Paper ID #11602Curriculum Exchange: Transforming Teaching through Implementing In-quiryDr. Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University Dr. Aaron C. Clark is a Professor of Technology, Design, and Engineering Education within the College of Education and is the Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Department Chair for the Depart- ment of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM). He received his B.S. and M.S. in Technology and earned his doctoral degree in Technology Education. Dr. Clark has worked in both industry and education, including administration at the community college and
provide evidence that the RET program and its associated research-based modules positively affected student motivation.Introduction Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the goal of the ResearchExperience for Teachers program has been to support “the active involvement of K-12 teachersand community college faculty in engineering research in order to bring knowledge ofengineering and technological innovation into their classrooms.” In the winter of 2003,Vanderbilt University was awarded a site award for this program to host the “VanderbiltBiomedical Engineering RET Site Project.” Held in the summers of 2004, 2005, and 2006, thisprogram was designed with the previously discussed professional development characteristics inmind
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Breathing Life into the Science Fair Process AbstractScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are at the forefront of our nation'sagenda. Both national and global advancement and sustainability are contingent upon fosteringdiscovery and development in the STEM disciplines. Many middle and high schools requirestudents to complete science fair projects in an attempt to raise the level of students’ awarenessof science and to provide the student with scientific and inquiry skills. While many students maylook to their family or friends for support, without know anyone with a sufficient background inany of the STEM
. Page 25.1439.3 This paper reports on the implementation and outcome of an active learning activityperformed in a New York City (NYC) school with fourth grade students to allow them to bridgethe gap between (a) what they learned in class through the common methods mentioned above(teacher-directed, memorization, and practicing procedures) and (b) developing theirunderstanding of learned concepts through active engagement. LEGO robotics was employed asa tool to accomplish active engagement among students in sense-making and developingunderstanding. Use of robotics to teach science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)concepts is not a new idea; in fact, literature on this subject covers a wide array of topics fromelementary to graduate
into the pipeline to engineering and technology-based careers, nor is the country doing a good job keeping existing students in the pipeline.Less well known, ironically, is another important National Academy of Sciences documenttitled, "Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science andEngineering"2. This report says in its Executive Summary, Women scientists and engineers face barriers to success in every field of science and engineering, a record that deprives the country of an important source of talent. Without a transformation of academic institutions to tackle such barriers, the future vitality of the U.S research base and economy is in jeopardy." [In particular, while
Paper ID #10514Workforce of the Future: Ideas for Improving K-12 Outreach by Transporta-tion Engineering Educators through Near-Peer Involvement and LeveragingContextual ExposureDr. N. Nezamuddin, Valparaiso University Dr. Nezamuddin is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at Valparaiso University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas – Austin in 2011, his Master’s degree from the University of Central Florida in 2006, and his Bachelor’s degree from the India Institute of Technology in Delhi in 2003. He is excited to prepare new generations of aspiring students by serving, not only as a teacher, but also
science,technology, engineering, and mathematics post-secondary programs. PLTW has beenimplemented in all fifty states; however, there has been sparse research to-date that hasrigorously measured the impact of PLTW on mathematics and science achievement. We usedIowa’s statewide longitudinal data system to follow multiple cohorts of PLTW participants andnonparticipants from 8th grade into secondary education. We derived a comparable treatmentand control group by matching students based on their propensity to enter PLTW, permitting astronger interpretation of the program’s impact than prior studies. The findings indicate PLTWparticipants are more likely to be white, male, and perform in the upper quartile in mathematicsand science prior to PLTW
AC 2011-943: THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY DEPART-MENT OF AERONAUTICS GLIDER DESIGN WORKSHOPCaitlin R. Thorn, United States Air Force Academy Capt Caitlin Thorn is an instructor in the Department of Aeronautics at the United States Air Force Academy. Since commissioning from Auburn University in 2004, she has worked in the Launch and Range Program Office and the 5th Space Launch Squadron at Cape Canaveral, Florida. She holds an MS in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology and is involved in local STEM outreach to K-12 schools in Colorado Springs.Col Neal Barlow, U.S. Air Force Academy Colonel Neal Barlow is the Chair of the Engineering Division, and Permanent Professor and Head of
effective ways than studentswith lower mental rotation abilities. Perhaps students with greater mental rotation ability foundthe tasks more inherently interesting and were therefore more willing to devote more time to"playing" with the 3D shapes on screen. There is value in seeking viable scaffolds and supports for those students with limitedmental rotation ability so that they can find success in science, technology, engineering andmathematics. This research lays the groundwork for online systems that assess students' spatialability first and then tailors instruction to the needs of the learner. If students are found to havelow mental rotation ability, software may adjust activities dynamically so that problems aresolved via symbolic
RET Site Project is to provide a quality research program that allows teachers to increasecontent knowledge while improving their Standards based teaching.Specifically, this project improves K-12 education by exposing pre-service teachers, and K-12teachers to environmental engineering and technological innovative research that is transferred tothe classroom. This research is performed at the University of Arizona and at local industrialsites, thus the participants experience both bench-scale and field scale research. Morespecifically, the objectives of the project are to:• Strengthen and foster long-term relationships between regional K-12 schools, the University of Arizona (UA) and industry.• Provide a discovery-based research experience
Pennsylvania Rebecca Stein is the Associate Director of Research and Educational Outreach in the School of Engi- neering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Technology Management from Villanova University. Her background and work experience is in K-12 engineering education initiatives. Rebecca has spent the past 5 years involved in STEM high school programs at Villanova University and The School District of Philadelphia. Ad- ditionally, she has helped coordinate numerous robotics competitions such as BEST Robotics, FIRST LEGO League and MATE.Garrett M. Clayton, Villanova University Dr. Garrett M. Clayton received his BSME from Seattle
Diagnosis Task: Assessing Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge of Engineering Design Practices (work in progress)Conducting engineering design challenges in K-12 classrooms is not new, but the NationalResearch Council’s recent Framework for K-12 Science Education (2012) and the NextGeneration Science Standards (NGSS) (National Research Council, 2013) derived from theFramework bring new urgency and importance to the task of exposing K-12 students to thepractices and big ideas of engineering. The Framework indicates that all children should developcompetencies in engineering design, and the NGSS explicitly includes a “conceptual shift”toward “the integration of engineering and technology into the structure of science education”(Achieve
. . . creAte. iMagine. Succeed.) which engages more than 2,200 K-12 students in engineering throughout the academic year and summer months. She is also a contributing cur- riculum writer and editor for the TeachEngineering digital library, also an NSF-funded project. Janet holds a B.A. in Communication from CU-Boulder and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Information and Learning Technology at CU-Denver.Dr. Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Malinda S. Zarske is the director of K-12 Engineering Education at the University of Colorado Boul- der’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. A former high school and middle school science and math teacher, she has advanced degrees in teaching
. Macnab, and S. Friesen, "Inspiring Girls to Pursue Careers in STEM with a Mentor- Supported Robotics Project," in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, 2011.[3] C. Feldhaus, “Project PETE: Pathways to Engineering and Technology Education," in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, 2005.[4] B. Sarder, "Designing STEM Curriculum for K12 Students," in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, 2013. Page 26.1769.6[5] W. Rochefort, K. Levien, E. Ford, and E. Momsen, "Everything I know I learned in Kindergarten: Examples of
of their high schools. This shortfall has raisedconcerns among leaders in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, (STEM) fields. To meet the changing demands of the nation’s science and engineering labor force,recognition of the importance of pre-college education intervention and implementation ofchallenging curricula that captures and sustains middle and high school students’ achievementand interest in science and “pre-engineering” content is critical. Current research reveals that one of the most important determinants of what studentslearn is the expertise and pedagogy of the teacher. Accordingly, our research is focused onimproving teacher quality and resulting middle and high school student learning in STEM
Paper ID #13210Teachers in Industry: Teaching Transformed through Authentic Work Expe-rienceDr. Bradley Bowen, North Dakota State University Bradley Bowen is an assistant professor at North Dakota State University. He has a duel appointment with the Teacher Education Department and the Department of Construction Management and Engineering. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and received a Master’s of Civil Engineering and an Ed.D. in Technology Education from N.C. State University. He specializes in developing and integrating project-based activities into the K-12 classroom that incorporate engineering and
equity in a multi-site science, technology, engineering, and mathematics program evaluation. Page 26.1299.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Race, Inclusion, and Science: Things That Really Do Go TogetherIncreasing diversity has emerged as an important goal for improving the productivity,innovation, and culture of science1, 2. Many current strategies play a numbers game: they try toincrease the number of underrepresented students, both women and minorities, exposed toscience, or increase the number recruited3. Yet, exposure and recruitment do not solve broaderissues of
Paper ID #9477Integrating Assembly Language Programming into High School STEM Edu-cation (Works in Progress)Mr. Joseph Foy, L&N STEM Academy, Knox County Schools Joseph Foy holds two degrees in Electrical Engineering; BSEE 1976, U.S. Naval Academy and MSEE 1988, University Of Tennessee. His twenty-four year engineering career included responsibilities of pro- gramming, gate array design, hardware design, field service, and manufacturing support. For the last seven years, Mr. Foy has been a high school teacher in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is licensed to teach all high school math and physics courses. In 2011 and 2012
Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project sponsored by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF) at Longwood and Virginia State Universities addressed a unique pedagogy and teachingmethod in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines for middle school students in theDigispired project. The primary goal of project was to provide learning and research opportunities to middle schoolstudents by focusing on programming and thus gaming, and the four science themes through Saturday and summerprograms for three years. Within this 36-month project, 90 low-income rural and urban students (1) learned abouttechnologies involved in game products; (2) learned about programming, computer graphics, and animation; (3)created
micromachining techniques in the fabrication of bandpass filters for broadband wireless systems. He has also worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the developing field of three-dimensional metamaterials. He is interested in advancing the art of engineering education through the appropriate use of technology both in and outside of the classroom. As well, he has recently become more involved in the department’s efforts to highlight the many engineering applications of electricity and magnetism to high school students.Bruno Korst, University of Toronto Bruno Korst holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering and is a Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario. He has been with the Department of Electrical and
Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2(2), 1-16.10. Logan, C. (2008). Metaphor and pedagogy in the design practicum. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 18(1), 1–17. doi: 10.1007/s10798-006-9009-x.11. Morton, J. & O’Brien, D. (2006). Selling your design: Oral communication pedagogy in design education. Communication Education, 54(1), 6–19. doi:10.1080/03634520500076885.12. National Research Council. (2009). Engineering in K-12 education: Understanding the status and improving the prospects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.13. National Research Council. (2012). A framework for K–12 science education: Practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas
AC 2007-2063: TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS BASICENGINEERNG CONCEPTSMarilyn Barger, University of South Florida MARILYN BARGER is the Executive Director of FL-ATE, the Florida Regional Center for Manufacturing Education housed at Hillsborough Community College. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry at Agnes Scott College, and both a B.S. in Engineering Science and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of South Florida. She has over 16 years of experience in developing curriculum in engineering and engineering technology and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Florida. She is currently working with Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School to develop
). Engineering design processes: A comparison of students and expert practitioners. Journal of Engineering Education, 96(4), 359- 379. 6. NGSS Lead States (2013). Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Accessed online at: http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science- standards 7. WGBH Boston. Design Squad. Accessed online at: pbskids.org/designsquad 8. Cunningham, C. M., & Hester, K. (2007). Engineering is elementary: An engineering and technology curriculum for children. In American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, HI. 9. Mosborg, S., Adams, R., Kim, R
Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Including Children with Disabilities in STEM: An Outreach Program for Dyslexic Students (Research to Practice) Strand: Other: DisabilitiesAbstract:Across the United States, educators are calling for improved instruction in science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) at all levels, kindergarten through college. STEM iscurrently recognized as a critical area of knowledge for an educated citizenship. Despiteeducators’ best efforts, however, some students are being left out of the STEM revolutionbecause they have learning challenges in areas that are considered to be more important to theirfuture
AC 2011-1294: CURRICULAR EXCHANGE BETWEEN A STEM UNI-VERSITY AND A RURAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: THE ESTABLISH-MENT OF AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO LINKVan Stephen Blackwood, GK-12 Colorado School Of Mines GK-12 NSF Fellow I am a mechanical engineering graduate student at Colorado School of Mines. I am funded by National Science Foundation GK-12 teaching fellowship. I research chemically reacting flow with respect to hy- drogen/nitrous oxide combustion chemistry.Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines Barbara Moskal received her Ed.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Professor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, the Interim Director of the Trefny Institute for Educational Innovation
learning process forstudents so that they more fully engage in the excitement and satisfaction of gaining competencyin science, math and technology(11). The program’s goal has been to inspire and encourage highschool students to consider pursuing mathematics, science, and engineering. Additionally, theprogram aims to inform students about the importance of engineering as well as the numerouscareer opportunities available through engineering. The success of the program was evaluated based on data gathered regarding student’sperceptions of their understanding of key content areas, the difficulty of the seminar, changes intheir confidence levels, and their interest in engineering as a career. Compiled survey data of thepast four years of the
communities in under- graduate physics departments, and an elected member of the Physics Education Research Leadership and Organizing Council (PERLOC).Dr. Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park Ayush Gupta is Research Assistant Professor in Physics and Keystone Instructor in the A. J. Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland. Broadly speaking he is interested in modeling learning and reasoning processes. In particular, he is attracted to fine-grained analysis of video data both from a micro- genetic learning analysis methodology (drawing on knowledge in pieces) as well as interaction analysis methodology. He has been working on how learners’ emotions are coupled with their conceptual and
AC 2012-3692: MEASURING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PERCEP-TIONS OF THE IMPACT OF PROJECT LEAD THE WAYMr. Noah Salzman, Purdue University Noah Salzman is a graduate student in engineering education and mechanical engineering at Purdue Uni- versity. He received his B.S. in engineering from Swarthmore College, and his M.Ed. in secondary science education from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has work experience as both an engineer and taught science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the high school level. His research focuses on the intersection of pre-college and undergraduate engineering programs.Dr. Eric L. Mann, Purdue University, West Lafayette Eric L. Mann is an Assistant Professor of educational
Paper ID #10907Pre-service STEM educators’ perceptions of the design activities to informeducational practice (Research to Practice - Strand: Other)Mr. Michael Crehan, University of LimerickDr. Niall Seery, University of LimerickMr. Donal Canty, University of LimerickDr. Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick Diarmaid is a Lecturer in Technology Teacher Education at the University of Limerick. His research interests are in the areas of freehand sketching, cognition and spatial visualization. He is currently Director of Membership of the Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD
technology de- velopment projects while researching innovative and interactive techniques for assisting teachers with performing engineering education and communicating robotics concepts to students spanning the K-12 through university age range. Page 22.911.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating NASA Science and Engineering: Using an Innovative Software Curriculum Delivery Tool to Create a NASA-Based CurriculumDuring the spring of 2010, a team at Tufts University collaborated with a team from theMcAuliffe Center at Framingham