Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-918: TEACHING ENGINEERING IN SINGLE-GENDERMIDDLE-SCHOOL CLASSROOMSJoy Watson, University of South CarolinaJed Lyons, University of South Carolina Page 14.1134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Engineering in Single Gender Middle School Classrooms AbstractStudents in middle school are often given pre-planned laboratory experiments which providelittle or no opportunity to develop creativity or problem solving skills. This paper describes aninvestigation of middle school students’ reactions to an open-ended engineering design problem,specifically to create a machine to move a Cheerio™ or a plastic egg seventy centimeters. If theproblem was solved

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany Iskander, University of Utah; Paul Gore, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

’ interestsand historical trends were analyzed in reference to specific career aspirations and collegemajors. Every student taking the ACT during those years was included in the currentstudy. (estimate current number). Demographic information includes gender, ethnicity,religious background, socio-economic status and geographic location were all part of theavailable data source. ACT scores, as well as expressed interests and generaldemographic information were compiled. Expressed interest in academic major andfuture career were assessed on the ACT registration profile using two items (e.g., whichcollege major [program of study] do you plan to enter and what career aspiration do youhave). Students were presented with over 300 choices that included 25

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring High School Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Noel Kathleen Hennessey, Program Coordinator; Sanlyn Buxner, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, The University of Arizona

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Healthcurriculum.To date, 28 ENGR 102 HSteachers have receivedtraining on some or all four ofthe GC DELI hybrid units.Ten of those 28 ENGR 102HS teachers have used all orsome portions of the GCDELI hybrid units with theirstudents over the two years  the program has been Figure 2. Teachers at the 2013 ENGR implemented and a total of 21 102 HS summer workshop design and  build a biomechanical hand prototype teachers have plans for using straws, string, duct tape, and implementation during the rubber gloves. This activity is part of the  added material for the GC DELI AY 2014-15. Engineering Better Human Health

Conference Session

Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Randy Craig Hurd, Brigham Young University; Kip Schafer Hacking, Brigham Young University ; Tadd T Truscott, Brigham Young University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

ROV activity andassociated curriculum, however, was implemented at a smaller level though localteachers and after-school group leaders. The program consisted of three primary phases:(1) teacher training, (2) teachers returning and teaching their students, and (3) end of yearROV competition. The teachers were trained at the beginning of the year in what an ROVwas, how to build one (i.e., solder circuit boards, wire and water proof motors, etc.). Theywere also taught the engineering design process (EDP), and provided lesson plan materialfor the EDP, circuitry, buoyancy, ballasts, and water pressure and density. Teachers werethen asked to take the material and teach it however they wanted, while having thestudents build their ROVs (the

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

year of the project, twenty STEMintegration units were developed and implemented by the project teachers. Each unit focused onone of the three science concepts (i.e. ecosystems, plate tectonics and erosion, and heat transferand particle theory), integrated data analysis and measurement for mathematics, included anengineering design challenge, and allowed students to develop technologies through completingthe engineering challenge or use technologies to solve the engineering challenge. Among those20 units, seven focused on life science (ecosystems), seven addressed earth science topics (platetectonics or erosion), and six focused on physical science (heat transfer or particle theory). Eachunit included 5-10 lesson plans. Table 1 shows an

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Kathleen Sernak, Rowan University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the university recreation center, yoga classes, nature walks, journal reflections, laughter,meditation, and art classes and field trips.Assessment and ImpactAssessment of the workshop is carried out via surveys during and after the duration of theworkshop. Select visits are made to schools to watch teachers integrate and deliver the materialprovided to them during the ECT workshop. Teachers are invited to a fall and spring follow upmeeting to discuss the impact of the workshop and the ease or difficulty in delivering theengineering clinic modules. This assessment provides key information in planning activities forfuture years. Successful teachers are invited back to participate as mentors in the next session.Summer 2006 ECT WorkshopA total of

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University; John Raczek, University of Maryland; Bruce Jarrell, University of Maryland-School of Medicine; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

physics can be studied using hot airballoons; NASA even has plans to use balloons on future missions to Mars5! This module useshot air balloons as a ‘real-world’ application to teach studentsabout the engineering design process and basic engineeringprinciples by relating them to successful balloon flight. Thetutorial section of the module introduces students to principlessuch as force balances, buoyant forces, heat transfer, the IdealGas Law and material properties through interactiveanimations that are applied directly to hot air balloon flight.The simulation that follows allows the students to adjustparameters including payload, construction material,temperature, and balloon shape one-by-one to see how eachaffects the success of 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

-rounded impression of the different aspects of life in an engineering curriculum.As with any research, success is not a foregone conclusion. Some students elect to not continuethe experience for another term or find their interests lie in another field. The logistics ofrunning a laboratory and the unpredictability of research introduce challenges when directinghigh school students with limited availability for work on campus. However, by providing clearguidance during the programmed activities, the experience can be optimized for studentparticipants. We plan more directed activities with somewhat more predictable outcomes forfuture students participating in our research.Objectives and OutcomesThe following objectives are desired for the student

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

towards the study and education of pre-college and collegeengineering. In a small population study taken during the second year of the program’simplementation, 65% of all students who completed the Infinity Project pre-collegecurriculum plan to pursue engineering in college. Only about 2% of all students whograduate from high school are interested in pursuing such degrees1. Teachers whocomplete a one-week-long training seminar designed to prepare them for teaching theyear-long course have also given positive comments towards the program – some of thesecomments include “Best training I have ever seen” and “My state needs this curriculumnow.” Additional details regarding the structure and outcomes of the Infinity Project canbe found in several

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabriella J Ducamp, University of Virginia; Crystal Jean DeJaegher, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

compare differences betweentwo groups and can only examine effects of one independent variable on one dependent variable.It also only indicates whether there is a significant difference between the two groups, with noindication as to where those differences lie. Since there are more multiple independent variablesand dependent variables in this intervention, further analyses are planned. The Analysis ofVariance (ANOVA) can test hypotheses that the t-test cannot. Page 23.731.8INCORPORATING ENGINEERING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE 8 Next, a Two-Factor Randomized-Block ANOVA will be run to

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

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

has been studied that there aretwo main reasons hindering the enrollment of CPEG program. The first one is the difficulty ofthe courses in the degree plan since it picks core courses from the two programs—electricalengineering and computer science. The second reason is there are not so many people notice theexistence of the program. In order to introduce CPEG to more and more youngsters, faculty fromPVAMU used this opportunity to show the middle school students how a typical computerengineering project can solve science and engineering problems.Project ImplementationTo implement this weather balloon project, both university professors and middle schoolteachers had a thorough discussion to choose the proper equipment and software

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering: Research on Teachers' Perceptions, Attitudes and Impacts of Teacher PD

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Purdue University; Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

learned that team work and group work is vital. (F,3) Problem Solving I think they learned some problem solving skills. (C,4) To talk about what they’re learning, you know, to write it down and just plan things out and think about it. (D,4) Other They’ve learned simple machines. (B,3) They learned what the engineering process is. (F,3) Types of Engineers That it could be different processes, like with chemical engineers...and manufacturing, you know designing different ways to make things. (A,2) I think they learned what engineers do and that there's lots of

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashank Shekhar, Vanderbilt University; Faruk Caglar, Vanderbilt University; Anton Dukeman, Vanderbilt University; Liyan Hou; Aniruddha Gokhale, Vanderbilt University; John S. Kinnebrew, Vanderbilt University; Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

with seven high school andnine middle school students. The positive response from our user studies for using Google Mapsand real-world traffic problems as the motivational tools to learn STEM concepts, strengthencomputational thinking, and reinforce previously learned STEM concepts has given usconfidence to take our framework to the next level. We plan to develop an academic curricularunit to be used at two local schools. A long-term goal calls for supporting domains beyond justtransportation for STEM education, and we believe pluggable component architecture enablesour modeling framework to interact with other domains as well. In the future, a compatiblecomponent from other domains could be plugged into our modeling framework to teach

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

importance of teaching engineering prior to reaching college 18,there is currently a lack of literature documenting what this experience should look like.Sneider 8 lays out an intriguing plan for sequencing age-appropriate engineering designchallenges starting in the fourth grade. By using the science framework, he addresses thesequencing quandary by using standards-based instruction as guiding principles for anengineering design framework. However, he correctly notes that the sequence specified is notbased on research. As we look to develop and select age-appropriate engineering designchallenges, researchers and engineering educators will need to work hand-in-hand to developstandards that are age-appropriate for all skill levels of learners. In the

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa M. Batula, Drexel University; T. William Mather, Drexel University; Gabe Carryon, Drexel University; Stuart Surrey, Philadelphia High School for Girls; Daniel Edward Ueda, Central High School; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in hands-on projects andworking with computers. Unfortunately, it took several weeks to obtain supplies so that studentscould start physically building the robot or working with a computer. Many of the students leftduring this initial period, some of whom probably left due to this lack of supplies. Students whofelt confident in their leadership skills, however, tended to stick through this period. They mayhave felt their managing and organizing skills were still useful as we made plans for the team,even though we did not have the parts yet.Students who have a strong desire to help their community also tended to leave the club. At thisparticular school, almost all after-school clubs meet on Tuesday and Thursday, conflicting withthe robotics

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the researchers after schoolor on holidays. They were directed to a room with an open floor plan where tables and chairswere scattered throughout and a few cubicles lined the opposing walls. The exterior wall was aset of windows that overlooked what was normally a busy pathway. It was along these windowswhere the “design studio” was setup. A computer lay on top of a table with a few chairssurrounding it. After brief introductions, the student designers were informed of the researchadministration. They were made aware of a webcam placed near the desktop computer to capturevideo and audio. A small digital audio recorder was placed next to the desktop for redundancy.The desktop had Internet access, computer aided drafting software

Conference Session

Computer Science-related Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University; Karen Nielson, Utah State University; Stephanie M. Kawamura, InTech Collegiate High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

than 60 technical papers published in refereed international journals and conference proceedings. He is a Senior Member of the Society for Manufacturing Engineering and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is also a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and a member of the American Educational Research Association.Ms. Karen Nielson, Utah State University Karen Nielson is a junior studying mechanical engineering at Utah State University, emphasizing in aerospace engineering. She will go on to graduate school after graduating with her bachelor’s of sci- ence in May 2013. Nielson plans on earning her Ph.D. and then pursuing a career as a professor. It is her dream to research

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

activities. Parents are also encouraged to help with the camp.Children of the helping parents are given a discount in registration fee for helping with theactivities.Camp ActivitiesThe camp preparation starts in the fall of the previous year. Parents start planning their and theirchildren’s vacations around the summer camps and other activities. They start seekinginformation about the camp months ahead of time. A simple approach for getting the informationacross is to put it all on a website. The SPSU Aerospace Engineering Camp information isavailable on its corresponding website1. The website is regularly monitored and updated. Thecamp is one week long. It runs from 9am to 4:30pm during the work week. Each day is brokendown into several activities

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal Jean DeJaegher, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia; M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Deborah Hecht, City University of New York; Peter Thomas Malcolm, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Edward Pan, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and activities were aligned with theproposed learning goals, the activities were realistic for the target student group (sixth graders),and the math and engineering were integrated at a high quality. Pre-post content assessmentswere developed to assess student learning, using questions from validated standardized stateassessments as well as affective and engagement measures. : An island named Willingdon has just been human made. The president of the island is searching for young, creative, and intelligent engineers who can build a city in Willingdon. Your challenge is to design an original model of a skyscraper building that will be placed in the new city. The president will need to see your plans

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Michael Hacker, Hofstra University; Marc Devries, University of Technology, Delft; Ammeret Rossouw, University of Technology, Delft

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

thisunderstanding implies that they have developed a realistic image of engineering and technology.We need to be explicit about what we mean by engineering and technology. Engineering is aboutcreating the human-made world, the artifacts and processes that never existed before. This is incontrast to science, the study of the natural world. Most often engineers do not literally constructthe artifacts; instead they provide plans and directions for how the artifacts are to be constructed.Both small artifacts (like a hand calculator) and large ones (like a bridge) are part of the realm ofengineering. Engineers also design processes. The processes may be those used to createchemicals and drugs, to direct how components are put together on an assembly line, or to

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia University; Karen Guo, Teachers College/Columbia University; Devayani Tirthali, Teachers College/Columbia University; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

hours of intensive PD during the two week summer institute followed bymonthly classroom support visits (coaching, modeling, curriculum alignment, and planning), andthree full-day workshops during the 2008-2009 school year. A treatment group of 737 studentsreceived instructions from teachers who were in the program. In September 2008, a comparisongroup of 35 teachers with 684 students was selected and matched against the treatment groupbased on schools’ geographic location, demographics, grade level, and subjects taught by theteacher.Our research questions for the second year of the program were: (1) Does the professionaldevelopment enhance the teachers’ content knowledge in targeted science and engineeringtopics? (2) Does the PD result in

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mounir Ben Ghalia, The University of Texas, Pan American; Hasina Huq, University of Texas, Pan American

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

identified as relevant to the subjects taughtby the teachers: (i) sensors, (ii) data analysis, and (iii) design constraints. These elements werefound to be translatable to relevant educational activities that teachers would be able toimplement in their classrooms. During the weekly curriculum discussions, teachers discussedtheir research experiences and shared ideas for their learning activities with other programparticipants and the program management team. Throughout the lesson plan developmentsessions, inputs from teachers, engineering and education faculty were instrumental informulating the engineering-based learning activities.To serve as a motivation for students’ learning, each activity is expected to have an engineeringconnection that shows

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Rowsome, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Seamus Gordon, University of Limerick

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

you Page 24.255.2know something or being aware of your thoughts. Metacognitive regulation also known asmetacognitive strategies are processes a person carries out to ensure a cognitive goal bycontrolling cognitive activities7. Other authors have also defined metacognition similar toFlavell. Swanson8 defines metacognition as individuals’ awareness of their ability to monitor,regulate and control their own activities concerning learning. Metacognition generally meanshigher level thinking about how a learning task will be handled, and making plans onprocesses of observing and evaluating comprehension9. This was the one of the importantaspect of the

Conference Session

Gender Perceptions and Girls in K-12 Engineering and Computer Science

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

education concepts allows elementary teachers to incorporate engineering intotheir lesson plans without taking away from the time needed to cover mandated learningoutcomes. In addition to cross-disciplinary concept combinations, the projects were alsodesigned to incorporate engineering graduate attributes, as outlined by the Canadian EngineeringAccreditation Board. Including attributes such as professionalism, critical thinking, andteamwork skills allows students to experience the foundational attributes of the engineeringprofession, and helps to develop their understanding of how engineers contribute to society.Implementation and Results The project series was implemented across several local schools, involving over 350grade five students

Conference Session

Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lyndsey Alyssa Wright, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

independent completion of thebuilding and engineering components. These units provided students with the opportunity to beexposed to scientists and engineers in action and to recognize science and engineering as fun andrewarding. Below is a short description of each of the eight themes explored during the summerof 2013. Complete lesson plans are available upon request from the first author of this paper. Page 24.726.4 1. Water Purification (One Day of Instruction) a. Soil Filter Activity: Students poured water that had been ‘polluted’ with Cool- Aid, glitter and plastic bugs through a soil filter of sand, gravel and top soil. The

Conference Session

Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David E. Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology; Marcella K. Minster, Oregon Institue of Technology (Student); Irina Demesko-Prosnik, Oregon Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Culler, D.E., The Turning Assistant: Automated Planning for Numerical Control Lathe Operations, Ph.D. Dissertation, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, December, 1994.2. D. T. Ross: Structured Analysis (SA): A Language for Communicating Ideas. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, SE-3(1), pp. 16-34.3. Engineering Workforce Commission, Engineering & Technology Enrollments: Fall 2007 (Washington, DC, 2008). Viewed at http://ewc-online.org/data/enrollments_data.asp, on Jan. 12, 2011.4. Feldmann, Clarence G., The Practical Guide to Business Process Reengineering Using IDEF0, Dorset House Publishing, New York, 1998.5. Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., http://www.idef.com/, accessed on Feb. 15, 2011.6

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael K. Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 22.1117.11The teacher of the class also completed a survey that indicated she had positive feelingsregarding the module. She commented, “I love that students determined acceleration due togravity instead of just giving them another number to memorize – great way to derive the value!”Planned changes to the module include providing more guidance / training for the teachers in theuse of digital cameras to collect video.ConclusionsMost low cost, digital cameras on the market today allow for the collection of video and havesufficient capability to capture accurate position versus time data. Coupling these widelyavailable and easy-to-use cameras with free video editing software provides a method of dataacquisition that has a very low entry

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca N. Macdonald, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama

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Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

career choices.2 Theintegration of mathematics, science, and engineering is central to high school reform efforts thatstrive to prepare students for both college and career opportunities in engineering.17 This processcan be immediately applied following a science experiment without need to acquire lesson plans,expensive equipment or supporting materials. This paper discusses the development andimplementation of a scientific and engineering classroom activity and assesses the effectivenessof the activity by presenting response data collected from the participants.MethodologyIn this study engineering design is used in two high school science courses as a problem solvingtool that parallels the scientific method. A standard chemistry/physical

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

understanding of the 0.56 technical world16. My motivation for teaching science is to educate scientists, engineers and 0.56 technologists for industry17. In a science curriculum, it is important to include planning of a project 0.4718. How important should pre-service education be for teaching DET? 0.3819. DET has positive consequences for society 0.50Factor 2: Familiarity with DET20. How familiar are you with DET? 0.6621. Have you had any specific DET courses outside of your pre-service curriculum? 0.4822. How confident do you

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

NXT Kits. The students present theirprojects the last day of the program. They share their results with the other students.Additional benefits of the group projects included improving team working skills andpublic speaking ability. Page 25.358.62. Career ComponentThe program manager, Dr. Barbara Christie, plans a Career Day during SECOP. Theguest speakers work for engineering -based organizations and all are African Americanand Latino leaders in mechanical, civil and electrical engineering fields. Several fieldtrips to different science and engineering-based companies exposed students to differentcareer opportunities. In the past several years the