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Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Chanley; Michael Pelletier

for degrees inElectronic Technology; Fundamentals of Digital Logic is required in several other programs; allthree courses are available as electives in Engineering Science and are highly recommended forstudents in Computer Engineering.Prior to the fall, 2004 semester, Fundamentals of Digital Logic included an introduction to digitallogic design using Karnaugh maps, yet the accompanying Digital Logic Lab did not includelogic design. Also prior to fall, 2004 in the laboratory portion of Digital Electronics, there weresome labs where Karnaugh maps were used to design simplified circuits (limited to 4 inputvariables) which were then built with TTL logic chips.Fundamentals of Digital LogicFundamentals of Digital Logic covers Boolean algebra

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

. D. in Applied Mathematics with Systems Engineering emphasis in 1977, served as Chair forFreshman Programs and DELOS Divisions, and runs the Toying With TechnologySM Program at Iowa State.CELESTE E. OGRENis a junior in elementary education from Marcus, Iowa. She works in the Toying With TechnologySM Laboratory asan undergraduate teaching/laboratory assistant. Her interests include integrating engineering and technologyconcepts into the elementary education curriculum and helping preservice teachers become more aware of theopportunities available to incorporate these important subject areas into their every day curriculum. Page

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Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Thompson; Harold Broberg

Selection of Processor, Language, and Labs in Introductory Microprocessor/Microcontroller Courses Harold L. Broberg, Elizabeth Thompson Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneAbstract:The hardware and software used in introductory microprocessor/microcontroller coursesin electrical and computer engineering (ECE) and in electrical and computer engineeringtechnology (ECET) curricula is of general interest to faculty in these disciplines.Information on processors, languages, and laboratories used in teaching fifteen ECE andeleven ECET courses was collected using university/college syllabi and other materialavailable via the Internet. The choices made are presented in

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

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Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

. 4148–4151, May 2002. Paper 4024 (invited).[6] C. H. G. Wright, T. B. Welch, D. M. Etter, and M. G. Morrow, “Teaching DSP: Bridging the gap from theory to real-time hardware,” ASEE Comput. Educ. J., vol. XIII, pp. 14–26, July 2003.[7] T. B. Welch, C. H. G. Wright, and M. G. Morrow, “Experiences in offering a DSP-based com- munication laboratory,” in Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Digital Signal Processing Workshop and the 3rd IEEE Signal Processing Education Workshop, (Taos, NM (USA)), Aug. 2004.[8] Texas Instruments, Inc., “C6713 DSK,” 2004. http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/ print/tmdsdsk6713.html.MICHAEL G. MORROW, P.E., is a Faculty Associate in the Department of Electrical and Computer En-gineering at the University of

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ganesh Venayagamoorthy

DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Missouri – Rolla, MO 65409, USA gkumar@ieee.orgAbstractThis paper presents the design, implementation and experiences of a new three hourexperimental course taught for a joint undergraduate and graduate class at the University ofMissouri-Rolla, USA. This course is unique in the sense that it covers the four main paradigmsof Computational Intelligence (CI) and their

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Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lagace; Earll Murman

THESIS MATHEMATICS CONTEXT – Industrial Experience Figure 1 – Representation of Aero-Astro Program in Aircraft Systems EngineeringThe System Design and Management (SDM) program is designed to educate technicallygrounded leaders for enterprises concerned with complex products and systems. The degreetherefore requires and builds upon strong disciplinary backgrounds with the curriculum stressingfundamentals through the teaching of relevant concepts and tools. The overall program, as Page 10.143.3represented in Figure 2, builds upon a curriculum that combines technical

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Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

New Text Adopted New Software Teaching Method New Laboratory Equipment Lab Material Update Teaching Initiative Other Description of Condition Prior to / After Update: Rick Rickerson and Jim Higley each taught this course this semester, and all data is pooled. We tried modifying the class project to have the individual groups pick topics, and it went well. There was a good variety of projects. We'll do this again next semester. Assessment Method Used to Evaluate Short or Long Term Results: Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

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TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lennard Lema; Zbigniew Prusak; Peter Baumann

, structures and systems. All three programs providerelevant applied experience within the academic environment through laboratory and classroomprojects and experimentation. The programs also provide elective relevant industrial experiencevia cooperative education. The mission of the programs differ within the specialization by focuson thermodynamics, design and development, or CNC programming, production planning andquality control, or structures, project management and supervision.The Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (TAC of ABET) TC2K criteria calls for a continuous quality improvement plan. Inresponse the faculty and Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) for the engineering technologyprograms

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Fisher; Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0086427. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors.Biographical InformationDr. Lyons is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina and the Directorof the South Carolina Center for Engineering and Computing Education. He teaches laboratories, design, andmaterials science to undergraduates, graduate students and K-12 teachers. He researches engineering education,plastics and composites. He is the principal investigator for the GK-12 program.Dr. Fisher is a Research Associate in the College of Education’s Office of Program Evaluation. He received his PhDin

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan; Madara Ogot

students attribute to it. A component of course quality is thedelivery or presentation of the course content. This study focused on developing strategies toimprove this aspect of course quality. Often in engineering, instructors focus more on what theybelieve is good for the students (and they are often correct), but do not adequately take intoaccount the students’ point of view on the instructional delivery methods and the entireeducational experience. This often results in gaps or mismatches between student expectationsand learning preferences, and faculty expectations and teaching preferences. Stedinger [1] illustrates how these gaps can be overcome if faculty members helpstudents to better articulate what is working and not working for

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ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gerri Burke; William Krantz; Joel Fried

applications. The goals of thisREU Site program are the following: • To provide a motivational research experience for promising undergraduates • To encourage women, minorities, and physically disadvantaged students to pursue graduate studies • To expose undergraduates to exciting research challenges in membrane science and technology • To facilitate the learning of research methods, laboratory skills, safety awareness, critical thinking, problem solving, research ethics, organizational skills, and oral and written communication skills • To provide an enjoyable and meaningful social/cultural program for the students • To provide financial support for undergraduate students during the summer • To couple

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

10.1361.1Apparatus and procedures for each of these experiments have been completed andpresented in previous NSF Grantee’s Poster sessions. In the spring of 2005, for the first Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationtime, both experiments will be integrated into the undergraduate chemical reactionengineering course. This paper will describe the use of the experiments in the classroom.IntroductionThe pedagogy of teaching chemical reaction engineering is continually advancingthrough the use of new computational tools such as POLYMATH and MATLAB;interactive computer applications; and a new emphasis in

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Improving Statics and Dynamics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker

; Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, (2000).2 Pardue, S., and Darvennes, C., “A Modular Approach to Vibrations”, Proceedings of the2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society for EngineeringEducation, (2001).3 Murphy, K., and Orabi, I., “Structural Response in the Frequency Domain UsingLabview”, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, AmericanSociety for Engineering Education, (2001).4 D’Souza, S., Scott, N.W., and Stone, B.J., “A Student Controlled Two-Degree ofFreedom Vibration Laboratory”, Proceedings of the 1998 ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, (1998).5 Kukreti, A., “Use of a Small-Scale Models Testing Laboratory to Teach

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ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

straight-forward, but tedious. It is believed that a laboratory experiment specifically designed toillustrate dimensional analysis would increase the students’ interest in the subject andwould significantly enhance the students’ comprehension of the technique.Accordingly, we have developed an experiment dealing with natural and forcedconvection from heated horizontal cylinders. There are three cylinders of differentdiameters, each having an internal electric heater. The heat transfer rates from thecylinders to the surrounding fluid can be changed by varying the power input to the Page 10.42.1heaters. Steady-state measurements are made of the power

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Srikanth Pidugu

consisted of instruction in lecture and laboratory format. Theinstruction involved four 90-minute sessions delivered on four days. The first session was alecture by the speakers from ADED, ADEQ, and Entergy. This was followed by three sessionsby UALR faculty members and an undergraduate student on fuel cell principles and theory,applications, and “hands-on” experiments. Each of the last three sessions included 30-minute in-class lectures and 60-minute “hands-on” experimentation.“Hands-on” Instruction using Fuel Cell Equipment In order for students to have “hands-on” lab experience, a total of six different fuel cellkits were used. These included a simple fuel cell device known as “mini-fuel cells” todemonstrate the principle of fuel cell

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Heenan; Hector Estrada

Engineering Department) has averaged 270 admissions applications per year over thelast two years. Freshman admission into the program is limited to an average of 78 students or29% of the applicants according to Dr. Edward Gibson2, former Associate Chairman forArchitectural Engineering. The main reason for limiting enrollment of freshman students Page 10.455.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationaccording to Dr. Gibson is limited space, including laboratory and studio facilities. The studentswho are not

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Gerhart

theSummer Science Institute, is for high school juniors and seniors. The other program, calledSummer Odyssey, is for middle school students. Both programs explain what engineers are,explain what engineers do, and promote problem solving skills. The students also experiencevarious disciplines (or sub-disciplines) of engineering through a combination of presentations,laboratory experiences, and design work. In other words, much of the same material andactivities are used for both programs. Although neither of these programs are specifically forminorities or women, a large portion of the students are female and approximately half areminorities. A review of the material/activities for the summer of 2004 is presented. In addition,in the summer of 2004

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amanda Runciman; Lisa Christensen; Katherine Chen

very simplePowerPoint slides with lots of pictures and very little words. Naturally, not all the activities arepossible when visiting other locations.Pedagogy and TipsNot surprisingly, the strategies for successful outreach activities are the same approaches that areeffective to the learning of college students. Our experiences in presenting difficult concepts(e.g., shape memory effects) to younger students have actually helped with our own teaching atthe college level.Relating to the audienceOur approach is basically to make things as simple and as fun as possible. We take the conceptsand explain them on a simple level, and we try to relate them to activities and examples that theaudience are familiar with. We spend a lot of time making sure

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Hayden Griffin

universities began requiring students, particularly engineeringand computer science students, to purchase their own computers by the mid-1980s. Limitationsfor teaching were immediately noticed, and faculty began to imagine what could beaccomplished if the students were able to bring their own computers to class. “Portable”computers such as the Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 [1] were not portable enough tobe brought to the classroom.There is considerable argument over when the first “laptop” computer appeared. Some of theearly “portable” computers were definitely not laptop-sized or laptop weight. One of the first“notebook” computers may have been the NEC UltraLite [1, 2], which was introduced in 1989.These computers were still not sturdy enough to

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

students develop complex theory papers starting with "low-stakes" writing activities that leads to "high-stakes" formal papers. This process incorporates acontinuous improvement plan that uses several types of peer review. A campus-wide committee,referred to as the Writing in the Discipline Committee, also reviews and approves thepedagogical writing process used in the course. Student survey data is presented to measurestudent attitudes and perceptions. Sample grades are presented to show trends. Analysis,recommendations and conclusions are given. The goal here is to present a useful case study forfaculty interested in teaching a writing intensive or WID course.BackgroundThere are two important background points that should be made. One, what type

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Planning Program Course Course Evaluation Collective Evaluation Assessment Course Course Quality Quality Course Course Teaching Teaching Assessment Assessment Evaluate/Review Outcomes & Objectives Faculty

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Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Fisher

into the Upper Division of degree programs utilizing Basic Engineering. • Strategy II: Leading an Active Learning Mentoring Practicum For Female Engineering Students. This involves Proactive Learning Experiences, a Professional Women in Engineering Senior Seminar, and active participation in professional societies. • Strategy III: Improving the Support of Teaching By Students for Students In a Critical Gateway Course, Thermo-Fluids Engineering [BE 2375].This triad of initiatives combines to provide a solid basis for achieving improvements ingraduation success6.Implementation and TestingIn the first phase of the project, students beginning the BE course sequence and studentscompleting the

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MIND Education Trends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

Outreach is available3. The ASEE Engineering K-12 Centeroffers portals for students and educators. The MAA has many resource materials for motivatingMathematics at the K-12 level4. Cornell University sponsors an award winning website5 withlinks to educators and students in grades 9-12. ITEA is a professional association for technologyeducation teachers who teach a problem-based learning approach utilizing math, science andtechnology principles, their web site includes teacher resources, and they publish the Journal ofTechnology Education6. NASA provides many activities for K-12 education7. The AAASprovides a ScienceNetLink8 web site that provides lessons, tools, resources, benchmarks. MCIFoundation supports the MarcoPolo9 website that focuses on K

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Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

Engineering, Physics multidisciplinary project) 28% • Specialties within related disciplines (for example Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics in a combined project; or a program of Computer Science with Computer Information Systems and Computer) 28% • Science and/or Engineering and School of Education (for example Nanotechnology, Industrial Engineering, and K12 Teacher Preparation) 20% • Sensors and a science or engineering application (numerous biomedical projects partnering with electrical engineering through sensor technology; also many multidisciplinary engineering undergraduate laboratories with sensors) 7% • Engineering or science in

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

student. Itcan also be considered as a contract between a student and the course instructor.Assessment ActivitiesTypical classroom assessment activities include mid-term and final examinations, quizzes,homework assignments, laboratory exercises and reports, project work and reports, oralpresentations etc. However, assessment activities need not be confined to the classrooms. Thecourse instructor usually assigns % weights to each of these assessment activities (e.g. 15% each Page 10.923.2for each exam, 10% for laboratory reports etc.). Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Xianfgu Zong; Marcia Fischer; Malgorzata Chranowska-Jeske; James Morris; Fu Li; Cynthia Brown; Agnes Hoffman

. Facilities include classrooms, computer laboratories, faculty and staff offices,and dormitory facilities for students. ECE laboratory facilities are provided by FudanUniversity. IIIST currently enrolls about 200 freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors inComputer Science (CS) and about 70 ECE freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Theundergraduate students at IIIST are primarily full-time students, who are recruited directlyfrom high school.PSUPortland State University has its roots in the G.I. Bill, and has since developed into avibrant urban university, with a mission of service to the city. In recent years PSU hasbecome the largest university in Oregon. The University has been nationally recognizedfor its innovative undergraduate curriculum

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Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Wildman; Kumar Mallikarjunan; Mark Sanders; Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

From BEEVT to DLR – NSF Supported Engineering Education Projects at Virginia TechVinod K. Lohani1, Mark Sanders2, Terry Wildman3, Jeff Connor1, Kumar Mallikarjunan4,Theo Dillaha4, John Muffo5, Tamara W. Knott1, Jenny Lo1, G. V. Loganathan6, GregAdel7, M. L. Wolfe4, Richard Goff1, Mike Gregg1, Mike Chang4, Foster Agblevor4,DavidVaughan4, John Cundiff4, Ed Fox8, Hayden Griffin1, Sue Magliaro9 1 Department of Engineering Education/ 2Professor and Program Leader, Technology Education/ 3Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching/4Biological Systems Engineering/5Academic Assessment Unit/6Civil and Environmental Engineering/7Mining and Minerals Engineering/8Computer Science/9Director, School of

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Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Garth Thomas

Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education ”course, but a new designation as GENE 111 Software Tools for Engineers was provided in theSpring 2003 semester.Course DevelopmentOnce it was agreed that a new course was needed, the next major decision was the content of thecourse. It was decided that Excel® would be used because spreadsheet use is so common andthat particular software was available in all of the computer laboratories. It was also decided thatVisual Basic for Applications (VBA® ) programming would be taught since it extends thecapabilities of Excel® , provides a platform to teach some generally useful programmingconcepts, and Co-op students and new graduates were reporting that they used VBA® in theirwork. Mathcad® was

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Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Skylar Stewart; Linda Ramsey; Julie DuBois; Jorge Roldan; David Mills

next time we held thecourse we should do only one session per week. On the other hand, the students felt that thesession length of 1 ½ to 2 hours was appropriate.Impact on Teaching FellowsIn reflecting upon the impact of this course, it is clear that we learned as much from thisexperience as did the students who participated. Foremost, educational research of this typevastly differs from the typical laboratory research we as graduate engineering students havebecome accustomed to. For example, when conducting educational research investigators mustunderstand that working in a K-12 environment requires a higher degree of flexibility, patience,and tolerance of unexpected chaos. An important outcome derived through the implementationof this

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Land

“standard course outlines.” In their role as curriculum overseers, curriculum committees assign experienced facultymembers from across the system to be “course chairs” for one or more of the courses that theyteach. Each course in the curriculum has a course chair, and the course chair’s duty is to developand maintain a standard course outline for that course, which is then made available to all facultyin the system who teach that course. Historically, these outlines have been representative syllabithat suggest suitable texts, establish minimum topical coverage, suggest suitable laboratoryactivities, and identify minimum equipment and resources required to teach a course. However