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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Practices in K-12 Engineering Education Curriculum

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College; Rebecca Arielle Citrin, Lafayette College; Pamela L.B. Clark, PLB Clark Consulting LLC

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College Rebecca Citrin is a presently employed as a Site/Civil Staff Engineer for Langan Engineering and Envi- ronmental Service. Rebecca graduated from Lafayette College in 2014 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering and a minor in Environmental Science. She previously worked with Lafayette College and North Carolina State University faculty members on an NSF funded education project. Rebecca has conducted research on various informal K – 12 engineering education projects and has worked on devel- oping assessment methods for these projects. Rebecca has also organized various student events such as the Lafayette College Engineering Brain Bowl and the Lafayette College STEM Camp, to both promote

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University; Braska Williams Jr, North Carolina State University

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. In future studies, a more qualitative researchapproach will be taken to complement the quantitative data in an effort to identify those criticalprogrammatic elements that impact URM students’ interest and self-efficacy in engineering ininformal learning environments. Moreover, we aim to explore the longitudinal impact of this typeof program on students’ decisions to pursue engineering studies. Moving forward, there are plansto use the knowledge gained from this study to update and package the lesson plans and activitiesdeveloped in the design course for broader implementation in other STEM-related programs.References1. PCAST. 2012. Engage to excel: producing one million additional college graduates with degrees in science, technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Research-to-Practice: Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly B. Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University

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in a student’s decision as to where to attendand what to study. Many other successful programs focus on younger students to intervene incritical decision making times.For this project we paired schools that have been a part of ongoing K-12 outreach programs withadditional schools that have a larger percentage of underrepresented groups in their generalpopulation. In the initial pilot, participating High Schools sent two teachers and six students tothe STEM-Discovery camp. Teachers were urged to select student teams that balance academicdisciplines with roughly half having interests in science/math and the other half in other fields.Teacher workshops were used to guide teachers through the engineering design process, as wellas the content