Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Holbert, Arizona State University; Lisa Grable, North Carolina State University; Patricia Dixon, Florida State University; Sharon Schulze, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

track REU students 1999-2009, as well as a study on same-sex camps effects on course choice in high school and college. Dr. Dixon is also an adjunct instructor at Flagler College, developing their Science Methods for Elementary Teachers syllabus and teaching the course since 2001. In addition to overseeing all educational programs K-20 at the Magnet Lab, Dr. Dixon is actively engaged in educational research on the effects of programs from national laboratories on students and teachers.Sharon Schulze, North Carolina State University Dr. Sharon K. Schulze is the Director of The Science House and an Associate Faculty member of the Physics Department. She manages the day-to-day operations

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Rousche, University of Illinois-Chicago; Michael Cho, University of Illinois-Chicago; Yang Dai, University of Illinois-Chicago; Hui Lu, University of Illinois-Chicago; J Hetling, University of Illinois-Chicago; jie liang, University of Illinois-Chicago; Susan McCormick, University of Illinois-Chicago; David Schneeweis, University of Illinois-Chicago; Richard Magin, University of Illinois-Chicago

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

industryfacilities. In camp year one (CY1), senior students were targeted. In CY2 and CY3,sophomores and juniors were targeted. Each day began with a special-topics lecture in amixed student/teacher setting. Lectures were typically followed by group tours of universityor commercial medical/bioengineering facilities. A group lunch for all participants includingthe camp faculty was provided each day. Mid-week, a separate lunch was arranged for thehigh school teachers and university faculty alone. In CY1 , students were assigned to a singlelaboratory to complete a project (a vote was used to try and match students to their preferredlaboratory). In CY2 and CY3, students rotated throughout the laboratories in small workinggroups of 4-8 students. Teachers were

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Khoo, University of Southern California; Ellis Meng, University of Southern California; Joseph Cocozza, University of Southern California

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

theparticipant teachers’ sense of science teaching efficacy and their perceptions of success ofthe first year of the BMERET program.BMERET Program Design/DescriptionThe BMERET program selected a cohort of middle and high school STEM teachers frompartnering urban area schools that primarily serve disadvantaged and minority students.A comprehensive application directed the recruitment process for the program. A total ofsix science teachers were chosen to participate in year of the program. Teams of teacherswere placed in a BMES ERC laboratory. Each teacher team was matched with a Ph.D.student and a faculty mentor in the given laboratory for most direct daily interaction aswell as to facilitate multi-directional expertise transfer between the teachers, the

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, Ohio Northern University; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

handsketching process and its role in early stages of the design and development process.Industrial Design examples were presented in this stage informed the student about theaesthetics and human factors on use and ergonomics of products.Figure 2. Preparing for the Concept DevelopmentParticipant body as a whole was asked to brainstorm on developing and marketing a toythat will teach toddlers. This activity allowed them to understand the importance ofideation and concept development. After this activity, the students were asked to designindividual mechatronic toys or robots. The initial theme was designing hybrid beings orhybrids of beings and inanimate objects. They started with brainstorming generatingdesign briefs on how their toys will appear and

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Joseph Cocozza, University of Southern California

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Measure- This is a 6-point Likert type scale provided to both the teachers and the undergraduate students that measures multidisciplinarity, power of research experience and leadership. It is aligned to the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges and the NAE’s Engineers for 2020.≠ Rubric for Laboratory Presentations and Lessons- This rubric, also aligned to Engineer’s for 2020, assesses the teachers’ and REU students’ research presentation (and in the case of the teachers, their lesson plan quality.ResultsThis paper presents results of the RET and REU program in two areas: the participant teachersand their perceived impact on the students that they teach. At this point in the data analyses, dueto the fact that the

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for Reform in Teaching in Engineering and Technology: With a Focus on Prospective Elementary Teachers; in Research in Science Education: Reform in Undergraduate Science Teaching for the 21st Century; D.W. Sunal, E.L. Wright, & J. Bland (Eds.); Information Age Publishing Inc., Greenwich, CT, to be published spring 2004, ISBN 1-930608-85-3.10. Jordan, W., Elmore, B., Introducing Materials Science and Chemistry to the K-12 Community, presented at Session 2364, 2003 A. S. E. E. Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, June, 2003.11. Jordan, W., D. Silver, and B. B. Elmore; Using Laboratories to Teach Engineering Skills to Future Teachers, presented at the Summer ASEE national meeting, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001, CD-based proceedings

Conference Session

CEIII Wrapup

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Hull Seale, UCSB; Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #6564Curriculum Exchange: ”Make Your Own Earthquake”Dr. Sandra Hull Seale, UCSB Dr. Seale earned the B.S.E. in Civil Engineering from Princeton University in 1981, the S.M. in Civil En- gineering from MIT in 1983, and the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from MIT in 1985. Dr. Seale is currently working as the Project Scientist and Outreach Coordinator for the Seismology Research Laboratory at UC Santa Barbara.Dr. Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University Dr. Thalia Anagnos is a professor in the General Engineering Department at San Jose State University, where she has taught since 1984. She also serves as the co

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V Ernst, Virginia Tech; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University; Vincent William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

27 years as a teacher and researcher. He has extensive research and curriculum development experience in STEM disciplines. His research includes the study of thinking processes, teaching methods, and activities that improve technological problem-solving performance and creativity. He has expertise in developing technology education curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathe- matics (STEM) concepts. Currently, Dr. DeLuca’s research includes projects to develop curricula to teach STEM concepts associated with renewable energy technologies by providing a living laboratory of perfor- mance data from numerous renewable energy systems. The overarching goal of the project is to develop middle

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Marie Bergen, Cal Poly State University; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-grade students and their teachers. She went on to become head naturalist at Foothill Horizons and later performed a variety of roles in Oakdale schools, including GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) teacher/coordinator, district science mentor teacher, elementary science special- ist, and district science fair coordinator. During her final ten years in the Oakdale Joint Unified School District, Anne Marie was the District Science teacher /coordinator creating a science program that was laboratory and field based reaching over 2500 students and 120 teachers annually. Currently she is the Sci- ence Teaching Specialist for the Liberal Studies Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She has a B.S. in Biology from Cal

Conference Session

Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Hsiao, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-882: USING MATERIALS SCIENCE FOR COMMUNITY OUT-REACH, ENGINEERING EDUCATION, AND INNOVATIONAmy Hsiao, Memorial University of Newfoundland Dr. Amy Hsiao is associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and chair of the Master of Engineering Management program at Memorial University of Newfoundland. With also a cross-appointment in the Faculty of Business Administration, she teaches Entrepreneurship, Production and Operations Management, and Materials Science at the undergraduate level and Organizational Be- haviour and Engineering Management Topics at the graduate level. Her research interests are in materials characterization and magnetic materials processing (on the Engineering side

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Kaiser, Montana State University; Peggy Taylor, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Howard Tenenbaum, La Jolla High School, San Diego Unified School District; Seth Hodges, St. Michael Indian School, St. Michaels, AZ

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science teachers of classrooms throughout the nation, hires program faculty and organizes their professional development, manages administrative issues of the program, and develops and oversees program evaluation processes. Taylor has 12 years experience teaching high school chemistry, biology, and physical science. She has 7 years of experience teaching biology and education at the university level. Taylor coordinated an alternative teacher licensing program in which she supervised student teachers, managed program coursework and faculty, and developed a distance component to education coursework that has allowed teacher candidates throughout vast geographical areas to pursue their teaching

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Robert McGahern, DDR&E; Robert Stiegler, NSWC-DD

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to introduce teachers to the modules and the inquiry and design teaching processinstruction is provided by the College of William and Mary. DoD S&Es have recently beenadded to the program to work as mentors in the classroom beside the teachers in a fashion similarto the VDP. It is planned to disseminate the MWM in nine states during FY08-09, using Army,Air Force, and Navy laboratories as hubs for kit distribution and local partnerships.Assessing the Effectiveness of the Curricular-Change ProgramsDue to the significant investment in funds in the curricular-change programs, vigorous andcomprehensive assessment programs are essential in both determining their effectiveness and inidentifying and guiding needed improvements.VDPAssessments of

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Ogden, University of Arizona; Gregory Ogden, University of Arizona

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

industrial mentor provides an introduction to the industrial basedapplication. Student mentors are responsible for teaching day-to-day laboratory techniques. Theparticipants learn how to plan experiments, how to obtain statistically significant data, how toanalyze and graph data, and how to present research results and draw conclusions. Typically 2/3of the time is spent on research either in the field or laboratory, and the rest of time is devoted topedagogy and relating lessons learned to core curricula used by the district.Every research experience begins with a laboratory safety class. Participants are introduced tolaboratory safety through video and lecture and are given an exam at the end of the class. Thefocus is chemical safety and hazardous

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

viaformation, nurturance and sustaining an important targeted school-university urban educationalpartnership. Our university has partnered with large urban school districts to plan, deliver andsustain a targeted inservice teacher professional development and a middle and high schoolSTEM curriculum intervention. The partnership goals are to assist inservice middle and highschool science teachers in: (1) designing and implementing integrated science and engineeringcurricula and (2) development of instructional methods and strategies that enable teachers toeffectively (a) teach challenging content and research skills in middle and high school asdemanded by state/national science standards; (b) generate knowledge and transform practice inhigh school STEM

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth English, State University of New York, Buffalo; Deborah Moore-Russo, State University of New York, Buffalo; Thomas Schroeder, University at Buffalo-SUNY; Gilberto Mosqueda, University at Buffalo-SUNY; Sofia Tangalos, University at Buffalo-SUNY

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

that relate classroom topics to practical application. As a result of their comfort withthe use of information technology, contemporary students and teachers can find traditionalclassroom methods of lecture and guided laboratory experiments limiting. Recently, the need forincreasing the number of students graduating in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) fields United States has been recognized as a threat to continued economicdevelopment. This need, coupled with increasing technological literacy, has created anopportunity to leverage leading edge cyberinfrastructure in an outreach program targetingsecondary school teachers. This paper demonstrates the implementation of a targeted outreachprogram that engages pre- and in

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2006-1120: A VALID AND RELIABLE SURVEY INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURINGK-12 TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS AND NEEDS ON DESIGN, ENGINEERING,AND TECHNOLOGYSenay Yasar, Arizona State University Senay Yasar is a Ph.D. student in Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction at ASU. She earned her MA degree in Science Education at Arizona State University. Her BS degree is in Physics Education. Her principle research areas are inquiry-based learning and science and technology education. She teaches an elementary science methods course for undergraduate students.Dale Baker, Arizona State University Dale R. Baker is a Professor of science education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #10694C-STEM Curriculum for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (Cur-riculum Exchange)Prof. Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis Harry H. Cheng is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Graduate Group in Computer Science, and Graduate Group in Education at the University of California, Davis, where he is also the Director of the UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (http://c-stem.ucdavis.edu) and Director of the Integration Engineering Laboratory. His current research includes developing computing and robotics technologies and integrate them into

Conference Session

Secondary (6-12) Outreach

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Jessica Chin, Northeastern University; Sagar V. Kamarthi, Northeastern University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #7088How to Use Engineering in High School Science: Two Case StudiesDr. Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern UniversityMs. Jessica Chin, Northeastern University Jessica Chin is an Artist/Designer/Researcher focusing on blending creativity with mechanical design. She has been collaborating with leading research and development laboratories including the Modeling, Analysis, and Predcition (MAP) Laboratory at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. and the Center for STEM Education at Northeastern. For the past four years, Chin was a researcher working on the development of a predictive model for chronic wound tracking. In

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 1 of 3: Supporting K-8 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9250Effects of Continuous Teacher Professional Development in Engineering onElementary TeachersDr. So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University So Yoon Yoon, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral research associate at Texas A&M University. She received her Ph.D. and M.S.Ed.in Educational Psychology with the specialties in Gifted Education and Research Methods & Measurement, respectively, from Purdue University. Her work centers on the development and validation of instruments, particularly useful for P-16 STEM education settings (e.g., the Revised PSVT:R, the Teaching Engineering Self-efficacy Scale [TESS], the extended

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University; Noel Kriftcher, Polytechnic University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

academic workload, researchprojects, and GK-12 responsibilities, it is essential for Fellows to develop good planning andtime management strategies. Moreover, Fellows’ activities entail interactions with universitypersonnel, teachers, students, etc., which allow them to develop people skills and social aptitude. Page 15.764.94.3 Teaching Skills Through activities such as curriculum review, laboratory development, lesson planning,standards correlation, classroom presentation, teacher feedback, and student mentoring, Fellowsare developing teaching skills that will serve them in their professional careers. For example, in anon-academic

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati; Suzanne Soled, University of Cincinnati; Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati; Mingming Lu, University of Cincinnati; Richard Miller, University of Cincinnati; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Heng Wei, University of Cincinnati; Thaddeus Fowler, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for direct two-way interactionbetween the professional engineers and teachers to address teacher specific needs. A brief Page 11.183.6description of the contents of these engineering seminars is presented below to provide ideas forothers planning similar ones:1. Introduction to Engineering: A civil engineering faculty member presented an overview of the profession of engineering, and civil engineering in particular. Examples on how laboratory test results for commonly used civil engineering construction materials can be used as a context to teach various topics in mathematics and science were presented. Statistical analysis procedures

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sabrina Grossman, CEISMC: Georgia Tech; Jessica D. Gale; Beth A. Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nancy Anna Newsome, Georgia Tech - Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing; Brian Douglas Gane, University of Illinois, Chicago; Jayma Koval, Georgia Tech, CEISMC; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

worked as a faculty member of the Biology Department and was Director of the elementary school outreach program in the Office of Science Teaching at Florida State University (FSU). In her 21-year career she has worked with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the National Park Service as a science educator and researcher and has been executive director of multiple non-profit environmental organizations. This experience has given Beth a strong background in grant writing, partnership building, laboratory research, teaching across K-12 and adults, as well as program development and curriculum writing.Miss Nancy Anna Newsome, Georgia Tech - Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Com-puting

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Douglas, Southern Methodist University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

typical high school teaching schedule and its relation to other school events such as assemblies and state testing requirements affected the development, as did non- obvious ones such as the number of available electrical outlets in a laboratory or classroom. 2) Laboratory technology was chosen and developed based on a number of factors, including ease of teacher training, relevance to the chosen classroom subject material, and design flexibility. The Hyperception Visual Application Builder design environment, part of the suite of graphical design and programming tools offered by National Instruments, gives both teachers and students the ability to simulate and implement complex signal processing

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #12946Curriculum Exchange:Framing Engineering – Templates to aid in instruc-tional designDr. Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida Director of Undergraduate Laboratories, Faculty Lecturer, Department of Materials Science and Engi- neering Page 26.434.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Target Grade Level: K-12Designed for: Teachers, Content Coaches, Instructional Specialists, CTE leaders, CurriculumDesignersBackgroundFraming routines are a widely used literacy strategy to support

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

output devices include indicating lamps and mimicpanels (provide visual and graphical information), relays (to control output loads),electric motors and motor starters (switches heavy loads), and solenoid directional controlvalves (widely used, controls fluids). Page 13.566.7After the PLC overview, we proceeded to the programming software. The best methodfor teaching the software is via lab activities that require the students to develop ladderlogic programs designed to control a process. The six laboratory activities that weutilized are the: Industrial start cycle with an automated stop function; Conveyor systemwith indicating lights; Timing six

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

information), relays (to control output loads),electric motors and motor starters (switches heavy loads), and solenoid directional controlvalves (widely used, controls fluids).After the PLC overview, we proceeded to the programming software. The best methodfor teaching the software is via lab activities that require the students to develop ladderlogic programs designed to control a process. The six laboratory activities that weutilized are the: Industrial start cycle with an automated stop function; Conveyor systemwith indicating lights; Timing six sequential outputs; Automated palletized materialhandling system; Computerized parking garage; and the Vehicle intersection traffic lightcontroller.Laboratory Activity One - Industrial start cycle with an

Conference Session

Research and Models for Professional Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr., Stevens Institute of Technology; Chris Jurado, Stevens Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

identified. We grouped the teachers’ responses to this question byinteractions: student- student, teacher-student, and student- technology.Thirty-three teachers mentioned students conducting science investigations, groups engaging inproblem solving activities, students having group discussions, students involved in role playing,and students building models or diagrams as examples of student-student interactions. Forinstance, Julia described how she conducts her science class with her third grade students. Sheasks students to work with partners in conducting experiments and writing laboratory reports,“…Science lab, which is what I teach, and it’s special. So, it’s forty minutes a week for half theyear. They come and we do the hands on activities, so

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teac

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University; Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

were teaching and all showed useto inquiry learning in their description of student interactions. Their understanding of functiondeepened with the broader diversity of contexts in which function was used. None of the scienceteachers explicitly described contextualization of the mathematics they were teaching since itwas already used as the context for learning. Only four teachers indicated the use to inquirylearning in their classes because they were the ones who described their interactions withstudents. However, it is likely that inquiry learning was being carried out in the laboratories of allof the teachers, but this was not explicitly requested in the question. It is likely that theirunderstanding of the concept of function deepened since

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of New Haven; Ellen Worsdall, Northwestern University; Jessica Swenson, Northwestern University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineers hostsCareer Day for Girls, a one-day event for girls in grades 7-12 to get girls excited about science,engineering, and technology. Through laboratory demonstrations, interactive multimedialectures, and hands-on activities, girls meet positive role models (both female and male) and getto think about the possibilities they have for careers in the technical fields.Many Career Day participants and their parents expressed a need for a multiple-day programheld over the summer--a kind of engineering day camp for girls to get more information andexperience with engineering, and to form relationships with female engineer role models.Undergraduate members of the Society of Women Engineers at Northwestern Universitytherefore went about designing

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Dale Bremmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teaching tools.2.4 Three Forms of Assessment – One Underlying Conclusion: While PRISM has achievedsuccess on several major metrics, all of our assessment results – empirical and experiential –indicate that neither availability nor ad hoc use of digital learning resources is sufficient to drivesystemic STEM reform. To the contrary, we content that a combination of abundance and easyaccess does not automatically improve teaching or enhance learning. The almost hypnoticappeal that digital resources have for students and the availability of computer laboratories inmost schools may make for a situation in which new media can be used for surface engagementor as quickly-implemented filler on days when the lesson plan has run dry.PRISM was designed to