Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Barrett, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

College of Georgia, Gwinnett Medicaland the Medical Center of Central Georgia, UPS and the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention. The GIFT program also has an active Advisory Board composed of university Page 11.247.9research and corporate mentors as well as educational leaders from school districts. GIFT ismanaged by the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing(CEISMC) at Georgia Tech. GIFT operates under the philosophy, supported by educational research mentioned above,that by providing teachers with rich, in-depth and content-rich experiences in “real world”science, engineering, and technology, the

Conference Session

It's Elementary

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E S Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Merredith D Portsmore, Tufts University

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classroom in an urbansuburb of a major Northeastern city as a part of the Student Teacher Outreach MentorshipProgram (STOMP) [20]. Mr. Walsh attended professional development as a part of the W-STOMP program [21], a one-year project that focused on women and girls, and chose to teachservice learning, a new curriculum for the STOMP program. The classroom consisted of 20students: 12 boys and eight girls. As part of the STOMP program, these lessons were given oncea week for an hour, and co-taught with the teacher by two university students, or STOMPfellows. Mr. Walsh directed the class and the STOMP fellows served as the engineering and Page

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Lichtenstein, Quality Evaluation Designs; Martin L. Tombari, University of Texas, Austin; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Kaye Storm, Stanford University

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engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2003 Dr. Sheppard was named co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to form the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE), along with faculty at the University of Washington, Colorado School of Mines, and Howard University. More recently (2011) she was named as co-PI of a national NSF innovation center (Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:” Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler Corporation. At

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Hunter, Tennessee Technological University; Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Susan Elkins, Tennessee Technological University

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for Emerging TechnologiesThe partner counties also wanted to provide a summer enrichment opportunity for their students.At their request, Tennessee Tech developed the President’s Academy for EmergingTechnologies, an academic program for high school students designed to stimulate and buildinterest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The academy objectives were to • improve students’ knowledge of emerging technologies, • improve students’ knowledge of careers in the emerging technology fields, • improve students’ knowledge of college in terms of academic demands, • improve students’ knowledge of college in terms of life on campus, and • have fun.The Academy curriculum was based on the emerging technologies

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Messiha Saad, North Carolina A&T State University; William Craft, North Carolina A&T State University

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segments of the presentations; there are instructorhandouts and PowerPoint files, and lots of photos of specific events that should behelpful to the participants. Page 12.979.17Table 4. Week 2 portion of the 2006 Teacher workshop Sessions at North CarolinaA&T State UniversityTeacher Post-Workshop Assessment Activities for 2006The following questions were included in the assessment form, and the results are shownin Figure 15: 1. I had an interesting and positive experience at A&T. 2. The information provided was useful in my lesson planning. 3. I incorporated information from the workshop into the classroom curriculum

Conference Session

Standards and K-12 Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenny Daugherty, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rodney L. Custer, Black Hills State University; Debra Brockway, Stevens Institute of Technology; Daniel A. Spake, Purdue University

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engineering and an inability of teachers to identify their learningoutcomes 6, 7. One of the most alarming aspects of this void was the teachers’ inability to reflecton what they were learning related to engineering, apart from a vague understanding of theengineering design process. Without a clear understanding of core engineering concepts, theconnection to student learning is tenuous at best. This void also poses serious problems for highquality curriculum and assessment. As the NAE Committee on K-12 Engineering Educationobserved, a “critical factor is whether teachers—from elementary generalists to middle schooland high school specialists—understand basic engineering concepts and are comfortableengaging in, and teaching, engineering design”.8This

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Hunter, Tennessee Technological University; Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Margaret Phelps, Tennessee Technological University; Roy Loutzenheiser, Tennessee Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-2171: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY, AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERSKenneth Hunter, Tennessee Technological University Kenneth Hunter is an Associate Professor in the Basic Engineering Program at Tennessee Technological University, where he received his BSME and MSME. He is active in engineering education outreach and has over thirty-five years of engineering experience, including positions in academia, industry, the United States Army, and his own consulting business. He is a registered engineer in Tennessee.Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University Jessica Matson is a Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Tennessee Technological University. She

Conference Session

Focus on Elementary

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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chose to includeadditional engineering content. The EiE curriculum includes preparatory lessons that precede Page 25.512.4the EiE units and four-lesson units. Within the actual units, students read an engineeringstorybook in lesson one, learn about a specific engineering field in lesson two, collect andanalyze scientific data in lesson three and complete an engineering design challenge in lessonfour. Students practice reading, writing, mathematics and science skills integrated with theengineering skills and concepts that they are learning. The units are hands-on in nature,particularly lessons three and four. As a comparison, the instrument was

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Essinger, Drexel University; Ryan Coote, Drexel University; Pete Konstantopoulos, CAPA High School; Jason Silverman, Drexel University; Gail Rosen, Drexel University

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pedagogy, but that may be better suited to a student’s cognitive profile1. In thisproject, we developed and tested inquiry-based multimedia lab activities to appeal to severaldifferent intelligences. A variety of research programs have called for reform in the teaching ofmathematics and science to bridge mathematical methods to interests 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. RiceUniversity’s INFINITY project 8, 9, 10 is a pioneering collaboration between schools and industryleaders to establish an engineering curriculum at the high school level that can motivate andattract students. Also previously, multimedia inquiry-labs have been developed 11, 12, 13, 14, butmost have not been designed and administered by university students, and none have beenquantitatively

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon Kingsley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Monica Gaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Gordon Kingsley is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Gordon is the project evaluator for the STEP NSF grant, and PI on the Alternative Approaches to Evaluating STEM Education Partnerships NSF grant. His area of research interests are the interactions of public-private partnerships to harness developments in science and technology, and the nature and assessment of educational partnerships.Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Marion C. Usselman is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Marion received her Ph.D. in

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faik Karatas, Purdue University; Amy Micklos, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

EducationAssociation (ITEA)6 has asserted that an increasing knowledge of engineering may increase thenumber of students who choose engineering and technology as their future career. This isespecially crucial because the number of students enrolling in engineering and technology hasbeen constant or declining in recent years. At the same time, the need for engineering andtechnology related school graduates is higher than ever.13 There has been a growing interest in Page 13.1083.2integrating engineering curriculum at the K-12 level as a result of the higher demand ofengineers and technicians.6,14,15 Science education research has shown that conceptions

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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the NC TEACH OnLine Program, NC TEACH II, and program website.Dr. Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University Eric Wiebe is an Associate Professor in the Department of STEM Education at NC State University and Senior Research Fellow at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. A focus of his research and outreach work has been the integration of multimedia and multimodal teaching and learning approaches in STEM instruction. He has also worked on research and evaluation of technology integration in instruc- tional settings in both secondary and post-secondary education. Wiebe has been a member of ASEE since 1989.Dr. Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University Laura J. Bottomley, Director, Women in

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Spencer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

pathway has always been open to Georgia Tech students, andanecdotally it is very clear that many Georgia Tech students have found their own way intoteaching over the years. However because this career goal was not previously recognized byGeorgia Tech as one worthy of tracking, there is no data available about how many GeorgiaTech alumni have historically entered the teaching workforce.Beginning in 2009, the National Science Foundation awarded Georgia Tech an Innovationthrough Institutional Integration (I 3) grant, entitled Tech to Teaching, to specifically foster careerpaths in K-12 STEM education and to promote teaching skills for graduate students entering theprofessoriate. This program includes various initiatives to draw more science and

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kyungsuk Park, Utah State University; Shaobo Huang, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Bulgaria, China, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, and Thailand. He has numerous publications in engineering and technology education.Prof. Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nathan Mentzer is an Assistant Professor in the College of Technology with a joint appointment in the College of Education at Purdue University. Mentzer was a former middle and high school technology educator in Montana prior to pursuing a doctoral degree. He was a National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) Fellow at Utah State University while pursuing a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction. After graduation, he completed a one year appointment with the center as a postdoctoral researcher.Dr. Kyungsuk Park, Utah

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuba Bayraktar, Hampton University; Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Ilhan Bayraktar, Old Dominion University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

lifelong practices and habits for saving energy. This paperpresents an energy program developed to increase awareness of elementary school students onenergy sources and the need for saving energy. Energy related lecture and demonstrationsessions were integrated to the 4th grade science curriculum. Among various learning models,constructivism was chosen for teaching energy concepts since the active involvement of learnersin knowledge construction is emphasized in this model4,5. The paper presents detailedinformation on the implementation of energy program to a 4th grade pilot class in a HamptonPublic School. The energy program was implemented in conjunction to a Graduate Teaching Fellows inK-12 Education (GK-12) project, which included many

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Maryann Llewellyn, Uniondale School District

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students What the curriculum is trying to teach How to integrate math into science and technology The role of the faculty team members How to use this information in your classroom What will be expected of you next year Figure 4 Teacher Perception of Workshop 4.5 4 Score on 1-4 scale 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of a High School Science, Engineering, and Design Course: Observing Documentation and Communication Patterns to Inform Pedagogy and AssessmentIntroductionThere are multiple challenges to introducing engineering into high school classrooms. Theseinclude, but are not limited to, curriculum placement, class time, content expertise of teachers,and assessment1. Often time limitations force simultaneous teaching or integration of design,engineering, and technology in science courses. When this happens measurement of learningand conceptual development has to be navigated in lessons that have layers of content or skills,and assessment of working

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth.

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Susan Beth D'Amico, NC State University; Landon Drew LaPorte, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

participants get a broad view of practical engineering.This paper is organized to deliberately integrate the mechanics of the camp operation and theunderlying philosophy of those same mechanics. These camps differ from others in the literaturein many ways. The philosophical basis for the camps seems to be completely unique. Asampling of the literature concerning summer camps yields a variety of publications aboutengineering camps for middle and high school students10,11. Reference 11, in particular, containsa discussion of the types of camps available and their purposes. Many camps are focused onrobotics. Some are single gender. None of the references discovered mentioned an elementaryengineering camp, and the typical numbers of attendees was under

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Hwang, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Ahrash Bissell, Duke University; Daniel Kaplan, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Matthew Mian, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Vineet Agrawal, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Jessica Manson, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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their own life experiences, sensory experiences in their purestform are a good place to begin.18 In other words, the brains of both experts and novices exhibitthe same sensory capabilities. Effectively teaching and mentoring students requires appreciationof their perspective. All InnoWorks presentations began with concrete sensory experiences, suchas things to see, hear, smell, touch, or taste. An interesting instance of “meta-learning” resulted,in which sensory-based learning was used to study the very senses emphasized in thiseducational theory. A few examples from the curriculum will be useful to illustrate thisapproach.We began the Hearing theme by presenting students with the apparatus shown in Figure 1. Avibrating bell was placed inside a

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering Content Through Curricular Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 14.383.11 future, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. 2007.[2] University of Texas. DTEACh Online. http://www.engr.utexas.edu/dteach/aboutus/, July 27, 2007.[3] Crawford, R.H., Wood, K.L., Fowler, M., and Norrell, J., "An Engineering Design Curriculum for the Elementary Grades," ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 172-181, 1994.[4] Jensen, D., Wood, J., and Wood, K. L., "Design of Hands-on Experiences to Optimize Learning through Correlation with Learning Styles and Pedagogical Theory," Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, June 2004.[5] Talley, A., Schmidt, K., Wood, K., and Crawford, R., “Understanding the Effects of Active Learning in Action: What Happens When

Conference Session

Research Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helena Isabel Scutt, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

enroll in calculus.Taken together, this knowledge provides compelling evidence of the importance ofcommunication skills in engineering, and suggests that emphasis on the integration of math andcommunication skills in engineering would benefit women students in particular.4. Demonstrate and Encourage ResilienceThis practice is about helping students learn to embrace challenges and setbacks by teachingthem that their academic skills are malleable. In addition to combatting the negative stereotypesof their technical abilities that girls and women face, this practice is an important life lesson forall students.Using spatial skills as an example of a broader phenomenon, the Assessing Women inEngineering project suggests that “score differences

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Belter, California Polytechnic State University; Teana Fredeen, California Polytechnic State University; Heather Smith, California Polytechnic State University; Shirley Magnusson, California Polytechnic State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

scientists. Her current work is exploring how to integrate engineering with science in the elementary curriculum in a way that empowers children and supports teachers in finding time to teach science. Page 14.743.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Inspiring a Diverse Population of High School Students to Choose Engineering as a Career PathAbstractA week-long, summer day-program was created to expose and inspire high school students toconsider engineering as a career path. The goals of the program were to 1) bring high schoolstudents of diverse backgrounds to our university campus, 2) excite

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann Johnson; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; Brenda Nixon, Louisiana State University; Daivon Craft, Louisiana State University; Cheryle Peters, Louisiana State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Cain Center for Scientific, Technological, Engineering and Mathematical Literacy. She is responsible for developing and implementing continuing education programs for K-12 science teachers. Dr. Nixon has been teaching for over 20 years and currently works in the redesigned high school teacher preparation program. Dr. Nixon has Master and Doctorate of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction in Science Based courses.Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University Warren N. Waggenspack, Jr. is currently the Associate Dean for Engineering Undergraduates and holder of the Ned Adler Professorship in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University. He obtained both his

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Don Schillinger, Louisiana Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-2131: GEARUP: TEACHING ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, ANDMATHEMATICS TO JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTHROUGH THE USE OF K’NEX BRIDGESHeath Tims, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Heath Tims is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University in 2001. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, in 2003 and 2005 respectively. His research focus is dynamic systems, modeling, and controls. He is also involved with STEM educational research at the college and pre-college level.Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Galen Turner

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber L. M. Kendall, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

do young elementary students considervariables, specifications, and constraints when evaluating and redesigning solutions toengineering design problems?MethodologyThe study's subjects were six Kindergarten and nine 3rd-grade students at a public, magnetelementary school in a large, urban school district. The school's demographics wererepresentative of the state and district averages, and the school had recently been named a STEMschool by the district, which meant that it was expected to integrate STEM across all subjects,and provide students with increased opportunities for engaging in STEM activities such asscience fairs and university/industry partnerships. Even before this designation, the schoolemployed an engineering coach who saw

Conference Session

High-School Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

(integrating science, math, technology, writing andcommunication) and approaches the investigation and application of new automobiletechnologies and transportation fuels within a societal and global context. Table 2 summarizesthe general outline of the course, which follows a standard engineering problem solvingapproach. In any given year, the specific details have varied within this framework. The entiremodule is designed to extend over a total of 16 to 20, 40-minute class periods. Detailed unit andlesson plans for this module are available.14ParticipantsStudents enrolled in an advanced placement environmental science (APES) class at a high schoolin rural St. Lawrence County, NY have been study participants for all three years. This nonregents-based

Conference Session

Exemplary Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Macon Beck, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue Universtiy; Teri Reed-Rhoads, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

well with other people (Item 1) and have good verbal skills (Item 2). Schoolcounselors agree to a greater extent that most people feel that males can do well in DET careers(Item 10) as compared to females (Item 9) or minorities (Item 11), but this may or may not be areflection of what school counselors feel. It is not clear whether counselors believe that DETshould be integrated into the K-12 curriculum (Item 8). These results are similar to those found Page 14.824.5for K-12 teachers16. This leads us to believe that school counselors and K-12 teachers havesimilar perceptions of engineering. Therefore, the same content that is used in

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; A. Anil Kumar, Prairie View A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #8156Introduce Computer Engineering to Middle School Students through a Sci-ence ProjectDr. Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M UniversityDr. Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Yonghui Wang earned a B.S. in technical physics from Xidian University at Xi’an, China in 1993; an M.S. in electrical engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University at Beijing, China in 1999; and a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Mississippi State University at Starkville in 2003. From 1993 to 1996, he was an Engineer with the 41st Electrical Research Institute at Bengbu, China. From July 1999 to December 1999, he worked as

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna Daly, Purdue University; Lynn Bryan, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

models.Expressed models are representations witnessed in the form of an action, speech, writing,drawing, structure, or any other symbolic form, as opposed to mental models which lack acommunication aspect.10 Expressed models can influence mental models and mental models canbecome expressed models through a communication component. Gilbert and Boulter definedconsensus models as expressed models that have attained social acceptance.10 They furthercategorized these expressed and consensus models into the general categories of historical(models used in historical contexts), curricular (consensus models used in science curriculum),teaching (models developed to assist in understanding curricular models and the phenomena theyrepresent), and hybrid (models that

Conference Session

Research and Models for Professional Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

confidence to pursue a careerin engineering. Through an integrated approach to learning, engineering education has thepotential to not only be a catalyst for improving K-12 STEM education[8], but to enable girls intheir development towards a career choice in engineering. This increased investment in STEMeducation will boost U.S. global competitiveness by increasing productivity[3]. The 2010-11 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Report describes educational counselors asresponsible for, among many things, operating career information centers and career educationprograms in order to promote the career development of children and youth[9]. The AmericanSchool Counselor Association’s National Standards (standard A in the area of careerdevelopment