program's expansion and sustained impact.References[1] Maltby, J. L. , Brooks, C. , Horton, M. , & Morgan, H. (2016). Long Term Benefits forWomen in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Living-Learning Community.Learning Communities Research and Practice, 4(1), Article 2. Available at:http://washingtoncenter.evergreen.edu/lcrpjournal/vol4/iss1/2[2] Thomasian, J. (2012). The Role of Informal Science in the State Education Agenda. IssueBrief. NGA Center for Best Practices.[3] Ackerman, P.L., Kanfer, R., & Calderwood, C. (2013). High school advanced placement andstudent performance in college; STEM majors, non-STEM majors, and gender differences.Teachers College Record, 115(10), 1-43.[4] Shaw, E.J. & Barbuti, S. (2010
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within and across school districts. PD sessions includedtime for teachers to develop lesson plans, explore resources, and reflect on their learning.We used a mixed methods research design to investigate the impact of the PD program onteacher self-efficacy and classroom pedagogy with a focus on cultural relevance and engineeringdesign. Quantitative pre/post data was collected using three survey instruments: TeachingEngineering Self-Efficacy Scale (TESS), Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale(CRTSE), and Culturally Congruent Instruction Survey (CCIS). Qualitative data includedvideotaped classroom observations, individual teacher interviews after each design task, andteacher focus groups and written reflections during the summer and
provided and ways to implement themsustainability and consistently in the classroom during a school year. After spending countless hours researching, discussing, attending fellowships,and professional developments looking for an answer to what diversity, equity, inclusion,and belonging looked like in a high school science classroom, I found the answers weremainly theoretical. This paper sets out to describe the process by which I used thesetheories to distill a practical, strategy-based, actionable framework for secondaryscience teachers to use with concrete steps to support their classrooms in becomingspaces that support DEIB.Framework The framework I’ve developed contains 5 elements: intentional grouping,student-driven labs, project
Paper ID #43909Methodologies for Evaluating the Impact of STEM Outreach on HistoricallyMarginalized Groups in Engineering: a Systematic Literature Review (Other,Diversity)Jessica Nhu Tran, University of British Columbia Jessica Tran is an oncoming graduate student pursing a master’s degree in engineering education at the University of British Columbia (UBC). They are interested in exploring justice-oriented pedagogies and praxis, decolonization, and EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) within engineering education spaces, particularly within K-12 STEM outreach.Jessica Wolf, University of British Columbia Jessica Wolf is a
Computer Engineering. Her research focus is developing pedagogical practices in STEM education specific to African Americans to increase their participation, interest, engagement, and comprehension of STEM concepts. Additionally, she specializes in the design and implementation of pre-college engineering programs targeting African Americans. Dr. Bailey is the co-founder and President of EdAnime Productions, a company that creates educational programs that teach children about the history and culture of Continental and Diasporan Africans (Meltrek), use STEAM to build character, confidence, and capabilities (Conscious Ingenuity) and focus on manhood development in teenage boys (Asafo Training Camp).Dr. Michel A. Kornegay
at the University of Florida. Her interests are polymer chemistry, additive manufacturing, and data analytics.Katherine Miller, University of Florida Katherine Miller is a graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s of Science in Materials Science and Engineering. She is a content and format reviewer for EQuIPD Data Science and AI curriculum. Her other research is in biomaterials, focusing on naturally derived hydrogels under Dr. Josephine Allen at the University of Florida. Her interests are additive manufacturing, STEM education, and remote sensing of hazardous materials. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Developing an AI and Engineering Design
Engineering at Penn State. Their work focuses on grid-interactive building controls. They are passionate about undergraduate engineering education and research.Baraa J. AlkhatatbehLorine Awuor Ouma ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Energizing High School Students Towards Building Design: A Summer Camp Experience Architectural Engineering (AE) is a critical engineering major for the future of building designgiven how important buildings impact our everyday lives as well as our environment. However, the majorof AE is comparatively small and relatively unknown as compared to other majors like civil engineeringand mechanical engineering. It has been shown in the pre-college literature that the
within chemically modified, biomimetic hydrogels and was awarded the Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award by the university’s graduate office for her work. After graduating, she continued her research in a tissue engineering/ biomaterials laboratory until accepting a teaching position at Marian University where she currently teaches Physics I, Physics II, Biophysics, and will soon be developing courses related to biomaterials. In addition to teaching, Tanja also plays a large role in the community outreach of the E.S. WSOE through directing events such as the Central Indi- ana Regional Science and Engineering Fair and the annual INnovation Through Engineering Residential Summer Camp. Through her efforts, Ms. Greene
Figard is a graduate student in Engineering Education and Systems Design and Universal Experi- ence (UX) Design at Arizona State University.Dr. Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis Kenneth Reid is the Associate Dean and Director of Engineering at the R. B. Annis School of Engineering at the University of Indianapolis. He and his coauthors were awarded the Wickenden award (Journal of Engineering Education, 2014) and Best Paper award, Educational Research and Methods Division (ASEE, 2014). He was awarded an IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award (2013) for designing the B.S. degree in Engineering Education. He is a co-PI on the ”Engineering for Us All” (e4usa) project to develop a high school engineering course
increasing efforts thatsupport the recruitment and success of students in STEM [2-9]. Furthermore, many universitieshave implemented a variety of programs that employ high impact retention approaches,including advising, mentoring, active learning, student engagement, and other support services.[10-14]. While there are many causes that result in low graduation rates, it is more likely thatrates could be improved if students are well-prepared for college and have clear future careergoals. Studies have shown, for example, that K-12 students who participate in STEM programsincrease their chances to succeed in STEM disciplines once they are in college. Such programsprovide participants with important knowledge and skills and help them gain a
discussed and it doing the opposite of amotor was examined through a brief presentation. An activity kit that used a hand-crankedmechanism to generate energy to light up an LED was built and tested. The principle of wind andhydro-electric generation and sources of renewable energy was discussed next.iv) Best Practices Database: Discussed the scientific approach and determined the mostappropriate sustainability-related activities – A brief description on how quickly earth’sresources are being consumed for energy generation by different countries and the impact ofgreenhouse gases on climate was presented. Fellows surveyed a web-based questionnaire tomentees that examined their sustainable practices [8]. Renewable energy source such as windand solar
framework[11] thatidentified skills and dispositions of engineering knowledge and practice for K-12 curricularframeworks[12]. Multiple researchers report from their findings that engineering can be theintegration vehicle for the STEM disciplines [13], resulting in improved student learning andmotivation. These benefits are not without challenges, however, and two of the most influentialfactors challenging science and engineering integration are #1) the lack of guidance for teacherson how to integrate the subjects[11], [13] and #2) the limited knowledge and experience base inengineering of K-12 teachers who, as a result, need scaffolding and support when preparing toteach concepts for their grade levels[1], [14]. The Engineering Design Process (EDP
collaboration with clients and partners, bringing together diverse stakeholders to create projects that result in meaningful and actionable findings.Kevin A Jordan, RTI International Kevin Jordan is a research education analyst in RTI International’s Education Practice Area. He has over a decade of experience in education evaluation, research, and technical assistance with projects focusing on education policy, career technical education (CTE), and STEM. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Professional Development for STEM Teachers in Rural Counties to Broaden Participation in EngineeringAbstractThe research design for the STEM Excellence in Engineering Equity (SEEE
engineering.Step 3: Encourage Mentorship and Peer SupportIt is beneficial to encourage mentorship and peer support among the students. This was done bycreating sub-teams based on the competition requirements. This included having a social mediateam responsible for the creativity in capturing the team’s journey and connecting them with otherteams all over the world, a team for researching and determining the design on the robot lifter, ateam for creating the robot shooter design, a team for building the robot driving base and intakemechanism, and a programming team that worked with the other sub-teams to operate the robot.The students were split into the teams based on their interests and skills where they ultimatelydecided with some interventions from the
learningobjectives. When novice teachers experience "failure fatigue," they may believe that integratingengineering design is unsuitable for their students [13].Research QuestionsOur research questions were as follows: 1. To what extent was the High-Quality Engineering Guidebook used within each TaLENt fellow's Project? 2. How did the TaLENt fellows characterize their values while collaborating with their novice peers?Purpose of StudyIn 2019, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched the Teacher Leader EngineeringNetwork, a collective impact model of 15 elementary, middle, and high school teachers. Theyaimed to create the High-Quality Engineering Guidebook [14] to increase the number of Black,Native American, Hispanic, or female students
) help teachersgain a better understanding of and comfort with teaching basic CT and engineering designconcepts, 3) help teachers identify and plan cross-cutting applications of CT practices byintegrating computing concepts with authentic open-ended engineering design challenges(physical computing) to elicit higher order thinking, and 4) provide teachers with the materialsand instructional resources to begin implementing physical computing design challenges in theirclassroom. As previously mentioned, the criteria for eligible participants were intentionallydesigned to promote the planning of physical computing learning experiences that had a logicalprogression from the elementary through middle grades.The researchers purposefully selected the
impacts of urbanization.Jeritt Williams, Illinois State University Jeritt Williams is an assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches applied industrial automation and robotics.Maria Luisa Zamudio ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Stakeholder Views in Building a Sustainable Engineering Learning Ecosystem: Afterschool Green Energy, Robotics, and Automation (Work in Progress)AbstractThis research was part of the first year of a National Science Foundation funded project aimed atpromoting high school students’ interest in green energy, robotics, automation and post-secondary engineering and
the first two years of its operations.These findings aim to highlight the impact and growth of this program to date, make data-drivenrecommendations for programmatic improvement, and provide best practices which can beapplied to similar programming for Hispanic and other minoritized groups in STEM andeducation more broadly.Program Description and ObjectivesSHPE’s Virtual Stem Labs (VSL) are grounded in the belief that all Hispanic pre-collegestudents can excel in STEM if they are provided access to the tools and resources that supporttheir progress toward a STEM degree regardless of where they are in their academic journey.VSL is a pre-college program that brings STEM concepts to hundreds of Hispanic and Latinx K-12 students with a variety of
2Engineering (IOE) department. The camp was hosted by the Center for Ergonomics (C4E), theStirling Group, and the Interaction and Collaboration Research Lab (ICRL). The camp includedthe Center for Ergonomics and Robotics department tour, alongside four engaging activitystations designed to expose students to a variety of systems that Industrial Engineers andRoboticists encounter. Two station activities were specifically designed and developed tochallenge the students in a creative problem-solving task, and the other two were modified fromcurrent research topics. Nineteen middle school-aged students (17 female and 2 male) participated in the camp toexplore Industrial Engineering and Robotics. Though the target group was female students
. Boklage, R. D. Hartman, D. Yañez, and M. J. Borrego, "Impact of a Summer Research Program for High School Students on their Intent to Pursue a STEM career: Overview, Goals, and Outcomes," in 2020 ASEE Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual, 2020.[18] L. Bottomley, "Enhancing Diversity through Explicitly Designed Engineering Outreach," in 2018 CoNECD-The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference, Crystal City, Virginia, 2018.[19] P. A. Ralston, J. L. Hieb, and G. Rivoli, "Partnerships and experience in building STEM pipelines," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 139, no. 2, pp. 156-162, 2013.[20] S. J. Ressler and E. K. Ressler
experience teaching mathe- matics at the high school, engineering, and business bachelor levels, He has developed a comprehensive understanding of the needs of diverse student populations. He holds an iSTEAM certificate from the University of Texas at San Antonio and is currently pursuing his Engineering Education Graduate Certifi- cate at the same institution. His research interests lie in creating equal opportunities for all students and developing research and teaching proposals in STEM-integrated education that promote quality, equity, inclusivity, and student-centered instruction. He also brings 18 years of experience in project engineering to his work, specializing in the design of stainless-steel equipment
engineering, research [7]-[9] recommends utilizing amore empathy-based or human-centered approach to engineering design processes, centeringengineering as a helping profession, cultivating students’ self-efficacy, and connecting students’interests in engineering. With this in mind, we reviewed curricular resources that aligned withour school’s mission, attended to best practices for advancing girls in engineering, and cultivatedstudents’ engineering habits of mind [10]. Based on convincing evidence, e.g. [11]-[12], weselected resources from the EiE curriculum to complement our CS&E curricular scope andsequence.Relevant to this paper, an example of a selected EiE module is a chemical engineering unit. Toassess the impact of this module on students
careerchoice: A partial least squares analysis. Research and Practice in Technology EnhancedLearning, 19, 25-. https://doi.org/10.58459/rptel.2024.19025[6] Pelch, M. (2018). Gendered differences in academic emotions and their implications forstudent success in STEM. International Journal of STEM Education, 5(1).https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-018-0130-7[7] Canaan, S., & Mouganie, P. (2023). The Impact of Advisor Gender on Female Students’STEM Enrollment and Persistence. The Journal of Human Resources, 58(2), 593–632.https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.4.0320-10796R2[8] Same researches, reference left anonymous for now.[9] M. W. Kier, M. R. Blanchard, J. W. Osborne, and J. L. Albert, “The Development of theSTEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CIS
their interest in pursuing aSTEM-related discipline in their future. Data was collected from multiple STEM summer campsduring 2017-2023 (except for 2020 & 2021). The summer camps were intended to exposestudents to STEM. The data collected is used in a qualitative and quantitative analysis todetermine if self-efficacy is related to and has any impact on students’ interest in STEM.Program DescriptionStudents and teachers coming from multiple school districts in (state in the mountain westregion) were invited to attend a week-long summer engineering camp. The camps took place inthe summers of 2017, 2018 and 2019. Another similar camp was scheduled for summer 2020 butwas cancelled due to the Covid pandemic.The camps were designed to increase
district size, district expenditure, student demographics, and standardized test scores? 3. What district characteristics predict the school districts’ decision to adopt the PLTW model? BackgroundFor the purposes of this study, the researchers focused on middle school Gateway and highschool Engineering curriculum. Project Lead the Way is a national program known throughoutthe education community for providing K – 12 STEM-focused educational programing. Thecurriculum is designed to support STEM knowledge development, engagement, interest, andmotivation using problem-based learning techniques (Project Lead the Way, 2020; Tai, 2012).Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional approach derived from