Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann , Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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New Engineering Educators

included timemanagement, goal setting, industry lunch (E2 only), effective learning strategies, moneymanagement and an introduction to LSU’s Communication Across the Curriculum (CxC)initiative. Industry professionals and student organization leaders were recruited toparticipate or present activities specifically to introduce the incoming freshmen to theprofessional and university communities. Activities for both programs included mockinterviewing, resume writing and planning for internships. For both the camp and the class, academic and industrial professionals givepresentations and have informal discussions about their careers and disciplines. Allstudents are exposed to the 10 degree programs/disciplines offered in the college.
Peer

Conference Session

Assessments, Assessments, and Assessments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

students and automatically record and check their answers. Google forms provide someof the same functionality for free and without the need to install software on a server.Google forms can also be used to survey students. SALG is a specialized survey program toassess how much students have learned. For taking graphical feedback from students ontablet computers during class, Classroom Presenter and Ubiquitous Presenter are twoopen-source tools. The most widely used peer-review application is Calibrated PeerReview. Expertiza is a peer-review system that incorporates functionality for topicselection and team formation by students. Wikis are a well known collaborative space,which can be used by students to write reports and other documents

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laurie S. Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station

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New Engineering Educators

seminars on preparing students for academia, and post-doctoralworkshops on grantsmanship. This paper summarizes these grantsmanship development eventsin the form of lessons that junior engineering faculty can apply when constructing an entireproposal.Each proposal contributes to a faculty member’s reputation and must be approached withthoughtful attention to this end. Common struggles in proposal development include: setting andmaintaining a timeline to the proposal deadline, creating goals and objectives and using them toorganize a proposal, writing a proposal to sell an idea to a funding agency and not as amanuscript for publication, and focusing text to address review criteria, especially the NSFbroader impacts review criterion. Carefully

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University; I. Richmond Nettey, Kent State University; Edem G. Tetteh; Philip Weinsier, Bowling Green State University, Firelands

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New Engineering Educators

recommendations with an opportunity toshare their perspectives and to glean insights. Tenure and promotion continue to be ubiquitoustopics on which to write and present at the ASEE Annual Conference and similar conferenceswhere many of the attendees, including audience members and presenters, are pursuing tenureand promotion or who make tenure and promotion recommendations. Administered properly,tenure and promotion panel discussions and question and answer sessions can be of value tothose pursuing tenure and promotion and to those who make tenure and promotionrecommendations.IntroductionThrough 2011 and since 1996, when ASEE began indexing its annual conference papers1, a totalof four annual conference papers were published containing the term

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

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New Engineering Educators

and Creativity into standard ECS courses o The Importance of Innovation and Creativity in the Way we TeachOther o Role of technology o Mechanics of teaching (administrivia) o Testing o Grading o Writing o Assessment o Peer evaluation o Business o Compensation Page 25.602.6ECS Teaching Seminar SurveyBefore the seminars and Mini-Conferences can be implemented, it was necessary to surveythe faculty to determine interest and get feedback on the basic concept to improve teachingexcellence. The first item to determine was, “what time would be the best time to hold theseminars to maximize availability?” We didn’t want

Conference Session

Assessments, Assessments, and Assessments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Meredith, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette

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New Engineering Educators

. Page 25.1274.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Test Preparation and Test Quality Assessment – What I Wish Someone Had Told Me in the BeginningAbstractHow does an instructor prepare a test and feel confident that it is fair, balanced and the correct length? That issueworried me as I entered the teaching profession three decades ago. After a decade of writing multiple choicequestions for the Professional Engineering exam and two decades of national involvement with the ABETaccreditation process, it is time to pass some of the “tricks of the trade” along to the next generation of newfaculty members.As a starting point for this discussion, the assumption that

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; William R. Marshall, Alief Independent School District

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New Engineering Educators

from peer reactions and should be encouraged to take responsibility for their ownlearning (i.e., taught to self-evaluate). Providing accurate feedback and helping students totake charge of learning can stimulate healthy minds. Page 25.469.3Improving Pedagogy with Differentiated InstructionA key concept in differentiated instruction is applying a proactive approach to the learning andteaching model. As such, this document is divided into two major themes: active learning; andactive teaching.Topics included in the “Active Learning” section include: 1) Focusing on Learning and NotTeaching; 2) Problem Based Learning; 3) Facilitating Group Learning

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Swartz P.E., University of Hartford

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New Engineering Educators

. R.C. Wilson, J.G. Gaff, E.R. Dienst, L. Wood, and J.L. Barry, College Professors and Their Impact upon Students. New York: Wiley, 1975. 4. R.M. Felder, D.R. Woods, J.E. Stice, and A. Rugarcia, “The Future of Engineering Education: Teaching Methods That Work.” Chemical Engineering Education 34(1), 26-39 (2000). 5. R.M. Felder and L.K. Silverman, “Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education.” Engineering Education, 78(7), 674-681 (1988). 6. N.E. Gronlund, How to Write and Use Instructional Objectives, 6th Ed. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2000. 7. J.M. Haile, “Toward Technical Understanding.” (i) “Part 1. Brain Structure and Function.” Chem. Engr. Education, 31(3), 152