Conference Session

Identity and Culture

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Kathryn Ann Mobrand, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

-authorship development because she went through aprocess of trusting, building, and securing an internal identity, which Baxter Magolda describesas path toward self-authorship.Emily: Uncomfortable sharing, validated by sharing portfolio, gained confidence in experiences.In the context of the portfolio activity, Emily recognized and acknowledged the importance ofothers’ perspectives, both those in authority positions (such as parents and educators) and thosein more peer positions (such as other students), and how others’ views were significant to herpersonal beliefs and validation. While developing the portfolio, she wanted to know the “rightstuff” that should be included in the portfolio. The freedom of the portfolio activity contributedto her

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Viktoria Zelenak, University of New Haven; Michael J. Hollis, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Educational Research and Methods

suchas business (with 21.4 percent of total degrees conferred) and Communication Technologies(experiencing a ten percent growth over the last decade). Engineering has actually suffered thesecond-greatest loss of students (percentage wise) over the last decade (after Education whichlost 2.3 percent) (p.297). While these percentages are small, over a ten year period (1998-2008),the country has steadily seen a decline in interest in these programs despite an increase indemand.Drawing from a broad-based talent pool, including adult undergraduate students, may aid inkeeping the United States competitive in the areas of technology and engineering. Summer 2011,President Obama called for more engineering graduates: “Today, only 14% of all

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University; Judy Sheard, Monash University

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Educational Research and Methods

professional activities in the ACM, and IEEE. His recent articles include discussions of quality in computer science education, ”Does Qual- ity Assurance Enhance the Quality of Computing Education?” in Proceedings of the 12th Australasian Computer Science Education Conference, 2010, and models for research driven education in comput- ing, ”Conveying Conceptions of Quality through Instruction,” in the Seventh International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, 2010. He is a Director of CeTUSS (The Swedish National Center for Pedagogical Development of Technology Education in a Societal and Stu- dent Oriented Context, http://www.cetuss.se/) and a Reviewer for Computer Science Education