Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mark H. Somerville, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kerri Ann Green, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

identifying the strategic core, we discussed what topics and activities students couldchoose. The negotiable elements reinforce the strategic core, but give students autonomy topursue personal purposes and competencies. For example, students could choose to take thehour exams or they could choose to create design projects or education resources. Page 25.357.93.3.3 Create course structures To present the strategic core and the negotiable elements in a way that supportedstudents’ sense of competence, we required students to create three learning agreements thatwould replace the normal course syllabus. These learning agreements would be

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald William Rhymer Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard T. Buckley Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Educational Research and Methods

-specific impact. For the control group,both instructors taught their class using traditional lecture (narration was not used nor directly referredto during class time.) Note that the key conceptual sections of the text were still referred to in thecontrol group classroom, where a main point of the author would be highlighted by the instructor andthe students would be asked to draw conclusions. However, per the aforementioned definition, thestudents did not participate in narration. The research sections used narration for 3-5 minutes at thebeginning of approximately half of the lessons, primarily during the first half of the semester (thecourse focused on project work toward the end of the semester).During narration, the randomly chosenstudent

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bowman, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering, research methods, and graduate engineering education courses. Her research interests include student-centered active learning in undergraduate engineering, assessment of motivation, and how motivation affects student learning. She is also involved in projects that utilize Tablet PCs to enhance student learning. Her education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering from Clemson University. Page 15.898.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 MuseInk: Seeing and Hearing a Freshman Engineering Student Ink

Conference Session

Tools to Enhance Student Learning of Undergraduate Engineering Content

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Patricia Muisener, Stevens Institute of Technology; Guillermo D. Ibarrola Recalde, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gail P. Baxter, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

studentsto reflect on what they do or do not understand [2], [3], [4]. These reflection practices, known moreformally as metacognitive strategies, have been integrated into quizzes, homework assignments,and exam preparation to foster a second nature method of practice [3].As part of the NSF Foundations project, faculty at Stevens Institute of Technology, who teach thecore courses in Engineering and Sciences worked together, in cohorts, for three years to changetheir instructional practices with the goal to increase the use of active learning and evidence-basedteaching practices [5]. The curriculum for General Chemistry I and II was redesigned starting inFall 2017 to facilitate increased student engagement and interaction with the content with the

Conference Session

Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew J. Ford, Cornell University; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University; Elizabeth Mills Fisher, Cornell University; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University

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instruction, as wellas studies that disaggregate outcomes by factors like study environment and economic privilege,which impact students’ dramatically different experiences of the same global pandemic.The Cornell Active Learning Initiative is a broad effort to improve undergraduate instructionacross multiple departments through evidence-based teaching practices. A major thrust of ourproject in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering is to make connections between concurrentcourses in the Junior year through cross-cutting projects and examples. Thus, variations instudents’ attitudes and motivations for learning between different course contexts is of centralinterest. Towards that end we deployed surveys at the beginning of the year to track changes

Conference Session

Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Calvin Sophistus King, MCET; Venugopalan Kovaichelvan, TVS Institute for Quality and Leadership

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Educational Research and Methods

models are deployed and there is a desperate needto embed project management as part of instructional design. The study brought out thesignificance of project management in instructional design process with almost 15% of totaltime spent by instructional designers being taken by it. Also, studies indicate thatinstructional design models are under constant improvement and modifications to suit variouscontexts and applications.In ADDIE, the stages are linked to each other. The quality of the end output depends on rigorof execution at all the stages, verification of rigor of execution at the end of each stage andguidelines for verification that enable decision making to move to the next stage.2.2 Stage gate process for new product developmentNew

Conference Session

Faculty Development I: Attitudes Towards Teaching

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Quardokus Fisher, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; Ann Sitomer, Oregon State University; John Ivanovitch, Oregon State University; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Paper ID #17035Identifying Features of Engineering Academic Units that Influence Teachingand Learning ImprovementDr. Kathleen Quardokus Fisher, Oregon State University Dr. Kathleen Quardokus Fisher is a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University. She is currently participating in a project that supports the use of evidence-based instructional practices in undergraduate STEM courses through developing communities of practice. Her research interests focus on understanding how organizational change occurs in higher education with respect to teaching and learning in STEM courses.Christina Smith, Oregon State University

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 1: Methods Refresh: Approaches to Data Analysis in Engineering Education Research

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manoj Malviya, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine

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Educational Research and Methods

calculatedfor nominal data (i.e., data that can be sorted into categories that are not in any meaningful order.) As part of our group’s ongoing work, we are interested in capturing and studying the time-resolved processes of engineering writers using screen-capture data collected over hours ofauthentic writing practice. The overarching motivation for the project is to capture similarities anddifferences in the enacted writing patterns of engineering writers to elicit heuristics and usefulwriting strategies that can augment engineering students’ writing strategies in overcomingprocrastination, writer’s block, and writing anxiety, which are known to plague engineeringstudents [5]. Data for this project were collected in one semester from three

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Dennis Gouran, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

) Audience analysis skills.The Speech Communication course for engineers will aim to improve these competencies.Because we aim to make educational improvements, we will need to assess the effectiveness ofthose improvements. Therefore, the next step of the project was to find a valid and reliableinstrument to assess these oral communication skill sets. A review of pertinent literature did notreveal an instrument that focused on these four skill sets. Therefore, we developed our own,building on existing work, and piloted it with engineering co-op and internship students and theiremployers.Oral Communication Skills AssessmentTo develop an instrument for assessing oral communication skills, we examined existinginstruments in the fields of speech

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Engineering Education Research and Pedagogy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann McKenna, Northwestern University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Matthew Glucksberg, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

computational decisionsthat arise when developing solutions. To address these issues we have created a classroom andassessment activity modeled after the IPL approach. The overarching pedagogical goal is tobetter prepare students to apply computational (or disciplinary) knowledge as appropriate fortheir particular design project. Page 13.288.7The method, including instruction and assessment, that we have designed is shown in Figure 2. IPL couplet 1. “Invention” activity: students review 2. Direct instruction: in-class previous teams’ report and generate list

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Parthum, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

creation of the transparency be firstmaking a paper document and then copying to a transparency is time consuming. An alteration to lecturenotes contained on a transparency may require modification to the original paper document and then re-creating the transparency. It has been attempted to create transparencies that would have spacesincorporated so the instructor could add comments/diagrams, etc. to the slide during a lecture. Thisrequired that the slides be cleaned off after each lecture. It was also attempted to project the transparencyonto a whiteboard and using a marker add comments, diagrams, etc. eliminating the need to clean thetransparencies, but still required writing on the whiteboard and erasing it. Ensuring that the sequence

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johannes Strobel, Purdue University; Inez Hua, Purdue University; Jun Fang, Purdue University; Constance Harris, Purdue University; Lindsey Tracy, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

(key concepts or gate keeper concepts) of beginning engineering studentstowards the relationship between environment/ecology and engineering specifically towardschoosing: either (a) engineering as a career to make an environmental impact or (b) choosingenvironmental and ecological engineering as a specific engineering profession. The project issituated in the context of life cycle analysis and the environmental impacts of design,manufacturing, use and disposal of products. The study employs also an innovative researchdesign: The researchers investigate students’ conceptions and attitudes (and change of both) byasking students to co-design an educational game with them – through a series of workshops. Ofparticular focus will be the change of

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashlyn Munson; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Wanda Dann, Ithaca College; Stephen Cooper, Saint Joseph's University

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Educational Research and Methods

attitudes towardsprogramming, leading them to drop a computer science major. This paper discusses an effort to combatthe problem of female attrition at the community college level by offering an innovative introductoryprogramming course. Course implementation and data collection occurred during the fall 2004. Paired t-tests and analysis of covariance were used to evaluate whether changes had taken place for men andwomen with respect to learning and attitudes. This work was supported in part by the National ScienceFoundation (DUE-03020542).I. IntroductionThe Java-based Animation: Building virtual Worlds for Object-oriented programming in Communitycolleges (JABRWOC) project is a three year effort, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF

Conference Session

Motivation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jiawei Zhang, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Rebecca Kramer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

-efficacy following participation in a soft robotics curriculum unit. Emerging from collaborationbetween researchers in the mechanical engineering department and technology and engineeringeducation department at Purdue University, a novel design-based curriculum for student softrobot design has been pilot-tested at high schools this year. The present version of the curriculummaterials is the result of previous years of pilot tests and refinement as we adapted laboratoryprocedures to a design- and inquiry-based lesson appropriate for classroom use. It is currentlybeing implemented by seven high-school teachers using the Engineering byDesign curriculum.This paper will describe the rationale for the project and psychosocial factors underpinning

Conference Session

Studying Engineering Education Research & Institutions

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren A. Sepp, University of Washington; Mania Orand, Human Centered Design and Engineering ; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, and type of reflection: how reflection is being operationalized. As aresult of our findings, it is evident that there has been a significant and recognizable upwardtrend in the explicit attention to reflection across the body of the ASEE conference publications.Understanding the trends of reflection across literature can help us further analyze its prevalenceand importance in the engineering education community.IntroductionIn engineering education, there has been an increase in pedagogical approaches that positionstudents at the center of the teaching practice, like problem-based learning, project-basedcourses, and capstone design courses.1,2,3 Such pedagogical approaches often engender reflectionby engaging students in reflection activities

Conference Session

Concept Inventories and Assessment of Knowledge

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark A Urlacher, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University; Floraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

statics are used and understoodin the professional engineering field.Concept inventories (CI) have been defined as, “Multiple choice instruments designed toevaluate whether a person has an accurate and working knowledge of a concept or concepts” [7].For the purposes of this project, this is the best suited definition because, unlike other definitionsof CIs, it states “person” rather than “student.” Note that this project does not focus on students,but rather on licensed civil engineers.Engineering CIs have been broadly used to assess student conceptual knowledge and evaluatethe effectiveness of educational innovations[8]. Conceptual knowledge goes beyond merelyidentifying a concept and spans into the understanding of interrelationships and

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Classroom Practice

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Austin Creasy, Purdue University (Statewide Technology)

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Educational Research and Methods

traditional in-class lectures are provided to thestudents in some form outside of the classroom setting 20-22. The classroom time is used toanswer in depth questions related to the theory, work on projects associated with the theory, orwork on practice problems and apply the theory 20, 23. Most survey data from the students’perspective related to the use of flipped courses to provide instruction is positive 21, 24, but theincrease in learning from this delivery method is inconclusive. Some research reports anincrease in learning 23 and other reports no significant difference in relation to traditionalinstruction 25. One of the relevant questions for this research is how do students use theresources provided in a course of this structure? Answering

Conference Session

Faculty Development I: Attitudes Towards Teaching

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Kari L. Jordan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #16509Balancing the Influence of Driving and Restricting Factors to Use ActiveLearningDr. James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach James J. Pembridge is an Assistant Professor in the Freshman Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, M.A. Education in Curriculum and Instruction, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. His research has focused on mentoring as pedagogy for project-based courses and understanding the adult learning characteristics of undergraduate students.Dr. Kari L. Jordan, Embry-Riddle

Conference Session

Conceptual Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morris Girgis, Central State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, 2010 A ew Engineering Taxonomy for Assessing Conceptual and Problem-Solving CompetenciesAbstractAn engineering taxonomy is being proposed in order to assess and enhance the student’sconceptual and problem-solving competencies. The taxonomy consists of the following taxa:pre-knowledge conceptual experiences; basic conceptual knowledge; applied conceptualknowledge; procedural knowledge; advanced knowledge and analytical skills; project-basedknowledge; and professional engineering knowledge and practice. A Concept and Problem-solving Inventory (CPI) has been developed in order to assess the student’s conceptual andprocedural skills. The CPI contains a set of mechanics problems designed to fit the three

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; Mustafa A. Biviji, E2RG

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Educational Research and Methods

facilitatelearning.7Over the semester, a different innovation expert presents a seminar each week. Withinthe overall context of innovation management, the speakers each highlight a differenttopic –such as Product Management, Design Thinking, The Role of Intellectual Property,or Value Propositions and Idea Selling. Students are assigned to write reflections thatinclude not only “who, what, and so what”, but also identify promoters and inhibitors ofinnovation. This practice reinforces and parallels the insights offered by innovationexperts in the mental models study.For an end-of-first-semester project, small teams of students synthesize their learningfrom the different expert innovator seminars and from additional research, and presentrecommendations to

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

goals of this project include: (1) elucidate how firstyear engineering students utilize problem solving strategies, and (2) evaluate successful andunsuccessful problem solving strategies, as well as errors and misconceptions, in terms ofcognitive and metacognitive processes. Data collected from 36 students in Spring 2011 has beenanalyzed using a validated coding structure. The analysis identifies relevant events within well-structured word problems which had multiple possible ways of solving the problem but only onecorrect answer. To assess mental workload students experience as they solve problems, a taskload index (NASA-TLX) was administered after students completed each problem. The NASA-TLX is a survey with six subscales: three measuring

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael L Falk, Johns Hopkins University; Mike Reese, Johns Hopkins University; Camilo Vieira, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

across disciplinarycurricula.A frequently used method for integrating computing into the engineering curriculum has beenthrough the development of introductory programming courses e.g., 11,12-16 introduction toengineering courses, 17,18 or numerical analysis courses 12 designed for all engineering majors. Asecond more-focused scheme has integrated computing through projects and exercises as part ofdisciplinary courses 19-21. And a third approach has focused on developing specific courses incomputational science and engineering 22. Other forms for integrating computation have centeredon the use of tutorials and online modules 23-25. Some instances have infused computing modulesin more than one course 26-28, vertically integrating problem-based

Conference Session

Research in Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter M. Ostafichuk, University of British Columbia; Jim Sibley, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; H.F. Machiel Van der Loos, University of British Columbia

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Educational Research and Methods

students, all registered in a common lecture section (i.e. there areapproximately 125 students in the classroom at one time). It includes two major design projects Page 25.1031.3and numerous assignments, labs, and other activities related to design. The second course,MECH 325, is a third-year course on machine design.13 It includes five large design assignmentsfocusing on different types of mechanical components. There are approximately 150 students inMECH 325, divided into two roughly-equal sections. All students who complete MECH 223normally continue on to take MECH 325. Following recommended practice, in both coursesteams are instructor

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yike Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Zhinan Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Educational Research and Methods

M shipbuilding 5 State-owned Master Project Manger Davis M Information 1 Private Master Back-end technology Engineer Ellis M shipbuilding 3 State-owned Master Electrical Engineer Frank M Automobile 1.5 State-owned Bachelor Process EngineerPreliminary findings So far, our preliminary qualitative analyses pointed to the insufficiency of currentengineering education in China to prepare qualified engineers. The training engineeringstudents received through their education did not bridge well

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Russell Korte, George Washington University; Saniya Leblanc, George Washington University

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Educational Research and Methods

learning were extracted from the student dataset. These codes were then categorized by similarity using an affinity sorting process. The same sorting was done for codes collected from the faculty dataset based on teaching and learning.• Cluster-analyzing the data: The categories from the sorting in the previous step were analyzed as clusters and initial themes identified. For students, three initial themes emerged based on the source of learning: learning from project experiences, learning from industry practitioners, and learning from coursework. For faculty, four initial teaching and learning themes emerged roughly based on course content: environmental and contextual characteristics [of energy and engineering], career

Conference Session

Postgraduate Pathways and Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Russell Korte, George Washington University; Saniya Leblanc, George Washington University

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Educational Research and Methods

conducted and recorded by the firstauthor. Interviews were transcribed verbatim in confidence by a professional transcriptionistyielding 491 pages of transcripts. Participant, project, and company identifiers were removed toprotect privacy per IRB requirements.Interview data collected from the new hires were analyzed following the methods recommendedfor qualitative data analysis [20], [21], [22]. This analysis is still ongoing. Objectives of theanalysis were to identify the variety of newcomers’ experiences via the coding, identify clustersof similar experiences, and map out the general progression of learning during socialization. Aset of 30 pre-determined codes was developed identifying key concepts of the socializationexperience based on reviews

Conference Session

Service Learning Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tao Hong, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Susan Maller, Purdue University; Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-2401: CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF THE EPICS SCALES ACROSSGROUPS: A MIMIC MODELING INVESTIGATIONTao Hong, Purdue UniversitySusan Maller, Purdue UniversityWilliam Oakes, Purdue UniversityCarla Zoltowski, Purdue University Page 12.400.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Construct Validity of the EPICS Scales across Groups: A MIMIC Modeling Investigation Abstract Using the Multiple Indicators, Multiple Causes (MIMIC) modeling approach, thisstudy focused on the investigation of the construct validity of the Engineering Projects inCommunity Service (EPICS) program evaluation instrument. Possible

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas-El Paso; Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso

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Educational Research and Methods

engineer. As part of the effort to metacognize, the engineeringfaculty member teaching the course wrote reflections for every class period taught. Thereflections were in the form of written text describing plans for a class session, and describing,after class, how the class went.A product design project was a major component of the systems engineering course. Studentsworked in teams on a sequential design process for designing a consumer product. Theycollected customer requirements, translated customer requirements into technical specifications,generated several alternative concepts (in the form of sketches) based on the specifications, andusing engineering criteria, selected promising concepts for further development. Students alsopresented their

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Educational Research and Methods

has published and presented widely in areas of surface science, electronic materials and processes, project management, and industry/university relations. He holds 4 patents and has received awards for excellence in technical innovation (IBM), technical authorship (IBM), teaching (University of Colorado), and scholarship (National Science Foundation).Shekar Viswanathan, National University Dr. Viswanathan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Applied Engineering and Lead Faculty on Engineering Management and Homeland Security and Safety Engineering. Lead a six full time and fifty two adjunct faculty members offering three undergraduate and six graduate programs

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veronica Burrows, Arizona State University; Michael Oehrtman, Arizona State University; Anton Lawson, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

for Engineering Education, 2006 Development of an Integrated Learning Framework for STEM LearningAbstractAs part of an NSF Math Science Partnership project targeting mathematics and science learning,our project is delivering a set of courses to high school mathematics and science teachers thatintegrates relevant mathematics, science, and engineering concepts and practice. These courseswill promote conceptual competence in core content and key process behaviors in scientificinquiry, mathematical problem solving, and engineering design. A distinctive element of thiseffort is a commitment to design a coherent approach consistent with existing scholarship in thefields of STEM education. An early result