Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Adams, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Engineer- ing from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include Team Effectiveness, Collaborative and Active Learning, Engineering Education and Pedagogy, and Quality Control and Management.Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University Dr. Rosalyn S. Hobson has been at Virginia Commonwealth University since 1996. Currently she is the School of Engineering Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineer- ing, and Director of the VCU/University of KwaZulu Natal International Partnership in South Africa. She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include artificial neural networks, K-16

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University; Joseph M. Nowakowski, Muskingum University

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2011-2441: WHAT DO MARKETS TELL US ABOUT DEMAND FORENGINEERS IN THE WORKPLACE?Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University Marty High is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. His aca- demic interests include teaching in all areas and at all levels of chemical engineering with a focus on instruction in thermodynamics and mass transfer. His research interests are in the areas of mass transfer in polymeric systems, corrosion modeling, equation of state development and refinery catalysis. Marty also writes in the area of sustainability and on the intersection of law, science and society. He received his engineering education at Penn State (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) and earned his law

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Amber C. Spolarich, North Carolina State University

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-25: IMPACTS OF THE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY RESEARCHEXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS PROGRAM 2008-2010: ANALYSIS OFSTUDENT SURVEYS REGARDING MOTIVATIONAL IMPACTStacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University Stacy Klein-Gardner is the Director of STEM Outreach for Peabody College and the School of Engineer- ing at Vanderbilt University. She is an associate professor of the practice of Biomedical Engineering, Teaching & Learning, and Radiological Sciences.Amber C. Spolarich, North Carolina State University Amber Spolarich is currently a senior at North Carolina State University majoring in chemical engineering with a concentration in green chemistry. She has worked with outreach programs through the university that have

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Shauna O'Hurley, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert P. Lillis, Evalumetrics Research; Betsy Khol, Women in Engineering; Robert D. Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of the engineering workforce.Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Margaret Bailey is Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineer- ing at RIT and is the Founding Executive Director for the nationally recognized women in engineering program called WE@RIT. She recently accepted the role as Faculty Associate to the Provost for Female Faculty and serves as the co-chair on the President’s Commission on Women. She began her academic career as an Assistant Professor at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, being the first woman civil- ian faculty member in her department. Margaret maintains a research program in the area of advanced thermodynamic analyses and

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tao Hong, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

normally used to discoverthe latent factor(s) that determines the inter-correlations among the observed variables.For instance, in psychology, general intelligence is believed to be composed of twofactors: the fluid and crystallized intelligence. Under each factor, observed variables oritems were developed to measure these unseen (or latent) factors.The purpose of this study is to re-evaluate the psychometric soundness of the DET survey Page 22.1616.2using new data collected from a larger and a relatively more diverse group of elementaryteachers. Specifically, we aimed at obtaining further psychometric evidence of the DETinstrument by conducting the EFA

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Koonce, Ohio University; Jie Zhou, Ohio University; Cynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University; Dyah A. Hening; Valerie Martin Conley, Ohio University

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Engineering and Public Policy

education and occupational codes.2. BackgroundIn this paper, definitions for STEM fall into one of two domains: education or occupation. Thespecific discipline categories used in the education domain are derived from the National Centerfor Education Statistics Classification of Instructional Programs 20008 and the Classification ofInstructional Programs 19909. The standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system is used inthe occupational domain.CIP and CIP CodesThe National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), of the U. S. Department of Education,developed the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). CIP includes all the disciplinesoffered in academic institutions and universities in the United States. For each discipline, there isa

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 22.1370.6Gibbons, B. A. (2003). Supporting elementary science education for English learners: A constructivist evaluation instrument. The Journal of Educational Research, 96(6), 371-380.Kirpatrick, D.L. (1994). Evaluating training programs: The four levels. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.Lee, O. (2005). Science education with English language learners: Synthesis and research agenda. Review of Educational Research, 75(4), 491-530.Lee, O., & Fradd, S. H. (1996). Literacy skills in science performance among culturally and linguistically diverse students. Science Education, 80(6), 651-671.Moll, L. C. (1990).Vygotsky and Education: Instructional implications and applications of sociohistorical psychology (New York: Cambridge

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom C. Roberts P.E., Kansas State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

in the early2000’s Kansas was the epicenter for renewed evolution debates related to K-12 curriculumchanges. Science standards were changed to reflect “Intelligent Design” for 2 years before beingrescinded in 2005).The 2009 Transportation Conference survey results showed that contact with local (county andcity) officials (30%) was double that with state officials. However, consistent with statepercentages, fewer than 10% of the respondents had contact with local school board officials.In June 2010, the authors co-presented to the KSPE Annual Meeting using similar content to the2006 ASEE Midwest Section presentation. However, the entire morning of the conference wasfocused on legislative issues and the final presentation of the morning was