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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT); Jim L. Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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integrated in various ways: reflection journals, portfolio reflection, endof course meta-learning, peer assisted learning session, online reflections, and team reflections.While the authors note the dedication to reflective activities, they also note opportunities to moresystematically incorporate reflection into undergraduate engineering education.In earlier work on reflection in engineering, Turns, Newstetter, Allen, and Mistree report on thedesign of the “Reflective Learner”: an electronic system to support students in the writing oflearning essays.35 They argued that “learning essays can help students expand and enhancelessons that they are learning from design experiences” (p. 1).35 The learning essays aredescribed as short and structured with

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Innovative Use of Technology and the Internet in Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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industrial engineering. Grounded in the theory of UniversalInstructional Design, these wordlists can be integrated into a syllabus and then be used as ateaching aid to promote an accessible engineering education. The goal is to reduce barriers tolearning by developing an explicitly-identified and robust list of vocabulary for all students in agiven course. Creating an automated program that improves vocabulary information over timekeeps it relevant and usable by instructors as well as students.Presently, there is no automated method to develop course-specific vocabulary lists. To fill thisgap, the authors have created a computer program, using a repository of over 2200 engineeringexams since the year 2000 from the University of Toronto, which

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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina Smith, Oregon State University; Alec Bowen, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the

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Engineering Faculty: Interactions, Influences and Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie H. Magnell, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Lars Allan Geschwind, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH, Department of Learning; Anette Jepsen Kolmos, Aalborg University

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(ASEE). Involved in supervision of 13 PhD projects and published around 200 publications. Member of several organizations and committees within EER, national government bodies, and committees in the EU. Page 24.594.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Faculty Approaches to Working Life Issues in Engineering CurriculaAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to identify faculty approaches to working life issues inengineering education. The paper focuses on faculty attitudes towards working life issues andtheir integration into the curriculum and on activities related to working life

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Trends in Engineering Education 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Michael Geoffrey Brown, University of Michigan-CSHPE

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, however, have observed that terms that are distinguished by theorists and scholarsare used interchangeably by faculty32-37. To capture this variation in our study, we definedinterdisciplinarity broadly to include curricular topics that require contributions from multipledisciplines, whether or not faculty seek to integrate disciplinary knowledge or insights.Influences on Faculty Members’ Curricular DecisionsIn a multi-institution, multi-field study of faculty course planning, Stark, Lowther, Bentley,Ryan, Martens, Genthon & others38 found that an overwhelming majority of faculty identifiedtheir own background, scholarly training, teaching experiences, and their beliefs about thepurposes of education as significant influences on their course

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Trends in Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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innovator skills and attributes, and processes and Page 24.576.2environments for innovation (Figure 1). Under each of these headings, each expert in theoriginal study identified both promoters and inhibitors of innovation.Figure 1: Framework for Organizing Mental Models of Contributors to Innovation1We integrated this framework for innovation into the curriculum of our Engineering &Technology Innovation Management masters program, specifically during a year-longseminar that includes expert innovators and innovation managers as guest lecturers.Students learn the framework as part of their introduction to their study of innovation,and refer to it as a

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Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan M. Hicks, University of Florida; Amy Elizabeth Bumbaco, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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-104 as well as devise equations.104,105 Qualitativeinterviews with students106 and surveys with students or faculty107 can also provide an indicationof a student’s knowledge adaptation.Implementation in EngineeringExploration of these topics within the context of engineering often focuses either on how eachtopic pertains to professional engineers or, more commonly, how each can be implemented intothe engineering curriculum and assessed. An emphasis on understanding how to optimallyeducate engineers to be critical, reflective thinkers and adaptive experts should enable academiato produce higher quality practitioners who can contribute to their fields earlier in their careers.Unfortunately, the ever increasing load of content knowledge

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Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Marie Kusano, Virginia Tech; Aditya Johri, George Mason University

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opposed to their faculty advisors. The loose structure andstudent-focused characteristics of these non-traditional learning sites fosters this studentautonomy in a more viable way than traditional learning sites can offer.26 Another explanationfor the strength of observed student autonomy might be the authenticity of the engineeringproblems students work with, an authenticity that is typically missing in traditional learningsites.1 These non-traditional learning experiences offers students “navigational flexibility” withan inflexible engineering curriculum, which in turn offers an opportunity for students to valuethe larger contributions and impact of their learning experiences beyond simply attaining agrade.1Although it is evident that self

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Trends in Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerard P. Lennon, Lehigh University; John B. Ochs, Lehigh University; Derick G. Brown P.E., Lehigh University

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cofounder and director of Lehigh University’s Masters of Engineering in Technical Entrepreneurship (www.lehigh.edu/innovate/). He joined the Lehigh faculty in 1979 as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, was promoted to associate professor in 1983, and to full professor in 1990. He founded and directed of the Computer-Aided Design Labs in the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department from 1980 to 2001. From 1996 to the present, he has directed the University’s Integrated Product Development (IPD) capstone program (www.lehigh.edu/ipd). The IPD and TE program bring together students from all three undergraduate colleges to work in multidisciplinary teams on industry-sponsored product development projects

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Trends in Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Sarah Holsted, Broad-based Knowledge; Joshua Morrill, Morrill Solutions Research (MSR); Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech

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Paper ID #10754Conducting Virtual Focus Groups to Identify How Rewards Have Affectedthe Valuation of Technology in Engineering EducationDr. Flora P McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC Flora McMartin is the founder of Broad-based Knowledge, LLC (BbK), a consulting firm focused on as- sisting educators in higher education in their evaluation of the use and deployment of technology assisted teaching and learning. BbK specializes in building organizational and project level evaluation capacities and integrating evaluation into management activities. Current research projects focus on: innovations in technology, student

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Engineering Faculty: Interactions, Influences and Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Geoffrey Brown, University of Michigan; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Paper ID #8669Engineering Practice in the Academic Plan: External Influences, Faculty, andtheir Teaching RolesMr. Michael Geoffrey Brown, University of Michigan Michael is a second year doctoral student at the University of Michigan in Higher Education. His research interests focus on organizational communication and curriculum planning in post-secondary education.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education David Knight is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech. His research focuses on student learning

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Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, Stanford University; Steven A. Freeman, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

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Engineering EducationThe different roles assumed by faculty members reflect the type of curriculum used in theengineering classrooms. Some instructors enjoy the authoritarian stance and provide students thetraditional education 38. In the traditional education format students are told what they areexpected to know and concepts are presented deductively 10,16. Other instructors become toolaissez-faire and become a silent member of the classroom or mainly an observer—whereinstruction primarily allows students to grow and learn on their own with little or no extrinsichelp 25.The role of the instructor in the classroom for course development in engineering educationcannot be divorced from the understanding of theories of learning and the effectiveness of

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Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A. Kaupp, Queen's University; Brian M Frank, Queen's University

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teamwork and interpersonal skills and delivering a higher quality solution than individual submissions39. 3) Encourage integration and synthesis of information and concepts spanning engineering and other disciplines9. 4) Encourage reasoning and higher-order thinking skills through the ill-structured and complex nature of MEA instruction40.These benefits lead to a more meaningful learning experience for students by engagingthem in an exercise that reflects professional engineering practice. This meaningfullearning experience helps foster both higher-level skills and desired outcomes of complexproblem solving, communication, information literacy and critical thinking, and providesa developing framework for the assessment of

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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Stafford Sands II, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons, Virginia Tech

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, is tainted by prevalent acts that are considered unethical,” adding that it is “tainted byillegal acts”2.As a part of the effort to curb unethical behavior, the mandate of construction related accreditingbodies have instituted requirements for literacy of ethics in the curriculum. The AmericanCouncil for Construction Education (ACCE) requires ethics integration in constructioncurriculum (at least 1 semester hour). The ACCE also states: In addition, oral presentation, business writing, and ethics must be integrated throughout the construction-specific curriculum. Example courses in this division include: Human relations, psychology, sociology, social science, literature, history, philosophy, art, language, political

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Pedagogy and Learning 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Hirshfield, Oregon State University; Jaynie L. Whinnery, Oregon State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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experience including a position in sensor development. Sensor development is also an area in which she holds a patent. She currently has research focused on student learning in virtual laboratories and the diffusion of educational interventions and practices.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering

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Engineering Student Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Wilson, University of Washington; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Caitlin H. Wasilewski, Seattle Pacific University

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Paper ID #10360Public vs. Private, Large vs. Small: Significant Differences in Student Affec-tive ExperienceDr. Denise Wilson, University of Washington Denise Wilson received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 1988 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Tech- nology, Atlanta, in 1989 and 1995, respectively. She received the M.Ed. from the University of Wash- ington in 2008. She is currently an Associate Professor with the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, and she was previously with the

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Pedagogy and Learning 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy K. Lape, Harvey Mudd College; Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College; Darryl H. Yong, Harvey Mudd College; Karl A. Haushalter, Harvey Mudd College; Rebecca Eddy, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc.; Nancy Hankel, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc.

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Paper ID #9475Probing the Inverted Classroom: A Controlled Study of Teaching and Learn-ing Outcomes in Undergraduate Engineering and MathematicsDr. Nancy K Lape, Harvey Mudd CollegeDr. Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College Rachel Levy is an associate Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. She has an MA in Instructional Design from UNC-CH and a MA/PhD in Applied Mathematics from NCSU. In addition to mathematics, she regularly teaches first-year writing. She serves on the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Education Committee, as Editor-in-chief of SIURO, SIAM Undergraduate Research Online, and

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Pedagogy and Learning 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Halimat A. Ipesa-Balogun, Smith College; Yanning Yu, Northwestern University; Yezhezi Zhang, Smith College; Xi Jiang, Smith College

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and Social Policy. Her research interest lies in the design of curriculum and learning environments for STEM that support deep understanding, transfer, and collaborative learning. Before arriving at North- western, she graduated from Smith College with a B.A degree in Engineering and Learning Sciences. At Smith, she worked with Dr. Glen Ellis on knowledge building research as wells as design of instruc- tions and assessment for an engineering course. She received the highest honor in Engineering Art with her honor thesis titled ”Understanding Knowledge Building in Undergraduate Engineering Education” in which Dr. Glen Ellis was her advisor.Ms. Yezhezi Zhang, Smith College Yezhezi Zhang is a student at Smith College

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Engineering Student Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Callahan Ph.D., Boise State University; Patricia Pyke, Boise State University; Susan Shadle Ph.D., Boise State University; R. Eric Landrum, Boise State University

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Pyke is Director of the STEM Station at Boise State University. Her research interests include history of women in science and engineering, STEM student success initiatives, integrating teaching and research, and institutional change. She received a B.S.E. degree in mechanical engineering from Duke University and an M.J. degree in journalism from University of California - Berkeley.Susan Shadle Ph.D., Boise State University Susan Shadle is Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and a Professor of Chemistry and Bio- chemistry. Dr. Shadle received her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Stanford University. Her current scholarship focuses in the areas of faculty development, organizational change, the use of

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Student Learning, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian, Michigan State University; Hannah McQuade, The Center for Engineering Education Research; Andrew League, Michigan State University; Chris John Bush, The Center for Engineering Education Research; Michael Cavanaugh, Michigan State University, Center for Engineering Education Research

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several research projects focusing on competencies- based curriculum redesign and implementation aimed to integration across curricula; increasing the re- tention rate of early engineering students; providing opportunities for STEM graduate students to have mentored teaching experiences.Dr. Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Engineering Edu- cation Research at Michigan State University. Dr. Urban-Lurain is responsible for teaching, research and curriculum development, with emphasis on engineering education and, more broadly, STEM education. His research interests are in theories of cognition, how these theories inform the

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Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Moseley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rachel McCord, Virginia Tech

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engineering problems” 1.While many courses in different engineering curriculums have a focus on problem solving,statics is typically the first course in many students’ undergraduate engineering coursework thatrequires them to use an engineering problem solving process. Many researchers have spentsignificant resources investigating how students learn in statics and how to effectively teachproblem solving in statics courses. For instance, Steif, Lobue, Kara, and Fay developed anintervention where students where engaging in talk about salient features of the statics problem2.Steif and team found that students that were engaged in body centered talk were better atrepresenting unknown forces on free body diagrams than students that did not participate in

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Pedagogy and Learning 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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outcomes than any other factorexamined, including the curriculum content factors. The paper focuses on implementation ofproblem–based learning (PBL) in an engineering program, examines different variations of PBLdiscussed in the literature, selects suitable versions for potential adoption at the start, andidentifies and illustrates faculty role in implementing PBL. It also includes a brief history ofPBL, selected strategies to infuse PBL in an engineering program, and suggestions forredesigning courses to catalyze change in the classroom environment through studentengagement. The paper, also, addresses the potential difficulties that could arise duringimplementation of PBL, particularly when instructors are new to this instructional method

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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey T. Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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following the enactment ofFMLA, suggesting FMLA had some impact on the system. The increase in family-relatedbenefits is associated with an academic institution’s expenditures. Research institutions are morelikely than master’s, bachelors and associates institutions to offer a greater number of benefits.This study provides a historical national perspective of academic institutions’ efforts to facilitatework-life integration among faculty with implications for helping administrators, policy makers,and other stakeholders shape educational policy.IntroductionFamily friendly legislation, such as paid maternal, paternal leave and subsidized childcare, existas national policies in many European and other countries around the world1-3. Institutions

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Engineering Student Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Blum, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

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administrative policies, faculty interactions, curriculum andpedagogy, and peer relationships. Other factors included elements of the study environment,quality of effort on the part of both faculty and student, and integration of the student into theculture of the institution. The student outcomes are explained by Astin to encompass thoseaspects of student development that the university purposefully attempts to influence, thoughdefining the outputs of interest is “clearly the sine qua non of meaningful research on collegeimpact” (p. 224). Astin1 also explained the relationships between these three factors. The collegeenvironment was clearly affected by the kinds of students who enroll (shown in relationship A).The principal concern relating to

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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice L Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #9343From the mouths of students: two illustrations of narrative analysis to under-stand engineering education’s ruling relations as gendered and racedDr. Alice L Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alice L. Pawley is an associate professor in the School of Engineering Education with affiliations with the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and Division of Environmental and Ecological En- gineering at Purdue University. She has a B.Eng. in chemical engineering (with distinction) from McGill University, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering with a Ph.D. minor in women’s

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Student Beliefs, Motivation and Self Efficacy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Micah Stickel, University of Toronto; Siddarth Hari, University of Toronto; Qin Liu, University of Toronto

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Paper ID #10492The Effect of the Inverted Classroom Teaching Approach on Student/FacultyInteraction and Students’ Self-EfficacyDr. Micah Stickel, University of Toronto Dr. Micah Stickel (ECE) is Chair, First Year, in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. He is also a Senior Lecturer in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Dr. Stickel first came to the Faculty when he started as an undergraduate in 1993. Since that time, he has completed his BASc (1997), MASc (1999), and a PhD (2006) — all with a focus on electromagnetics and the development of novel devices for high