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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Morgan R. Broberg, Purdue University; Susan Khalifah P.E., S.E., Purdue University; Abhinav Gupta, Purdue University; Abdullah J. Nafakh, Purdue University

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Paper ID #33702An Evaluation of a University-Level, High School Course Taught to FosterInterest in Civil Engineering (Evaluation)Ms. Morgan R. Broberg, Purdue University Morgan Broberg is a current Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering at Purdue University. Her research inter- ests include modeling, analysis, and design of steel-concrete composite systems and effective teaching in civil engineering.Susan Khalifah P.E., S.E., Purdue University Ms. Susan Khalifah is the Director of Student Experience in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. Additionally, she is an instructor for CE 479 (Design of Building

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

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Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University; Tejaswini S. Dalvi, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Christine M. Kelly

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Paper ID #33711Assessing Elementary Students’ Engineering Design Thinking with an”Evaluate-And-Improve” Task (Fundamental)Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University Nicole Batrouny is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University. Her engineering education research interests include upper elementary engineering education, integrated science and en- gineering, collaboration in engineering, and decision making in engineering. For her Master’s thesis, she uncovered talk moves used by 4th grade students that fostered collaborative, disciplinary decision-making during an engineering design outreach program. For

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Engineering Design for Elementary Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ruben Dario Lopez-Parra, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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representation of woman in the STEM field, k-12 engineering education and computational thinking. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Design Decision Processes of First Grade Students during an Engineering Design Based STEM Unit (Fundamental)Introduction Currently, there is an effort to bring engineering as a part of the curriculum into earlyelementary classrooms. For this purpose, academic science standards have incorporatedengineering design in the pre-college curriculum [1]. According to the NGSS standards for K-2engineering design, the aim of implementing a STEM curriculum is that children be able to askquestions and define problems that build on their prior experiences and develop models

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Jeanna R. Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University; Richard Duschl, Southern Methodist University; Kristine Reiley, Southern Methodist University; Kenneth Berry, Southern Methodist University

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Paper ID #29207Student Dispositions Toward STEM: Exploring an Engineering Summer Campfor Underrepresented Students (Work in Progress)Dr. Jeanna R. Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University Dr. Jeanna R. Wieselmann is a Research Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University in Dal- las, TX. Her research focuses on gender equity in STEM and maintaining elementary girls’ interest in STEM through both in-school and out-of-school experiences. Dr. Wieselmann’s research has explored student participation patterns in small group STEM activities. She is interested in STEM schools, inte- grated STEM curriculum development

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 11

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Maria Manzano, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emma Della; Gerome Cacho; Drew Miller; Dennis Derickson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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a thriving program within a month. The project team aimed to replicate as many of the residential program features as possible. EPIC is more than lectures and engineering labs. An example of the virtual program schedule can be seen in Appendix II.B. Project selection and core curriculum development In early June 2020, a small team of California Polytechnic State University faculty and EPIC staff collaborated to create a new set of laboratory activities for the online EPIC summer program experience. To develop a virtual lab curriculum, there were several objectives to meet and challenges to overcome. The primary objectives were to provide a project or series of projects introducing participants to engineering over the course of

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 18

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Alyssa Marie Eggersgluss, Playful Learning Lab; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Rachel Farah, University of St. Thomas; Cullen Charles Kittams, Playful Learning Lab; Emma Michelle Monson, University of St. Thomas; Krista Schumacher, University of St. Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas

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in the job market with ashortage of experienced STEM workers to fill open positions. Al Salami [1] writes that many schoolsare transitioning to a more integrated curriculum to get students involved at a young age with conceptsand ideas within STEM fields. The Code + Chords workshop that this study is focused on uses anintegrated curriculum by combining music with technology and takes it one step further by targetingself-efficacy in participants.Denise Green [2] illustrates the need for understanding and increasing self-efficacy in students:“Researchers in this area provide empirical evidence that self-efficacy is an accurate predictor of astudent’s skill acquisition, rate of performance, expenditure of energy, persistence, goal setting, and

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

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Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Heather Kaplan, University of Texas El Paso

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essential knowledge and skills in 2015 and,while engineering is now a recognized subject, many K-5 teachers, especially, do not feelprepared to integrate engineering into their pedagogy [2]. The idea of early childhood makerspace as a place to facilitate engineering teaching andlearning is a relatively new notion. While the makerspace concept began in the early 21stcentury, it’s standing in higher education settings and high school curricular activity is steadilyincreasing in acceptance and practice. The idea of a makerspace in public school Kindergarten isnovel, and especially in the southwest region. This paper describes an ethnographic case study ofa kindergarten makerspace and researcher lead collaboration within a local elementary

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

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Ibrahim H. Yeter, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University

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Paper ID #35023Engineering Pedagogy Scale (EPS): Preliminary Development of anObservational Instrument to Detect Elementary Teachers’ Level ofEngineering-Pedagogical Content Knowledge (E-PCK) (Fundamental)Dr. Ibrahim H. Yeter, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University Ibrahim H. Yeter, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the National Institute of Education (NIE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Before joining NIE/NTU, he was appointed as a Postdoc- toral Research Fellow in the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University and the School of

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Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, & Self-efficacy

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erica J. Marti, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Erdogan Kaya, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Hasan Deniz, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Johana Iglesias, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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understanding of NOE aspects or improved them.Keywords: NOE, engineering design process, nature of engineering, secondary science teachers,NGSS, engineering design challenge, professional development, cognitive apprenticeshipIntroductionTo meet the demand of an increasing science and engineering workforce, teachers must beprepared to integrate engineering in their instruction. There are some attempts at policies andeducational reforms aimed at changing science and engineering education to improve students’understanding of engineering and to influence more students to study those degrees [1], [2].Teacher training programs in the US do not adequately prepare secondary science teachers tointegrate engineering in their curriculum and, in turn, to increase

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Computational Thinking in Pre-College Engineering

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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projectthree years ago to explore integrating these subjects and literacy in a curriculum for 5-8-year-oldstudents. We reported on the development of this project and an analysis of how the existingcurriculum highlighted CT knowledge and skills, and how we expected the curriculum to engagestudents in CT in an ASEE conference paper in 2016. This paper reports on the evolution of theproject and curriculum. Part of this evolution included the defining of CT and its associatedcompetencies and what it would look like for this young age group. In this paper, we discuss thisevolution as well as how we have operationalized the competencies with data from classroomtesting. At the outset of this project, there were few resources that specifically

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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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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, democratization of K-12 engineering education, and online and technology-based learning.Prof. W. Ethan Eagle, University of Maryland Dr. Eagle is a professor of practice in engineering and innovation design. His curriculum design for in- novation, co-developed by and building on the research of Jeff and Staney DeGraff, was adopted by the University of Michigan ’Certified Professional Innovator’ program in 2014, one of the first such certifi- cations in the country. Now a faculty member in the Keystone Program at the University of Maryland, Dr. Eagle’s current work is on the integration of diverse perspectives to discover unique engineering de- sign spaces and on the development of multi-disciplinary courses that bring together

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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Elodie Billionniere, Miami Dade College; Lawrence Eric Meyer Jr., Miami Dade College

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populations. He assisted in the creation of MDC’s current cloud curriculum and has been awarded a $600,000 ATE NSF grant to create an advanced cloud degree program for upskilling and reskilling the regional workforce. Holding AWS Solutions Architect and Developer certifications, along with Azure and Google cloud he is leading the effort into multi-cloud implementations for education in DevOps and Data Analytics. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Expanding Literacy’s Boundaries in K-12 with Cloud Literacy (Work in Progress)AbstractThe migration of infrastructure from on premise installation and maintenance of

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Elementary Students: Computational Thinking, Reasoning, and Troubleshooting

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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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curriculum in her classroom. She continued working on STEM research, specifically prob- lem scoping for young children, at Purdue University in the summer of 2017.Dr. Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D., is a Professor in the School of Engineering Education and Director of STEM Integration in the INSPIRE Institute at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integra- tion of STEM concepts in K-12 and postsecondary classrooms in order to help students make connections among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her work focuses on defining STEM inte- gration and investigating its power for student learning. Tamara Moore received an NSF Early CAREER award

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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Joshua Alexéi García Sheridan, Virginia Tech; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech

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evokes are proposed by P21 in theirFramework for 21st Century Learning [2], including collaboration, social/cross-cultural skills,productivity, accountability, leadership, and responsibility. Multiple pre-packaged curriculasuch as TeachEngineering, Engineering by Design and Project Lead the Way [3-5] addressteaming as a major professional skill. Such curricula are typically built upon frameworkssuch as NGSS [6] or the Common Core English Language Standards [7]. Attempts toeffectively integrate such content can be constrained for teachers lacking time and funding toconsider major revisions or additions to their curriculum implementations. Suchconsiderations inform this study’s premise to investigate teaching in pre-college classroomson a limited

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University; Nrupaja Bhide, Purdue University ; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University ; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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on low-cost makerspace programs in rural India with BAIF Development and Research Foundation.Prof. Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D., is a Professor in the School of Engineering Education and the Interim Director of the INSPIRE Research Institute for Precollege Engineering at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integration of STEM concepts in K-12 and postsecondary classrooms in order to help students make connections among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her work focuses on defining STEM integration and investigating its power for student learning.Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Kristina M. Tank is an Associate

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Girls in Engineering

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abigail Jagiela, University of St. Thomas; Jenna Laleman, University of St. Thomas; Paige Huschka, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas

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, Washington, June 2015. Gregorio, J. et al. (2013). Music technology as a vehicle to STEM/STEAM for high school students. ASEE Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2013. Head, L.M. (2011). Signals, systems, and music: General education for an integrated curriculum. ASEE Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 2011. Hill, C. (2010). Why so few? Women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Washington, DC: American Association of University Women. National Science Foundation (2014). Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering. Alexandria, VA. White, K., & Wasburn, M. (2006). A protocol for evaluating web based resources to interest girls in STEM careers

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Girls in Engineering

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda S Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Programs, which is stillcalled FEMME for the original name, “Females in Engineering: Methods, Motivation andExperiences”, was designed specifically for young girls in an effort to increase the number ofwomen interested in engineering and other technological careers. Although research on thebenefits and relative effectiveness of single-gender education remains inconclusive, considerableresearch does describe many benefits of single-gender education for girls in addition to improvedacademic performance, including increased confidence and self-efficacy, being more likely toask questions, and maintaining behaviors that tend to disappear due to male dominance in theclassroom [90]. In the absences of truly integrated STEM curriculum in K-12 classrooms

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Professional Development for Teachers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Aitken Nichol, Rice University; Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Jorge E Loyo Rosales, Rice University; Alice Chow; Carrie Obenland, Rice University

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engineering from the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, and served as a postdoctoral fellow in the College of Pharmacy at UT Austin. Prior to joining Rice University, she worked at Boehringer Ingel- heim on innovative drug delivery systems and she was an Assistant Professor in Diagnostic Radiology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she conducted research on nonviral gene therapy systems. At Rice University she has developed and taught courses in The Department of Bioengineering includ- ing Numerical Methods, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Systems Physiology, Biomaterials and Advances in BioNanotechnology.Ms. Christina Anlynette Crawford, Rice University As Associate Director for Science and Engineering of the Rice Office

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Best Practices in Out-of-School Time

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University; Elisabeth Roberts, Northern Arizona University; Lori Rubino-Hare, Northern Arizona University; Haylee Nichole Archer, Northern Arizona University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Joelle Clark, Northern Arizona University

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intended outcomes. The researchers then analyzed enactment with anactor-oriented perspective to understand educators’ learning goals, decisions about what toimplement or adapt from a unit, and reasoning for implementing in these ways. We used these two lenses to examine how a sample of educators enacted the OSTengineering curricula. We asked: 1) How did educators implement OST curricula? 2) To whatextent did they implement the curriculum with integrity? and 3) Why did they make thecurricular decisions and modifications they did?Methods We used a multiple-case study approach [19] to examine integrity of implementation andactor-oriented perspectives of four educators as they facilitated an engineering design curriculumwith youth in

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Elementary Students: Computational Thinking, Reasoning, and Troubleshooting

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth Suazo-Flores; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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-Flores Elizabeth Suazo-Flores is a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University. Dr. Suazo’s central work is on exploring learners’ integration of different types of knowledge when working on tasks. Following Dewey’s (1938) theory of experience and Schwab’s (1969, 1983) conceptualization of curriculum, Dr. Suazo explored the concept of personal practical knowledge (Elbaz, 1981) with an eighth grade mathematics teacher. This construct encapsulates different ways of knowing that teachers refer to when interacting with their students. She has also explored K-12 learn- ers’ experiences working on STEM units and tasks involving real-world contexts. For example, as part

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Best Practices in Research & Assessment Tools for Pre-College Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston

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fidelity ofimplementation (FOI).Generally speaking, lower FOI is thought of as reducing the potential effectiveness of acurriculum. However, not all changes and adaptations made by teachers will necessarily reducethe quality of implementation – some adaptations increase effectiveness and improve the qualityof curriculum, by adjusting the design of lessons to account for the needs, interests, andbackgrounds of particular students [3], or to better match district and state learning objectives [5]Such changes are often said to align with “integrity of implementation” [6].Why is it important to measure fidelity in an efficacy study?Key to measuring the true effect of an intervention like EiE is measurement of FOI to improveand assure internal validity

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Underrepresented Populations

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srinjita Bhaduri, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katie Van Horne; John Daniel Ristvey Jr., UCAR Center for Science Education; Randy Russell, UCAR Center for Science Education; Tamara Sumner

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interested in. Thesepilot studies highlighted that the youth we were seeking to engage valued hands-on experiencesthat emphasized the use of cutting edge technology and that many of the youth were particularlyinterested in learning more about Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs); i.e. drones. UAVs provedto be an excellent choice, providing youth with both fun hands-on activities, such as learning tofly, as well as offering an interesting platform for integrating a broad range of engineeringphenomena such as load testing, remote sensing, engineering design, and tradeoff analyses.The 16-week Engineering Experiences curriculum has been iteratively refined and studied over athree-year period following a design-based research methodology [9], whereby research

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

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Duncan Davis, Northeastern University; Matthew Burns; John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University; Constantine Mukasa, Northeastern University; Brian Patrick O'Connell, Northeastern University; Elizabeth Quinn, Northeastern University; Alice Smith; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University

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that focused on engineering, 96 students participated in an afterschool or extracurricular engineering activity such as the First Robotics Competition, and 62respondents attended a pre-college engineering summer camp specifically. Rates of participationin programs between male and female students were not found to be statistically different. Thetotal number of programs attended ranged from 0 to 9, with 22% attending no programs, 27%attending one, 23% attending two, and 29% attending three or more. In pre-college engineeringprograms, a differentiated curriculum needs to be inclusive of both experienced students andstudents that are completely new to engineering. In the past 20 years, colleges and universities have been providing greater

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Professional Development for Teachers and Counselors

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington; Jill Lynn Weber, Center for Research and Learning; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington

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Paper ID #22274’Helped Me Feel Relevant Again in the Classroom’: Longitudinal Evaluationof a Research Experience for a Teachers’ Program in Neural Engineering(Evaluation)Ms. Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington Kristen Clapper Bergsman is the Engineering Education Research Manager at the Center for Sensorimo- tor Neural Engineering at the University of Washington, where she is also a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in Learning Sciences and Human Development. Previously, Kristen worked as an ed- ucational consultant offering support in curriculum design and publication. She received her M.Ed. in

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Best Practices in Out-of-School Time

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris San Antonio-Tunis, Museum of Science, Boston; Joelle Clark, Northern Arizona University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston

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, especially for underserved and underrepresented populations. She focuses on developing research-based, field-tested curricula. For sixteen years, she worked as a vice president at the Museum of Science where she was the Founding Director of Engineering is Elementary, a groundbreaking program that integrates engineering concepts into preschool, elementary, and middle school curriculum and teacher professional development. Her recent book, Engineering in Elementary STEM Education, describes what she has learned. Cunningham has previously served as director of en- gineering education research at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, where her work focused on integrating engineering with science

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020First-graders' Computational Thinking in Informal Learning Settings (Work in Progress)IntroductionRecently computational thinking has emerged as a fundamental skill for pre-college students. One way ofintegrating this new skill into the curriculum is through integrated STEM education. The importance ofSTEM education as a driving force for economic stability and growth is unquestionable and has been acatalyst for change across the globe in recent years. Given the growth of technology and digital computersin the 21stcentury and the demands for professionals and engineers with computer science and problem-solving skills, computational thinking (CT) has gained

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Middle School Students' Engineering Identity, Efficacy, Attitudes, and Perceptions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College; Al Rudnitsky, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Sonia K. Ellis, Smith College

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Time learning adventure, users become participants in an interactive onlinegraphic novel that is integrated with video and an online game. This transmedia approach makesinteractive IE engineering narratives more immersive and emotionally engaging.It is important to note that the Talk to Me novel and associated learning adventures are allavailable for free on the TMW website. Because it can be accessed by everyone, TMW addressesconcerns about the shift toward transmedia resources widening the digital divide between richand poor adolescents.29,30V. Overview of the Through My Window Learning EnvironmentThrough My Window has a variety of elements that can be combined in different waysdepending upon teacher needs. It includes the following

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

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Shramana Ghosh, New York University; Pooneh Sabouri, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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University, where she studies teachers’ experiences as they learn about robotics, how they envision incorporating robotics in their curriculum and challenges that they face.Dr. Vikram Kapila, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon), where he directs a Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Laboratory, a Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a DR K-12 research project, and an ITEST re- search project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and con

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Engineering Design for Elementary Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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modeling their solutions [7][8].However, studies show that these competencies are not exhibited in undergraduate students [9].Thus, we can argue that pre-college engineering exposure should help children promote thesecompetencies by engaging children in age and developmental-appropriate activities in-schooland out-of-school.Engineering design plays a crucial and important role to have an effective K-12 engineeringeducation [10][11]. However, to have an effective engineering design integration, we need toknow how to successfully implement appropriate engineering design activities for variety oflearners. The NRC report [11] makes recommendations for conducting research to determinewhat works for diverse learners and why. They suggest that before

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Computational Thinking in Pre-College Engineering

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Abeera P. Rehmat, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hayaam Osman; Carson Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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engage her child in CT during integrated CT+engineering activities. The researchquestions addressed in this study are: What roles does a homeschool parent play that lead to their child’s engagement in computational thinking during (a) an integrated literacy, STEM, and CT curriculum at home, and (b) interaction with an engineering and computational thinking exhibit in a science center? MethodsResearch Design This is a qualitative study that utilized a single-case-study approach to investigate theroles that a homeschool parent plays in promoting CT in her six-year-old child. We employed acase study approach because a case study is an empirical inquiry which can provide