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Women in IT Fields

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Yasuhara

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% F high school M course(s) undergrad. course(s) other*Figure 3: Programming experience by type and gender: Experience types are high schoolcourse(s), undergraduate course(s), and extracurricular or self-taught (other) experience. (*sta-tistically significant gender difference, p ≤ 0.05)4.2 Computer science according to the pre-majorOne of the open-ended survey questions asked students to try to define “computer science” in theirown words. Although the

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Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Shahnam Navaee

through the utilizing of the conventionalapproaches. Page 10.209.14 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Navaee, S., “Use of WebCT in Delivering Instructions in Engineering,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2001.2. Navaee, S., “Developing Instructional Modules for Analyzing Structures,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, 2003.3. Hibbeler, R.C., Structural Analysis, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 1995.4

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K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

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Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

School DLocation Lexington, KY Columbus, GA San Antonio, TX Newtown, CTTotal Enrollment 656 1,065 2,500 1,715Minority Enrollment 32% 27% 45% 5%Grade(s) 8 9 and 10 11 and 12 11 and 12Students Surveyed 50 32 35 13Teacher’s Discipline Technology Science Physics TechnologyTable 3. Characteristics of surveyed schools

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Loralee Donath; Nadia Craig; Nancy Thompson; Michael Matthews

-2002Accreditation Cycle.” 2. Alford, E. M., N. S. Thompson, J. Brader, B. Davidson, S. Hargrove-Leak, and E. Vilar. “IntroducingEngineering Graduate Students to Learning Theory and Inquiry-Based Learning: A Collaborative, InterdisciplinaryApproach.” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Conference.3. Barnett, V. Sample Survey principles and methods, London: Edward Arnold, 1991.4. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A., & Cocking, R. (Eds.). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School,Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000, 12-13.5. Donath, L. and R. Spray. “Linguistic Evidence of Cognitive Distribution: Quantifying Learning AmongUndergraduate Researchers in Engineering.” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Drnevich

since the early 1960’s andthere have been many approaches to teaching it. Involvement of practitioners has varied fromnearly no involvement through nearly total responsibility for the course. The author hasobserved the teaching of this course for thirteen years and has the lead responsibility for thecourse in the spring semester for the past four years. The paper describes the course andapproaches to teaching it and will summarize observations of what worked well and what did notwork well regarding the involvement of practitioners. Recommendations are made for effectiveuse of practitioners in senior design.Introduction and Background on Senior Design The capstone design course in Civil Engineering at Purdue University, CE498 has

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Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kirk Schulz; Adrienne Minerick

, S.G., "Freshman Design in Chemical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology," Chemical Engineering Education. 38(3), 222-227, 2004.[6] Farrell, S., R.P. Hesketh, J.A. Newell, and C.S. Slater, "Introducing Freshman to Reverse Process Engineering & Design Through Investigation of the Brewing Process," International Journal of Engineering Education, 17(3), 588-592, 2001.[7] Farrel, S., M.J. Savelski, and R.P. Hesketh, "Energy Balances on the Human Body: A Hands-On Exploration of Heat, Work, and Power," Chemical Engineering Education. 39(1), 30-37, 2005.[8] Farrel, S., R.P. Hesketh, and M.J. Savelski, "A Respiration Experiment to Introduce Chemical Engineering Principles," Chemical Engineering

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Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Timothy Schurmann; C. Stewart Slater

themembrane, must exist for effective separation of the solute from a feed mixture. The chemicalpotential gradient across the membrane from the feed (liquid) side to the permeate (vapor) side isthe driving force for separation. In a simple pervaporation process, a liquid feed mixture flows past the membrane and avacuum is maintained on the permeate side (Figure 1). The permeate produced is in the vaporphase and can be condensed as needed. The retentate remains a liquid. An effective separationis achieved since the permeate becomes "rich" in Figure 1. Pervaporation processthe component(s) that preferentially permeate themembrane while the retentate becomes "lean" inthose component(s

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward F. Crawley; Doris Brodeur

Conference Session

Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil

Engineering Education, Vol. 92, No. 1, 85-90. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education3. Arenaz, P., Fisher, W., Della-Piana, C. K., 1999, "CircLES: A Retention Program for Entering Students in Engineering, Mathematics and Science," Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 3, 13d8-2.4. Richardson, J., Dantzler, J, 2002, "Effect of a Freshman Engineering Program on Retention and Academic Performance," Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 3, S2C/16-S2C/22.5. Kellar, J.J., Hovey, W., Langerman, M., Howard, S., Simonson, L., Kjerengtroen, L., Stetler, L

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; George Engel; Cen Karacal; Ai-ping Hu; Jerry Weinberg

Session 1526 Assessing an Interdisciplinary Robotics Course William W. White, Jerry B. Weinberg, George L. Engel, S. Cem Karacal, Ai-Ping Hu Southern Illinois University Edwardsville1. IntroductionThe curriculum in any specific area of study tends to narrowly focus students on that area,whereas real-world complex systems tend to integrate components from multiple disciplines. Thedevelopment of such systems has shifted from designing individual components in isolation toworking in cross-functional teams that encompass the variety of expertise needed

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Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

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2005 Annual Conference

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Matthew Campbell, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

su ex ee om nd m is s me v nd l is

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ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

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Erastus Njage; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Bert Davy; Pamela Leigh-Mack; Masud Salimian

kind of classroom: Teaching with Dimensions of Learning. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1992. 3. Danielson, Charlotte, Marquez, Elizabeth, A Collection of Performance Tasks and Rubrics: High School Mathematics, Eye of Education, Inc., 1998. 4. Leigh-Mack, P., Farmer, S., Alao, S., Scott, C., N’Guerekata, G., Improving Retention by Redesigning Freshmen Mathematics with the Dimensions of Learning Pedagogy, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 2004. 5. Marzano, R., Pickering, D., & McTighe, J., Assessing student outcomes: Performance assessment using the dimensions of learning model. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 1993. Biographical Sketches

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Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Luks

office can also help locate areas of specialconcern in your area. In Tulsa, the Tar Creek problem will eventually fade from frontpage news, but in the meantime it can be used to increase the number of socially-awarechemical engineers.Bibliography[1] Cleanup figured to take 23 years, Oklahoma City Times, (1/8/82). Accessed on 5/31/04 at[2] Meyer, Richard E., The Tar Creek Time Bomb. LA Times. Accessed on 5/31/04 at[3] Tar Creek, NELPI (2002). Accessed on 5/31/04 at [4] Times Beach, Missouri, Wikipedia (2/11/03). Accessed on 5/31/04 at[5] Summary of Surface-Water-Quality Data Collected Near the Tar Creek Superfund Site in OttawaCounty, Oklahoma, in 2000, U. S. Geological Survey, in Cooperation with the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma,(2000). Accessed on

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NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

and Jim Sajewski for their assistance, andthe students from MEEN 360.AuthorsDr. Richard B. Griffin has been at Texas A&M University for 27 years. He has taught a varietyof materials related courses. His research interests are corrosion and engineering education. Hehas participated in the National Educators Workshop for more than a decade.Dr. Terry S. Creasy has been at Texas A&M University for four years. He teaches materialsrelated courses in materials science. His research interests are in equal channel angular extrusionof short fiber/thermoplastic composites and shape changing polymer matrix composites.References1 Griffin, Richard, Terry Creasy, and Jeremy Weinstein, “Laboratory Activity Using Rapid Prototyping and Casting

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Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci

1 1 1 1Figure.4. Truth table for the automatic gauging station (DC: DON’T CARE)Having three inputs, there are eight scenarios (outputs) or eight possible input sets. When thesystem is functioning properly only the four described conditions will occur. Rest is deemedas DON’T CARE’s and represents unexpected conditions which will most likely not tooccur. 0’s could be assigned as initial values to these conditions. Applying Sum-of-Productsmethod to the truth table, the Boolean expression R = Gx N xP + GxNxP is obtained, but notsimplified. The next step is to justify this model’s adherence to the gauging station’s controllogic or truth table in LabView. Figure.5 is the front panel of the LabView model indicatingthree push

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shane Brown

Conference Session

Innovation in ChE Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jason Keith

Engineering Education Annual Conference (2002). 11. J. A. Newell, “Survivor: A Method for Active Learning in the Classroom that Addresses Student Motivation,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (2004). 12. J. Biggs and P. J. Moore, The Process of Learning, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1993). 13. P. C. Wankat and F. C. Oreovicz, Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York (1993). 14. J. A. Newell, “Hollywood Squares: An Alternative to Pop Quizzes,” Proceedings of the American Institute for Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting (1999). 15. S. S. Fenton and J. M. Fenton, “The Green Square Manufacturing Game: Demonstrating Environmentally Sound Manufacturing Principles, Chemical

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Miller

kHz sampling rate The temperature rise was smaller and slower than we expected. Figure 4: Experimental setup and preliminary temperature measurement results We checked our expectation for temperature rise by performing some analytical temperature predictions. These predicted a quick temperature rise (less than 1 sec) and 10’s of degrees of rise. We checked the thermocouple by immersing it in hot water and cold water and collecting the temperature measurements. These simple trials showed us that the thermocouple was working properly and that it could respond quickly

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Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shauna Rae

components. Itwill also provide them with additional context of how VHDL code is ultimately used in hardwareand how it can interact with other devices. Once they move on to more advanced designs, theycan take advantage of co-simulation to reinforce their waveform testbenches. They will be ableto catch errors easily missed in a waveform test environment. Co-simulation will also help indesign projects since students can simulate and document11 entire projects including signalconditioning and output drivers.Bibliography 1. Areibi, S. “A First Course in Digital Design using VHDL and Programmable Logic.” Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 2. Brown, S. and Vranesic, Z., Fundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL

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IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

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Karen Palmer; Terri Lynch-Caris; Laura Sullivan

., Goldberger, N. R., and Tarule, J. M. (1997) Women’s Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind, 10th Anniversary Edition. New York: BasicBooks.Edelsky, C. (1981). Who’s got the floor? Language in Society, 10, ,383-421.Fisher, H. (2000). The First Sex: The Natural Talents of Women and How They Are Changing the World New York: Ballentine Books.Helgesen, S. (1995). The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leading New York: Doubleday.King, L., El-Sayed, J., Lai, G., and Lin, T. (2002) “Vertical and Horizontal Integration of Manufacturing Courses in Engineering Curricula,” NSF Proposal Number 0234478.Matthews, R., Smith, B. L., and Gabelnick, F. (1996). Learning Communities: A Structure for Educational Coherence. Liberal Education

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Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rojeski; Cindy Waters

reviewed the core material at the end of each year. By this process, the memory curveshown in Figure 1 can be modified as shown in Figure 2. The overall level of memory retentionwill lie on the horizontal line. When the students have to question, read and prepare each springfor the exam the overall memory is improved. 100 R e v ie w fo r E x a m 90 Memory 80 70 D e s ir e d O v e r a ll L e a r n in g L e v e l 60 0 20 40 60 80 100 R e te n tio n In

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

T.M. Wildman; M. L. Wolfe; Jr., O.Hayden Griffin, O.Hayden Griffin,; J. Muffo; G.T. Adel; G.V. Loganathan; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

. Students then had to select whichelements from their portfolio they wished to share. After selecting the elements to include in thepresentation, students had to identify the person(s) the presentation was to be shared with. Thisinvolved adding the userid and finally saving the presentation. Since the “SAVE” button was atthe bottom of the screen, and students often had to scroll to see it, this last SAVE was oftenskipped. This resulted in the instructor not being able to view the presentation although thestudent had created it. The Educational Technologies office worked throughout the semester tofix problems with the software and access; however, at the end of the semester 45% of studentsstill indicated that they had problems with VTeP in preparing

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

value(s) of nominal rate and/orcompounding frequency and note the effect on the effective rates. The computerautomatically calculates the values of resulting effective rate per period and effectiveannual rate. Table 3: Simulating Effects of Compounding Frequency Nominal Rate Compounding Effective Rate Effective Rate (r%) Frequency (m) (per CP) i% (annual) i a % 8.00% 12 0.6667% 8.3000%Simulations like the ones described here take advantage of the fact that the course isbeing accessed via a computer, and utilize the built-in computing power to enhance the

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ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

, not arepository. The author of a learning object retains full copyright and full control. MERLOTmembers are encouraged to add any useful online learning object, not just objects they author.When you add a learning object, you provide a brief description of the object and identify thesubject area(s) under which it should be filed. The object will appear in the database Page 10.994.2immediately; peer review follows. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Each major discipline areas in MERLOT has

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Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janice Duy; Scott Dunning

. Papadaratsakis, Self-Assessment Workbook for Small Manufacturers, Version 2.0, Rutgers University Industrial Assessment Center, October 2003; 5. B. Segee, S. Dunning and E. Chowdhury, “An Electronic Energy Self- Assessment Software for Industrial Manufacturers,” Proceedings of the New England ASEE Annual Meeting, May 2003. 6. B. Hashi, M. Lal, R. Pandey, S. Samorodin, “Securing systems against external programs,” IEEE Internet Computing, vol.2, no.6, Nov.-Dec. 1998, pp.35–45. 7. History of PHP; 8. PHP: PHP Usage Statistics; < http://www.php.net/usage.php> 9. Sun Java Tutorial. Anatomy of an Applet

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gonzalez-Barreto; Antonio González-Quevedo; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez

Society for Engineering Education” Table 1. Best Subsets Models for Different Number of Predictors for FYGPA A P A A A A T P P P P _ T R R R V _ _ _ _ G E M E M S Cp P R A N A P Vars R

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell; Joseph Cecere

Session 1793 Partnering with Secondary Schools: Bridging Education from High School to College Dave S. Cottrell and Joseph J. Cecere Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction The last year of high school is supposed to be one of the best times in a student’s life.However, being a high school senior can be overwhelming with sports, band, studentcouncil, debate and youth groups, and after-school jobs, not to mention the high schoolclasses themselves. But being a senior also means it’s time to prepare for the future andfor an increasing number of seniors this

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ECE Lab Development and Innovations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazem Refai; James Sluss

Society for Engineering Education6. ConclusionThis paper describes the Telecommunications Laboratory course, an integral component in theTelecommunications Systems curriculum at The University of Oklahoma – Tulsa. Studentscomplete a series of laboratory modules that enhance student understanding of fundamentalcomputer networking principles covered in prerequisite lecture courses and to expose students toresearch tools that may prove essential for carrying out their capstone research projects.Instructor evaluation of student performance and qualitative student feedback indicates thatcourse objectives are being met.Bibliographic Information1 J. J. Sluss, Jr., G. E. Crain, S. V. Kartalopoulos, Hazem. H. Refai, and P. K. Verma, “A graduate degree

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

the Past, Present, and Future of Mechanical Engineering.” Proc. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference. ASEE, Salt Lake City, UT, 20042. Lenoir, J., and Russell, J., “The Roles of the Student in a Project-Based Engineering Curriculum.” Presented at the International Conference on Practice-Oriented Education: Transforming Higher Education, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 24-27 April, 2001.3. Schmucker, D, “Leadership Through the Backdoor: Exercises for Teams and Individuals,” Proc. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference. ASEE, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.4. Ressler, S., et.al., “Using Information Technology for Nationwide Engineering Outreach to Middle-School and High-School Students: Assessing the Outcomes,” Proc. 2004 ASEE Annual

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Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sivand Lakmazaheri

Page 10.507.4 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”AnalysisOnce the learner has completed the problem, the system analyzes the constructed shear andmoment diagrams to determine if they are correct. This is performed by comparing the shape andmagnitude(s) of the diagram constructed by the learner, in each segment, with the correct ones.Incorrectly constructed segments of a diagram are highlighted, allowing the learner to requestcorrective feedback (see Figure 4). Figure 4: Initial System Response to Learner-Constructed DiagramFeedbackIf the learner constructs any part of a diagram