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Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

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Joseph D. Steinmeyer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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. Page 26.1272.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Project-Based Learning with Single-Board ComputersIntroductionProject-based learning (PBL) has been shown to be effective in the STEM fields1,2. Inimplementing PBL of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) topics formiddle and high school-level enrichment programs, significant thought needs to go intodetermining which sub-topics in the EECS field should be covered in a curriculum inorder to enable students to undertake projects of sufficient and satisfying complexity.One solution is to focus exclusively on either the software (programming) or hardware(sensors, circuits, etc.) side of EECS, having what amounts to either a

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Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 2)

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Carleigh Samson, University of Colorado Boulder and TeachEngineering; Jacquelyn Sullivan Ph.D., TeachEngineering Project Leader, University of Colorado Boulder; René F. Reitsma , PhD, Oregon State University, College of Business; Michael Soltys Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

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pedagogical knowledge in engineering and education. Carleigh works extensively on K-12 engineering curriculum development with the TeachEngineering digital library and has led the initiative to align the collection’s 1325+ lessons and hands-on activities with the Next Generation Science Standards.Jacquelyn Sullivan PhD, TeachEngineering Project Leader, University of Colorado Boulder Sullivan is project leader for the multi-institution TeachEngineering digital library, comprised of over 1325 classroom-tested engineering lessons and hands-on activities for use in K-12 classrooms. She is also founding Co-director of the CU Teach Engineering program, a unique pathway to secondary science and math teacher licensure through a

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Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Programs for K-12 Teachers.

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Laura E. LeMire, The Community College of Baltimore County

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Paper ID #12524Professional Development Training That Makes Project Lead The Way Teach-ers More Knowledgeable and Confident Instructors (Evaluation)Ms. Laura E. LeMire, The Community College of Baltimore County Upon graduation from the University of Maryland, College Park with her masters in geotechnical en- gineering, Laura went to work for Baltimore Gas and Electric where during her career there she was responsible for substation and transmission line construction projects, relocation and installation of BGE facilities for Oriole Park at Camden Yards and for the Light Rail, and for improving service reliability. After

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Curriculum Exchange

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David Mitchell, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John M. Keller, California Polytechnic State University; Victor M Castillo Jr, California Polytechnic State University

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Paper ID #11918Saving Rivertown: Using Computer Simulations in an Earth Science Engi-neering Design Project for Pre-Service TeachersDr. David Mitchell, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo David Mitchell is an Associate Professor in the Physics department, and an affiliated faculty in the Liberal Studies department, at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Originally from the Seattle area, Dr. Mitchell is an astronomer working on the detection of extrasolar planets orbiting giant stars. He teaches introductory and advances astronomy courses, when not preparing future elementary teachers.Dr. John M. Keller

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Todd France, University of Colorado Boulder

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Paper ID #11490Project-based learning in a high school pre-engineering program: Findingson student achievement (RTP, Strand 3)Todd France, University of Colorado Boulder Todd France is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is part of the Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Program and helps teach and develop curriculum at a high school STEM academy. His research focuses on pre-engineering education and project-based learning. Page 26.1265.1 c American Society for

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Research to Practice: STRAND 3 – Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

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Todd France, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Paper ID #11491Project-based learning in a high school pre-engineering program: Findingson student behavior (RTP, Strand 3)Todd France, University of Colorado, Boulder Todd France is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is part of the Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Program and helps teach and develop curriculum at a high school STEM academy. His research focuses on pre-engineering education and project-based learning. Page 26.1266.1 c American Society for

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Curriculum Exchange

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Jacob L. Segil, University of Colorado at Boulder; Brian Huang, SparkFun Electronics; Lindsay Diamond, SparkFun Electronics

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(Curriculum Exchange)Target Grade Level: 9-12th gradeAuthor’s Name and contact info:Jacob Segil (jacob.segil@colorado.edu, 303-735-7313)Brain Huang (brian.huang@sparkfun.com)Lindsay Diamond (lindsay.diamond@sparkfun.com)Curriculum Link: https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/876545Curriculum Summary:The SparkFun Introduction 2 Design (SI2D) High School course provides an introduction toengineering through a series of team-based design projects using products from SparkFunElectronics in a typical high school classroom. This curriculum was based on a First YearProjects Course taught at the [University] and is now being studied during a semester-long pilotat [High School] as described by [another ASEE 2015 K-12 paper submission]. Students learnkey

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Brian Huang, Sparkfun Electronics

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 tips if something goes wrong. Using Arduino as our building platform, our curriculum walks students through 16 individual experiments.   In the first experiment, students start off with a simple circuit using a single LED and one I/O pin on the Arduino. Students learn to program and manipulate three different commands / functions in Arduino ­­ pinMode(), delay() and digitalWrite(). With these three commands, students can design and create unique blinking LED patterns from a beating heart to morse code.   The second experiment has students look at reading an INPUT. In this project, students read the voltage of a simple turn potentiometer. We use the potentiometer’s reading with the blink example from the first experiment to manipulate the delay

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Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth.

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Emma Koller, University of St. Thomas; Lauren M. Van Beek, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas

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learn aboutSTEM subjects and introduce them to careers involving STEM. Girls completing 6th grade or8th grade can attend the program. Variations of this program has been offered for 15 years andhave reached over 3,000 girls. The new curriculum, using e-textiles, was implemented in thesummer 2014 program. The evaluation of the curriculum was done through observations of thee-textile sessions, feedback from the participants, and information gathered in participant'sengineering notebooks. The evaluation offered is primarily anecdotal, though participantfeedback and notebook analysis is compiled into quantitative data. While the overall feedback onthe e-textile projects was positive, the girls exhibited some displeasure at having sewing be partof

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Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 2)

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Marie Anne Aloia, Bayonne High School; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Science Achievers, and ACS Project SEED. She’s been invited back do pharmaceutical engineering research with Research Experience for Teachers at NJIT every summer for the last 8 years now, with her Project SEED students. In 2008 one of her research students became a Science Talent Search Finalist. He also won best in category awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair two years in a row. In 2010 she was named a Society for Science and the Public Teacher Fellow, and served on the Advisory Council for Intel ISEF since 2012. Marie currently teaches three levels of engineering courses, that she designed, and coaches students doing science research projects for competitions.Dr. Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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Daniel Wilson Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Michael Hannigan, University of Colorado - Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Lisa Gardiner, UCAR Center for Science Education; Katya Anna Hafich, University of Colorado - Boulder; Ashley Monika Collier, University of Colorado, Boulder

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oil resources – for the benefits of short-term reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from power generation and transportation, nationalenergy independence, and national job growth – and minimizing damage to water and airresources and risks to human health.Sustainability Research Network development is part of a new program developed by theNational Science Foundation to build networks of multidisciplinary teams to address currentshortages of reliable information regarding fundamental challenges in sustainability. Byproviding a science-based framework for studying the environmental, economic, and socialtrade-offs associated with natural gas resource development and environmental protection, theSRN project aims to provide the basis for evidence

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Research to Practice: STRAND 3 – Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

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Jonathan R Zubarriain, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Nicholas Kumia, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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engineeringcurriculum. The six-week program consisted of four stages, introduction to Roboticsengineering, hardware design, robotics programming, and project development. The applicationof this courseware proved to be an effective way for students to realize their academiccapabilities and engage themselves in group projects. The course was held at Vaughn College ofAeronautics and Technology in Queens, New York. Based on the planned course layout the courseware has been developed as follows: (1)Introduction to Robotics engineering, such as engineering design steps and industrialapplications. The robot design implemented by college students who won the World Roboticscompetition has been utilized as an example in the class lecture; (2) Hardware design with

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Curriculum Exchange

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Wendy A Niesl, University of Minnesota STEM Education Center; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Analysis, Measurement, & Science Authors and Contact: Wendy Niesl S. Selcen Guzey Tamara J. Moore University of Minnesota Purdue University Purdue University nies0023@umn.edu sguzey@purdue.edu tamara@purdue.edu Project Website: http://engineeringteams.org Project Description The Engineering to Transform the Education of Analysis, Measurement, & Science (EngrTEAMS) project is an engineering, design-based approach to teacher professional development that has 50 teachers per year designing curricular units for science topic areas related to the Next Generation

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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Danial J. Neebel PE, Loras College

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focused on the theory and practices of Interdisciplinary Topicsdelivering meaningful learning opportunities in  Action Research Project Part I and IISTEM and related disciplines with the  How Students Learnunderstanding that integrated STEM allows  Assessment for Teaching/Learning instudents the skills and perspectives necessary to STEMdeal with the problems of the world in which we  Teachers as Researchers: Communication of Action Research findingslive. The degree program is for teachers in theelementary grades through high school and Figure 1: Ordered list of courses in theinformal educators. The

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Curriculum Exchange

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Eric Kjolsing P.E., University of California, San Diego; Yael Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego

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Paper ID #11220Internalizing the Symbolic World: Using Low-Cost Shake Tables to ConveyEarthquake Engineering Concepts to Secondary School Students (K-12 Divi-sion: Curriculum Exchange)Mr. Eric Kjolsing P.E., University of California, San Diego Eric completed his B.S. degree in 2007 and his M.S. degree in 2008 in Structural Engineering from UC San Diego. In 2011, Eric earned his M.B.A. from San Diego State University with a coursework emphasis in finance and a thesis outlining a competitive framework for firms in the transportation industry pursuing Design-Build projects. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at UC San Diego in

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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Robert Shultz, Drexel University; Daniel Edward Ueda, GRASP Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania; Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Adam K Fontecchio, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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fellow and a high-schoolteacher.Throughout the course of the year, students participate in a series of hands-on activities relatingto computer technologies and cybersecurity, including case studies, small group projects, andclass discussions. Students conduct surveys of their peers and construct infographic displaysillustrating cybersecurity-related data, such as average password length. At the same time,students begin building basic circuits, and using Arduino microcontrollers accomplish simpletasks, such as causing a single LED light to blink at a defined rate. The year culminates in thedesign and creation of Arduino-based biomimetic devices for user identification, where studentsapply their new computer programming and circuitry skills to

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Curriculum Exchange

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Corey A Mathis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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tamara@purdue.edu sguzey@purdue.edu Project Website: http://engrteams.org Project Description The Engineering to Transform the Education of Analysis, Measurement, & Science (EngrTEAMS) project is an engineering, design-based approach to teacher professional development that has 50 teachers per year designing curricular units for science topic areas related to the Next Generation Science Standards. The project includes summer professional development and curriculum writing workshops, paired with coaching, to allow teams of teachers to design engineering curricular units focused on science concepts, meaningful data analysis, and measurement. Each unit goes through an extensive design research

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Fundamental: K-12 Students' Beliefs, Motivation, and Self-efficacy

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Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Jennifer Buelin-Biesecker, North Carolina State University

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engaged in an engineering designchallenge that produced a physical and/or working model. Images of the resultingmodels, technical drawings, and poster presentation materials were displayed on awebsite which was accessed by a team of nine independent expert raters. Creativeoutcomes were evaluated using a web-based version of the CAT as measured by theexpert raters. Online survey software featuring a series of Likert-type scales was used forratings. The raters viewed project images on larger computer screens and used iPads toinput their assessments. Student participants also completed a self-reporting creative self-efficacy inventory scale. Using nonparametric bivariate correlation researchersinvestigated the relationship of creative outcomes and

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Evaluation: Exploring High School Engineering Education Initiatives

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Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni H. Newton, CEISMC; Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stefanie A Wind, Georgia Institute of Technology

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and university engineering curricula in the US have been following similartrajectories for some time. In the early 1900’s, engineering was treated more as a ‘trade’ at theuniversity level, and high schools encouraged vocational studies, including auto repair, woodshop, metalworking, cosmetology and other ‘trades’ to the non-college bound. Between 1935and 1965, most university engineering curriculum moved away from a trade-school curriculumto a more theoretical, mathematically-intensive one, delaying any hands-on design projects untilthe senior or ‘capstone’ design course 11.Similarly, the nation’s high schools tried to erase the division between the trades and the college-preparatory tracks to prepare anyone who might be inclined to attend a

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Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Programs for K-12 Teachers.

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Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Catherine Maltbie, University of Cincinnati; Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati

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development director and managed academic programs in two non-profit organi- zations, Pregnancy Care of Cincinnati and the Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati, before coming to the University of Cincinnati in 2009. Ms. Steimle initially coordinated UC’s Supplemental Educational Services Program. Currently, she is the Project Director of the Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science Program. Page 26.762.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Factors That Support Teacher Shift to Engineering DesignAbstract This

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William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jean M. Trusedell, EPICS

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Nationally Board Certified Teacher with extensive experience working with K-12 Educators and students. Her current project is working with the EPICS at Purdue University to create curriculum that can be used with students to integrate best classroom practices with engineering design. Previously, she was the Science and Technology Coach for MSD of Decatur Township in Indianapolis, IN. Ms. Trusedell is pursuing a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an interest in formative assessment and its relationship to student achievement. Page 26.432.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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Hamid R. Parsaei, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Brady Creel, Texas A&M University at Qatar; John S Small, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Paper ID #14085Building Human Capacity to Meet Demand for Engineers and Scientists inthe Middle East and North Africa (other)Dr. Hamid R. Parsaei, Texas A&M University at QatarMr. Brady Creel, Texas A&M University at Qatar Brady Creel is project manager for the Office of Academic Outreach at Texas A&M University’s branch campus in Doha, Qatar. The Office of Academic Outreach oversees K-12 and pre-college STEM enrich- ment programs, in addition to teacher professional development and strategic school partnerships, via the Texas A&M University at Qatar Initiative in Engineering Leadership, Innovation and Teaching

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mercedes M McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Susan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia University; Devayani Tirthali, Brown University; Arthur H. Camins, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #12505Student Learning of STEM Concepts Using a Challenge-based Robotics Cur-riculumMercedes M McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Mercedes McKay is Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology. She has led several national and statewide K-14 teacher professional development and curriculum development programs in STEM education. McKay is co- PI and Project Director for the NSF-funded Build IT Scale Up project to develop and disseminate an innovative underwater robotics curriculum for middle and high school students. She is a

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

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Mohamad Musavi, University of Maine; Cary Edward James, Bangor High School

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found in a traditional high schoolprogram, specialized courses that include an introduction to research method and twoTechnology and Engineering courses, and a University- or industry-based research mentorshipthat starts in the summer of the 10th grade and culminates in a senior capstone project. TheIntroduction to Research method class is designed to provide students with a vital, year long,full-emersion experience into the processes and activities involved with scientific andengineering research and practices. The Technology and Engineering courses, in 10th and 11thgrades, introduce students to the technology tools and their applications in science andengineering practices through modern, hands-on experiments. These courses integrate a

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Curriculum Exchange

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mercedes M McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Jason Sayres, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES)

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Paper ID #12659LEGO-Based Underwater Robotics as a Vehicle for Science and EngineeringLearning (Curriculum Exchange)Ms. Mercedes M McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Mercedes McKay is Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology. She has led several national and statewide K-14 teacher professional development and curriculum development programs in STEM education. McKay is co- PI and Project Director for the NSF-funded Build IT Scale Up project to develop and disseminate an innovative underwater robotics curriculum for middle and high

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Evaluation: Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

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Margaret Baguio, University of Texas at Austin; Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Susana Ramirez, PSJA ISD; Judit Györgyey Ries, The University of Texas

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NASA Heliophysics Ambassador.Dr. Judit Gy¨orgyey Ries, The University of Texas Judit Gy¨orgyey Ries is a Research Associate at the University of Texas/McDonald Observatory, and at the Center for Space Research. She received her undergraduate Astronomy degree at the E¨otv¨os University in Hungary. She has an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering and a PH.D. in Astronomy from the UT at Austin. She has worked with the McDonald Observatory Lunar Laser Ranging, and in 1997 she joined the Small Solar System Objects project conducting astrometry for orbit determination of Near Earth Asteroids candidates. She is also collecting and analyzing light curves to determine physical characteristic. She is also actively involved in

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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

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systems, but he has ongoing projects in the area of hospital patient health monitoring. He is actively engaged in K-12 outreach through several venues including Summer Ventures, high school STEM day, the NC Science Olympiad, a Math Science Partnership grant, volunteer work with a local literacy camp, Boy Scouts Robotics Merit Badge counseling, and teaching the science portion of VBS and children’s Sunday School at his local church.Dr. Zhen Zhu, East Carolina University Zhen Zhu is an assistant professor at East Carolina University. From 2010 to 2013 he was a senior research engineer and a principal investigator with the Navigation Systems Division and the Advanced Concepts and Technologies Division in Northrop Grumman

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves, Virginia Commonwealth University; LaChelle Monique Waller, Virginia Commonwealth University

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, and mathematics(STEM). Toward that end many summer informal STEM education experiences have beenestablished for middle school students. While these experiences can be very fun and engaging forstudents, they often consist of prescribed experiments, projects, and investigations. Here wepresent a novel summer enrichment program, Everyday Engineering, which consists of both theprescribed experiments/activities and also a design project based investigation which allows thestudents to explore their imaginative side in the design and prototyping of an invention of theirown creation.The Everyday Engineering program, designed for middle school students, was a one week allday (8:15 am – 5:00 pm) summer camp on the campus of a Virginia Commonwealth

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Fundamental: K-12 Students' Beliefs, Motivation, and Self-efficacy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, West Virginia University; Dustin Drake, Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University - Teacher Education and Leadership

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experienceswhere the adolescents had the opportunity to research, analyze, and/or design solutions toproblems affecting their community. The adolescents worked in teams of three or four membersover the course of one school year to develop a solution to the problem they selected. Pre andpost-interviews were conducted to determine the adolescents’ perceptions of engineering andtheir self-efficacy in engineering. Data revealed that the participants’ sense of engineering self-efficacy increased after participating in the project. In addition, the participants’ perceptions ofengineering changed over time. This exploratory study suggests that authentic engineeringexperiences, defined as experiences in which students identify real problems they want to solvefor

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Fundamental: Tools and Content for K-12 Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Paper ID #12252Developing a Toolkit and Online Community of Practice to Support Imple-mentation of Engineering in PreK-12 Education (Other)Dr. Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering Dr. Elizabeth Cady is a Program Officer at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) working on en- gineering education topics such as building skills in project management and change leadership, diversity, and developing communities of practice. She also staffs the Frontiers of Engineering Education sympo- sium, which recognizes and supports innovative engineering faculty members. She co-edited a resource collection translating