Publication Type Journal, Dissertation, or Thesis Year Year of publication (as opposed to the year of data collection) State(s) State(s) where data was collected from Participants Participants involved in the study Research Focus Focus of the research study (e.g., abilities, motivations) Focus (narrowed) A finer categorization than above (e.g., students’ abilities) Research Methods The type of research conducted (e.g., Quantitative, Qualitative, Both) Sample Size Total sample size of PLTW-affiliated participants Internal Comparison Whether the study compared PLTW internally (e.g., by demographics) If so, what? What were the comparative variables used (e.g
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Justifywhytheirdesignsolutionisappropriatebasedonapplicationofcore communicatetheir science/mathematicsconcepts. designsolutionthrough B Justifywhytheirdesignsolutionisappropriatebasedoninformationobtainedin useofevidence-based problemscoping. reasoning. En grTEAMS Projec t i s fu nded by t h e N a t i o n a l Sci e n ce F o u n da t i o n un d er gra nt NSF DUE- 1238140Notebooks in the CurriculaThroughout the design project, each student maintains an engineering notebook in order to take notes, develop ideas,record testing and observations, document decisions, and plan next steps. Each of the 13 units has both commonelements of the notebook and elements that are specific to that unit. The common elements of the notebooks
arethose of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. The author would also like to thank the Center for Engineering Education andOutreach at Tufts University for their support.Bibliography1. Ashby, M. F., & Johnson, K. (2013). Materials and design: the art and science of material selection in product design: Butterworth-Heinemann.2. Lipson, H., & Kurman, M. (2010). Factory@ home: The emerging economy of personal fabrication. A report commissioned by the US Office of Science and Technology Policy.3. Klahr, D., Triona, L. M., & Williams, C. (2007). Hands on what? The relative effectiveness of physical versus virtual materials in an engineering design project
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purposes.32Additionally, engineering habits of mind may involve skills such as spatial thinking orsystems thinking that are geared at manipulation of geometrical designs20 but in this article,we are rather interested in the essence of S&E thinking so we may be able to promote it atearly grades in K-12.3. Relevant literatureConfidence in our understanding of how the mind works has been hindered by the fact that itinvolves a delicate, inaccessible, and complicated organ, the brain. Yet, technology hasrecently broken some of the barriers to understanding its functions. Neuroscientists useimaging techniques to understand brain mechanisms that take part in receiving, storing,retrieving, and processing information. Cognitive psychologists use
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curriculum—and what this looks like as enactedby K-2 students. As the previous computational thinking definition highlights, the problemsolving strategies and skills used in computational thinking will likely share many things incommon with the STEM disciplines. Thus, even though the prior implementations PictureSTEMfocused on STEM and literacy thinking and learning, there is likely to be aspects ofcomputational thinking also present. This paper provides examples of aspects of computationalthinking (i.e., troubleshooting) that are present without a claim that these are ideal or completeintegrations of computational thinking.MethodsDescription of PictureSTEM unit(s)The PictureSTEM curriculum was developed for grades K-2, with emphasis on the use
. The rubrics can also be used for self-‐assessment as well as for professional development purposes. These rubrics are not content-‐specific, therefore they can be used with a wide range of engineering design-‐based K-‐12 STEM curricula. Providing teachers with Teaching Standards and performance rubrics can guide and improve instruction in technology education settings. 7 References Ball, D. L., Lubienski, S., & Mewborn, D. (2001). Research on teaching mathematics: The unsolved problem of teachers’ mathematical knowledge. In V
Lock and Dam System Concrete Steel 3:30 -- 4:00 Material Material 4:00 -- 4:30 Team Building Exercise Lab Lab 4:30 -- 5:00 Note: The two material laboratory exercises run parallel with students split into two groups.Program Highlights Unique features of the CCSU NSTI program are the welcome luncheon and graduationceremony. The welcome luncheon is scheduled on the first day. FHWA Division Officerepresentative(s), CTDOT liaisons, university administrators (Admissions and Dean's Office),participating faculty, and speakers from the
applications of positively impacting others areeasily connected in the biomedical engineering field. Nearly 40% of biomedical engineers arewomen. Although males are still the majority in this field, biomedical engineering is one of themore popular engineering fields among women.15 The final major change to our program fornext year is our goal to interview participants about their experiences. We will utilize this as away for students to reflect on their experiences as well as a way for us to receive more rich dataabout the short-term impacts of our program.Resources[1] F. Halpern, D., Aronson, J., Reimer, N., Simpkins, S., R. Star, J., & Wentzel, K. (2007,September 1). Encouraging Girls in Math and Science. Retrieved December 2, 2014, fromhttp
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science education: Practices, crosscutting concepts, andcore ideas. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.3 Capobianco, B., Lehman, J., & Kelley, T. (2015, April). Learning to teach elementary school science throughengineering design. A paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting,Chicago, IL.4 Capobianco, B. M., & Rupp, M. (2014). STEM teachers' planned and enacted attempts at implementingengineering design-based instruction. School Science and Mathematics, 114(6), 258-270.5 Sargianis, K., Yang, S., & Cunningham, C. (2012). Effective engineering professional development for elementaryeducators. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting for the American Society of Engineering Education
Possible Solution(s) Solution(s) Construct PrototypeFigure 2: Design Process Model Utilized with Participating TeachersData CollectionWe focus this evaluation on analysis of surveys (T-STEM), content knowledge tests (DTAMS),and focus groups each completed both before and after professional development, as well asteacher-generated engineering design lesson plans and observations as teachers implementedlessons in their classrooms.The Teacher Efficacy and Attitudes Toward STEM (T-STEM) 15 Survey is intended to measurechanges in teachers’ confidence and self-efficacy in STEM subject content and teaching, use oftechnology in the classroom, 21st century learning
among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her work focuses on defining STEM integration and investigating its power for student learning. Tamara Moore received an NSF Early CAREER award in 2010 and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2012. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Saving Pelicans: A STEM Integration Unit (CurriculumExchange) TargetGradeLevel:5-8 EngrTEAMSEngineering to Transform the Education of Analysis, Measurement, & Science Authors and Contact: S. Selcen Guzey Tamara J. Moore
designlongevity stems from its low cost, ease of use, and stable operation2. Common applications arethe generation of pulses, oscillator waveforms, and timing signals. External resistors andcapacitors control timing delays and operating frequencies. A versatile application circuit usingthis IC requires a power supply (e.g. a 9-V battery), a breadboard, a few resistors, capacitor(s),and an output device. With this IC providing versatile functions in a low-cost and easy-to-use package, circuits canbe constructed quickly to address such questions as “What makes a light blink and a buzzersound?” or “What happens internally when a button is pushed?” Design, e.g. changing theoutput function and changing the circuit timing, can be incorporated with simple
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offering to hone theirpresentation skills. The NYU Tandon director of enrollment management, an NYU financial aidofficer, and the DSI instructor led one and a half hour sessions of college advisement to groupsof 5 to 6 students. The students received feedback on their draft college essays and advice on:choosing a college essay topic, creating a list of candidate schools, interacting with interviewers,and understanding college financial aid terminology and processes.Each mentor was assigned one to two mentees and a given lab was assigned between two to fourmentees. Mentors, typically advanced graduate students or post-doctoral researchers, begancontact with their assigned mentee(s) after the completion of the matching process. Participantswere
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to havea voice, but that they may be changing the dynamics of the whole scene. Analysis of videorecordings of designers’ activity, for example, could confirm or disconfirm this sense.Through further analysis, we intend to explore how a pedagogical partnership between peerobservers, design team members, and classroom instructors might positively influence all thestakeholders’ practices related to engineering design/communication.References[1] Cennamo, K. S., Brandt, C. B. & Scott, B. (2010). Adapting the studio to design-baseddisciplines: Research-based strategies for effective practice, in P. Doolittle (ed.), Proceedings ofthe 2010 Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy (pp 14-15), Blacksburg, Virginia, Centerfor Instructional
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. Longitudinalsurveys should also be used to assess the long term success of the course in improving studentself-efficacy and interest in STEM majors and careers. The authors suggest that theseimprovements be made for the future across the entire program and analyzed in future papers.References[1] ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,2016 – 2017. (2016). Retrieved from http://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering-programs-2016-2017/[2] NGSS Lead States. (2013). Next generation science standards: For states, by states. Washington, DC: TheNational Academies Press.[3] Goldstein, M. H., Purzer, S., Adams, R. S., & Xie, C. (2015). High School
discipline were more intense (larger dosage) than the discipline-specificsessions associated with the residential camps of 2014. Thus, it is possible that this larger dose ofcontent generally helped students identify with each discipline as a possible major/profession forthem. The second factor that might (also) explain this difference is that the campers in 2014attended all discipline-specific sessions, whereas students that attended the 2015 day camps self-selected into those days (disciplines) that they wanted to attend. Thus, it is possible that the 2015campers that attended each day had more self-identification with the discipline(s) associated withthe day(s) they chose to attend. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree
). • Teachers can assess student performance using an analytic rubric which addresses technical performance (weight requirements), creativity, and aesthetics. Please see the analytic rubric worksheet. • Students can be asked relevant questions at the conclusion of the activity to assess their understanding of the real-world applications of bioscaffolds. Please see the real-world applications worksheet.Applications: This hands-on activity introduces students to open-ended design questions thatengineers face every day. Students create their own scaffolds comprised of different geometricalshapes and they begin to understand the troubleshooting process as they discover why theirdesign(s) failed and how to make improvements
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