeconomic status, and gender differences across engineering disciplines. She received her doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a Certificate of Engineering and Science Edu- cation from Clemson University.Nichole M. Ramirez, Purdue University Nichole M. Ramirez is a graduate student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University
AC 2012-3914: EVALUATION OF A TECHNICAL WRITING PROGRAMIMPLEMENTED IN A FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSEDr. Christel Heylen, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven Christel Heylen obtained her master’s of science in materials engineering in June 2000 and the academic teacher training degree in 2004, both from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). She is a mem- ber of the Tutorial Services of the engineering faculty and is responsible for the implementation and daily coordination of the course Problem Solving and Engineering Design in the first year of the bachelor’s of engineering program at the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, with a special focus on the didactic inter- pretation. Regarding this subject, she
AC 2012-3103: NEPHROTEX: MEASURING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’WAYS OF PROFESSIONAL THINKING IN A VIRTUAL INTERNSHIPMs. Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison Before becoming interested in education, Golnaz Arastoopour studied mechanical engineering and Span- ish at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. While earning her bachelor’s degree, she worked as a computer science instructor at Campus Middle School for Girls. Along with a team of undergraduates, she headlined a project to develop a unique computer science curriculum for middle school students. She then earned her secondary mathematics teaching certification in New York City at Columbia University. Arastoopour then accepted a position teaching
AC 2011-736: IMPROVED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN MATERIALAND ENERGY BALANCES USING PERSONALIZED ONLINE HOME-WORKMatthew W Liberatore, Colorado School of Mines Matthew W. Liberatore is as an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. He earned a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, all in chemical engineering. In addition to creating and applying active learning in his courses, his current research involves the rheology of complex fluids especially traditional and renewable energy fluids, entangled polymer solutions and polymer films
AC 2011-2439: ANALYZING THE TRANSFORMATIVE NATURE OF EN-GINEERING EDUCATION PROPOSALSStephanie M Gillespie, University of Miami Stephanie Gillespie is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida studying electrical engineering with a concentration in audio. Expected to graduate in May 2012, her career goals include to obtain her Ph.D and teach engineering at the collegiate level. Her research interests include engineering education as well as signal processing for audio applications. In addition to her academic pursuits, Stephanie is currently president of the student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers at the University of Miami. Her research for this paper was
AC 2010-2028: SPECIAL SESSION: DEVELOPING INTERCULTURALENGINEERS THROUGH SERVICEKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Page 15.1083.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Developing Intercultural Engineers Through ServiceAbstractThis paper reports on recent efforts to understand the cultural awareness among engineeringstudents. A standard assessment program has been instituted across the various programs atMichigan Technological University with pre-, during-, and post-project phases. The mixed-methods assessment plan consists of surveys, reflection statements, journaling, a wellnessindicator, the Intercultural Development Inventory, and project
AC 2010-1970: REFINEMENT AND INITIAL TESTING OF AN ENGINEERINGSTUDENT PRESENTATION SCORING SYSTEMTristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Tristan T. Utschig is a Senior Academic Professional in the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and is Assistant Director for the Scholarship and Assessment of Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Formerly, he was Associate Professor of Engineering Physics at Lewis-Clark State College. Dr. Utschig has regularly published and presented work on a variety of topics including assessment instruments and methodologies, using technology in the classroom, faculty development in instructional design, teaching
AC 2011-2749: ENGINEERING CREATIVITY AND PROPENSITY FORINNOVATIVE THINKING IN UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STU-DENTSGisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is an associate professor in the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. She has expertise in engineering education, precollege engineering and in assessment and measurement. Page 22.580.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Engineering Creativity and Propensity for Innovative Thinking In Undergraduate
AC 2010-1501: SPECIAL SESSION: MODEL-ELICITING ACTIVITIES INENGINEERING: A FOCUS ON MODEL BUILDINGEric Hamilton, United States Air Force AcademyMary Besterfield-Sacre, University of PittsburghBarbara Olds, Colorado School of MinesNora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh Page 15.1081.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 MEAs In Engineering: A Focus On Model BuildingAbstractThis paper addresses the importance of models and modeling in engineering education reform. Itfocuses specifically on model-eliciting activities, or MEAs, as research and curriculum tools todevelop complex reasoning skills, nurture transference and generalizability of problem
AC 2010-490: MUSEINK: SEEING AND HEARING A FRESHMAN ENGINEERINGSTUDENT INK AND THINKDavid Bowman, Clemson University David R. Bowman is a Lecturer in the General Engineering Program within the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. He is also a Computer Science Ph.D student in the School of Computing at Clemson University. His educational background includes a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Engineering from Clemson University.Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Bioengineering. Dr. Benson teaches first year