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

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald L. Carr, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Page 25.299.7solves problems, and designs technology using science and mathematics 4. Standards from theNational Research Council and the International Society for Technology in Education call forexperiences such as are provided through this project to build technology understanding and toincrease design understanding 4. Furthermore, the need for curriculum design and teacherpreparation in pre-college engineering are at a premium as engineering gains its place in statestandards, probable national core science standards and in national testing.20To encourage acceptance of engineering into curriculum design and classroom practices,programs such as this engineering teacher professional development need to have empirical datafrom assessments to

Conference Session

Examining Problem-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aikaterini Bagiati, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Jennifer Dobbs-Oates, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4098: THE ROLE OF CLASSROOM ARTIFACTS IN DEVELOP-MENTAL ENGINEERINGDiana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette Diana Bairaktarova is a doctoral student in engineering education at Purdue University. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria, and M.B.A. degree from Hamline School of Business, Minnesota. Bairaktarova has more than a decade of engineering design experience, working as a Module design, and MMIC Test Engineer. Her research interest is in the area of developmental engineering, creativity, engineering design, and STEM education, and engineering ethics. Bairaktarova is currently working on a research project to study the ways

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) generate knowledge and transform practice in middle andhigh school STEM education, (c) cultivate a world-class STEM workforce, (d) expand students’scientific literacy, and (e) promote research that advances the frontiers of knowledge in STEMmiddle and high school classrooms.We have engaged in this project for approximately 32 months. To date, we have trained fifty-three middle and high school STEM teachers who are now delivering the innovative STEMcurriculum that they created during a professional development summer teacher academy in theirmiddle and high school classrooms.The importance of teacher involvementThis STEM K-12 research is focused on teacher training as a precursor to curricular change forstudents in STEM because the integration of

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research in K-12

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Christopher George Wright, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; Linda Jarvin, Tufts University; Amber Kendall, Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, Tufts University

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

). Art and artifact of children's designing: A situated cognition perspective. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 5(2), 129-166.5. Penner, D., Giles, N. D., Lehrer, R., & Schauble, L. (1997). Building functional models: Designing an elbow. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 34(2), 125-143.6. Krajcik, J. S., & Blumenfeld, P. C. (2006). Project-based learning. In K. L. Sawyer (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences (pp. 317-333). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.7. Crismond, D. (2001). Learning and using science ideas when doing investigate-and-redesign tasks: A study of naive, novice, and expert designers doing constrained and scaffolded design work. Journal of Research in

Conference Session

Middle School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Elizabeth Spencer, Queen's University; David S. Strong, Queen's University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

issue isthat we have a shortage of engineers, particularly at the project management level. We need toaddress this issue – we need to convince young people, both men and women, to go into thesciences, into mathematics, and then into private-sector consulting work (2).‖ The issue ofstudents entering engineering programs has been emphasized as a challenge facing engineeringeducators (3). A variety of initiatives have been developed, from multi-day engineering summercamps to one day activities introducing students to engineering.In order to further develop these efforts in a manner that achieves the greatest impact, it isimportant to understand the current knowledge and awareness of the engineering profession atthe pre-high school level. The

Conference Session

Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aikaterini Bagiati, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Dobbs-Oates, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

tools and materials can be usedto create simple structuresCategories HS Example quotes LS Example quotesTell “I tell her how she has to use those things”, “Tell name and what they do”Show + Do “When we make projects”, “I like to “We build a "computer screen" out of styrofoam, show her how to do with an item that she aluminium and foil and duck tape. We built a wants”, “Play arts/crafts” cardboard car with cardboard, string, felt and washes. Both needed scissors, tape, paper, ruber

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fleur Gooden, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Tremayne Waller, Cornell University; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 15.142.9Further research on a larger group of past attendees of enrichment programs is needed to providea more comprehensive assessment of the long-term impact of these enrichment programs onstudent educational and career choices.Bibliography1. Babco, E. Four Decades of STEM Degrees, 1966-2004: “The Devil is in the Details” in STEM Workforce Data Project (Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST), 2006).2. Koyoma, J. Approaching and Attending College: Anthropological and Ethnographic Accounts. Teachers College Record 109, 2301-2323 (2007).3. Russell, M.L. & Atwater, M.M. Traveling the Road to Success: A discourse on the persistence throughout the science pipeline with African American

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tess Anne Hegedus, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Heidi B. Carlone, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Aundrea D. Carter, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, and school: Making sense of difference. Science Education, 95(5), 824-851.2. Carlone, H. B., Scott, C. M., & Lowder, C. (In Press). Becoming (less) scientific: A longitudinal study of students’ identity work from elementary to middle school science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching.3. Carlone, H. B., Webb, A., Archer, L., & Taylor, M. (In Preparation). What kind of a boy does science? A critical perspective on the science trajectories of four scientifically talented boys.4. Cunningham, C. M., Lachapelle, C. P., & Hertel, J. (2012). Research and evaluation results for the Engineering is Elementary project: An executive summary of the first eight years. Boston, MA: Museum of Science.5. National

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint; Pattabhi Sitaram, Baker College, Flint; Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

modules.Module Topics and lab experimentsMaterials Science Sample preparation for microstructural analysis, microstructural analysis using a microscope, Rockwell hardness testingEngineering Computation: Using Excel and Matlab to solve linear simultaneous equations, singleExcel and Matlab nonlinear equation, matrices, eigenvalue problems. Graphing.Mechanics of Materials Tensile test of steel and aluminum specimens, Charpy impact test, deflection of beamsComputer Aided Basic rules of sketching, drafting and projection. Creating 3-D objectsEngineering using ProEngineer software.Advanced Manufacturing

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the comment card.Results and DiscussionThe overall reaction of the teachers to the software was positive. One of the teacherscommented, “This process elicits deep/broad (critical) thinking in participants.” Anotherteacher commented, “I like the problem solving conversations these projects would evoke.”The teachers as well as the MEA writing and research teams suggested adding the followingfunctionalities to the software to make it more useful for students: • Undo button: the ability to undo an individual step • Print function: printing the developed procedure • Save/Load: software being able to save a procedure and then load it again at a later time. • Editing a numerical value: the ability to edit an assigned value to a face or

Conference Session

Outreach to K-12 Females

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jani M Pallis, Cislunar Aerospace, Inc.; Jill L McNitt-Gray, University of Southern California

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and science content, two other sessions that have beentrademarks of our project have been the CEO/Executive Breakfast and Career Panel.CEOs or women executives from local technology firms are invited to breakfast with theGet SSET students. Students spend time with each executive and learn about theirbackgrounds, education, challenges and “how they got where they are today”.The Career Panel is held during one evening. Participants are women who havesuccessfully coupled sports and an aspect of STEM in their professional lives. Womenfrom a variety of STEM backgrounds form our career panel. Over the years this hasincluded: the manager of product design at an athletic footwear company with degrees inmaterial science and mechanical engineering, the

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie Galarza, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Mariela Figueroa, UPRMUniversity of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Cristina Lugo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Ricardo Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Francisco Rivera, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

been defined as adecisive predictor of college success in STEM disciplines. It is then important to develop anunderstanding of the factors that affect the level of preparation of students entering engineering.We present the results of a series of focus groups undertook to elicit high school deficiencies andother problems faced by engineering students upon arrival to college in the opinion of currentindustrial engineering students at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. We aim to defineareas of opportunity to develop tools and workshops to train high school STEM teachers for afuture phase of this project. Differences among different types of high school characteristics inthe island are being controlled, such as main language of

Conference Session

Outreach to K-12 Females

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Kay White, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Austin Bates Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Anthony J Petrosino Jr, The University of Texas at Austin ; Kristen Bland, University of Michigan

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

at a nearby university, Beyond Blackboards incorporates engineering design method andthe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 21st Century Grand Challenges to immerse upperelementary and middle school students in design-based learning. During afterschool “InnovationClubs” throughout the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 academic year and a summer camp followingeach year, middle school students worked in teams to design, build, and program robots usingLEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT robotics kits and the NXT-G programming environment. Teamspresented the functionality of their final design, and contextualized their project by describing areal world application they researched for their robot that may help to solve one of the 14 NAE21st Century Grand Challenges

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

day. Teachers participating in the on-school-site academy, as part of theNSF funded research project, were expected to deliver “what is technology”, “what isengineering” activities, introduction to EDP, and the four EiE lessons contained in a single EiEunit during the school year.B. ParticipantsParticipants of this study are teachers either who attended the Summer Academy offered by theINSPIRE at Purdue University (National group) or the on-site Summer Academy held in a largeschool district located in South Central United States (On-site group) from 2008 to 2011. The Page 23.838.52008 to 2010 National group were volunteers from across the U.S

Conference Session

...by Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Kendall, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Merredith D Portsmore, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-paper planning than shedoes, but she was only observed noting this idea, never asking her students to expand on whythey felt the need to build before planning. Because it happened several times during theplanning time, this episode can be labeled a response, albeit a possibly unconscious choice, tocoerce her students into her ideal model of planning which might not be useful for this project orfor their style of problem solving. Her insistence during the lesson that planning was achievedby having a sufficient drawing and words on their worksheet ignored the diversity of planninggoing on in her own classroom.If teachers wish to emphasize planning, they need to consider what tools will actually be useful,if not essential, to their students for a

Conference Session

Engineering in K-12 Science and Mathematics Standards

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara J Moore, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Kristina Maruyama Tank, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Jennifer Anna Kersten, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Forster D Ntow, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

addressing major challenges that confrontsociety today”3 (p. 6). Others have argued that adding engineering concepts and projects tomathematics, science, and technology curricula have benefits for both learning outcomes andstudents’ interest in the STEM subjects13-15."ABET10 highlights the importance of how "theengineering sciences have their roots in mathematics and basic sciences but carry that knowledgefurther toward creative application" (p. 2). Additionally, engineers must be able to applydifferent aspects of mathematics, science, and technology2, 7, 11, 16. Chae, Purzer, and Cardella17,for example, list the ability to apply science, mathematics, and technology in problem solving asone of the core concepts of engineering literacy.When looking

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Gemma Mann, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

like to validate the images as stimulus fornoticing by replicating this study in conjunction with interviews. Also, we would like toevaluate the potential of these images for stimulating noticing engineering by asking engineers toevaluate these images. This could provide a norm reference in which to determine if ourinstruments have a ceiling effect. That is, teachers are coming to the academies with the abilityto notice the same categories of engineering characteristics in the images as an engineer wouldnotice.We are encourage with the potential of the coding methods for this project as it relates to otherimportant aspects of engineering thinking, the ability to evaluate complex systems.AcknowledgementsThis work was made possible through

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina; Bethany Fralick, University of South Carolina; Jennifer Kearn, University of South Carolina

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the Southeastern United States with apopulation of about 350,000. Three of these schools were classified as urban, two as rural.Thirty-two classes were given the EISC survey and twenty-eight the SISC survey. Although arelatively large number of students were surveyed, this study is based upon a sample ofconvenience. The survey respondents were future participants in a National Science Foundation– funded Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) program at the authors’institution.The GK-12 program that is associated with this study provides fellowships to graduate studentsin engineering and in science to work one or two days a week in middle school scienceclassrooms, enhancing science education through inquiry and design projects

Conference Session

Fundamental: Home, Parents, and Other Out-of-School Issues Related to K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Inman, INSPIRE Institute for Pre-College Engineering Education; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

at the university level. While thesequestions may seem somewhat restrained considering the scope of the data gathered, the researchperformed for this project can serve as somewhat of a jumping-off point for further study on thesubject that incorporates factors from other children’s toy research. The use of rudimentarystatistics on the data ensures that continued use of our data will not be marred by faultymathematics in this initial analysis. These research questions can be summed up as: 1. Are STEM-related toys purchased for girls as frequently as they are for boys? 2. Are there differences in the patterns of toy purchases for boys vs. girls based on the purchaser’s relationship to the recipient child? 3. Which of math

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benita Comeau, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Pastirik

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

people trained in the STEMareas is to increase the number of minorities in the STEM fields. If underrepresented minoritiesparticipated in the STEM fields at numbers equal to their portion of the population (i.e. were nolonger underrepresented), the number of Americans in the STEM fields would approach thegrowing need. The NSF is addressing this need for increasing the number of minorities entering theSTEM fields by funding numerous grants and projects. The authors are involved with one suchprogram, the NSF GK-12. The NSF GK-12 program provides support for institutions of highereducation to place STEM graduate and undergraduate students into K-12 classrooms for tenhours per week. The tasks in which GK-12 Fellows (the university students

Conference Session

Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Charles H. Reilly, University of Central Florida; Diane Johnson, University of Central Florida; Leslie Castner, University of Central Florida

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

interest and preparedness. Along with teaching seventh grade science, she is now giving workshops to middle school teachers demonstrat- ing how to incorporate more STEM-based learning into the curriculum. She is also one of the coordinators for Expanding Your Horizons, sponsored by the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Uni- versity of Central Florida, an annual conference that encourages middle school age girls to realize their potential in science, technology, engineering, and math.Leslie Castner, University of Central Florida Leslie Castner graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in computer science. She worked for IBM as a software developer on projects for the FAA and the petroleum industry. She is

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston; Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

is a particular difficulty when assessing engineering.This paper addresses content questions; the issue of assessing skills and process knowledge isleft for future research.IntroductionEngineering is Elementary (EiE) is a research-based curriculum development project focused oncreating curriculum units that cover topics in engineering and technology as a supplement to corescience instruction. Each EiE curriculum unit is designed to build on and reinforce one sciencetopic through the exploration and development of a related technology. EiE has been committedfrom the project’s inception in 2003 to assessing students’ knowledge about engineering andtechnology, and measuring the impact of EiE on student knowledge and attitudes. EiE is

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Estrella Mountain Community College; Maria Reyes, Estrella Mountain Community College; Marge Goodman, Intel Corporation

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

activities as the high school participants,however they were more engaged when they were with their age group. The 2008 conferencewas the first conference with two separates dates one for middle school participants and the otherfor high school participants. In previous years, the conference had been held during one daywith both middle and high school participants yet offered two separate “conference tracks”. The2008 separation of the conference allowed for two one-day conferences each focused on onelevel: one day for middle school and one day for high school students. Year Middle School High School 2006 Balloon Flinker project Barbie Bungee Polymer Silly Slim

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

of K-12 education. In the spring of 2010, over 50students were enrolled in the undergraduate education courses.Strand 3: Mentoring ExperiencesCareer counselors regularly recommend that college students interview professionals in theirprospective fields in order to learn about a career. Therefore one initiative implemented as partof Tech to Teaching is a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (Teaching-SURE)program that places Pre-Teaching students and experienced high school STEM teachers together Page 15.1019.6into research labs to engage in summer research projects. The goal of this pairing is to allow thePage 15.1019.7the 1,245 students

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Heersink, Colorado School of Mines; Wanda Dann, Carnegie Mellon University; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Alka Herriger, Purdue; Steven Cooper, Purdue

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-90: INVESTIGATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ COMPUTINGBELIEFSDaniel Heersink, Colorado School of MinesBarbara Moskal, Colorado School of MinesWanda Dann, Carnegie Mellon UniversityAlka Herriger, PurdueSteven Cooper, Purdue Page 15.813.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Investigating High School Students’ Computing BeliefsAbstractMany projects throughout the United States are underway that seek to increase the appeal ofcomputing as a field of study. This article reports the results of pre and post attitudes surveyswhich were administered before and after two interventions. One of the interventions wasdesigned to change students’ attitudes with

Conference Session

Middle School Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney A. Peckens, University of Michigan; Jerome Peter Lynch, University of Michigan

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

foundation for thegeometric concepts that were previously introduced (see Table 1).The final course module in the program introduces another branch of civil engineering with afocus on strength of materials. To establish the subject, the students discuss the choice ofmaterial for construction of civil infrastructure with emphases on the factors that engineersconsider when choosing materials for construction for their projects. To further demonstrate theproperties of the materials, the students explore the compressive strength of clay through a small-scale stress-strain test12. Once the test is complete, the students plot their results on a scatter plotto determine the slope, or modulus of elasticity, of their stress-strain curve. To demonstrate

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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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

work too well, she might want to make a few better more changes than she did  He improved it  He was fixing his project he was redoing it to make it not break the eggTest Testing out the prototypes  You don't know if it works if you don't test them. built  He tested the test version…. So he can see what he needs to addDocument Taking notes of what  He wrote a report about it… So that ummm everybody ideas came up and what else knows. was

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akim Faisal, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-5480: USING ROBOTICS TO PROMOTE LEARNING IN ELE-MENTARY GRADESMr. Akim Faisal, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Akim Faisal is currently pursuing a master’s of science in mechanical engineering.Dr. Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Vikram Kapila is a professor of mechanical engineering at NYU-Poly, where he directs an NSF-funded Web-enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF-funded Research Experi- ence for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, Ohio. His research interests are in cooper- ative control, distributed spacecraft

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany L. Luken, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan L. Hotle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Anne Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lauren Alise Jones; Margaret-Avis Anyeley Akofio-Sowah, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stefanie Brodie, Georgia Institute of Technology

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-on activities, lectures,field trips, and projects. A team from CEISMC was responsible for advertising and recruitinghigh school students to attend the camp, handling logistics associated with the camp, andproviding an assessment for the camp.A professor and several graduate students from Georgia Tech’s School of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering developed curriculum and lead the summer camp. The campfocused on providing insight to the complexities of owning and operating an airline. Studentslearned why many of the customer service issues they encounter when traveling occur: why itcan be difficult for an airline to make a profit without raising fares, how probability distributionsaffect flight delays and customer denied boardings, etc