Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

currently working towards incorporating writing assignments that enhance students’ critical thinking capabilities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Assessment of Gregorc Style DelineatorsAbstract Anthony F. Gregorc is a phenomenological researcher who is internationally recognizedfor his work in learning styles. In 1969, with the introduction of his Energic Model of Styles,researchers were provided with a valuable tool for helping individuals gain a betterunderstanding of Self and others. This work evolved into the Mind Styles Model in 1984.Gregorc Style Delineator is based upon a psychologically-formulated matrix of four descriptivewords. Gregorc indicates that there are

Conference Session

Developing Technological Literacy in Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. The basic trendsin the students inquiry development is captured via use of particular keywords and actions. Aphenomenographic analysis is performed to classify the common themes that appear in thestudent writing over the time points in the semester. These are then further classified into thedifferent sub-stages (Identification, reflection and personalization) of the Deweyan cycle.In the initial weeks most students start with asking why or how a particular code segment works,how something occurs in their circuit when they change things etc. As the time progresses,there is a shift in their inquiries in trying to achieve or make something possible with theresources available. Their procedures following the inquiry become more detailed. They

Conference Session

Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

sandwich (cooperative) principle of integrated periods of study and trainingin industry. The most popular was six months in industry followed by six months in collegein each of four successive years [4].A requirement of the NCTA was that all students for their diplomas should have participatedin programs of liberal study. This was reinforced in 1957 by a government edict that extendedthe idea of compulsory liberal studies to all levels of technical education even though muchof it was part time study [5]. By 1962 it was seen that the development of literacy, that is theability to read and write, was essential for the general education of all students. Thus, it wasthat in those colleges the term Liberal Studies came to be substituted by General