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Teaching Statics
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrea Brose, Hamburg University of Technology; Christian H. Kautz, Hamburg University of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Mechanics
are identified as moments due to a set of several forces, such that the resultant forceis zero while there is a (non-vanishing) resultant moment. Most often one considers two forces ofequal magnitude and opposite direction having different lines of action. The resultant force iszero, but a non-vanishing moment is induced (which can be calculated by adding the momentsdue to each single force with respect to a given point). The non-vanishing moment that arises inthis example is called a couple, or force couple, likely reflecting the fact that it can be thought of Page 22.792.3as the result of two opposing forces whose net moment does not
Conference Session
First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Katherine Kuder, Seattle University; Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University
Tagged Divisions
Civil Engineering
graded report is returned, their focus has likely shifted to the next assignmentand they may not even reflect on the feedback received. Peer-reviews were implemented in twoCivil Engineering laboratory classes: Mechanics of Materials and Soil Mechanics. The primarypurpose of these reviews was two-fold: (1) students were required to think more holisticallyabout their own writing and the writing process and (2) students were exposed to the technicalwriting process, which includes rough drafts, reviews and revisions. Students preparedpreliminary drafts of their reports and then exchanged reports with classmates for review. Thereview feedback from their classmate was then used in the preparation of the final report. Finalreports were submitted to the
Conference Session
Engineering Ethics Issues Part II
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Katherine McComas, Cornell University; Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Ethics
Page 22.851.3facilitating SEI research on NNIN users and technologies. It opens itself to outside SEIresearchers from outside the network for data collection, ethnographic study, experimentation,and other types of research. A fundamental objective of the federal SEI initiative is to developnational self-awareness and self-reflection regarding the impact of NSE research. We believethat this approach will allow for responsible development of this emerging field which has thepotential of influencing and impacting many aspects of society.To attain its broad-minded goals, NNIN has designed three primary activities to address SEI: 1)providing SEI education and engagement opportunities for NNIN users; 2) stimulating SEIresearch on NNIN users and
Conference Session
Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Scott A. Curtis, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Libraries
several formatsthat other researchers have grouped under grey literature, as well as a grey literatureclassification (e.g. separate classifications for government documents, patents, technical reports,and standards). If these findings were combined, Eckel’s data would indicate that, for allMasters’ theses in all majors in the College of Engineering, citation of grey literature wasroughly 25-30% of all citations in the theses. Eckel was also able to show that Ph.D. dissertationscontained more journal articles, fewer web sites, and on average had older resources over a Page 22.876.5longer span of time than the Masters’ theses, perhaps reflecting a
Conference Session
Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Donald Arthur Brown, Penn State University ; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
, this program is important because if students mistake “factual” claims as“value-neutral” claims then they will not be able to reflect upon the value-laden nature ofthe claims.However, the goal of the program in another way is quite modest because it does notpresume to teach students to evaluate ethical questions in depth. Developing in-depthskills to evaluate ethical questions raised by environmental controversies is beyond thescope of this program because there is not usually enough time in the courses that thisprogram targets to devote to teaching deep ethical reflection about environmentalproblems.The program also seeks to develop a teaching module that will allow transferability tofaculty colleagues, who are not trained in ethics, to teach
Conference Session
Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John M Mativo, University of Georgia; Natasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
having thefreedom to engage through a thought process from theory, design, execution, and reflection. 1. In what way did this course enhance your learning of Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer? 2. What do you consider advantages and disadvantages of active learning (open ended) as have been done in this class? Advantages (Strengths)- Disadvantages (challenges) – 3. How would you compare canned laboratory exercises versus active learning process? Page 22.1005.154. How did the fact that you were developing an experiment for others affect what you learnt and how you considered your design?5. What type preparation did
Conference Session
Software Engineering Projects
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Thomas Reichlmayr, Rochester Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Software Engineering Constituent Committee
Iteration Zero) that is needed at the beginning of the project to create the initialversion of the Product Backlog, develop the architecture or high level design and perform anyother activities needed to support the start of the first sprint. It is during this period that requiredproject artifacts and their content are identified.The Product Backlog is prioritized by the order in which features are to be added to a sprint fordevelopment. There may be a variety of characteristics influencing the backlog priority –business value, time to market, technical dependencies, etc., but the Product Owner is ultimatelyresponsible for the ordering of the backlog. The completeness of user stories in the ProductBacklog reflects their relative priority. Stories
Conference Session
Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David A. Koonce, Ohio University; Cynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University; Valerie Martin Conley, Ohio University; Christine Mattley, Ohio University
Tagged Divisions
Two Year College Division
than four-year institutions in the state of Ohio. Of the115 public institutions in Ohio, 36 are two-year institutions. We excluded all regional and branchcampuses affiliated with the major state universities, leaving 27 community and technicalcolleges. Next, we used IPEDS’ location variables to break down institutions by degree ofurbanization: urban (city large, city midsize, city small), suburban (suburban large suburbanmidsize, suburban small), and rural (town fringe, town distant, town remote, rural fringe, ruraldistant, rural remote) containing 8, 10, and 9 potential institutions, respectively. From this list weselected nine institutions that reflect different student and faculty demographics as well asgeographic region of the state.Once
Conference Session
Engineering as the STEM Glue
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Candace Walkington, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Rachaya Srisurichan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Martha W. Alibali
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
spends an entire introductory lesson planning the labwork for the rest of the week. Teachers and students use the verbalizations and gestures ofprojection, along with representations, objects, and the environment itself, both to reflect upon ahistory of a concept as it unfolds in their classroom, and to plan for future manifestations of theconcept in different modal engagements. Ecological shifts – common as they appear to be –make it challenging for participants to preserve a sense of the cohesion and continuity of themathematical ideas. Projections serve to construct connections over time and help to establishthat sense of cohesion for students.A third transition process is coordination, which involves the juxtaposition and linking ofdifferent
Conference Session
Core Concepts, Standards, and Policy in K-12 Engineering Education
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ronald L. Carr, Purdue University; Nilson E. Martinez-Lopez, Purdue University; Jose Daniel Bravo, INSPIRE
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
currently found in major standards documents as well as what may be missing." (2)   In 2008, Brophy et al. reflected the direction of the engineering community whencreating the widely cited report, “Advancing Engineering Education in P-12 Classrooms,” byoutlining a path for further integration of engineering into the science, technology, engineering,and math (STEM) curricula. The report summarized efforts in P-12 engineering being made atthe time then and took a look forward to the prospects of the spread of engineering education. Inaddition to its own call for the creation of standards, the Brophy report discusses efforts by theAmerican Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) at promoting standards-based instructionin P-12 engineering (11
Conference Session
Architechtural Engineering Eduction: Emergent Topics
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David Jan Cowan, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Craig Greene, College of the North Atlantic; Modibo Boubacar Traore, Purdue University, School of Engineering and Technology; Wanda L. Worley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tarawut Boonlua, Mahasarakham University
Tagged Divisions
Architectural
? How far from home do we really feel? How different is the country and thearchitecture we are visiting and viewing?This paper explores the lessons learned, and often missed, with respect to witnessing teaching ina foreign country. It examines, describes, and reflects upon the value of experiential education,community engagement, in-classroom techniques, as well as unique S.E. Asian teachingpractices and celebrations that forge initial bonds between students and their teachers. Theseteaching lessons learned through study abroad are compared to the architectural engineeringeducation practices in North America. This paper examines methods for developing respect forteachers, for engaging in the architectural creative process and for paying respect
Conference Session
Active and Inquiry-Based Learning
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
that “no researcher is neutral because language confersform and meaning on observed realities. Specific use of language reflects views and values…Wemay think our codes capture empirical reality. Yet it is our view: we choose the words thatconstitute our codes. Thus we define what we see as significant in the data and describe what wethink is happening (italics in original, p. 46-47).”30 What is important is not that we get the codes“right”, that it matches someone else’s codes, but that the description rings true, that it has good“fit” with the data. As such, the concept of inter-rater reliability has no meaning in aconstructivist study. Codes are situated in time, within a particular context, and based on aparticular researcher’s construction
Conference Session
Fostering Student Learning
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Christel Heylen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Herman Buelens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Jos Vander Sloten, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
‘Contribution to independent learning’ is constructed in the two semesters of the academic year 2006-2007, based on the items ‘Through the teamwork I learned to work more independently.’ and ‘Through the teamwork I learned how to master new information independently.’ The reliability coefficients indicate a good scale and the mean scores reflect that the students feel they are able to learn more independently through the P&O courses. 5) The next scale ‘Transfer of competencies beyond introductory seminar’ is based on the statements: ‘What I learned during the introductory lecture about the design Page 22.1150.7
Conference Session
FPD 3: Research on First-year Programs and Students, Part I
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Brett D. Jones, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Jacob Preston Moore, Virginia Tech; Deirdre-Annaliese Nicole Hunter, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions
First-Year Programs
termed this approach “traditional engineering design”(TED) because it reflects a common pattern for such projects across programs in the U.S. In thispaper, we report the outcomes from interviews with PBL team members from U1 and designteam members from U2 to address the research question: How do first-year engineeringstudents in two different types of design approaches (PBL and traditional design) perceivethe role of facilitators, and how does this perception influence these students’ motivation?To address this question we examine how students describe the role of their facilitator for PBL,and correspondingly, their workshop leader in a TED environment. Based on this description,we consider how students’ experiences with facilitators impact
Conference Session
WIED Poster Session
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Natalie Fabert, Arizona State University; Marilyn Cabay, Ph.D., Argosy University, Phoenix; Melissa B Rivers, Arizona State University; Mary Lee Smith, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
experiences. Explanations of isolation and other aspects of the “chilly climate” have todate been highly abstract and theoretical.Over the past several years, researchers with the CareerWISE program, supported by theNational Science Foundation, have worked to understand and develop interventions to helpmitigate common discouragers for women enrolled in doctoral programs in STEM. CareerWISEfocus groups of graduate student women 33 and interviews with non-completers reflecting ontheir graduate student experiences 34 revealed that dissatisfaction with the departmental climate(such as experiences with isolation) was one of several major discouragers reported by the
Conference Session
Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Raghavi Merugureddy, Purdue University ; Amani Salim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
makesthem, more than ever to us, what Seymour calls “partners in innovation”18. Their reflections onteaching through MEAs will likely lead to transformations in MEA implementation, TAprofessional development, TA mentoring, and MEA generic and task specific support materials -all to the benefit of students’ learning through open-ended problems.II. Research QuestionsIn this study, we examine UGTAs’ experience with assessing student team work on MEAs. Theevaluation tool used by all TAs is the four-dimension MEA Rubric which assesses the studentteams’ mathematical model and its generalizability (i.e. share-ability, re-usability andmodifiability).The research questions guiding this study are: 1) What are UGTAs’ self-reported ability to apply the four
Conference Session
Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Cherrice Traver, Union College; Douglass Klein, Union College; Borjana Mikic, Smith College; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Ari W. Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Gillette, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
needed for making connections betweendisciplines and from faculty’s primary discipline to innovation. Other goals require increasingfaculty understanding of the value of cross-disciplinary collaboration, the power of reflection and Page 22.725.13other pedagogies used in the liberal arts. Examples of practical skills are recognizingopportunities for innovative curricular, co-curricular and/or civic activities, and using modernsoftware to build case study scenarios. Several of the integrated project examples used in thefaculty development work connect to the environmental and community issues that appeal tounderrepresented groups of students. All
Conference Session
Active and Project-Based Learning
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John S. Lamancusa, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
 (verbal, written, electronic)  5) Reinforce and improve CAD/Solid Modeling skills  6) Develop and practice skills in project planning, budget management, resource allocation  and scheduling  7) Instill a philosophy of professional and ethical behavior  8) Provide guidance in applying engineering principles to open‐ended problems  9) Provide an introductory knowledge of business practices, economic viability,  environmental sustainability, and the social consequences of technology  Most of our students are not as abstract or reflective as the typical professor, and learn moreeffectively in more active modes. Dale 6 reports that after two weeks, people generallyremember 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, 30% of
Conference Session
Myths About Gender and Race
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Carroll Suzanne Seron, University of California, Irvine; Erin A. Cech, University of California, San Diego; Susan S. Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Brian Rubineau, Cornell University
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering
informants begin with “lay” myths about engineering. Asthey progress through their engineering programs, their experiences raise questions about thecore values of engineering. For some, these questions lead to critiques of engineering and itsorganizing values. Through their diary entries we learn that many question whether engineeringis in fact committed to meaningful social change and humanitarian work; in their experiences atwork sites during internships, they reflect on whether engineering tasks are often too mundanewhere one only has the opportunity to focus on a small, technical problem of a larger and oftenuninteresting project; others describe a workplace dominated by men who display a tendency tobe dismissive toward (particularly young
Conference Session
Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Brent A Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
design the experiments.These grades reflect how grading was done on the project. If the students failed to develop acomprehensive experimental program for the project, the design portion of the grade was heavilyimpacted while the experimental procedure and data analysis and interpretation were notimpacted. Page 22.42.9Figure 1. ANOVA test results for students’ ability to design an experiment, conduct an experiment and, analyze and interpret data.Grades for the open-ended solar design project were also compared to the grades assigned to thefully structured/step-by-step laboratories assigned as part of the course. A
Conference Session
Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Steven L. Shumway, Brigham Young University; SClaudina Vargas, Complex Systems Optimization Lab; Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Ron Terry, Brigham Young University
Tagged Divisions
International
engineering design process in addition to listing them.At any rate, these observations can help improve the curriculum design process and theclassroom process to improve internalization or better learning.Perception of learning vs. results. The results show that students' perception about how muchthey learned do not always align with the picture emerging from their responses about theirunderstanding of concepts. However, their perceptions are correct because they reflect theirexperience. For example, most, students in Groups 1 and 2 learned about maglev transportationsystems for the first time this summer. For them this was a great learning experience. Thus,while their responses to specific questions showed they had difficulties grasping the
Conference Session
Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sandra Ingram, University of Manitoba; Anita H. Ens, University of Manitoba; Marcia R. Friesen, University of Manitoba
Tagged Divisions
Cooperative & Experiential Education
to group participants[29].Co-op work term reports from IEEQ participants fulfill a written requirement of the IEEQprogram and are submitted to the program director upon completion of the work term. Theydescribe the nature of the work carried out and are also a reflective account from the student’sperspective of how the term fulfilled their professional and personal goals. Four of the sixparticipants submitted co-op reports for our analysis. This study complied with the university’sethics review process ensuring respondents’ anonymity, confidentiality and opportunity towithdraw without penalty, and was approved by the university’s human ethics committee. Eachparticipant in the research group has been assigned a pseudonym. For the purposes of
Conference Session
First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged Divisions
Civil Engineering
to the Three Gorges Dam in China. In that way, all students were required to thinkabout an international project to some degree. This was another suitable model to teach studentsabout globalization. The older Three Gorges Dam assignments were no longer available forcontent analysis as part of this research. Final Reflective EssaysIn the first part of the final essay assignment, students were required to write about oneprofessional society meeting (such as ASCE, AGC, SWE, etc.) or professional developmentactivity (such as the career fair, design expo, civil engineering graduate seminar) that they hadattended during the semester. Of these options, EWB represents the opportunity that is the mostobviously global in nature. The percentages
Conference Session
Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jian Yu, Auburn University and Tsinghua University, China; Chetan S. Sankar, Auburn University
Tagged Divisions
International
all the questions are more than 4. The results are favorable andindicate that the LITEE Workshops were acceptable to the participants and were perceived tobe beneficial. We used SPSS 10.0 to do principal analysis. Through factor analysis, in the RotatedComponent Matrix as the Table 2 shows, there are 3 Components that are abbreviated Ci(i=1, 2, 3). C1 includes 29 VARs that are VAR 8-36, which can be called “Expectations toMIS” because from the meanings of these questions they reflect the expectations to MIS andhope to improve the skills from the learning of MIS; C2 includes 4 VARs that are VAR 2, 3,5, 6, which can be called “Attitude to MIS ” for the four questions show the perception oflearners about learning MIS and imply the difficulty
Conference Session
Reports from ADVANCE Institutions
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Marisol Mercado Santiago, Purdue University; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University; Dina Banerjee, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
system comprised of these structures: ―And, if enoughpeople or even a few people who are powerful enough act in innovative ways, their action mayhave the consequence of transforming the very structures that gave them the capacity to act‖ (p.4).17The research question we focus in this paper is: how do institutionally generated texts shapeSTEM faculty and staff members’ experiences in ways that prescribe their ways of being? Theparental leave policy is our main social system, situated along with the other systems that worktogether with it (such as FMLA, sick leave, unpaid leave, etc.). These systems seem to be rigid,but actually they reflect a series of processes in a state of change.As an example, Kirby and Krone11 conducted a discursive study of
Conference Session
Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Noah Salzman, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
. Page 22.1082.3Table 1: Characteristics of Mentoring Relationships (based on Jacobi6)Acceptance/support/EncouragementAdvice/guidanceBypass bureaucracy/access to resourcesChallenge/opportunityClarify values/clarify goalsCoachingInformationProtectionRole modelSocial status/reflected creditSocialization/”host and guide”Sponsorship/advocacyStimulate acquisition of knowledgeTraining/InstructionVisibility/exposureA commonly measured outcome, particularly of studies of peer mentoring, was increasedknowledge or academic performance in the tutoring content area7,8. In addition to benefitsgained from developing a relationship while mentoring, the act of studying and organizingknowledge with the expectation of teaching can also lead to measurable gains
Conference Session
SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elisabeth W. McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College/Columbia University; Chris Jurado, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering
per se and more of a way to provide both theproject team and the DoD advisors with information about project teams’ progress. It was alsohoped that the DoD advisors would use the blogs as one means of communicating with thestudents. The prompts for the final blog prompt, at the end of the course, were more elaborateand reflective. They were:  What were the most important system-level trade-offs you had to consider during this project?  If you were to start this project over again, what would you do differently?However, the only school to complete the project in one semester and therefore the first to finishwanted the final blog to be more comprehensive and so replaced the above with the following setof questions, which we may
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Karen L. Tonso, Wayne State University; Peggy Noel Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University
Tagged Topics
NSF Grantees
Foundation under GrantDUE-0939823. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1 Pimmel, Russ and Sheryl Sorby, “Writing Proposals to Meet NSF’s Expectations,” Workshop at 2008 ASEE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, June 22, 2008.2 Olds, Bar: Evolution, Approaches, and Future Collaborations, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 94,No. 1, pp. 13-25 (2005)3 National Research Council, Committee on Scientific Principles for Education Research, Scientific Research in Education, Richard Shevelson and Lisa Towne, Editors, National Academy Press, Washington, DC (2002)4 National Research Council
Conference Session
Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College
Tagged Divisions
Two Year College Division
the components of these early systemswere accessible, when a system failure occurred, the electrical technician or engineer was calledupon to troubleshoot the system to the part level and effect the repair. As indicated by Figure 1,the electronic components were at the center of this technologic paradigm. The educationprovided to the technician of this era reflected the technology of the day and was therefore –component or parts centric. As an example of this type of pedagogy, electronic oscillators wereintroduced as an application of vacuum tubes not as an integral sub-system of a communicationssystem.The first real technology revolution to occur in the ET/EET field was driven by the invention of
Conference Session
Making Elementary Engineering Work: Lessons from Partnerships and Practice
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
STE units were developed; the pre-pilot PD,teaching, and reflection cycle was completed; many materials were purchased for the pilot yearsfor all 3rd and 4th grade (and even some 1st and 2nd grade) pilot year classrooms; PD for the pilotyear for most 3rd and 4th grade teachers took place; and an educational video about the projectwas created. To summarize, beyond having Workforce One Maryland Program funds to pay forproject costs, there were six essential factors for the success of the HCPS-TU Partnership. ThisSySTEmic Project partnership had: 1. A co-constructed vision. 2. Access to high-quality EiE curriculum. 3. Team members with unique strengths and a shared language. 4. A collaborative spirit—an