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Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University

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engineering culture.Bibliography1. Prince, M. and Felder, R., “Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods”, Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases”, Journal of Engineering Education, April, 2006, pp. 1-16.2. National Research Council Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School, Commission of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Washington, DC, National Academy Press, 2000 (on-line free

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James Dean Palmer, Northern Arizona University; Joseph Flieger, Northern Arizona University; Eddie Hillenbrand

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AC 2011-831: JAVAGRINDER: A WEB-BASED PLATFORM FOR TEACH-ING EARLY COMPUTING SKILLSJames Dean Palmer, Northern Arizona University Dr. Palmer is an assistant professor at Northern Arizona University where his research interests include undergraduate computer science education, language design, and computational storytelling.Joseph FliegerEddie Hillenbrand Page 22.985.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 JavaGrinder: A Web-Based Platform for Teaching Early Computing SkillsAbstractEven as Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions indicate

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Steve Warren, Kansas State University; Xiongjie Dong, Kansas State University; Tim J. Sobering, Kansas State University; Jason Yao, East Carolina University

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AC 2011-1927: A RAPID ANALYSIS AND SIGNAL CONDITIONING LAB-ORATORY (RASCL) DESIGN COMPATIBLE WITH THE NATIONAL IN-STRUMENTS MYDAQ PLATFORMSteve Warren, Kansas State University Steve Warren received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in 1989 and 1991, respectively, followed by a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1994. Dr. Warren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Kansas State University. Prior to joining KSU in August 1999, Dr. Warren was a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. He directs the KSU Medical Component Design Laboratory, a

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Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Andrea Marta Eller, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University; Jessica Triplett, Arizona State University

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may enter introductory engineering courses able to explain phenomena, but notnecessarily able to apply that knowledge of scientific phenomena to engineering design andinnovation. Additionally, students must be aware of the transition so that they do not becomefrustrated from the different orientation of instruction in their engineering science classes. Theyneed to remain open-minded and comfortable with the potential advantage of achievingconceptual change about the nature of engineering. By frequently utilizing multimodal Page 22.451.12expression of student mental models, this transition can be monitored.The integrated, contextualized, and

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Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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AC 2011-1800: ADMINISTERING A DIGITAL LOGIC CONCEPT INVEN-TORY AT MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONSGeoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Geoffrey L. Herman is a PhD Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Mavis Future Faculty Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include cogni- tive science, identifying and assessing common student misconceptions and difficulties in electrical and computer engineering topics, blended learning (integrating online teaching tools into the classroom), in- telligent tutoring systems, and music signal processing. He is a winner of the 2011 Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Grant. He has been

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Shane F. Cotter, Union College

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AC 2011-1877: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF A BIOMETRICS COURSEON STUDENTS’ DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING KNOWLEDGEShane F. Cotter, Union College Shane Cotter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Union College. He received his undergraduate degree (with first class honors) from University College Dublin in 1994. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on Digital Signal Processing from the Univerity of California at San Diego in 1998 and 2001 respectively. He worked at Nokia Mobile Phones as a senior design engineer between 2002 and 2004. In 2004-05, he worked as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Miami, Coral Gables. In