Paper ID #16758STEM: Explore, Discover, Apply – Engaging Electricity Modules for MiddleSchool (P12 Resource Exchange)Dr. Krystal S. Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center Dr. Krystal Corbett is the Director of Curricula at the Cyber Innovation Center (CIC). She received her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2008/2010), M.S. in Mathematics (2012), and Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2012) at Louisiana Tech University. Through the CIC, Dr. Corbett manages various educational enterprises. Additionally, she is designing and implementing a three-part middle school elective course, STEM: Explore, Discover, Apply, which fosters
Paper ID #16760Building Circuits with Logic Gates to Demonstrate Mathematical Logic (P12Resource Exchange)Dr. Krystal S. Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center Dr. Krystal Corbett is the Director of Curricula at the Cyber Innovation Center (CIC). She received her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2008/2010), M.S. in Mathematics (2012), and Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2012) at Louisiana Tech University. Through the CIC, Dr. Corbett manages various educational enterprises. Additionally, she is designing and implementing a three-part middle school elective course, STEM: Explore, Discover, Apply, which fosters excitement in
Paper ID #16230Parents and Roles in Informal Making Education: Informing and Implica-tions for Making in MuseumsMatthew Dickens, Arizona State University Senior Robotics Electrical Engineering Student at Arizona State Universities’ Honors College interested in engineering education, and the entertainment and edutainment industries.Dr. Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of En- gineering at Arizona State University. He teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of
Paper ID #15016Elementary Teachers’ Reflections on Design Failures and Use of Fail Wordsafter Teaching Engineering for Two Years (Fundamental)Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, worked briefly as a process engineer, and taught high school physics and pre-engineering. She has taught engineering and science to children in multiple informal settings. As a pre-service teacher educator, she includes
+ Making Outreach Programs,Instigating a Revolution of Additive Innovation:An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking,andIncreasing Learning and Efficacy about Emerging Technologies through Transmedia Engagement by the Public in Science- in-Society Activities.He was also a participant in the NSF Innovation Corps for Learning 2015 cohort (Leveraging Maker Pathways to Scale Steam + Making Outreach Programs) and served as senior person- nel / instructional team on the 2014pilot for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning (I-Corps-L).Dr. Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of En- gineering at Arizona State University. He
since 2008. He works to increase student interest in the sciences through partnerships with Gift of Life, Dow Chemical, University of Pennsylvania, and Drexel University that bring real life biological and physical science into classrooms.Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University Jessica Ward serves as the Director of Operations for the DragonsTeach program. She previously worked in the College of Engineering at Drexel University for more than 9 years with a focus on recruitment, grant facilitation and STEM program management. During her tenure in the College of Engineering, Jessica successfully coordinated with multiple faculty members in the submission of approximately 600 grant proposals, including co-writing, editing
Paper ID #16427Comparisons of a Female-Only, Male-Only, and Mixed-Gender EngineeringEnrichment Program for 4th GradersDr. Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology LINDA S. HIRSCH is the Assistant Director for Research, Evaluation and Program Operations for the Center for Pre-College programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Hirsch has a degree in educa- tional psychology with a specialty in Educational Statistics and Measurement from the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. She has been involved in all aspects of educational and psychological research for over 20 years. Dr. Hirsch has
Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis.Prof. Elizabeth S Hart, University of Dayton Beth Hart is a Lecturer for the University of Dayton School of Engineering Dean’s Office. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Dayton, both in Chemical Engineering. She currently teaches engineering design and oversees the Women Engineering Program, part of the Diversity in Engi- neering Center.Mrs. Laura Kozuh Bistrek, University
- PI on the NSF-funded projects:Might Young Makers Be the Engineers of the Future?,I-Corps for Learn- ing:Leveraging Maker Pathways to Scale Steam + Making Outreach Programs,Instigating a Revolution of Additive Innovation:An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking,andIncreasing Learning and Efficacy about Emerging Technologies through Transmedia Engagement by the Public in Science- in-Society Activities.He was also a participant in the NSF Innovation Corps for Learning 2015 cohort (Leveraging Maker Pathways to Scale Steam + Making Outreach Programs) and served as senior person- nel / instructional team on the 2014pilot for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning (I-Corps-L).Dr. Shawn S Jordan, Arizona State
collaborator in a teacher-fellow pair through National Science Foundation’s GK12 program, Stephanie challenged students to find solutions to the NAE Grand Challenges. Secondary students have built vertical gardens, designed water filters, and most recently engineered food snacks using molecular gastronomy techniques. Resources to the project can be found at: bit.ly/MGresourcesJessica S. Ward, Drexel University Jessica Ward serves as the Director of Operations for the DragonsTeach program. She previously worked in the College of Engineering at Drexel University for more than 8 years with a focus on recruitment, grant facilitation and STEM program management. During her tenure in the College of Engineering, Jessica
Paper ID #15878Using Career Pathways to Assimilate High School Students into the Engi-neering ProfessionDr. S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University - Northridge Dr. S. Jimmy Gandhi is an assistant professor at California State University, Northridge. His research interests and the courses he teaches includes Quality Management, Lean Manufacturing, Innovation & Entrepreneurship,Sustainability as well as research in the field of Engineering Education. He has over 30 conference and journal publications and has brought in over $500K in research grants to The California State University, Northridge.Dr. Vidya K
greater user feedback control than current systems. He is enthusiastic about inspiring students to pursue careers in STEM fields, with a focus on advanced manufacturing.Ms. Elizabeth S. Herkenham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ms. Herkenham is the K-13 Education Outreach Director of the School of Engineering (SoE) at Rensse- laer Polytechnic Institute. Her responsibilities include managing the Pre-College educational programs for the NSF-funded Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications Engineering Research Center (LESA ERC), CURENT ERC, and faculty-driven Broader Impact initiatives. Under Ms. Herkenham’s leadership, the RPI Engineering Ambassadors undergraduate program was established in Spring 2011. This unique
Paper ID #16538Undergraduate Engineers and Teachers: Can Students Be Both?Dr. Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado - Boulder Malinda Zarske is a faculty member with the Engineering Plus program at the University of Colorado Boulder. A former high school and middle school science and math teacher, she has advanced degrees in teaching secondary science from the Johns Hopkins University and in civil engineering from CU-Boulder. Malinda teaches undergraduate product design courses through Engineering Plus as well as STEM edu- cation courses for pre-service teachers through CU Teach Engineering. Additionally, she
for Engineering Education, 2016 Challenges and Benefits of Introducing a Science and Engineering Fair in High-Needs Schools (Work in Progress) Science and Engineering (S&E) Fairs are a valuable educational activity that are believedto increase students’ engagement and learning in science and engineering by emphasizingcreativity and inquiry-focused learning.1,2 However, S&E Fairs put demands on teachers,parents, and students for time and resources.3,4 Organizing such an event is especially demandingin the first few years of implementation. As a result, poor and low-achieving schools are lesslikely to implement such a program for their students, despite the potential benefits 1,3,4. Ourstudy is based on data
| kmtank@iastate.edu | tamara@purdue.edu | www.PictureSTEM.orgThis curriculum module is part of the PictureSTEM Project, which employs engineering and literacy contexts to integrate science, technology, and mathematics content instruction in meaningful ways. Description of Designing Paper B askets U nitThis 5-‐day unit geared towards the early elementary grades (K-‐2) consists of five pairs of literacy and S TEM integration lessons that work together to build the foundation for an engineering design challenge. Each of the lessons require approximately 30 minutes of class time and
annual conferences such as American Society for Engineering Education, National Science Teachers Association, and International Society for Technology in Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Using S ckers and Copper Tape to Prototype and Explore Electrical CircuitsGrades 5 and higherThe Cyber Resilient Energy Delivery Consor um (CREDC) Educa on team con nues the work of the TCIPG Educa on project. The team develops interac ve lessons and ac vi es designed to link researchers, educators, consumers, and students. The materials illustrate challenges, trade‐offs, and decisions required for secure and
Paper ID #16983Challenges for Integrating Engineering into the K-12 Curriculum: Indicatorsof K-12 Teachers’ Propensity to Adopt InnovationDr. Louis Nadelson, Utah State University Louis S. Nadelson is an associate professor and director for the Center for the School of the Future in the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education at Utah State University. He has a BS from Colorado State University, a BA from the Evergreen State College, a MEd from Western Washington University, and a PhD in educational psychology from UNLV. His scholarly interests include all areas of STEM teaching and learning, inservice and preservice teacher
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science knowledge using real data. This fell to just 7.7% post-institute – with furtheropportunities to engage in hands-on research using emerging technology throughout the schoolyear.VIII. AcknowledgmentThis work has been made possible by the NSF EPSCoR Track III Award #1348266.IX. References1 National Center for Education Statistics. 1990–2009. Digest of Education Statistics. US Department of Education. nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/2 Wang, M.T., Eccles, J.S., &, S. (2013). Not Lack of Ability but More Choice: Individual and Gender Differences in Choice of Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Psychological Science May 2013 24: 770-775, first published on March 18, 20133
Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree). Students scale scores on the iSTEMinstrument were produced by taking the mean response across items. Therefore, individual scorescould range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating higher iSTEM perceptions, the descriptivestatistics for this study is shown in table 1 in the results section.STEM clubs. Participants responded “Yes” (1) or “No” (0) to the question regarding theirinvolvement in extracurricular STEM clubs: “Do you participate in any Math, Science,Engineering, or Technology clubs inside or outside of school?” If the student indicated “Yes,”s/he was asked to specify the name of the STEM club, see descriptive statistics in table 1 inresults section
multiple times to investigatewhether any themes were present across numerous students in the study. This transcript reviewfocused on specific questions asked during the interview, primarily students’ personal interest(s), 2career aspiration(s), experience with engineering, and understanding of engineering. Analysiswas performed by capturing consistencies in the data relevant to the framework of this paper, andthen student characteristics were considered for any plausible explanations.Findings/Discussion The first theme that became apparent following the analysis of the data is the narrowcomprehension of engineers and engineering conveyed by
project. Finally, MEP mentors participatedin several planned social events with MSEN participants in order to help build relationships amongmentors and MSEN students. The project culminated in a poster session where participantsshowcased their design projects to an audience of K-12 administrators, corporate partners, facultyand parents.Preliminary ResultsThe Student Attitudes toward STEM (S-STEM) for Middle and High School (6-12)20 uses a 5-pointLikert scale (1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=agree and5=strongly agree) to evaluate students’ confidence and attitudes toward math, science, engineeringand technology and 21st century learning. It was administered in a pre/post format. To get a betterunderstanding of
ontological framework. Lastly, upon examination of the cognitive processes K-12 students’ employ duringdesigning, few coding schemes actually are informed by educational philosophies, learningtheory, and STEM educational reform. Nor, do they indicate how students can be better equippedto learn and develop their cognition while designing. As researchers and educators moveforward, examining decision making strategies as well as normative models may provideadditional relevance to Design Cognition in terms of how students are performing in relation toeducational philosophies, learning theory, and STEM Educational reform. ReferencesAdams, R. S., Turn, J., & Atman, C. Y. (2003). Educating effective
design from the start. The fifth principle is to ensure allscience and mathematics concepts, and technology tools employed are necessary forstudents’ successful completion of the STEM-design projects. With these principles inmind, the next step is to examine classroom enactments of the curriculum, focusing onthe extent to which students apply mathematics and science concepts to their designwork and the challenges and affordances for doing so (Berland, 2013).Effective Instructional Methodologies Contemporary engineering education should emphasize the design process,challenge-based learning, and other engineering habits of mind (Berland, Martin, Ko, etal., 2013). The results of Berland, Martin, Ko, et al.’s (2013) study revealed that as
. (2010). Self-efficacy in female and male undergraduate engineering students: Comparisons among four institutions. In: 2010 American Society of Engineering Education Southeast Section Conference. Blacksburg, Virginia. 5. Business Higher Education Forum. (2010). Increasing the number of STEM graduates: Insights from the U.S. STEM education and modeling project. 6. Ceci, S. J., Ginther, D. K., Kahn, S., Williams, W. M. (2014). Women in Academic Science: A Changing Landscape. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 15(3), 75-141. 7. Creamer, E. G. (2012). American Journal of Engineering Education—Spring 2012, 3(1), 1-12. 8. Engineering Workforce Commission. (2011). Undergraduate enrollment in engineering
encouraging me to go to college. 3 My friends plan on going to 12 9 4 4.32 college. 4 17 6 1 4.48 I enjoy school. 5 21 4 4.84 My teacher(s)/counselor(s) care if I go to college. 6 I am interested in a specific 13 3 8 1 4.12 college(s).7 I have a specific career 6 10 8 1 3.84 goal(s).8 I am interested in a
cybersecurity, such as artificial immune systems.Dr. Charles Lam, California State University - Bakersfield Dr. Charles C.Y. Lam is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at CSU Bakersfield. Dr. Lam received his Ph.D. in Combinatorics and Optimization from the University of Waterloo. His research areas are in cryptography, digital watermarking, and combinatorics. He has mentored various undergraduate student researchers as a faculty mentor for the LSAMP and McNair Scholars Program. He has extensive experience in curriculum assessment, undergraduate curriculum development, and student mentoring.Dr. Hani Mehrpouyan P.E., California State University - Bakersfield \Hani Mehrpouyan\ (S’05-M’10) received his B.Sc. honours degree
. To circumvent this, educators oftenrequire at least three unique design concepts. Ideally, during iteration, additional concepts arebrainstormed based on initial test results. Figure 3: EDP Log, IdeateOn the Evaluate tab, the design descriptions auto-populate from the Ideate tab, along with thedesign requirements. Students are then asked to predict whether or not each concept is likely orunlikely to meet each of the requirements. These are just beliefs or predictions, but they shouldbe used to help the students to decide which concept(s) are most promising for furtherdevelopment and prototyping. When a student enters an ‘L’ for likely or a ‘U’ for unlikely, thegray cells turn green or red, respectively
that when the marble is first struck by the pinball start off at zero and once mechanism it reaches a maximum velocity of 1.46 m/s. The put in motion down the acceleration of the ball is very fast peaking at 8.36 m/s track; gravity does the rest, before making contact with the track and slowing to about until it reaches the bottom 5.7 m/s. and stops. C. Describe 2 types of forces exhibited by machine components Emerging ( Low ) Proficient ( High ) We have gravitational forces, with The domino at the end of the