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New Learning Paradigms II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chandra Austin, Utah State University

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AC 2010-30: AN INVESTIGATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS' CAREER DECISION SELF-EFFICACYChandra Austin, Utah State University Page 15.167.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010An Investigation of African American High School Students’ Career Decision Self-efficacy Underutilization of minorities in science and engineering is a national problem 1. If Americais to maintain its global competiveness, we must educate our populace in high priority areas.African Americans continue to be hesitant to undertake the more rigorous math and sciencecourses that provide a base for preparation in engineering. Research states that this

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Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University

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AC 2010-1754: MODELING THE CAREER PATHWAYS OF WOMENENGINEERING FACULTY THROUGH ORAL HISTORIES ANDPARTICIPATORY RESEARCH METHODSJordana Hoegh, Purdue University Jordana Gartner Hoegh, M.S graduated with honors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelors of Science in criminal justice. She then worked at Mutual of Omaha doing regulatory research and writing. Seeking better work-family balance, Jordana changed careers. In 2006, she received her Master’s of Science in Sociology from Purdue University. She is working on her doctorate in Sociology at Purdue focusing on identities, motherhood, and career. In 2008, Jordana joined the Research in Feminist Engineering (RIFE) Group as a

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Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Brunhaver, Stanford University; Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Micah Lande, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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education is to prepare students for engineering in the 21stcentury. Yet critics of engineering education point to the lack of preparation students obtain inschool. This paper examines the career supports and barriers that one cohort of recentengineering graduates experienced in the workplace. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)describes supports and barriers as environmental factors that individuals perceive as having thepotential to either aid or hinder their pursuit of a particular career goal.1 In this study, supportsand barriers are identified in the engineering departments of four U.S.-based companies. Thedata were gathered from semi-structured interviews with 59 newly hired engineers who hadrecently graduated from college. In two of the

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Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University; Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; William Helton, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Chris VanArsdale, Michigan Technological University

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traditionalmale traits and is male dominated, women often attempt to assimilate by disqualifying theirfemininity and by matching the male styles of behavior12.Survey Version 1In the first survey, we asked respondents to rate the relative importance of various attributes(including hands-on ability) for new engineering hires. Our list of nine attributes looks similar tothose compiled by various engineering organizations, including the NAE. The surveys wereadministered to exhibitors at an engineering conference in October 2008 and to recruiters at an Page 15.149.3on-campus career fair in February 2009. Respondents rated the nine traits on a scale of 1

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ERM Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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audiences.Amy Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison Amy K. Atwood a Quantitative Methods graduate student in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research has primarily focused on the appropriate use of statistical methods, particularly those involving preliminary tests of significance.Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison Amy Prevost is a graduate student in Education Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research has focused on the STEM career pipeline, especially related to engineering and engineering education and biotechnology.Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison L. Allen Phelps is Professor

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Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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cannot be measured with a traditional examination as it involvesdifficult to measure constructs that fit together as metrics of preparedness. Throughout the pasttwo decades, researchers have attempted to measure related constructs such as citizenry andreadiness for global workforces. Unfortunately, none of these metrics have been preciselyaligned to career preparedness in the way that this paper intends to describe. As such, there iscurrently sparse research on global preparedness of business and engineering students. In aneffort to meet challenges put forth by various professional societies, this paper addresses anassessment comparison between engineering and business students on preparedness to work inglobal workforces

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Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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does this in turn affect how these students make decisions about further participation in engineering after graduation? Page 15.344.2 ≠ EDUCATION: What elements of students’ engineering education contribute to these changes observed in skills and identity? What do students find difficult and how do they deal with the difficulties they face? ≠ WORKPLACE: What skills do early-career engineers need as they enter the workplace? Where did they obtain these skills? Are there any missing skills? How are people’s identities transformed in moving from school to work?While the APS has utilized a variety of methods

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Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Ricco, Purdue University; Ida Ngambeki, Purdue University; Russell Long, Purdue University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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. Page 15.346.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Describing the Migration of Students within EngineeringAbstractThe number of students leaving their initial engineering discipline for other engineeringdisciplines and other fields of study is significant. This paper displays and describes thedevelopment of a model of the pathways taken by these students through their undergraduateacademic careers. Specifically this paper looks at the migration of engineering students withinvarious disciplines of engineering. This study uses the records of over 135,000 engineeringstudent records from the Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating EngineeringLongitudinal Development (MIDFIELD). This research shows that

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New Learning Paradigms I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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of these individuals stillconsidered themselves engineers, even with a different career focus; it was part of their identity.Most of the respondents who did not consider themselves engineers still greatly valued theirengineering training. These individuals described how the systematic and analytical thinking ofengineering applied to solving problems in their current work contexts. They also foundpractical value in their technical competence.Introduction Research indicates a continuing need to better align engineering education withengineering practice1,2. However, many engineering program graduates do not end up in“traditional” engineering positions, or if they do initially, they often move into engineeringmanagement or other careers3

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Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Chris Groscurth, University of Michigan

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program for an average of 2.8semesters. All participants were born at the end of Generation X (1961-1981)1 or at thebeginning of the Millennial Generation (1982-2002)1. Their average age was 27 years old.Because of this, they may share characteristics commonly associated with one or bothgenerations.In comparison to the population of graduate student instructors in the College of Engineering, theEGSMs in our study have taught for more semesters on average and are more likely to expressinterest in a tenure or tenure-track faculty career (Table 1). Moreover, EGSMs are as likely toexpress interest in pursuing a career in industry. Survey respondents were allowed to choosemore than one potential career path (Table 1). Table 1. Comparison of

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Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Grant; Julie Trenor

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, formerpresident of the National Academy of Engineering, stated that diversity in the engineeringworkforce is a necessity: “My argument is essentially that the quality of engineering is affectedby diversity (or the lack of it). … Without diversity, the life experiences we bring to anengineering problem are limited. As a consequence, we may not find the best engineeringsolution. We may not find the elegant engineering solution. … To sum up, I believe thatdiversity is essential to good engineering!” 7 A number of researchers have reported that having a parent or family member who is anengineer is an influencing factor for students, particularly females, to choose engineering as acollege major. 8, 9, 10, 11 Yet, the academic and career choices of

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Measurement Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dina Banerjee, Purdue University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University

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AC 2010-839: INSTITUTIONAL ETHNOGRAPHY: A RESEARCH METHOD TOINVESTIGATE THE WORK-LIFE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN FACULTYMEMBERS IN STEM DISCIPLINESDina Banerjee, Purdue University Dina Banerjee is a post-doctoral researcher in the Research in Feminist Engineering (RIFE) group. Her primary responsibility is the study of the career-related experiences of the women and minority faculty members of the STEM disciplines of Purdue University. She graduated with her PhD from Purdue University in May, 2009. After her admission in Purdue University in 2002, she graduated with her third Masters with sociology major in 2004. Her areas of specialization are gender, work and occupation; development and social change

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Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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-focused (career,international issues). What is not revealed in the summary provided for the last question in Table3 is the substantial drop in interest in major, and the rise in interest in pursuing higher levels ofeducation. This seems to be a product of a better understanding of the complexities associatedwith real international development issues and solutions.Table 3. Cohort (2009) rankings of top three reasons for four sample questions from the NeedsAssessment survey, before (pre) and after (post) ten weeks of field research in Tanzania (n=6) Question Pre Post Why did you want to participate 1. To understand global and 1. To do something meaningful in this

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Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Willis, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston

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AC 2010-2153: CENTERING RESONANCE ANALYSIS AS A TOOL FORASSESSMENTCheryl Willis, University of Houston Cheryl Willis is an Associate Professor of Information Systems Technology at the University of Houston. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Florida. Her teaching focus is primarily on applications development and database management. Her research interests include curriculum revision processes for career and technology programs; service learning in information technology undergraduate programs and the use of emerging technologies in undergraduate teaching. She has developed curriculum for business education and information technology at the secondary

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Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron Denson, Utah State University; Matt Lammi, Utah State University; Kyungsuk Park, Utah State University; Elizabeth Dansie, Purdue University

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AC 2010-1972: METHODS FOR EXPLORING ENGINEERING DESIGNTHINKING IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TEAMSCameron Denson, Utah State UniversityMatt Lammi, Utah State UniversityKyungsuk Park, Utah State UniversityElizabeth Dansie, Purdue University Page 15.869.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Methods for Exploring Engineering Design Thinking in High School Student Teams A better understanding of engineering and its relationship to society is critical for allAmericans even though few will pursue engineering as a career 1. At the heart of engineering isdesign and therefore developing an understanding of the engineering design process

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Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin Micomonaco, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

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Hewitt.11 Seymour and Hewitt found that students who leave STEMfields do not differ significantly on measures of performance, motivation, or study-relatedbehavior. In interviews with leavers about departing STEM, the students most often citefrustration with the experience in the discipline including criticism of the quality of teaching,advising, and curriculum design. Further students expressed frustration with uninteresting andcontent-laden courses that led to an increasingly negative perception of STEM careers and anoverall disinterest in the subject matter. As a result, much of the focus in engineering educationhas focused on developing engaging classroom experiences through curricular and pedagogicalinnovations.12,13,14,15 This focus has

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Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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First Year Engineering Students Engineering 2007 and written Education engagement responses survey3 An Engineering Major Does Not Journal of July national student (Necessarily) and Engineer Make: Engineering 2009 survey interviews Career Decision Making Among Education Undergraduate Engineering Majors4 The Relations of Ethnicity to Female Journal of October web based individual Engineering Students

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Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Eric Pappas, James Madison University

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BRIGE grant), advancing problem based learning methodologies (NSF CCLI grant), assessing student learning, as well as understanding and integrating complex problem solving in undergraduate engineering education (NSF CAREER grant). Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability research, and K-12 engineering outreach.Eric Pappas, James Madison University ERIC PAPPAS is an associate professor in the School of Engineering and the Department of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University. Page 15.1082.1© American Society for Engineering

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New Learning Paradigms II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juyeon Yun, Purdue University; Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University; Yoojung Chae, Purdue University

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programs, where she coordinated student courses as well as parent information sessions. Her research interests include students' perceptions of their learning experience as and how to promote students' learning who show giftedness in the Engineering and Technology areas. Page 15.423.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of Parents’ Engineering Awareness Survey (PEAS) According to the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior FrameworkAbstractWith increased interest in promoting engineering as a field of study and career pathway to bothcollege and pre-college student, it is important to

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Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin, Purdue University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University

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Student Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maya Trotz, University of South Florida; Ken Thomas, University of South Florida; Jeffrey Cunningham, University of South Florida; Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida

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the verbal, written, virtual, and graphical communicationof a project to technical and non-technical audiences.” The Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering program at the University of South Florida, addresses this outcome over astudent’s undergraduate career, however, tools for student improvement are typically notdirectly linked with the course syllabus and the actual assessment of skills. The CognitiveLevel and Quality Writing Assessment (CLAQWA) instrument is a computer basedassessment and feedback tool designed to improve the writing skills and raise cognitivelevels necessary for a given writing assignment. It also allows faculty to assess, diagnoseand grade a writing assignment and student peers to provide feedback to each other.CLAQWA

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Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University; Monica Cardella, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Noemi Mendoza Diaz, Purdue University

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teachers voluntarily attended a career development workshop onintegrating engineering into curriculum. A survey previously developed was administered tothe group before the beginning of the workshop to assess their perceptions of and familiarityof design, engineering, and technology (DET). Quantitative analysis showed that the teachersthought DET was importance while rated their familiarity low. ANOVA found significantdifferences in how teachers with different levels of teaching experience rated the importanceof DET and their familiarity with DET. The implications on teacher professional developmentare discussed.Introduction and PurposeEngineering education at the K-12 level is important. From a societal importance point ofview, there is a need to

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Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xaver Neumeyer, Northwestern University; Ann McKenna, Northwestern University

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your professional career?5. How would you define productive Aims at faculty perception of productiveconflict? conflict. Table 1.Faculty interview questionsFor example, when faculty responded to question 2 that “some students just didn’t pulltheir weight (Instructor A in EDC)” we categorized that as different levels of Page 15.309.4commitment. Other conflict categories were different skill-sets, different ideas about theproject direction, different personalities, and different working styles. These conflictcategories would then be implemented into a forced-choice question that

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Classroom Engagement

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara Floyd-Smith, Tuskegee University; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Ryan Campbell, University of Washington; Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Diane Jones, University of Washington; Donald Peter, Seattle Pacific University; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific Univ; Elaine Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Nanette Veilleux, Simmons College

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. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.10. DeNeui, Daniel L.C. (June 2003). An Investigation of First-Year College Students’ Psychological Sense of Community on Campus. College Student Journal, 37, 224-234.11. Liebler, Joan & McConnell, Charles (2004). Management Principles for Health Care Professionals, 5th ed., Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Inc.12. Lee, Linda & Wilson, Denise (2005). Empowering the Engineering Undergraduate in an Era of Economic Globalization, Frontiers in Education Conference: Indianapolis, IN.13. Lee, Linda & Wilson, Denise (2006). The Impact of Affective and Relational Factors on Classroom Experience and Career Outlook Among First-year Engineering Undergraduates, Frontiers in Education Conference

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Conceptual Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa Orr, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University

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learning in sophomore engineering courses, and investigation of the career motivations of women and men as they relate to engineering.Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa C. 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 engineering, undergraduate 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

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Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terry Brumback, University of Alabama; Randal Schumacker, The University of Alabama; Daniel Fonseca, The University of Alabama

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of empirical evidence in this area of study. Both Group I and Group II studies indicated that there is a positive relationship between cognition and undergraduate engineering student outcomes. There was not enough evidence to suggest a trend between procedural characteristics and cognitive characteristics to student outcomes in undergraduate student outcomes.IntroductionEngineering education has, in the past, typically referred to those educational programs leadingto a professional degree in engineering. A number of degrees are offered in this career fieldincluding Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. Lately a number ofdegree programs have been developed at the Associate of Science

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Classroom Engagement

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University; David Shernoff, Northern Illinois University

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AC 2010-543: AN INITIAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WHILELEARNING ENGINEERING VIA VIDEO GAMEBrianno Coller, Northern Illinois University Brianno Coller is an Associate Professor of Mechanical engineering. He started his research career applying fairly deep mathematical ideas to gain insight into how complex physical and engineering systems work. His work was theoretical and somewhat abstract. Since then, his research has evolved toward studying a different type of complex system: how students learn and become excited about engineering. In this endeavor, Dr. Coller is mostly a "nuts & bolts" practitioner, an engineer, and an experimentalist.David Shernoff, Northern Illinois University

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Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Holsapple, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Janel Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Kelley Walczak, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University

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there are far too many [unethical] options for us to pick and [the school] does a lot to prepare us for our future careers but, as far as the ethics goes, I haven’t seen much support or attempt at guidance.When students did acknowledge receiving larger amounts of professional ethics education intheir engineering courses, they reported frustration that this education emphasized the knowledgeof ethics instead of incorporating a larger focus on ethical reasoning and behavior. For example,students at one institution expressed concerns that their ethics education was almost solelyfocused on academic integrity and being cautioned not to cheat on coursework. These studentswanted their ethics education to include discussion of complex

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Student Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University

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. Page 15.302.21.0 IntroductionThe engineering workplace has been impacted by rapidly developing computational technologiesthat are radically reshaping the nature of the workplace.1 This and other immense changes inglobal political and economic dynamics means the 21st century engineer will look very differentthan their 20th century counterparts.2 While these changes can be seen as a real threat to theengineering job market, engineers who have learned how to harness computational capabilitiesfor advanced analysis and problem-solving will continue to be in great demand for decades tocome. However, while broad, general skills such as computational capabilities are recognized ascrucial to future careers, there is a dearth of understanding as to how

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Measurement Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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forging of commitment to values,careers, relationships, and personal identity. Drawing on Piaget’s theory, Perry hypothesized thatshifts or changes from one position or category to another are brought on by disequilibrium or astate of flux. Interactions with the environment present the individual with an opportunity toassimilate the new information into their existing cognitive framework or accommodate theentire framework itself. Perry’s work established a baseline for subsequent research studies torefine and extend Perry’s developmental sequence;[15-19] unfortunately, very little agreementregarding the stages has ever been achieved across studies.Schommer [19] approached the task from a different angle by challenging the notion