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Two-Year College Potpourri

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hye Rin Lee, University of Delaware; Kevin Francisco Ramirez, University of California, Irvine; Nathanael Quinn Forde, University of California, Irvine; Zhong Cao, University of California, Irvine; Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine; Kameryn Denaro

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it, and I would encourage you to do the same as now. So many opportunities lie present simply at your fingertips and I recommend you take full advantage of this. Say for example, participating in a robotics competition, or applying for an internship at a local tech company, or even signing up to tour a technology facility, all of these are great opportunities for anyone with serious interest in engineering. The moment I found my spot in the opportunities I had; taking part in robotics competitions, applying for jobs, working with clubs in my area designing and building cool tech projects, I found that I now search more and more not for clubs to take part in or opportunities to take

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STEM and the Two-Year College

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Martinez, Growth Sector; Gabe Hanzel-Sello; Ivanna Abreu

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technology sector are unfamiliar with hosting engineering andcomputer science majors from community colleges for internships. Many tech companies, after 9all, rely on “University Relations” staff to develop awareness for, and recruit to, their openundergraduate internship positions. As JFF concluded, many employers hosting communitycollege students for internships were unable to assess interns’ level of proficiency withtechnology in general, (Joy, 2022). In their study, JFF cited employers’ struggle to structurechallenge and rigor into the internship’s relatively short time frame. Additionally, they noted,community college students are generally diverse and

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STEM and the Two-Year College

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria L Espino, University of Washington; Elizabeth Meza, University of Washington

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, Maria believes that centering, humanizing, empowering, and supporting the communities in which we serve through practical and policy reform.Elizabeth Meza, University of Washington ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Community colleges are critical to increasing access to higher education. 43 percent ofstudents are enrolled at a two-year institution (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2018).With almost half of the student population enrolling at a two-year institution, having NationalScience Foundation (NSF) Scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering, and MathematicsProgram (S-STEM) funding and resources is crucial. Community college students are likely tocome from

Conference Session

STEM Education at the Two-Year College

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabe Hanzel-Sello, Growth Sector; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cheryl Martinez, Growth Sector; Ivanna Abreu

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better prepare developmental math community college students for transfer into STEM bachelor’s degree programs or entry into the STEM workforce.Cheryl Martinez, Growth Sector STEM Program ManagerIvanna Abreu ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Paid Pre-College STEM Bridge Programs: “Just-In-Time” Support and Engagement for Community College STEM LearnersINTRODUCTIONWhile America’s “Innovation Economy” continues to thrive and drive strong employment trendsin technology, advanced manufacturing, R&D, and defense, our country’s postsecondaryinstitutions fail to produce enough qualified graduates to meet employer demand (O'rourke,2021). To further

Conference Session

STEM Education at the Two-Year College

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan G. Dimitriu, P.E., 3D LoneStar; Clint Taylor; Tim Hicks; Raul Rios

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careersAbstractThe Mind Fitness Program©, has been created to prepare the participants for Science, Technology,Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers by stimulating their spatial skills, 3D visualization,analytical abilities, abstract thinking, pattern recognition skills, memory, attention to detail, andgeneral mental performance.The program was initially developed for the Engineering Program at San Antonio College in SanAntonio and two of the components were previously presented in two ASEE papers. The programhas been expanded and was successfully tested in 2022 during the final year of the Lunar CavesAnalog Test Sites (LCATS) Program offered by the WEX Foundation. It is presently in use at theDoSeum, a children’s museum located in San Antonio, Texas. It has

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Two-Year College Potpourri

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah L. Rodriguez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Paul Charles Bigby, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Antarjot Kaur, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Paper ID #42360WIP: Barriers to Developing Computing Identity in Hispanic-serving CommunityCollege Introductory Artificial Intelligence CoursesDr. Sarah L. Rodriguez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Sarah L. Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member with the Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech. Her engineering education research agenda centers upon engineering and computing identity development of historically marginalized populations at higher education institutions. Currently, Dr. Rodriguez is involved with several large-scale interdisciplinary

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Two-Year College Potpourri

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Pamela J Silvers, Mentor-Connect/Florence Darlington; Buffy Quinn, University of Southern Mississippi

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Investigator of NSF-funded projects.Pamela J Silvers, Mentor-Connect/Florence Darlington Pamela Silvers is Professor Emeritus - have taught in the Computer Technologies Department at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Currently she is co-Principal Investigator (co-PI) for the Mentor-Connect Forward Grant. She previously served at PI for three NSF ATE Grant entitled Skilled Workers Get Jobs which focused on recruiting and retaining more women into technology programs.Buffy Quinn, University of Southern Mississippi ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Applying Project Management Skills to NSF ATE-funded Grants: A roadmap to success for first-time grantees

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STEM Education at the Two-Year College

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University; Mara Lopez, Arizona State University; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Sarah Belknap, Westchester Community College; Caroline VanIngen-Dunn, Arizona State University; Laurie S. Miller McNeill, Westchester Community College; Juan R. Rodriguez, Westchester Community College

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Paper ID #39173Theory to Practice: Faculty Professional Development to integrateCulturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practices in STEM Education toImprove Success of Underserved Students in STEM.Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University Cynthia Pickering is a PhD Candidate and Researcher for the Center for Broadening Participation in STEM at Arizona State University. Cynthia has 35 years of experience working in industry with demon- strated technical leadership in software development, artificial intelligence, information technology archi- tecture / engineering, and collaboration systems research. Cynthia is currently

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STEM Education at the Two-Year College

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sara E. Rodriguez, University of Texas, El Paso; Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas, El Paso; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Agniprava Banerjee, University of Texas, El Paso; Jana Foxe, University of Washington; James P. Grover; Gigi N. Delk

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scientists and engineers by blending social, political and technological spheres. She prioritizes working on projects that seek to share power with students and orient to stu- dents as partners in educational transformation. She pursues projects that aim to advance social justice in undergraduate STEM programs and she makes these struggles for change a direct focus of her research.Agniprava Banerjee, University of Texas, El Paso Research Associate for NSF EBJ INCLUDES Aspire West Texas Regional Collaborative and doctoral candidate in Materials Science and Engineering.Jana Foxe, University of WashingtonJames P. GroverGigi N. Delk ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023

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Two-Year College Potpourri

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Il Yoon, University of North Georgia

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of assessment of programming skills of first-year CS students,” ACM SIGCSE Bull., vol. 33, no. 4, p. 125, Dec. 2001, doi: 10.1145/572139.572181.[2] M. A. Garcia and H. P. Mc-Neill, “Learning how to develop software using the toy LEGO mindstorms,” in Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education - ITiCSE’02, Aarhus, Denmark, 2002, p. 239. doi: 10.1145/544414.544508.[3] A. Pásztor, R. Pap-Szigeti, and E. Török, “Mobile Robots in Teaching Programming for IT Engineers and its Effects,” Int. J. Adv. Comput. Sci. Appl., vol. 4, no. 11, 2013, doi: 10.14569/IJACSA.2013.041123.[4] E. Wang, J. LaCombe, and A.-M. Vollstedt, “Teaching Structured Programming Using Lego

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STEM Education at the Two-Year College

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zeynep Akcay Ozkan, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Yuanhong Yu, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Ewa Stelmach, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College

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participated in many departmental committees to help improve students’ experience. Ewa Stelmach is a co-author of the Open Resource Educational textbook for College Algebra students. She is also the administrator and author of many problems in WeBWork, a free homework platform. Her interests include college-level teaching, mathematics education, and teaching with technology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Predicting Student Success in College Algebra Classes Using Machine LearningAbstractCollege Algebra is a gateway course for STEM majors with large enrollment and low passingrates. We analyze the factors which contribute to student success in College Algebra courses atan urban community