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Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Kami Carey, Howard University

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Liberal Education

the designer to first recall and then incorporate theseconstraints into the design. The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate theeffectiveness of teaching the reflection process in an engineering class in order to developintegrative, global and socially conscious engineers. Thus, this paper seeks to promoteBoyer’s (1990) argument that effective teaching stimulates “active, not passive, learningand encourage[s] students to be critical, creative thinkers, with the capacity to go onlearning after their college days are over”2 (p. 24). This study examined the effectiveness of teaching the reflection and integrationprocess in an engineering class by creating opportunities for engineering students toreflect on prior knowledge

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Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education

Page 12.492.9communication instruction necessary for engineering students’ professional development insmall, manageable pieces over time, students are better able to enhance their communicationcompetence.AcknowledgmentsThe author would like to thank the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for continued supportof this program, as well as College of Engineering faculty for their willingness to collaborate andexperiment in the classroom.Bibliography1. Bjorkland, S. A. and Colbeck, C. L., “The View from the Top: Leaders’ Perspectives on a Decade of Change inEngineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, 2001, pp. 13-19.2. Evans, D.L., Beakley, G. C., Crouch, P. E., and Yamaguchi, G. T., “Attributes of Engineering Graduates and

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Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Oliver, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Laura Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Liberal Education

just ethics,which we believe to be both a strength (in light, for instance, of Dvorak and Fulle’s suggestionthat ethics instruction is improved when it’s placed in larger social contexts4) and a necessity (inlight of our institution-specific circumstances).Assessment designIn designing and conducting our assessment of this course, we have come to agree with Shumanet al.’s observations about the challenges of assessing “Professional Skills”-type learningoutcomes9. With limited funding for this project (in the form of a small, University-awardedstudent/faculty fellowship for independent research), we were unable to employ some of themore sophisticated assessment techniques Shuman and his colleagues suggest. Nevertheless, weimplemented an

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Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Stacey Breitenbach, California Polytechnic State University

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Liberal Education

: Maintaining the Strength of Our Science & Engineering Capabilities. Washington, D.C.11. Whelan, K.A; Jones, S. A., An Alternate Paradigm for Undergraduate Engineering: The Bachelor of Arts, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education12. Sen, S., Goldberg, J.B., Higle, J.L., Ferrell, W.R., The Bachelor of Arts in Engineering: Endless Possibilities, Proceedings of the 1997 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education Page 12.8.11

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Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Liberal Education

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Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Diana George, Virginia Tech; kelly belanger, Virginia Tech; Lisa Norris, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

Writing and Presentation Assignments for Freshman Engineering Students". In Proceedings of ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. 1998. Tempe, AZ.2. Aller, B.M. and M.S. Clancey, Creating Communication Modules for an Engineering Enterprise Initiative: Programmatic and Rhetorical Considerations, in Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication. 2000.3. Bommaraju, S. "Effective Writing Assignments to enhance student learning in “Introduction to Circuit Analysis”". In Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 2004. Salt Lake City, UT.4. Bonk, R.J., P.T. Imhoff, and A.H.D. Cheng, "Integrating Written Communication within Engineering

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Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in the World of Corporate Business

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education

thank the students in all offerings of my course on Engineering and Global Development fortheir feedback in helping develop the course. I thank the reviewers for challenging commentsthat surely improved this paper. This material is based upon work supported by the NationalScience Foundation under Grant No. 0448240. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. ABET Engineering Criteria 2007-2008. http://www.abet.org/Linked%20Documents-UPDATE/Criteria%20and%20PP/C001%2007-08%20CAC%20Criteria%2011-14-06.pdf Accessed January 8, 2007.2. Harvey, D. A Brief History of Neoliberalism. Oxford

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Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanne Lax, Purdue University

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Liberal Education

the results of an informal in-class experiment to see whether educatorshave a valid reason to worry.BackgroundABET 2000’s emphasis on communication skills,4 especially vital in the era of the globaleconomy with burgeoning virtual collaboration among colleagues on distant continents, and theprevalence of email in the engineering workplace, means that engineering graduates have agreater need than ever for effective written communication skills.5 Any emailmiscommunication can be costly in terms of job advancement, time, productivity, andestablishing rapport with unseen recipients. Page 12.800.2Unfortunately, miscommunication appears to be an all

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Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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Liberal Education

). Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning and Identity. New York, NY: CambridgeUniversity Press.8 Gee, J. P. (2001, 10-13 December). The new capitalism: What’s new? Paper presented at the Productive learning atwork, New South Wales, Australia.9 Gee, J. P., Allen, A.-R., & Clinton, K. (2001). Language, Class and Identity: Teenagers Fashioning ThemselvesThrough Language. Linguistics and Education, 12(2), 175-194.10 Miles, M., & Huberman, M. (1994). Qualitative Data Analysis: an expanded sourcebook (2nd ed.). ThousandOaks, CA: Sage.11 Turns, J., & Lappenbusch, S. (2006, June 18-21). Tracing Student Development During Construction ofEngineering Portfolios. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL.12

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Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Dale Palmgren, Arizona State University; Dennis Giever, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Mary Lynn Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories

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Also Available at: prism- magazine.org/feb02/research.cfm (Accessed December 2006) 2. American Society for Industrial Security, “Academic Institutions Offering Degrees and/or Courses in Security”, asisonline.org/education/ universityPrograms/traditionalprograms.pdf (Accessed December 2006.) 3. Rogers, B., Palmgren, D., McHenry, A., Danielson, S. (2006) A Rigorous Foundation for Security Engineering Programs , ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Chicago, IL 4. Garcia, Mary Lynn (2001) The Design and Evaluation of Physical Security Systems, Butterworth/Heinemann. 5. Garcia, Mary Lynn (2006) Vulnerability Assessment of Physical Protection Systems, Butterworth/Heinemann. 6. Rogers, B

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Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston; Curtis Johnson, University of Houston

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Liberal Education

, S. (Re)designing the college ofengineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 2010 and beyond. ASEE 2006 Annual ConferenceProceedings (Chicago, IL, USA, June 2006) ASEE.4. Berkowitz, P. Liberal education: then and now. Policy Review (December 2005/January 2006, Issue 140) 47-67.5. Cronon, W. Only connect … the goals of a liberal education and beyond. American Scholar (Autumn 1998, Vol. Page 12.928.1167 Issue 4) 73.6. The Engineer Of 2020: Visions Of Engineering In The New Century (2004) The National Academies Press.7. Board of Directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Our Students Best

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Redefining the Boundaries of Engineering and Liberal Education: Contributions to the Year of Dialogue

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Cech, University of California-San Diego; Kara Boettcher, Montana State University; Heidi Sherick, Montana State University

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savvy, and deep-seatedcommitments to ethical practice. The visibility and positive reception of the National Academyof Engineering’s The Engineer of 2020: Visions of a New Century1 attests to the increasingimportance of this commitment. The purpose of this article is to examine the extent to whichsuch well-roundedness is reflected in the actual work that engages graduates of U.S. engineeringprograms.In undertaking this study, the authors expected to find evidence of graduates applying theirproblem-solving skills to non-technical arenas such as policy work, public service, or legislation.This hypothesis was introduced by The Engineer of 2020, and serves as an axiom within theASEE community. The authors ventured beyond The Engineer of 2020’s

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Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Moran, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

post 60’s educational world, it is in vogue to pass over the fundamentals andlaunch students at a very early age into the holistic writing process. The idea is the fundamentalsof how to write a sentence will be absorbed by little insights and little on-demand discussionswith teachers about nouns and verbs and at some point in time the light will go on and everythingwill come together,” Henderson explains. “Well, sadly that rarely happens. It is particularlybothersome to the engineering mind, because the engineering mind knows that process just isn’tgoing to work. At the very get go. So the engineering mind is desperately wanting somebody tosit down and share the fundamentals first. The other thing the engineering mind craves iswhenever

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Redefining the Boundaries of Engineering and Liberal Education: Contributions to the Year of Dialogue

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Grimson, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

Thought to Thing. Harvard University Press12. Johnston S. (1996), http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/v1_n3n4/Johnston.html13. Bucciarelli L. (2003), Engineering Philosophy. Delft University Press.14. The Royal Academy of Engineering: Ingenia, March 2006, Issue 26 Page 12.1453.14

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Writing and Communication II: Practical Perspectives on Teaching and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Jernquist, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Liberal Education

leaders in service to our nation.USCGA provides the U. S. Coast Guard (USCG) with approximately 190 new Coast Guardofficers each year. Each graduate earns both a commission (as Ensign, USCG) and a Bachelor ofScience degree in one of eight academic majors. Four of these majors are in engineeringdisciplines: Civil; Electrical; Mechanical; Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.A typical cadet day at USCGA involves academics, leadership and military training, and somesort of athletic activity (NCAA division III or intramural). At least once each semester, eachcadet is required to participate in an outside community service project either individually or as agroup. All cadets must complete the academic requirements for their chosen major