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Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cristina Pomales-Garcia, University of Michigan; Yili Liu, University of Michigan; Virginia Soto, University of Michigan

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) educational technology, (3) the student’s rolein the engineering college, and (4) the professor’s role in the engineering college. Theparticipants were instructed to write 10 words or phrases that come to their mind when they thinkabout each of the questions and rank their answers in the order of importance. Following theindividual questions, ten questions were discussed in a focus group. The results of the studyshowed that when it comes to evaluation of education and teaching methods, students would liketo see more opportunities to give input in the system and be more involved as part of the creationin all levels and steps. Current literature on Excellence in Engineering Education stresses theimportance of skills and knowledge but leaves out two

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Knowing Our Students I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Tawni Hoeglund, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Kimberley Breaux

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becoming smart.” maleOther students reflect on their experiences with peers at MT and the sort of students theyencounter on the campus. “Oh there’s just not that big of a variety of people here, and that’s just what it comes down to….It’s not that big of a deal….You could say that the kids who go here, their minds are logic based, and other people’s aren’t.” male “Sometimes in a place like this it’s harder [to have right-brained interests] because you meet a lot of left-brained people.” female “There aren’t any non-engineering students. Well there’s a couple but they’re mostly upperclassmen and it’s kinda hard, you know because they’re not where

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Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Lee, University of South Florida; Mernet Larson, University of South Florida; Jack Heller, University of South Florida; Douglas Lunsford, University of South Florida

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2006-2042: REPRESENTATION ISSUES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION:ENGINEERING ISSUES AND PARALLELS FROM THE VISUAL &PERFORMING ARTSWilliam Lee, University of South Florida Bill Lee is a Professor of Chemical Engineering with a significant interest in the practical and philosophical aspects of the educational process. He currently has several projects with faculty in the Visual and Performing Arts, exploring issues in the educational process, problem solving, and creativity.Mernet Larson, University of South Florida Mernet Larson is a Professor of Art History who has written and taught in the areas of art history, art theory, art criticism, and educational aspects of art. She is also a professional

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Virginia Westheider, University of Cincinnati

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across the learning cycle.Because of the more balanced profile of the engineering technology students, this population isexpected to have a greater awareness of and appreciation for diversity in approaches to learningand problem solving. One implication is that a team of engineering technology students workingon a project is more likely than a team of engineering students to identify multiple approaches toa task or problem. Given the profile of the engineering students, they are more likely to be like-minded in problem solving and learning. There is a growing body of literature (see for exampleLeonard and Strauss14) that suggests organizations benefit when individuals are comfortable andcompetent at working with diversity in problem solving

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Knowing Our Students II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joachim Walther, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland

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2006-1889: ENGINEERING EDUCATION: TARGETED LEARNING OUTCOMESOR ACCIDENTAL COMPETENCIES?Joachim Walther, University of Queensland JOACHIM WALTHER graduated from The Darmstadt University of Technology (Germany) with a Bachelor in Mechanical and Process Engineering and a “Diplom” in General Mechanical Engineering. As a PhD student he is now member of the Catalyst Research Centre for Society and Technology at the University of Queensland. His research interests lie in the areas of cognitive and social aspects of engineering design and education.David Radcliffe, University of Queensland DAVID RADCLIFFE is the Thiess Professor of Engineering Education and Professional Development in the School of

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Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Johnson, Washington State University; Reid Miller, Washington State University

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. Nikias, C. (2004, December 9). Does Engineering Have to be Boring? Viewpoint – Education Report, Engineering News Record.2. Bransford, J., Brown, A., & Cocking, R. (1999) How People Learn. Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.3. Svinicki, M. (2004). Learning and Motivation in Postsecondary Classrooms. Bolton, MA: Anker Press.4. Fink, L., Ambrose, S., & Wheeler, D. (2005) Becoming a professional engineering educator: A role for a new era. Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1), 185-194.5. Halpern, D., & Hakel, M. (2002). Applying the science of learning to university teaching and beyond. New Directions for Teaching and Learning(No. 89) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

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Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; David Wormley, Pennsylvania State University

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of our current approach is to develop and implement a marketing plan to takebetter advantage of the World-class Engineer vision during the first two years of our programs.We hope that by getting this vision into the minds of our students early in their academic careers,we can help them make better decisions to maximize their preparation to enter the increasinglyglobal marketplace. We are developing marketing and advising materials to make studentsaware of the many opportunities that are available to them to make progress toward being aWorld-class Engineer. In addition we have instituted a World-class Engineer Alumni Awardthat brings successful, young graduates back to campus to speak with current students about theexciting opportunities and

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Student Misconceptions and Problem Solving Abiltiy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Prince, Bucknell University; Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University

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2006-1379: USING INQUIRY-BASED ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTEUNDERSTANDING OF CRITICAL ENGINEERING CONCEPTSMichael Prince, Bucknell University Michael Prince is a professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University. His research interests focus on chemical engineering education, active learning, problem based learning, and inquiry-based methods.Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University Margot Vigeant is a newly minted associate professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University. Her research interest in this topic stems from her own frustration in thermodynamics, and her profound hope we can find a way that people can "get it" the first time around

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Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University

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2006-1368: COMMUNITY BUILDING AND IDENTITY DEVELOPMENTTHROUGH GRADUATE COURSEWORK IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONHeidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University Heidi Diefes-Dux is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education (ENE) at Purdue University with a joint appointment in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE). She is the chair of the ENE Graduate Committee and she is a member of the Teaching Academy at Purdue. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. from ABE in 1997. Her research interests include open-ended problem solving, evaluation of education technology, and first-year and graduate curriculum

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Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wendy Harrison, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Arthur Sacks, Colorado School of Mines

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fundamental to the quality of any curriculum. Current empirically-based education theory is essential to effective instruction and thus to the improvement of curricular quality. 4. A rational sequence. Educational activities should be carefully ordered in a developmental sequence to form a coherent curriculum based on the stated, intended outcomes of both the curriculum and its constituent courses.With these principles in mind, we describe the process by which a curricular framework for theMcBride Public Affairs minor for engineering students has been developed. As shown in Table1, this framework is the outcome of more than a year of activities involving all relevantconstituencies within the McBride community, including current

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Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Adams, Purdue University; Philip Bell, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Bayta Maring, University of Washington; Dawn Williams, Howard University

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education research by examining the ISEE model. We also describe the successesand challenges experienced as we near completion of the second of three cycles, andimplications for future community building efforts. One finding is that community at the locallevel is crucial. While expanding the national community of engineering education researchersis important, scholars who are new to the field need a community of like-minded colleagues withwhom they can give and receive feedback on works-in-progress. We also found that engineeringfaculty tend to have difficulty with particular aspects of educational research, such as navigatinga new disciplinary language, utilizing qualitative research methodologies, and analyzingqualitative data. We found that

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Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yvonne Ng, College of St. Catherine; Lori Maxfield, College of St. Catherine

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2006-142: THE PARALLEL CURRICULUM MODEL: UNDERSTANDINGENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS TO OPTIMIZE STUDENTLEARNINGYvonne Ng, College of St. Catherine Yvonne Ng, M.S.M.E., teaches computer science and engineering for non-majors at the College of St. Catherine. Educated as a mechanical and aerospace engineer, she worked in industry as an automation design engineer and contract programmer. She made computer science a more appealing topic for her all-women undergraduate student body by presenting this technically valuable course in a more comprehensive manner. She is currently working with the college’s AS and AAS program to create pathways for students to enter technical colleges and engineering

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Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Nancy Chism, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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2006-1042: DEVELOPING AN ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCHCOMMUNITY OF PRACTICE THROUGH A STRUCTURED WORKSHOPCURRICULUMMaura Borrego, Virginia Tech MAURA BORREGO is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Dr. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering education, including studies of the collaborative relationships between engineers and education researchers and how engineering faculty learn educational research methods.Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines RUTH A. STREVELER is the Director of the Center for Engineering Education

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Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patrick Brophy, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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errorsdiscovered. Using the question-and-answer technique with the 35 engineers resulted in just 20tools for evaluating results. This paper presents a detailed description of how the critical incidenttechnique was implemented along with guidelines for adapting the technique for use by otherresearchers.IntroductionAn important goal of the education process is to help students in the transition from novice toexpert in one or more areas. Beginning with the research of Newell and Simon (1972), aconsiderable body of knowledge now exists describing how people transition from novice toexpert status (Ashcraft, 2006; Solso, 1995). The major type of data used when studying problemsolving is the “verbal protocol.” The verbal protocols provide a window into the minds

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ERM Potpourri

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Sullivan, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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2006-614: EXPLAINING THE NUMBERS: USING QUALITATIVE DATA TOENHANCE COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTION IN THE ENGINEERINGCLASSROOMApril Kedrowicz, University of Utah Dr. April Kedrowicz is the Director of the Center for Engineering Leadership at the University of Utah. Current research interests include communication across the curriculum and in the disciplines, interdisciplinary collaboration, and disciplines as cultures.Katie Sullivan, University of Utah Katie Sullivan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah. She has been working as a communication consultant in the Center for Engineering Leadership for two years

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Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eileen Kowalski, U.S. Military Academy; Joe Manous, U.S. Military Academy

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2006-848: COGNITIVE LEARNING IN INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE SCIENCEEDUCATIONEileen Kowalski, U.S. Military Academy Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Life SciencesJoe Manous, U.S. Military Academy Academy Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering Page 11.325.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Cognitive Learning in Introductory College Science EducationINTRODUCTION Webster’s Dictionary1 defines education as “… discipline of mind or character throughstudy or instruction” and includes “teaching and learning” or more simply the providing andgaining of knowledge. Unfortunately, this

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Mohammed, Pennsylvania State University; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University

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editorial board for Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University Gül E. Okudan is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Design at The Pennsylvania State University. She received her Ph.D. from University of Missouri-Rolla. Her research interests include intelligent shop floor control, manufacturing strategy modeling and measurement, solid modeling, product design, and product design teams. Her published work appears in journals such as Journal of Engineering Design, Journal of Engineering Education, European Journal of Engineering Education and Technovation. She is a member of ASEE and ASME. She is also a National Research Council-US AFRL

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Faculty Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University; Sarah Rajala, North Carolina State University

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2006-637: PREPARING NEW FACULTY MEMBERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL: ANO-BRAINER AND YET A RADICAL CONCEPTRebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc. REBECCA BRENT, Ed.D. (rbrent@mindspring.com) is President of Education Designs, Inc., a consulting firm in Cary, North Carolina. Her interests include faculty development in the sciences and engineering, support programs for new faculty members, preparation of alternative licensure teachers, and applications of technology in the K-12 classroom. She was formerly an associate professor of education at East Carolina University. She is co-director of the ASEE National Effective Teaching Institute.Richard Felder, North Carolina State University RICHARD M

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Use of Technology to Improve Teaching and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Chen, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Dexter Whittinghill, Rowan University

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for an Online Self and Peer Assessment System,” in Per Learning in Higher Education, D. Boud, R. Cohen, and J. Sampson, eds, Kogan Page Limited, London, 2001, pp.156-169.2. Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., and Cocking, R.R., eds., How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1999.3. Mazur, E, Peer Instruction: A User’s Manual, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1997.4. Mason, R.L., Gunst, R.F. and Hess, J.L. Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments, with Applications to Engineering and Science, Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics, New York, 1989.5. Mehta, S.I., “A Method for Instant Assessment and Active Learning,” J. of Engr. Educ., 84:295, 1995.6. Chen, J

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Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Meyer, Purdue University

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” courses and in senior-level capstone design courses. Page 11.1149.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Strategies for Assessing Course-Specific OutcomesAbstractA proven method for satisfying the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) “Criterion 3” requirements is the formulation of outcomes specific to “core” courses in acurriculum, which are tied to the program outcomes. The challenges of assessing such course-specific outcomes are described in this paper, with a focus on practical realities and lessonslearned through seven trials in two different computer engineering courses spanning

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ERM Potpourri

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Kathleen Gygi, University of Washington

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2006-2205: WHAT’S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT PEER REVIEW OF TEACHINGPORTFOLIO COMPONENTS? AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OFPEER-REVIEW EPISODES WITHIN ETPPJennifer Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is an assistant professor in the Department of Technical Communication at the University of Washington. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her interests include engineering education, learner-centered design, user-centered design, and audience analysis. Dr. Turns is currently working on multiple NSF grants dealing with engineering education including an NSF Career award exploring the impact of portfolio construction on engineering students

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Use of Technology to Improve Teaching and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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K-Y Daisy Fan, Cornell University; Clare van den Blink, Cornell University

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2006-2551: A COMPARISON AND EVALUATION OF PERSONAL RESPONSESYSTEMS IN INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER PROGRAMMINGK-Y Daisy Fan, Cornell UniversityClare van den Blink, Cornell University Page 11.24.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A comparison and evaluation of personal response systems in introductory computer programming1. IntroductionPersonal response systems (PRS) are being used in classrooms in order for the instructorto obtain real-time feedback on student comprehension of presented concepts. A typicalPRS comprises hand-held transmitters, or “clickers,” for students to submit answers,receivers that collect the answers, and software that creates

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Use of Technology to Improve Teaching and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margherita Landucci, Liceo Artistico Statale; Fabio Garganego, Municipality of Venice

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in Electronic Engeneering of Padua University. He is a specialist in telecomunications and is at present IT Senior consultant at the Municipality of Venice, Venezia. Page 11.1201.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Chemistry as a Cross-cultural Subject IT & LinguisticsAbstractThe main theme of this paper is the language of chemical formulae rather than the languageexplaining the chemistry ; the focus of our interest is the code used in writing chemicalformulae.This paper describes the nature and scope of the research project started by an out-of