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Completing the K-12 Engineering Pipeline by Creating College Pathways (Work in Progress)

Conference Session
K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Joe Saboe, Denver Public Schools
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
publications in the United States, e.g.,“Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics” [1], “Rising Above the Gathering Storm”[2], “Before It’s Too Late” [3], and “A Nation at Risk” [4]. By 2018, 35% of all STEM jobs willrequire training beyond high school [5]. Yet, only 14% of current college degrees are awarded inSTEM fields [6]. In 2012, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology(PCAST) submitted a report [1] which emphasizes the need to prepare high school students topursue degrees in STEM. An NSF report [7], argued, “To succeed in this new information-basedand highly technological society, all students need to develop their capabilities in
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Developing a Toolkit and Online Community of Practice to Support Implementation of Engineering in PreK-12 Education (Other)

Conference Session
Fundamental: Tools and Content for K-12 Engineering Education
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; David R. Heil, David Heil & Associates, Inc.; Derek W Rector, Diamax Information Systems; Jana Jurukovska, Diamax Information Systems
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
had large numbers of dots placed next to them, there wasbroad representation of the different types of attendees at each workshop, suggesting that themost highly ranked ideas will potentially serve the needs of a broad spectrum of users. Tables 1and 2 show the ideas with the most votes across the three workshops.Table 1. Top Online Resource Ideas To Address Needs of PreK‐12 Educators in EngineeringEducation from Workshop Attendees Online Resource Idea (PreK-12 Educators) CountTeacher clearinghouse 41Multi-tier PreK‐12 teacher activities that take content deeper or scale down according to
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