Conference Session

Principal Skinner's Secrets: Cultivating STEM in Remote Locations, Steamed Hams!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monsuru O Ramoni, Navajo Technical University; Calsey T Nez, Navajo Technical University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

, 2022, and 2023. A total of 78 students and 3 teachers participated in the program during thistime period.Each team of students submits a project report at the end of the spring semester as part of the programrequirements.3.3 Data Collection Instrument(s)For this study, a total of 10 reports were randomly selected from the participants' submissions. Thesereports were analyzed using Open ChatGPT to explore the students' experiences in the Dual-CreditEngineering program.Open ChatGPT was utilized to conduct a thematic analysis of the reports. Each report was inputted intoOpen ChatGPT, which generated codes based on its content. These codes were then combined to formoverall themes across all 10 reports.The procedure for thematic analysis with Open

Conference Session

WIP Poster Session: Emerging Research and Practices in Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Syeda Fizza Ali, Texas A&M University; Ayaan Sunil Rege, The Hill School; Susanna Angela Ponniah, The Hill School; Hoda Ehsan, The Hill School ; Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

developing systemscapable of performing tasks that usually require human intelligence, including learning,reasoning, and decision-making [21]. Generative AI (Gen-AI) is a subset of AI thatspecializes in creating human-like content, including text, images, and audio [22]. With AI'srecent innovations, many have explored its educational applications. Many educatorscurrently utilize AI tools to increase efficiency within the classroom [1]. Two examples ofGen AI tools include 1) ChatGPT, a generative AI chatbot, and 2) Grammarly, an AI-powered writing assistant. Both tools have proven valuable educational assistants [2, 3].GenAI can help educators with tasks like creating assessments and streamliningadministrative tasks and lessons [23, 24]. In the field

Conference Session

Empowering Pre-College Students through AI and Computer Science: Standards, Self-Efficacy, and Social Impact

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shana Lee McAlexander, Duke University; George Delagrammatikas, Duke University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

. Students generated a wall ofideas, with over three hundred ideas written on brightly colored sticky notes. For the initialideation round, students were asked to think of societal problems without the assistance of theirphones or computers. After they seemed exhausted thinking on their own, with 5-10 ideas each,they were next directed to use available resources to gather ideas. Facilitators suggested thatstudents review UN Sustainable Development Goals and explore global grand challenge lists.In the third ideation phase, students were guided to use generative AI applications and to recordand share their iteration process in prompting. The decision to support the exploration of productideas with ChatGPT was not made lightly. Aligned with