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Engineering Education Research in K-12

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen A. High, Oklahoma State University; Melanie C. Page, Oklahoma State University; Julie Thomas, Oklahoma State University

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

. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30, 208-218.11. Spade, J. Z., Columba, L., & Vanfossen, B. E. (2007). Tracking in mathematics and science: Courses and course selection procedures. In J. H. Ballantine & J. Z. Spade, Eds. In Schools and society: A sociological approach to education, (3rd ed.), pp. 286-297. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.12. Larimore, J.A., & McClellan, G.S. (2005). Native American student retention in U.S. postsecondary education. New Directions for Student Services, 109, 17-32.13. Nelson-Barber, S., & Estrin, E.T., (1995). Culturally responsive mathematics and science education for Native American students. San Francisco, CA: Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development.14. Jacobs, J

Conference Session

Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V. Ernst, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

assess science understanding, engineering and designunderstanding, identify STEM attitudes, engineering self-efficacy, and student assessment ofteacher effectiveness. This was accomplished through an online survey format. The STEMcoordinator was sent a survey link for the students, the STEM coordinator prepared eachcomputer in the school laboratory (accessed the link on each computer), students completed theassessments and surveys, the students clicked “submit” and the results were made accessible tothe researchers in coded format. The pre-assessment of the Understanding Engineering Designinstrument was administered January 20, 2010, and the post-assessment was administered April14, 2010. The pre-assessment of the Understanding of Science

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Vonder Haar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia M. Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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the subject, the projects that theyare working on in school and their goals and aspirations after graduation. The video alsohighlights the importance of teamwork throughout the design process and the need to worktogether and collaborate to have a successful design. The goal of this video is to give thestudents an idea of what engineers are like, the opportunities that are available for engineers andhow each student can prepare to become an engineer. The second video entitled "The InvisibleMedical Team" introduces the students to the field of medical laboratory scientist. Medicallaboratory scientists do much of the background research and perform tests to diagnose patientsthat the doctors then use to design a treatment for the patient. This

Conference Session

High School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna H. Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

program wascomplete. Mentions of different topics are indicated in Table 2. Students mentioned multipletopics, and 2 students indicated “all.” The results were not overly surprising to us, given theactivities for the particular concepts. The green buildings topic, for example, involves a tour ofon-campus LEED-certified buildings and construction projects, including the IntelligentWorkplace a living laboratory of current green building design research in the Department ofArchitecture. Student responses specifically mention the tour and recall visiting one or two ofthe spaces. Life cycle thinking involves an activity where students are introduced to the idea ofsupply chains and the material and energy resources consumed for a common product. This

Conference Session

Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1984 and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1985 from Virginia Tech. She received her Ph D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1992. Dr. Bottomley worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories as a member of technical staff in Transmission Sys- tems from 1985 to 1987, during which time she worked in ISDN standards, including representing Bell Labs on an ANSI standards committee for physical layer ISDN standards. She received an Exceptional Contribution Award for her work during this time. After receiving her Ph D., Dr. Bottomley worked as a faculty member at Duke University and consulted with a number of companies, such as Lockheed

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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

and engineering-based content and activities in their teaching, they must themselves experience learning throughinquiry, collaborate with other teachers, have access to and competence in using technology, andhave experience with engineering.8,9The interdisciplinary nature of engineering merges laboratory, field, and classroom inquiry withhistorical and cultural perspectives and the technology in the students’ worlds.10 Effectiveclassroom practices include conceptual understanding, thinking skills, inquiry, cooperativelearning, graphic organizers, computer simulations, actual observation, clear objectives, and on-going feedback.11 Students develop deeper understanding when they generate and testhypotheses, compare and contrast, summarize, and

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 1 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose M. Garcia, Purdue University (Statewide Technology); Yury Alexandrovich Kuleshov, Purdue University, West Lafayette; John H. Lumkes

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

STEM fields. The goal was to determine if exposing the students to a roboticworkshop would influence them to consider a career in a STEM discipline.The questionnaire used a Likert scale for the intrinsic motivation inventory (IMI) assessmentproposed in McAuley et al.8. IMI is used to measure participants' subjective experience as it isrelated to a specific activity in a laboratory setting, or as in our case, the robotics workshop. Thequestions in this survey measure four major dimensions of internal, or intrinsic, motivation.These dimensions are 1) interest/enjoyment, 2) perceived competence, 3) effort/importance and4) tension/pressure. The questions listed in the appendix are based on these four dimensions.With this questionnaire the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Muldoon, Polytechnic Institute of NYU; Paul T Phamduy, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Raymond Le Grand, 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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currently does research at the Dynamical Systems Laboratory of NYU-Poly in the area of robotic fish controlled by iPhone/iPad devices.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 Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting posi- tions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests are in K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and linear/nonlinear control for diverse engineering applications. Un- der Research Experience

Conference Session

Engineering as the STEM Glue

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Candace Walkington, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Rachaya Srisurichan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Martha W. Alibali

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-315: MODAL ENGAGEMENTS IN PRECOLLEGE ENGINEER-ING: TRACKING MATH AND SCIENCE CONCEPTS ACROSS SYMBOLS,SKETCHES, SOFTWARE, SILICONE AND WOODMitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin-Madison Mitchell J. Nathan, BSEE, PhD, is professor of Educational Psychology, with affiliate appointments in Curriculum & Instruction and Psychology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and a faculty fel- low at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Center on Education and Work. Dr. Nathan studies the cognitive, embodied, and social processes involved in STEM reasoning, learn- ing and teaching, especially in mathematics and engineering classrooms and in laboratory settings, using both quantitative

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Middleton, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Shelly Perdomo, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, but it provides students, parents, guidance counselors and/or teachers with the opportunity to ask the panelist candid questions about their past and current experiences as engineers. • Industry Interactive Displays: Engineers from Raytheon (attended every year), Tighe and Bond (attended in 2005 and 2007), Verizon (attended in 2007), MIT Lincoln Laboratories (attended 2007), General Dynamics (attended in 2005 and 2006), Sensata (attended in 2006) ,Westinghouse (attended in 2006), CDM (attended in 2006) and Intel (attended in 2005) are a few of the companies that have sent industry members to serve as Page

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Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

tools to developoptimal solutions. Laboratory experimentation or testing to spec was performed for each project duringthe week. The teacher and counselors participating in the concurrent TECT project also developed anddelivered a module for the campers which will be discussed in the next section. At the end of the week,parents and families of the campers were invited to a showcase and luncheon. COE faculty, staff andadministrators participated in the final beam testing and team-based poster competition, culminating inprizes and awards for student participants.2.4 Parental Involvement: High school students were asked what or who most influenced their careerchoices and, in order of importance, listed their own ideas, their mothers, and then their

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Teachers College, Columbia University; Peiyi Lin, Teachers College, Columbia University; Jason Sayres, Stevens Institute of Technology; Liesl Hotaling, The Beacon Institute; Rustam Stolkin, Stevens Institute of Technology

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the organization of materials, maintaining equipment, andclassroom management.Immediately following the first Teacher Institute, a one-week Student Institute was held, whichparalleled, in content and format, the previous week’s program. This institute enabled teachersto gain confidence teaching the materials by piloting them with a small group of students. Thiseducational laboratory experience was supported by faculty, staff and student assistants, andallowed teachers to better plan for school year implementation, and to simply figure out whatworks with their students. Page 13.261.8Evaluation of Summer InstituteThe two summer institutes were

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

endeavor that helps Page 14.743.14people) should also be revisited to create a program that is uniform and consistent with itslab activities.ConclusionsOverall, the Engineering Days summer program was successful in serving students ofunderrepresented groups. The combination of different hands-on laboratory activities,industry tours, speakers, and fun activities all contributed to the positive experience thestudents reported. While the survey indicated an increase in their understanding of whatengineers do, plan to study engineering in college, and confidence to be an engineer, wealso noted that most of the participants were already starting out very high

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Cook, Brigham Young University; Geoff Wright; Steve Shumway; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

more engaged as a resultof the project-based learning, and feel that they can understand the “big picture” of scienceprocesses better than ever before. One teacher stated and another agreed that on the middleschool level, the students may not be specifically improving their understanding ofmath/science/technology, but are more excited about it. Most consistently indicate that thestudents love the hands-on approach to learning, and note that the program helps studentsbecome more comfortable operating in the science lab and using laboratory equipment. Severalteachers have noted an improvement in students’ ability to integrate various subject material,noting that many of them have opened up to math/science/technology in a way they were notdoing

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

innovative education in engineering, including a Materials ConceptInventory, and also in adapting design, engineering and technology concepts to K-12 education. He is currentlyworking on an NSF sponsored MSP developing courses for high school teachers connecting math, science andengineering.CHELL A. ROBERTS is an Associate Professor and industrial engineer who conducts research in design, robotics,and engineering systems. He is Director of Engineering Development at ASU and has led the redesign of thefreshman engineering design curriculum and also founded the Integrate Manufacturing Laboratory. He received hisPh.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech in 1991. He has a MS in IndustrialEngineering and a BA in

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky T Castles, East Carolina University; Zhen Zhu, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

day the students were given a brief lecture showing how engineers use thetechnologies they were working with and were introduced to the state of the art including videoclips from work being done by researchers at various universities and tours of laboratories atECU. They then had to put this knowledge together to build a robot that could navigate a linedcircular path while determining how far it had traveled along that line, avoid running into otherrobots on the line, and determine what the depth was of some artificial terrain designed tosimulate the ocean floor. The students worked in pairs and in some cases groups of three toaccomplish the daily tasks

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 – K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin M Brevik, North Dakota State College of Science; Kristi Jean, North Dakota State College of Science; Frank M. Bowman, University of North Dakota; Bradley Bowen, North Dakota State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Marzano, R., & Heflebower, T. (2012). Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills. Bloomington, INI: Marzano Research Laboratory.2. Wulf, W. (2006). Diversity in Engineering. Women in Engineering ProActive Network.3. Kimrey, J. (2013, July 26). Engineering futures are always bright. (Chron) Retrieved January 03, 2013, from http://www.chron.com/jobs/article/Engineering-futures-are-always-bright-4688904.php4. M. Knight and C. Cunningham, "Draw an Engineer Test (DAET): Development of a Tool to Investigate Students Ideas about Engineers and Engineering," ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2004.5. Fussell Policastro, E. (2009, April). Engineers can change the world. (InTech) Retrieved January 03, 2014, from

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Research to Practice: STRAND 2- Engineering Across the Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Science, and the Common Core

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn W Ellis, Smith College; Al Rudnitsky, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College; Sonia K Ellis, Smith College

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

heart of our e-pedagogy is to provide opportunities for learners to think about new questions or work with newinformation. An effective way to increase the likelihood of this kind of thinking is to havelearners write about their ideas, which occurs throughout the Rio’s Brain learning adventure. Page 26.475.7Figure 3: Sample screenshots from the introductory graphic novel in the Rio’s Brainlearning adventure. They show Rio coming to Sadina’s house for help; Rio telling thebackstory of his camping trip; Rio telling about falling off a cliff; Rio in bed in theSCARE laboratory; Rio looking at his own brain in a vat; and Rio and Sadina

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

Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jennifer Richards, University of Tennessee; Wenshu Li, The University of Tennessee

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Overview of activities for the day 9:15– 9:45 Travel to McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS), Knoxville 9:45 – 12:30 pm Airport Activities 12:30 – 1:15 Lunch 1:15 – 2:30 TYS Airport Activities (continued) 2:30 – 3:00 Travel to National Transportation Research Center / STC Lab 3:00 – 4:00 Traffic Signal Systems Laboratory tour 4:00 – 4:15 Travel back to STC 4:15 – 4:30 Day 2 Wrap-up and Evaluations 4:30 pm Adjourn Thursday Activity 8:30 – 9:00 am Recap of day 1 & 2 Activities 9:00 – 9:15 Overview of activities for the day 9:15 – 9:30 Travel to UT’s Tickle Engineering Building 9:30 – 11:30

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Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 1)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Krista Lynn Adams, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

one pre-serviceteacher shared in the second check-in, “I struggled thinking of things to talk about that theengineers would know a lot about because of the lack of information I had about what theyactually did.” By understanding what the engineers did, the students discussed it might help to doa better job in developing the science club experiences as they could plan activities to connect toengineering.The other most discussed barrier was the language differences. The pre-service teachersrecognized there are differences in the language used to communicate information. Theengineering students discussed laboratory experiments and content; the pre-service teachersdiscussed the abilities of children and how to plan lessons. As one student

Conference Session

Engineering in Middle Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Christine Floyd, Brownsburg East Middle School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, working in a laboratory wearing white lab coats. In one study involving thedevelopment and use of a similar Draw an Engineer Test4, many initial misconceptions includedengineers as primarily train drivers or auto mechanics. Most student responses involvedengineers building buildings or fixing car engines, and were nearly all male. This perception ismost likely one factor contributing to a very low percentage of female engineering students.Model Eliciting Activities:Model Eliciting Activities (MEAs) are specifically designed as client driven, open endedproblems. The goal of the activity is to design a model with transferability rather than a singlesolution, a concept not typically found in middle school problems. MEAs lack structure found

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Shumway, Brigham Young University; Jared Berrett, Brigham Young University; Andy Swapp, Milford High School; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; Thomas Erekson, Western Illinois University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

while none were currently teaching pre-engineering subjects, each wasinterested in doing so in the future.The program schedule was finalized at the first session with all participants. It was difficult toset the schedule given the array of school responsibilities the teachers had (e.g., coaching Page 12.135.5softball, advising TSA). In addition, the teachers were concerned about being out of theirclassrooms/laboratories for eight days in their spring semester.Each of the eight one-day sessions began with a tour of various engineering research labs atBYU, including the virtual reality theater, friction stir welding research, Iso-Truss research lab

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Uchechukwu Abanulo; Ananth Iyer; John Helferty, College of Engineering, Temple University; Joseph Fischgrund, The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the Federal government to enhance engineering awareness amongstpre-college adolescents. Participants are normally 9th to 12th graders from high schools in and aroundPhiladelphia, who have been observed by their teachers to possess characteristics that might makethem inclined towards engineering. This course introduces to the students some basic concepts ofelectrical and computer engineering in addition to the extensive laboratory experience gained whilethey assemble and program autonomous robots. At the end of the program, participants are expectedto have a background in topics such as resistive-capacitive circuits, diodes, transistors, operationalamplifiers and timer circuits, programmable microcontroller interfacing, photoresistors

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reginald Hobbs, Tufts University; Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

are better able toconstruct meaning in practical ways so that knowledge can be applied outside of school settings.Howard Gardner developed the idea of multiple intelligences: several different kinds ofintelligence exist in humans, each relating to a different area of human life and activity.10 Anylearning environment can be organized to draw on most of Gardner’s multiple intelligences byincluding a variety of learning activities, such as lectures rich with visual information,discussions that promote student–student interactions, group projects that allow for creativeelements and laboratory investigations that engage learners in the physical doing of science.11This module with its hands-on application, discussions based upon observation, and

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Bradley, University of Kentucky; Janet Lumpp, University of Kentucky

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

College of Engineering, College of Education, publictelevision station (KET), local industry (SMC, Inc.), naval research laboratory (Crane NSWC),local school district (Fayette County Public Schools), and Appalachian school districts in EasternKentucky, and are connected by in-service teachers at various career stages. The connection ofteachers across disciplines at different career stages has had initial success as recent KEEP PDworkshops trained several teachers from the same school representing math and sciencedepartments. Following Simon’s cycles of learning, our PD format emphasizes the “modeling”phase where each step is demonstrated and repeated. The “scaffolded practice” phase has beenused to help teachers overcome the confidence barrier

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Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kazem Kazerounian, University of Connecticut; David M. Moss, University of Connecticut; David Giblin, University of Connecticut; Elias Faraclas, University of Connecticut; Cathi Koehler, University of Connecticut

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

“cookbook” laboratory exercises assigned by the teacher. For example, in atypical physical science class, students “solve problems” that determine the voltage needed for2mA of current through two 50Ω resistors. As we were investigating how engineering might beintegrated into science frameworks, we were searching for evidence where students woulddevelop their own circuit diagrams based on the physical fluid system and determine data basedon reasonable assumptions that they have made about their design to solve the given problem. Asstudents design products within constraints of their given requirements, they can make intelligentdecisions by weighing trade-offs for an efficient design. This is how an engineer operates whenposed with a problem

Conference Session

iSTEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mike Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Tech - CEISMC; Fred Stillwell, Georgia Tech - CEISMC; Norman F. Robinson III, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Douglas Gane, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sabrina Grossman, Georgia Tech: Center for Integrating Science, Math, and Computing

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science content learning, alpha-testing of the activities in the laboratory (without students), curriculum design with our teachersduring professional development workshops, and pilot testing curriculum in authentic contexts(i.e., with our partner teachers implementing the curriculum in their classrooms). Instrumentsinclude design logs, classroom observation protocols, surveys, student artifacts, and knowledgeassessments.  The demographics of the schools that are implementing the SLIDER and RT3 REC curricula areshown in Table 1. Individual class enrollment ranges from approximately 18 to 36 students, andclass length varies from approximately 50 to 70 minutes. The background of the ten teacherswho are implementing the curricula varies widely, from

Conference Session

New and Innovative Ideas

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer S. Atchison, Drexel University; Danielle Tadros, Drexel University; Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University; Paul Holt; William Andrew Stoy, North Carolina State University; Joy A. Kots, Father Judge High School; Caroline Louise Schauer, Drexel University

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opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The authors would alsolike to acknowledge the Centralized Research Facilities at Drexel University as well asMr. Kevin Ayers for their support of this project.References 1) Education. United States National Nanotechnology Initiative. January 11, 2012. 2) For Students K-12. United States National Nanotechnology Initative. January 11, 2012. 3) NanoDays. Nanoscale Informal Science Education. January 11, 2012. 4) Tobin, K. (1990), Research on Science Laboratory Activities: In Pursuit of Better Questions and Answers to Improve Learning. School

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Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, The Ohio State University; Ruth Friedman, The Ohio State University; Glenda LaRue, The Ohio State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

determine which was most effective in removing each ofthe three different stains.Gas-Liquid-Solid Fluidization Activity: The gas-liquid-solid fluidization activityintroduced participants to a three-phase fluidized bed reactor. Students determined theminimum fluidization point of the reactor used in the university’s Koffolt Laboratories bygraphing the height of the liquid in the glass tube for each change in gas velocity.Students also learned about the importance of three-phase fluidized bed reactors to thepetroleum industry, where heavy oils have to be converted into high-quality gasoline.Sustainable Energy Presentation: The sustainable energy presentation inaugurated a day-long series of lab tours and activities designed around Shell’s “More