Integrating Engineering Design and Microelectronics in a Range of Pre-College Courses Tamara J. Moore, S. Selcen Guzey, Greg J. Strimel, Morgan M. Hynes, Kerrie A. Douglas, Anne Leftwich, Molly Hathaway Goldstein, Aman Yadav, Imani N. Adams, Rachel E. Gehr, Emily M. Haluschak, Christine McDonnell, Azizi Penn, Breejha S. Quezada, Deana Lucas, Bruce E. Wellman, Victoria Constantine, JaKobi L. Burton, Mary K. Pilotte, Rena A. SterrettThe curriculum units can befound through
problems can help tosupport students’ understanding of science, math, and engineering simultaneously. Even though mathematical modeling is included in K-12 mathematics educationalstandards (i.e., Common Core State Standards for Mathematics [19]), teachers struggle withintegrating mathematics content into engineering problems[14], [15]. As an example, the middleschool teachers in Lesseig et al.’s [15] multi-year university and school district partnership useda professional development model to create Science, Engineering, and Mathematics DesignChallenges. The mathematics and science teachers perceived the challenges aligned withmathematics problem-solving skills and specific engineering practice. The major problem themathematics teachers
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, and areas of improvements. Total Number of Responses Table 1: Survey Question Responses S. Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree S. Agree Do you feel the E-Dragster was a challenging 0 0 3 1 4 experience? Do you feel the E-Dragster project is a "real-world" 0 1 1 3 3 project for a STEM Learning Environment? Question Topic Commonly Reported Themes Positive Experience Following a Design
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presents both disciplines through severalinteractive sessions and hands-on exercises. Both the fish identification exercise and the filtrationlaboratory exercise can be easily replicated at other universities with little faculty overhead.Anecdotal student comments suggest that the workshop provides a strong introduction to twoimportant academic disciplines that most were unfamiliar with prior to the experience.References1. U.S. Military Academy, West Point. Summer Leader Experience. https://www.westpoint.edu/admissions/summer-program2. Kurwadkar, S. T., & Marble, D. K., & Edwards, J. T. (2012, June), Summer Merit Camp and Environmental Communication Week: Targeted Approaches to Environmental Engineering Education Paper presented
enjoys creating inclusive environments where students feel supported while exploring STEM related topics. Tanja is also an active member of the prestigious national engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi, where she serves as an advisor for a local university’s chapter. And more recently, she has stepped into the role of co-advisor to launch a new collegiate SWE affiliation on the Marian Campus.Dr. Hansika I. Sirikumara, E.S. Witchger School of Engineering, Marian University Indianapolis, IN Hansika Sirikumara, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering at Marian University, E. S. Witchger School of Engineering. She completed her MS and PhD degrees from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her
,alternative pathways and the different types of engineering disciplines. To address these needs,we brought in an undergraduate student panel to discuss a variety of topics and were given thefollowing questions to discuss: ● What do you wish you had been told in high school about applying to an engineering program? ● What do you wish you had been told about the engineering profession? ● What are some of the benefits of an engineering degree, as you see it? ● Do you know someone who you think would be an excellent engineering student? Why do you think s/he did not pursue engineering? ● What’s the number one skill set a prospective engineering student should be working on in high school? ● What’s the number one
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the UACI camp both summers.This platform enabled instructors to engage the camp participants in real-time, render the camp curriculaand facilitate hand-on activities collaboratively. Zoom offers a feature called “breakout rooms”, whichallows the host and co-host(s) of the meeting to form separate smaller groups within the meeting. Theinstructors and facilitators used this feature to provide assistance to students who exhibited difficultygrasping information and/or completing the hands-on activities. The Uhuru Academy (UA) instructors utilized Canva to deploy the STEM history lessons. Canvais an online design and publishing tool that enables users to create presentations, videos, posters, logos,social media posts, etc. All history
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threedimensions: interest in STEM; self-concept as it relates to STEM subjects; and role models’impacts on students’ perceptions of STEM professionals. For this work we operationalizedSTEM identity using Hazari et. al.’s (2010) physics identity framework. In our adaptation ofHazari et al.’s (2010) framework, STEM identity is made up of four dimensions: 1. Recognition: recognition by others as being good at STEM; 2. Interest: Desire/curiosity to think about and understand STEM; 3. Performance: belief in ability to perform required STEM tasks; and 4. Competence: belief in ability to understand STEM content.For the remainder of this paper, when the term STEM identity is used, this is the definition weare using
teacher in the gaming and web design industry.Furthermore, the findings call for effective strategies for developing teacher competence byutilizing their previous experiences if the power of role-play approaches is to be realized. Ourstudy also indicates that students need to be trained in project work and role-play to familiarizethem with authentic engineering approaches (Svärd et al., 2022). Furthermore, in relation toStrobel et al.’s (2013) four types of authenticity, our paper builds specifically on strengtheningthe context and personal/value authenticity of students through role-play activities. Regarding thelatter, role-play can build self-efficacy through identity development offered through continuouscommunication, and self-evaluation
understand who girlsselected as role models and how they perceived their OEs. Therefore, we began by asking girlsabout role models in a general sense. Specifically, we asked them “Do you have a role model?”,and if so, we asked them to identify their role model(s) and to explain why they chose thatperson (or people) as a role model (or role models). We then shifted our questioning to focusmore specifically on perceptions of the OEs by asking girls, “Would any of your OEs be a rolemodel for you?” We followed this up the next semester by asking, “Could any of your OEs be arole model for you?” Next, we directly asked girls, “Are any of your OEs a role model for you?”and asked them to explain why or why not. Because we were not convinced that girls
process, including why articleswere excluded [18]. This is presented in Figure 1.3.1 Step 1: Framing the questions for reviewUsing Khan et al.’s steps, we created a free-form question based on the goals for this study,resulting in What does existing literature indicate as promising practices when integrating CSinto other subjects?We formed structured questions from the free-form question, breaking them apart into Khanet al.’s categories. This included the following: • Population: K-5 students • Interventions or exposures: Integrated CSMabie, McGill, Huerta ASEE 2023 Identification
spring and didn’t have a summer camp [14]. Within the engineering sector, summer camps have shown to provide an outlet for children ofvarying age levels, racial, and ethnic backgrounds, with similar interests, to interact with one another [15].This is particularly important as studies have shown that with engineering awareness certain children groupsneed more exposure to the topic. Within those who do enter engineering, white female, African American,Latino, and Native American high school students traditionally have had little encouragement in pursuingcareers related to these subjects [17-18]. Given early 2000’s work, there has been an increase in women’srepresentation in all STEM fields, yet they remain significantly underrepresented
project duration, and several morning and/or afternoon sessionsduring the final week and a half of the project are left to teacher discretion in conducting moreresearch or working on curriculum development. The RET via RET program culminates withrespective participant team presentations on research experience(s) and the developed curriculumthat will be integrated into the upcoming academic year. Finally, also scattered within the 6-weekprogram are program evaluation sessions, much of which are discussed in the greatest detail withinthis article.3. Literature ReviewAnderson and Moeed [7] recently reported that teacher professional development situated withina professional (i.e. scientific/engineering) workplace can produce “sustained” changes in
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children will learn about various emotions, understand feelings, and appropriate responsesfrom parents, parents too may learn about their child(ren)’s emotional responses and ways to bestreact and engage that supports their child’s growth and determination through adversity.Conclusion and Implications for PracticeWith the understanding that parents play a critical role in the learning experiences of children,alongside their social and emotional development and socialization, we explored parent and childperceptions of their experience with frustration and failure while participating in an engineering-oriented STEM program in out-of-school contexts. The current investigation highlighted twoprominent themes, specifically oriented around parent
the Innovation (STEM-ID) Attributes of STEM-ID that are uninfluenced by other factors at any given point in time. Complexity The number of parts in the STEM-ID curricula and the extent of their interdependence. Specificity The level of detail in which the operationalization of STEM-ID is described. Scope STEM-ID’s target area(s) within the field of education. Empirical Evidence that STEM-ID accomplishes desired outcomes. Effectiveness Results The extent to which the impacts of STEM-ID can be
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facilities/buildings. ● Become familiar with their mentor(s)’s first-hand experiences as an engineering student. ● Recall reasons and motivations for studying engineering. Materials Slideshow Presentation Activities Beginning of Session: Introduction: (5 min) ● Mentor introduction to the mentee(s) - name, major, class standing, hobbies, interests. ● Mentee introduction. ● Share the objective of the program: “During this program, you will learn about UT engineering, the different engineering majors that you can study, the college application process, and the many scholarships and
of PD, including 5 days in the summer and 3 days during the academicyear. Teachers implemented 3 culturally relevant engineering design (CRED) tasks that theydesigned for their own classrooms. A CRED framework was adapted from Guerra et al.’s [3]engineering design process to explicitly include connections to community, culture, and placewithin each design stage (Identify, Describe, Generate, Embody, Finalize). The PD program wasbuilt on a theoretical framework using Bandura’s [4] Social Cognitive Theory to develop self-efficacy and collective efficacy within the teacher cohort. Teachers were given tools, practice,and support to develop their own CRED tasks. The cohort model provided opportunities for peermentorship and on-going collaboration