AC 2012-3556: HANDHELD DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERAS AS A MEANSTO SUPPORT ENGINEERING INSTRUCTIONPamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue is an Assistant Professor of science education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She began her career as process engineer, taught high school physics and pre-engineering, and has been involved in both Project Lead the Way and Project FIRST robotics. She was a Hub Site Partner for Engineering is Elementary (EiE) through their National Dissemination through Regional Partners program. As a pre-service teacher educator, she has added engineering to her elementary and early childhood science methods courses. She
AC 2012-4502: K-CAREER DIRECTIONS FOR WOMENDr. Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University and Harpeth Hall School Stacy Klein-Gardner’s career focuses on K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, particularly as it relates to increasing interest and participation by females. Klein-Gardner serves as the Director of the Center for STEM Education for Girls at the Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, Tenn. Here, she leads professional development opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for K-12 teachers and works to identify and disseminate best practices from suc- cessful K-12, and university and corporate STEM programs for females. This center also leads
outreach work focuses on creating resources for K-12 educators to support engineering education in the classroom. She is also the founder of STOMP (http://www.stompnetwork.org/), and http://www.LEGOengineering.com/.Ms. Jessica E. S. Swenson, Tufts University Page 25.1228.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Systemic intervention: Connecting formal and informal education experiences for engaging female students in elementary school in engineeringAbstract This paper describes a project that is a work in progress on engaging female
AC 2012-3098: INTRODUCING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO EN-GINEERING AND THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESSLinda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of TechnologyMs. Suzanne L. Berliner-Heyman, New Jersey Institute of TechnologyDr. John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology John D. Carpinelli is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and Executive Director of the Center for Pre-college Programs at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has served as coordinator of activities at NJIT for the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition and as a member of the Coalition’s Governing Board. He previously chaired NJIT’s Excellence in Teaching Awards Committee and is Past Chair of the University Master Teacher
AC 2012-4304: INSPIRING INTEREST IN STEM THROUGH SUMMERROBOTICS CAMPProf. Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Richard S. Stansbury is an Associate Professor computer engineering and computer science in the Depart- ment of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univer- sity, Daytona Beach, Fla. He teaches courses in artificial intelligence, data structures and algorithms, and the capstone senior design course. His research interests include unmanned aircraft, mobile robotics, and applied artificial intelligence.Prof. Farahzad Behi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
, serving as a regional partner for the Museum of Science, Boston’s Engineering is Elementary cur- riculum program, and participating in the Family Engineering project. She currently serves as the Chair of the American Society for Engineering Education K-12 and Pre-college Division. Other professional affiliations include the International Technology Education Association, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the National Science Teachers Association and serving on the Board of Directors for the Triangle Coalition for STEM Education. Prior to joining NCSU, Parry worked in engineering and management positions at IBM Corporation for ten years and co-owned an informal science education business.Dr. Malinda S
AC 2012-4434: USING CYBER DISCOVERY TO ASSESS CHANGE INSTUDENT STEM-RELATED ATTITUDESDr. Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech UniversityProf. Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech UniversityEric Deemer Ph.D., Louisiana Tech University Eric Deemer is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Louisiana Tech University. His research interests include achievement motivation and vocational psychology, particularly as they relate to pursuit of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.Ms. Krystal S. Corbett, Louisiana Tech University Page 25.1424.1 c American Society for
AC 2012-4728: EXPLORING NANOTECHNOLOGY WITH ELECTRO-SPINNING: DESIGN, EXPERIMENT, AND DISCOVER!Ms. Jennifer S. Atchison, Drexel University Jennifer S. Atchison holds a bachelor’s of science in materials engineering and is currently a Ph.D. can- didate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University. Before returning to Drexel for her graduate education, she worked at the American Competitiveness Institute and JDS Uniphase as a Reliability Engineer. Her research, under the guidance of Dr. Caroline Schauer, is fo- cused on exploring electrospun polyelectrolyte nanofiber composites for sensing applications. She also has experience in optics, photonics, and near field scanning probe
. Micah S. Stohlmann, University of Minnesota Micah Stohlmann is a math education doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota where he also received his M.Ed. in math education. He also is minoring in statistics education. Previously, he taught high school math in California and Minnesota. His research interests include STEM integration, cooperative learning, elementary education, and the effective use of technology.Ms. Jennifer A. Kersten, University of MinnesotaKristina Maruyama Tank, University of MinnesotaMr. Aran W. Glancy, University of Minnesota Page 25.276.1
AC 2012-3308: A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF PROJECT LEAD THEWAY ON ACHIEVEMENT OUTCOMES IN IOWADr. David G. Rethwisch, University of IowaDr. Melissa Chapman Haynes, Professional Data AnalystsDr. Soko S. Starobin, Iowa State University Soko Starobin is Assistant Professor of Higher Education Program and Associate Director of the Office of Community College Research and Policy at Iowa State University. Her research focuses on gender issues in STEM fields among community college students, specifically traditionally under-represented student populations.Prof. Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University Frankie Santos Laanan is an associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa
NSF grant focusing on green technology, which aims to infuse engineering principals pertaining to green energy into pre-college curricula.Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology Page 25.1137.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 RU RET-E: Designing and Implementing Engineering-Based Lessons for the Pre-College ClassroomIntroductionThe goals of the Rutgers University Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering (RU RET-E; pronounced “Are you ready?”) are to: (1) engage middle and high school math and scienceteachers in innovative “green
AC 2012-3802: K-12 ENGINEERING FOR SERVICE: DO PROJECT-BASEDSERVICE-LEARNING DESIGN EXPERIENCES IMPACT ATTITUDES INHIGH SCHOOL ENGINEERING STUDENTS?Dr. Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder Malinda S. Zarske is the Director of K-12 Engineering Education at the University of Colorado, Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. A former high school and middle school science and math teacher, she has advanced degrees in teaching secondary science from the Johns Hopkins University and in civil engineering from CU, Boulder. She is also a First-year Engineering Projects Instructor and on the development team for the TeachEngineering.org digital library. Her primary research interests are on the
in science education from Rutgers University. Before joining CIESE, he taught different levels of high school physics and chemistry for seven years.Mr. Albert Padilla Jr., Jersey City Public Schools Albert Padilla, Jr., has been teaching for eight years middle school science. He has a B.S. in biology and an M.A. in biomedical science.Dr. Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder Malinda Zarske is a is a former high school and middle school science and math teacher with advanced degrees in teaching secondary science from the Johns Hopkins University and in civil engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is a First-year Projects Instructor at CU, Boulder, on the devel- opment team as well as
and Adjunct Professor in the Program in Communication, Computers, Technology, and Education at Teachers College/Columbia University, where she teaches courses on research methods and online schooling. She has conducted research at both the university and K-12 levels, with a focus on the impact of technology on teaching and learning, and has directed evaluations of many multi-year projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation (including three ITEST projects), state and local departments of education, and private foundations.Peiyi Lin, Columbia University Teachers CollegeDr. Rustam Stolkin, University of BirminghamProf. James S. Bonner, Clarkson UniversityMr. William David
engineering education; quantitative and qualitativecontent analysisIntroduction Researchers from a variety of social science disciplines have long been interested instudying the ways in which parents influence their children. Thus far, their findings demonstratethat parents play a pivotal role in children‟s education.1, 2 Many societies have alsoacknowledged the importance and benefits of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) education for international leadership roles in the 21st century global economy. AmongSTEM disciplines, increasing the focus upon engineering education is a recent and growingtrend. In particular, a great number of efforts to include engineering learning in pre-kindergartenthrough 12th grade (P-12
fostered a significant conceptual change in relevant physics content areas.It must be pointed out that nearly all exiting physics education efforts (such as the publishedliterature 7-12) focus on improving students’ understanding of individual concepts, but notconcept pairs. A concept pair is a pair of physics concepts that are fundamentally different butclosely related. For example, linear acceleration and angular acceleration is a concept pair.Linear acceleration, in the units of m/s2, is used to quantify the change of linear velocity (m/s)with time. Angular acceleration, in the units of rad/s2, is used to quantify the change of angularvelocity (rad/s) with time. There exists a quantitative mathematical relationship between linear(tangential
in going to college, and taking college-level mathematicscourses(Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in ScienceEngineering and Technology Development, 2000). This contrast heralds that students do notunderstand the importance of, and requirements for, taking rigorous mathematics and sciencecourses in high school, pointing to the importance of encouraging exploration of a wide array ofcareer trajectories so that students do not inadvertently build roadblocks to certaincareers(Rudasill & Callahan, 2010; White Paper prepared for U. S. Secretary of EducationRichard W. Riley, 1997). Given this, it is imperative for counselors to be prepared to counselstudents about careers and how to prepare for these careers
AC 2012-4284: TEACHING BY DESIGN: PREPARING K-12 TEACHERSTO USE DESIGN ACROSS THE CURRICULUMDr. Louis Nadelson, Boise State University Louis S. Nadelson is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Boise State University. His research interests include STEM teaching and learning, faculty development, in-service and pre-service teacher professional development, program evaluation, and multidisciplinary research. He has published research ranging from faculty professional development to the impact of inquiry on STEM learning. Nadelson earned a B.S. degree in biological and physics science from Colorado State University, a B.A. with concentrations in computing, mathematics, and physics from the Evergreen
collected with this instrument capture the differencesbetween students with different educational experience?Instrument Development and Validation ProcessAssessment Framework In the development of the assessment instrument, we adopted Pellegrino et al.’s 14framework describing assessment as “reasoning from evidence” consisted of three linkingelements: cognition, observation, and interpretation. The framework was used extensivelywhen structuring assessment, both on program assessment and classroom assessment. Forexample, the framework was used as a framing concept in evaluating young children’s work15 and in making sense of complex assessment 16. Cognition refers to beliefs about how students learn 14. Previous design
543 4.42manage the materials for each lesson.The facilitators described what in theactivities students are likely to strugglewith (either conceptually or with 546 4.37manipulating the materials) and how toaddress these when implementing theunit.The facilitators shared how to lead thevarious activities in the unit(s), including 545 4.48questioning throughout the activity(before, during, and after). Page 25.503.12I was given opportunities to consider and 543
incorporated into the rubric.Finally, a total pool of 1,058 references (journal articles, conference proceedings, and books)were collected, and each study was read and evaluated using the evaluation rubric, focusing onthe description of authenticity or authentic experience and the principles included (along with arating of the reviewer‟s confidence in the findings).Identifying ResearchWe are interested in the design of authenticity in K-12 STEM curricula, and theconceptualization and embodiments of authenticity. Therefore, we searched for the literatureusing two sets of keywords. One set is “authenticity” and “authentic”. The other set includes“integrity”, “realistic”, “genuine”, and “legitimate”, which are synonyms of “authentic” in thedomain of
guided discovery approach posits that any subject can be taught effectively in someintellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development. A constructivist approach tolearning and teaching is based on the notion that learners construct their own knowledge ratherthan knowledge being transferred into learners‟ brains.8-10 Learners‟ construction of knowledgeis based on their past knowledge, the timeliness of new knowledge, and the learner‟s ability tounderstand the connections. This process forces learners to either modify existing knowledge ordevelop new knowledge. Learning experiences based on constructivism are reflected in popularinstructional strategies such as inquiry based learning11-12, problem based learning (PBL) 13-14
Sketchup strike a balance between the ease-of-use necessary for classroomlearning and the flexibility to solve various design challenges. Digital fabrication, leveragingdesktop computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) promises to transform society in wayscomparable to the desktop computer revolution of the 80’s and 90’s25. Students who enter theworkforce with familiarity with such technologies will be well positioned to lead the way.Digital desktop fabricators are dropping in price and increasing in user-friendliness (e.g.,RepRap http://www.reprap.org; UP! 3D printer http://www.pp3dp.com; Fab@Homehttp://www.fabathome.org) with communities of 3D designers coalescing to share designs (e.g.,http://www.thingiverse.com). WISEngineering will smoothly
AC 2012-3204: EXPANDING YOUR HORIZONS: THE IMPACT OF A ONE-DAY STEM CONFERENCE ON MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS’ AND PAR-ENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD STEM CAREERSDr. Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida Lisa Massi is the Director of Operations Analysis in the UCF College of Engineering & Computer Sci- ence. Her primary responsibilities include accreditation, assessment, and data administration. She is a Co-PI of a NSF-funded S-STEM program at UCF entitled the ”Young Entrepreneur & Scholar (YES) Scholarship Program.” Her research interests include factors that impact student persistence to graduation and STEM career intentions.Dr. Charles H. Reilly, University of Central Florida Charles H. Reilly is the Associate Dean
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coursework and time on SAT scores. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82, 866-875.6. Capraro, R. M. & Slough, S. W. (2008). Project-based learning: An integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics approach. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.7. College Board (2011). Program summary report 2011. Retrieved from http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/AP-Program-Summary-Report.pdf8. Dick, T. P. & Rallis, S. F. (1991). Factors and influences on high school students' career choices, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 22(4), 281-292.9. Ferry, N. M. (2006). Factors influencing career choices of adolescents and young adults in rural Pennsylvania, Journal of Extension, 44(3
second-grade class taught by Ms. Smith, students justified the criteria theychose for a good design by referring to the context set by the story. The students were workingon choosing a site for a model Tarpul, a kind of gondola used to cross rivers in Nepal. In thestory and context for the Evaluating a Landscape EiE unit, Suman is a boy who is concernedabout the siting of a Tarpul near his home, because his grandmother is sometimes ill and needs tobe transported across the river to the nearest clinic. Ms. S: Who has tested site H? Go back to that page for a second. Look on your test page where you wrote how many weights you tested. All of you tested site H. Can you tell me how many weights you got [into the model Tarpul]? When you tested H
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