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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Resource Exchange
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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Tawni Paradise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Malle R Schilling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Pre-College Engineering Education
Paper ID #33983Teacher-led Reflection ActivityMrs. Tawni Paradise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Tawni is a third year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She holds a B.S. and a B.A. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from The University of San Diego in San Diego, CA. Drawing on previous experiences as a mathematics and engineering teacher, her current re- search interests include studying the disconnect between home and school, with a specific emphasis on prekindergarten students. She continues to pursue these research interests with the support of the
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4
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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Luis Ricardo Betancourt, San Diego State University; Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Vitaliy Popov, University of Michigan
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
Paper ID #32896Teachers Navigating Educational Systems: Reflections on the Value ofFunds of Knowledge (Fundamental)Dr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an assistant professor in the Department of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. His research has contributed to the integration of critical theoretical frame- works and Chicano Cultural Studies to investigate and analyze existing deficit models in engineering education. Dr. Mejia’s work also examines how asset-based models impact the validation and recognition of students and communities of color as holders
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 6
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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Matthew Perkins Coppola, Purdue University Fort Wayne
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Pre-College Engineering Education
Paper ID #34586Learning Through Doing: Preservice Elementary Teacher Reflections on theEngineering Design Process (Fundamental)Dr. Matthew Perkins Coppola, Purdue University Fort Wayne Dr. Perkins Coppola is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the School of Education at Purdue University Fort Wayne. His research agenda centers on elementary and secondary preservice teacher preparation. While a lecturer at Towson University in 2014, he was inspired to research engineering design pedagogy in elementary schools after attending a talk by Dr. Pamela Lottero-Perdue. He began his career as a high school physics teacher
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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 3
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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Zachary Minken, Arcadia University; Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr., Arcadia University; Najah Naylor
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Pre-College Engineering Education
Paper ID #28966What will you do to help elementary students who struggle in theengineering design process? Analysis of teachers’ reflections.(Fundamental)Mr. Zachary Minken, Arcadia University Mr. Zachary Minken, High School Science Teacher, teaches Biology and Chemistry to 10th - 12th grade students. He is the Lead Coach of the School of the Future Robotics Team, which is a rookie team participating in the FIRST Tech Challenge. During the summer months, he is the Director of the iD Tech Camp based at the University of Pennsylvania, a summer program designed to teach students ages 7-17 about programming, physical
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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 17
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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Taryn Shalini Bipat, University of Washington; Jessica Carr, University of Washington; Elena Agapie, University of Washington; Andrew Davidson, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington
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Pre-College Engineering Education
Washington Andrew Davidson is a senior lecturer in human centered design and engineering at the University of Washington, specializing in physical computing and HCI. He directs the department’s K–12 outreach program, and is also a former high school computer science teacher.Dr. Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is a Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the Univer- sity of Washington. She is interested in all aspects of engineering education, including how to support engineering students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of
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Professional Development for Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Julie Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento; Corinne Lardy, California State University, Sacramento
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
experience (in which our undergraduate students teachSTEM activities in elementary after school programs in diverse communities) influence theirideas about: (1) STEM, (2) teaching elementary students about STEM, and (3) teaching diversepopulations of students?, and B) Were there differences in these ideas depending upon theelementary school site where the service learning practicum took place? The undergraduates’experiences and developing perspectives are examined through written reflections and fieldobservations throughout the semester. Instructors' field notes from the service learningexperience are used as a data source of triangulation. In general, results from this study indicatethat undergraduate students’ ideas about STEM and STEM teaching
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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8
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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University
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Pre-College Engineering Education
local, national, and higher education stakeholders for use in K-12 formal and informal spaces.The motivation for the research project is the development of anapplication that will integrate the EEFK12 into a tool that is useful inthe hands of students and teachers. The mobile application has thesepurposes: to facilitate peer assessment after real-time interaction instudio or design critiques, to facilitate and encourage self-reflectionand metacognition, to provide additional data for teachers to use inassessment, and to show students’ growth and change over time (ifused in long-term educational experiences). The hypothesis is thatpeer assessment will support reflection in the community of Figure 1 Interaction of outcomes of
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Professional Development for Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida; Scott W. Campbell, University of South Florida; Manopriya Devisetty Subramanyam, University of South Florida; Cheryl R. Ellerbrock, University of South Florida
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
. Thomas’ research and teaching endeavors are focused on advanced materials for alternative energy sources, sustainable environments, aerospace, and bio-applications from the micro to the nano scale. Her research investigates the fabrication of inorganic and organic thin films and nanofibers for device integration. Thomas’ research group specializes in characterizing, modeling, and integrating materials that demonstrate high levels of biocompatibility, thermal reflectivity, mechanical robustness, and environmental sustainability, such as carbides, sol-gel coatings, high temperature oxides, and sev- eral polymers. Her research is interdisciplinary in nature and fosters collaborations with Chemical and Biomedical
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Vanderbilt University; Rebecca Deborah Swanson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach
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Pre-College Engineering Education
teachers in seeingthe EDP not as an exact roadmap, but a set of tools that students can use to develop their designs.Part of this work involves helping teachers develop an understanding of the process as fluid anddynamic, reflecting the complex practice exhibited by engineering practitioners [12-14].The question then is how to support teachers in developing an understanding of the complexitiesof the EDP. Recent work [8, 15] calls for teachers to be engaged in the “doing” of engineering tofacilitate this learning. However, to date, there is limited information about what thoseengineering experiences for educators should look like. Many programs, due to limited time andconstrained resources, engage teachers in the same engineering activities they
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4
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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Amanda M. Gunning, Mercy College; Meghan E. Marrero, Mercy College; Kristen V. Larson, Mercy College
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
professional developmentprogram positioned the importance of the inclusion of engineering content and encouragedteachers to explore community-based, collaborative activities that identified and spoke to societalneeds and social impacts through engineering integration. Data collected from two of the coursesin this project, Enhancing Mathematics with STEM and Engineering in the K-12 Classroom,included participant reflections, focus groups, microteaching lesson plans, and field notes.Through a case study approach and grounded theory analysis, themes of self-efficacy, activelearning supports, and social justice teaching emerged. The following discussion on teachers’engineering and STEM self-efficacy, teachers’ integration of engineering to address
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Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Rezvan Nazempour; Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois, Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago; Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois, Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois, Chicago; Jeremiah Abiade
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Diversity
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First-Year Programs, Pre-College Engineering Education
paired with a “student ambassador”. For Cohort1 Scholars (recruited for Fall 2018), student ambassadors consisted of academically successfuljuniors and seniors who were also leaders of professional societies. These Cohort 1 Scholars will,in turn, serve as student ambassadors for Cohort 2 Scholars (to be recruited for Fall 2019). Underthe mentorship of student ambassadors, the Scholars take part in a variety of daily activitiesincluding a moderated reflection session at the end of each day.The program is structured as follows:  It takes place during the summer prior to entering college.  It spans two full weeks, from Sunday through the second Saturday.  Each Scholar is paired with a student ambassador throughout the course of the program
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Elementary Students: Computational Thinking, Reasoning, and Troubleshooting
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Emily M. Haluschak, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michelle L. Stevens, Lafayette School Corporation; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth Gajdzik, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Pre-College Engineering Education
-child dyads, they found that the pairsengaged in problem scoping more frequently than any of the other design activities (i.e., in 30%of the coded segments). They defined problem scoping as “understand the boundaries of theproblem” (p. 6) and operationalized this to look for instances of participants identifyingconstraints or clarifying design goals.In another study, Watkins and her colleagues [8] offer rich insights into the problem scopingbehavior exhibited by fourth graders engaged in design as part of a classroom activity. Watkinsand her colleagues analyzed video-recordings of the fourth graders’ conversations and designwork using a framework based on Donald Schön’s theory of Reflective Practice [22] andValkenburg and Dorst’s [23
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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Kimberly Farnsworth, Arizona State University; Jean S. Larson, Arizona State University
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
LearningIntroductionThis paper describes a case-based, mixed-methods study of how K-12 teachers support andscaffold student learning in a Problem-based Learning (PBL) engineering lesson. The studyexamined how K-12 engineering teachers planned to support student learning using scaffolding,how they implemented scaffolds during PBL engineering activities, and how they reflected upontheir PBL engineering lesson implementation.PBL in engineering educationEngineering practice and other design-focused fields involve solving complex problems, often incollaborative teams. Generally, these engineering problems do not have a single solution andrequire multifaceted skillsets from many domains. However, engineering students often findthemselves unprepared to manage messy
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8
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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Emily Anna Dare, Florida International University; Benny Mart Reblando Hiwatig, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Khomson Keratithamkul, University of Minnesota; Joshua Alexander Ellis, Florida International University; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen, St. Catherine University; Mark Rouleau, Michigan Technological University ; Farah Faruqi, University of Minnesota Twin cities; Corbin Rice; Preethi Titu, Kennesaw State University; Feng Li, Florida International University; Jeanna R. Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University; Elizabeth A Crotty, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
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Pre-College Engineering Education
Professional Identity Development”, where she explored Secondary Science Teacher beliefs and practices through reflective practice. Her research interests have focused broadly on issues of understanding (i) how teachers’ beliefs impact their classroom practice, (ii) teachers’ conception of STEM and (iii) teachers’ attitudes toward culturally diverse students. Additionally, she is passionate about working to help prepare culturally responsive science and math educators.Dr. Feng Li, Florida International University Feng Li has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in STEM Education. His research interests include integrated STEM education in K-12 settings.Dr. Jeanna R. Wieselmann, Southern Methodist
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Informal Engineering Education with Secondary Students
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Vitaliy Popov, University of San Diego; Victoria Rodriguez; Damian Ruiz, San Diego State University; Perla Lahana Myers, University of San Diego; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego; Joi A. Spencer, University of San Diego
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
knowledgeparticipants (middle school students) brought to a two-week STEM summer enrichmentprogram. The study, which is a small piece of a much larger research endeavor, primarily reliedon data collected from interviews with eight individual pod leaders. The results of this studyindicated that elicitation strategies are sometimes hindered by programmatic features–primarilythe time constraints and subsequent lack of time for reflection–of summer enrichment programs.IntroductionThe renewed focus in STEM education has led to the increased number of summer enrichmentprograms across the United States. These programs and other out of school experiences areintended to increase student awareness about and interest in STEM while bringing more studentsinto STEM fields
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15
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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Heather Kaplan, University of Texas El Paso
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
empiricalstudy of art classrooms as a way to describe “the kinds of thinking developed by the arts [thatare] important in and of themselves, as important as the thinking developed in more traditionallyacademic subjects.” According to Hetland et al. [4], the eight Studio Habits of Mind include:Developing Craft, Engaging and Persisting, Envisioning, Expressing, Observing, Reflecting,Stretching and Exploring, and Understanding Art Worlds.Hetland et al. [4] define the eight Studio Habits of Mind in the following ways: Develop Craft- Technique: Learning to use tools (e.g. viewfinders, brushes), materials (e.g. charcoal, paint); learning artistic conventions (e.g. perspective, color mixing) Studio practice: Learning to care for tools
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Sapna Shah, Harvard University; Alex Beaudette, Harvard University; David R. Bergandine, University of Illinois Laboratory High School; Savindi N. Devmal , University of Illinois Laboratory High School; Conor Walsh P.E., Harvard University; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
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Pre-College Engineering Education
K12 soft robotics activities werepresented as practitioner-delivered outreach. This paper details development and pilot of ateacher facilitated Soft Robotics Toolkit program for K12 schools that includes a design thinkingcurriculum and a physical toolkit, specifically designed to complete in school or at home. Forteachers to confidently deliver the emerging curriculum, we describe a teacher professionaldevelopment to facilitate adoption of soft robotics topics into middle and high school classrooms.We provide reflections on the experience of the classroom teacher delivering the curriculum inthe remote environment and results from a 9th grade student in the course. This pilot will informfuture work in assessing teacher confidence in teaching
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PCEE Resource Exchange
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Abeera P. Rehmat, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marissa Christina Owens, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Pre-College Engineering Education
’ materials.Materials Students had access to computers, books about weather and climate, climate data, andbuilding materials (e.g., cardboard, scissors, craft sticks, masking tape, construction paper, rulers,pencils, and empty paper towel rolls). A leaf blower was used to test the stability of theirstructure.Assessment Formative assessments were conducted via discussion, observation, and daily writtenstudent reflections. Students reflected each day on their experience and identified two things thatthey learned. Additionally, summative assessments occurred at the end of the activity, whichincluded creating the tornado proof structure and presenting it to the class. Students had to createa PowerPoint presentation, one per group, to share their
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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 13
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Chelsea J. Andrews, Tufts University; Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
designs fail the test; groups testing iterate and continue testing, trying to improve their designs. Day 7: What can we learn by looking across all our design attempts? Reflection Groups reflect on their design attempts; teacher facilitates a whole class discussion comparing across designs. Day 8: How do engineers share their ideas through speaking and writing? Design Groups share their designs and design process with other students and members of the conference school and greater community. DESIGN BRIEF Goal: Design, build, test, and iterate on a retaining structure that keeps sand away from the model train tracks, allows the sand to support the weight of a model building, and stays up when
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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 2
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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Elizabeth Ann Moison, Tufts University; Karen Miel, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Kelli Paul, Indiana University-Bloomington; Adam Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington; Jungsun Kim
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Pre-College Engineering Education
outreach ambassador orientations toward teachinginfluence this variation.  Particularly promising for engineering teaching and learning, we observed ambassadors makingbids to elicit student ideas, pressing for evidence-based explanations, and revoicing students’design ideas. These moves are characteristic of ambitious instruction and have the potential tosupport students to engage in reflective decision-making and to guide students towardproductive, more expert engineering design practices. Our analysis suggests that engineeringoutreach ambassadors notice and respond to students’ ideas, thereby engaging in ambitiousteaching practices which can be expected to support elementary students in making progress inengineering design. This analysis of
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Makerspaces
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Chanel Beebe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Pre-College Engineering Education
bestpractices for educational Makerspaces.RationaleIt has been half a decade since the launch of Maker Ed, and Makers and proponents ofeducational Making have conducted research and published opinion pieces on the potential ofMakerspaces and the need to establish them in formal educational settings such as schools.Several new Makerspaces have been set up in schools and other formal and informal educationalsettings. Now we are faced with the challenge of reaping their claimed educational benefits inschools, and our first line of defense is our ever so brave teachers. In a reflective paper that wepublished in 2014, we predicted the opportunities and challenges that educational Makerspacesare harbingers of. Since that work, we have instructed more than
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NGSS & Engineering Education
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Debra J. Coffey, University of Delaware
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Pre-College Engineering Education
EngineeringIntroduction With the publication of the Framework for K-12 Science Education (National ResearchCouncil, 2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), emphasis is now placed onthe integration of engineering principles and practices into K12 science education. Although only18 states and the District of Columbia have formally adopted the NGSS, other states, includingSouth Dakota, Montana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia have adopted similar standards.Unlike the previous set of national science education standards (NRC, 1996), the Framework forK-12 Science Education (NRC, 2012) places engineering and technology alongside the naturalsciences for two critical reasons: to reflect the importance of understanding the human-builtworld and to
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Jennifer Kouo, Towson University; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; W. Ethan Eagle, University of Maryland
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Pre-College Engineering Education
PD was shifted online to a mixtureof synchronous and asynchronous sessions during the summer of 2020. The goal of this work inprogress is to present how the e4usa team adapted teacher PD to establish community amongour teachers and between teachers and staff, use this connection to enhance ourresponsiveness in PD, and deliver the engaging content of the e4usa curriculum. Teachersengaging remotely in e4usa activities have led to productive adaptations based on theirchallenges. The lessons learned reflecting back upon the PD will inform the design, delivery,and content of future e4usa teacher PDs. It is expected that future PD and professional learningofferings will continue to utilize flexible modalities and novel online tools, while also
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Ramya Sivaraj, University of Minnesota; Jeanna R. Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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Pre-College Engineering Education
scope of set criteria andconstraints to collaborate toward innovation; b) utilizing design failure to better understand theproblems in context; and c) contributing as a group to iterative-reflective cycles. Findingscontribute to enhancing K-12 engineering teaching and learning with a focus on collaborativeproblem-solving throughout the engineering design process. Findings of this study also havesignificant implications related to the structure and design of small group collaborative K-12engineering learning experiences.EPISTEMIC PRACTICES OF ENGINEERING IN SMALL GROUP CONTEXTS 2Designing Solutions in Middle School Engineering: An Exploration of Epistemic Practices of Engineering in Small
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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Diane L. Nelson, Carnegie Mellon University; Ilhem F. Hakem, Carnegie Mellon University
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
learned how to sketch basic process flowsheets, made bath bombs (soap fizzies) [9, 11],measured their lung capacity after blowing bubbles from soap solutions, calculated their carbonfootprint and were asked to reflect on a cow’s breath as well as an industrial plant and theenvironmental effects of energy use for bioplastic manufacturing.Given the relevance and scope of the plastics crisis, we spent the majority of the class exploringhow plastics contribute to waste and what strategies exist to alleviate this problem. Studentslearned how bioplastics are made from renewable biomass such as vegetable fats, oils, corn-starch,milk and other bio resources. They explored biodegradability and what components in cornstarchand milk could make effective
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Congying Wang, Purdue University; Tikyna Dandridge, Purdue University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Carol A. Handwerker, Purdue University
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Pre-College Engineering Education
sustainability. In this study, a constructive educational module ofsustainability was integrated into a K-12 industry-oriented curriculum at a public middle school asa practice to introduce the societal, economic, and environmental mindsets to pre-college studentswith reduced technological content. Data collected are instructor’s reflections for the module thatlead to a summative critique of the outcomes and improvements. This study provides theengineering education community the evidence that middle-school youth can well perceivesustainability framework and the insights for researchers who are looking to integrate sustainableengineering to pre-collegiate engineering settings.Keywordscurriculum integration, K-12, sustainability, course design, societal
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Best Practices in Out-of-School Time
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jean S. Larson, Arizona State University; Megan O'Donnell; Wendy M. Barnard, Arizona State University; Alison Cook-Davis, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Stephanie B. Adams
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Pre-College Engineering Education
the presented activities was performed byasking students: Please write something you learned after visiting each of the projects in today’sfield trip. Students were given a reflection worksheet at the first activity they attended and wereinstructed to respond to the same prompt after completing each activity. Student open-endedresponses were analyzed using a thematic data analysis approach [12-13].Content InterestStudent interest toward the outreach event activities was gathered by asking students to respondto a single question on a poster board: Did you learning something interesting from this activity?A poster board was mounted on the wall adjacent to each activity (Figure 1). The poster boardsincluded three response options selected by
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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 17
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Allison Antink-Meyer, Illinois State University; Ryan A. Brown, Illinois State University
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
often team-based and develops based on peer, colleague, and client feedback.attempted to address in this study. This is a validation study of an open-ended questionnaire, theViews about the Nature of Engineering Knowledge (VNOEK) Questionnaire, which was Elements of this framework reflect other NOE descriptions in the literature [9] [14] and it is alsodesigned to gather K-16 teachers’ views about the NOEK. The questionnaire was created as part supportive of those other articulations. However, it is not identical, and we needed an instrumentof
Conference Session
Interest & Identity
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mary Ann Jacobs, Manhattan College; Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
Engineering Ambassadors reflected on student learning andtheir own practice after each presentation. The EAs responded individually to a six-questionopen-ended survey (Appendix C). Responses that were general in nature are displayed in Figure3.Figure 3. Engineering Ambassadors’ General Reflections on Lesson PresentationsBriefly describe Which part(s) Which part(s) Which part(s) What will you What your lesson of the lesson of your lesson of your lesson do to make that knowledge went really will you do the will you change? and/or skill well? same? change
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Makerspaces
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Foad Hamidi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; William Easley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Stephanie Grimes, Digital Harbor Foundation; Shawn Grimes, Digital Harbor Foundation; Amy Hurst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education
contributed to the youths’ negative attitudes and provided recommendationson how to improve future assessments in this context by making them more relevant andappealing to youth participants. Youth in the professional training program explained that theypreferred a variety of assessment tools, including engaging assessments for re-enforcingtechnical skills and personally meaningful assessments for self-reflection. In addition to theseresults, we present a set of lessons learned that can be applied to the selection and developmentof assessment tools and procedures for youth in similar programs in the future.2. Related WorkMany researchers have underlined key elements in maker courses for success, such as self-directed learning, collaboration with