Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sheikh Ghafoor; Stephen Canfield; Michael Kelley; Tristan Hill

around them; andthen later move to solving advanced models that describe how the world works. Based on recentadvances in microcontroller hardware, associated programming environments and manyexamples of integrating programming with hardware in the loop for upper classman engineering,the authors propose to alter the context in which programming is taught to engineering studentsat TTU. The course has been implemented as an initial programming experience based on ahardware-in-the-loop model, retaining the C or Matlab programming standard but using as aprogramming target a micro-controller (a computer designed to interface with the outside world)to interface to simple physical systems. This is intended to result in a programming experiencethat will

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Clifton B. Farnsworth, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

radio or television • CD-ROM, in which the student interacts with computer content stored on a CD- ROM • PocketPC/Mobile Learning where the student accesses course content stored on a mobile device or through a wireless server • Integrated distance learning, the integration of live, in-group instruction or interaction with a distance learning curriculum • Online tutoringMost faculty who have listened to any discussion on distance education have heard thewords synchronous and asynchronous. Synchronous deals with students observing theclass in real time and asynchronous deals with students observing the class after it occurs,is processed, and posted for viewing.Synchronous technologies25 such as: • Web-based

Conference Session

Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

(Table 4).Table 4: Classroom and enrichment teacher expertise, taken verbatim from a presentation slidepresented to all pilot year teachers during PD Classroom Teacher’s Expertise Enrichment Teacher’s Expertise • Science Curriculum • Science & Engineering Concepts • Work with ALL Students • EiE Resource in School to ALL Teachers • Differentiation (Advocate of the program) • Teaching Across the • Possible Classroom Support – Co-Planning & Co- Curriculum (Integration) Teaching Model • Higher Level Questioning/Critical Thinking • Provide

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MaryPat Beaufait; Duyun Chen, University of Pennsylvania; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Cecile Dietrich; Garrett Michael Vanhoy, University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, pp. 493- 534. 2004.4. P. Chen; I. Chen; R. Verma; ―Improving and undergraduate data mining course with real-world projects‖ Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, April 2010.5. E. Ortiz-Rivera; M. Castro-Sitiriche; ―Work in progress-integration of hands-on laboratory experience of power electronics and renewable energy applications.‖ ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Antonio, TX October 18-21 2009.6. C. Kardash; ―Evaluation of an undergraduate research experience: Perceptions of undergraduate interns and their faculty mentors.‖ Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 92(1), pp. 191-201. 2000.7. A. Donnelly; K. Morgan; S. Aldrich; ―Developing and implementing a successful research experience

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bedrich Benes, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

has emerged and CG has also found its way into high-performance computing.GPUs are used as extremely powerful numerical coprocessors and they assist in many scientificareas such as genomics, nanophysics simulations, biology, astrophysics, and computational fluiddynamics, among others.However, grand challenges exist to integrate GPU-oriented high-performance computing intoundergraduate and graduate education. In order to learn parallel programming and computationalthinking, it is necessary to development new curricula, strategies for conveying these concepts,and appropriate formative and cumulative mechanisms for instructors and the learners. One ofthe initial steps for the development of new curricula is a clear notion of the

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

viaformation, nurturance and sustaining an important targeted school-university urban educationalpartnership. Our university has partnered with large urban school districts to plan, deliver andsustain a targeted inservice teacher professional development and a middle and high schoolSTEM curriculum intervention. The partnership goals are to assist inservice middle and highschool science teachers in: (1) designing and implementing integrated science and engineeringcurricula and (2) development of instructional methods and strategies that enable teachers toeffectively (a) teach challenging content and research skills in middle and high school asdemanded by state/national science standards; (b) generate knowledge and transform practice inhigh school STEM

Conference Session

First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2011-533: INCORPORATING TECHNICAL PEER REVIEW OF CIVILENGINEERING STUDENT PROJECTSLuciana Barroso, Texas A&M University Luciana R. Barroso, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. She has been with Texas A&M University for more than 10 years, and in that time has taught over a dozen different courses ranging from the freshman to graduate levels. She has received funding for her engineering education research from the Department of Education FIPSE program and from the NSF CCLI program. She also has been involved in several professional developments that were provided by the NT

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

partnershipagreements between the school/school districts and the University.Bibliography:[1] J. Marshall, “Establishing a High School/Engineering Partnership with a Simple Industrial Process Control Module,” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2008.[2] M. Barger et al., “Engineering an Elementary School Environment to Enhance Learning,” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2008.[3] R. Sundaram and Q. Zheng, “STEM-based Projects to integrate the Undergraduate ECE curriculum with the K-12 STEM Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE conference, Louisville, KY, June 2010.[4] R. Sundaram, Fong Mak, and Sunil Tandle, “Virtual Instrumentation Interfaces for Real-Time Control and Display of Electric

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

rather than Matlab. As part of an integrated project supported by the NSF to increase student retention in theCollege of Engineering, we are implementing course curriculum enhancements into our secondsemester Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering course. This curriculumdevelopment is done to rectify a perceived weakness in the existing course that it serves less wellstudents interested in Environmental Engineering. We are also working as part of this project toreintroduce the automated grading capability for our VBA-based computer programming portionof the course. The larger project seeks to improve retention of first and second year Engineeringstudents throughout the College through implementation of these five new

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Fischer, Oregon Institute of Technology; Claude Kansaku, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

lessonslearned concerning the SMI are presented.Software Engineering Technology and MathematicsThe SET program requires 28 credits of mathematics including differential, integral, and vectorcalculus, discrete mathematics and mathematical statistics. The SET program includes thepossibility of one additional elective math course in applied differential equations, linear algebra,or numerical methods for an additional 3 or 4 credits. Outside of formal math instruction,students are required to apply mathematical knowledge and skills in fundamentals courses suchas digital logic and physics, and computer science-related courses such as compiler methods.However, the JP sequence does not have an explicit math demonstration requirement. Therefore,it is uncommon

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Masi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Shanette A. Go; E. Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineeringdesign curricular experiences from freshman to senior years.Defining Inter-, Multi-, and Cross-Disciplinary EngineeringSeveral authors have addressed the crucial definitional issues involved in defining the integrationof engineering with other disciplines in engineering education. Some commonly used termsinclude multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and cross-disciplinary engineering.Williams14 notes that traditional engineering disciplines are becoming increasingly―interdisciplinary‖ as technological problems require an integration of engineering disciplinesand sciences. Coso and Bailey3 also employ the term ―interdisciplinary‖ to describe engineeringcurricular subjects or programs that develop graduate abilities and tools from

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

whosuggested that it “might be called a post-graduate secondary school.” [ 1,p131].Payne cites US Admiral Rickover who said “Most of the liberal arts education given in ourliberal arts colleges has been absorbed into the curriculum of the European academic secondaryschools…”[1.p132]. It was an attitude that had important consequences for beliefs about the roleof the university in liberal education. Another consequence of this specialization was that itenabled the three year bachelor‟s degree to be the equivalent of an American master‟s degree[1.p 133]Payne notes that if the purpose of the grammar school system was to enable its students to go touniversity then it had been singularly disappointing [p144]. Only a quarter completed all thestages for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi Guo, Stevens Institute of Technology; Shubo Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur B. Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

proposed by Kim et al.10. In order to realize a 2-dimensional locomotivemechanism, four spring-type SMA actuators are required to have long stroke and a strongenough force to overcome resistance force due to deformation of small intestine. Thedeveloped actuator is integrated with clampers mimicking claws of insects and an earthworm-like locomotive mechanism is proposed. The SMA actuators can be controlled to contractand stretch by passing current through the wire. When all four SMA are actuated in the samerhythm, the capsule robot moves forward or backward. Turning capability can be achievedby actuating the left and right SMAs in the opposite rhythm. Based on the design of actuators,the capsule robot have the ability to move in 2-dimensional

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara E. Brazon, Penn State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

worldwide has an estimated annual cost of $6.2 trillion dollars2. TheDepartment of Information, Sciences and Technology (IST) at The Pennsylvania StateUniversity recognized the importance of project management and problem based learning as anecessary component required to support the needs of the business community. Employers andHuman Resource recruiters have communicated to us that their organizations are interested inemploying IST graduates that have studied project management and systems integration anddesign. A course in project management was developed and first offered in the Fall semester2003 at the Penn State Hazleton Campus. Students in the integration option of IST have beenrequired to take the IT project management course and software

Conference Session

Computer and InformationTechnology-Related Issues

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

(ECET)program. The first course in the sequence is an introduction to computer games, where asoftware platform, Alice, is adopted to develop programming concepts and working knowledgeof multimedia applications using audio, image, animation, and video data. The second courserequires students perform multimedia programming using the well-known software, DirectXwith a Microsoft Visual C++ platform. Students learn how to integrate graphics, animation andsound assets into interactive environments.We find that the sequence courses stimulate students to achieve their learning objectives in theECET curriculum via developing their computer game assignments and projects as a vehicle.Furthermore, the student retention is greatly improved. In fact, the

Conference Session

Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Penn State University; Duarte B. Morais, North Carolina State University; Yu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

participate in the competition too. Students were recruited from specific classes inengineering, education and tourism management. The competition was promoted throughrelevant student clubs and mailing lists in all the colleges. Student volunteers helping with theorganization of the competition also made quick pitches in various classes with the instructor’sapproval.Teams could include between one and four members, and could integrate external advisors(faculty members, students, industry professional, etc). An objective of the competition was toeducate students on how to convey their ideas in a precise and concise manner. Articulatingcomplex ideas to a general audience is a crucial skill for entrepreneurs and social media likeYouTube provides an

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Melissa Miller; Randall Reynolds

that would provide a high interest classroom project basedupon sound curriculum. The challenge for the project was to refine an academic competitioninvolving a simulation-based video game relating to Industrial Engineering. The project wasdivided into 2 divisions, one for junior level students in grades 6 – 8 and one for senior levelstudents in grades 9 – 12. Obviously, a major issue was designing the competitions with aproper level of difficulty for both age groups while keeping the subject matter relevant tomeaningful engineering concepts and instructional frameworks.The competitions were intended to help students acquire fundamental problem solvingcapabilities as well as a basic understanding of some tools used in Industrial Engineering

Conference Session

Software Engineering Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N. Long, Oregon Institute of Technology; Linda Sue Young, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

the class, students were assigned project teams for completion of their project.Project scope is larger than what most individual students could complete in a single academicyear. Task size requires projects to be divided among team members and teams to coordinate foreffective project integration and deployment.Time PressureThe three term course sequence establishes a three term deadline. Twice each quarter, individualstudents are presented with an assessment of how well they are doing in experience points asrelated to course outcome expectations. Each challenge task had a time limit for task engagementand task completion.Level DefinitionsThe sequence objectives was spread throughout the three term sequence and presented in asequential manner

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert W. Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Cortney V. Martin, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Justeen Olinger, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Mechanical Engineering and ElectricalEngineering at Virginia Tech initiated discussions in Spring 2009 to revise the two service ECEcourses that are required in the ME undergraduate curriculum with the goal to increase the depthand breadth of the theoretical and practical learning outcomes. As a result of these discussions,it was decided to replace the three-hour lecture course on electrical theory with a combinedlecture and laboratory course on electrical theory with an emphasis on ac circuits, whichfacilitates the application of theory into practice while enabling more advanced material to beincorporated into the second course. The ME students use the same LiaB kit that is used in thecircuits courses taken by the ECE students. The same pedagogical

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2011-1894: HOW TO DESIGN A DESIGN PROJECT: GUIDANCE FORNEW INSTRUCTORS IN FIRST AND SECOND YEAR ENGINEERINGCOURSESAndrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward IslandProf. Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island Current chair of the UPEI Engineering Department and facilitator of Project Based Design courses at the University of Prince Edward Island. Page 22.787.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 How To Design a Design Project: Guidance for New Instructors in First and Second Year Engineering CoursesIntroductionThis paper is not an attempt to

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

lourdes gazca, American University, Puebla, Mexico; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, American University, Puebla, Mexico; Enrique Palou, American University, Puebla, Mexico

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

Food Engineering CoursesAbstractThe How People Learn (HPL) framework1, 2 was used to redesign two food engineering courses,Introduction to Engineering Design (EI-100) and Food Chemistry (IA-332), to further promotean interactive classroom while integrating multiple formative assessments by means of Tablet PCtechnologies3, 4. The HPL framework highlights a set of four overlapping lenses that can be usedto analyze any learning situation. In particular, it suggests that we ask about the degree to whichlearning environments are knowledge, learner, community, and assessment centered1, 2. TheVaNTH Observation System (VOS) is an assessment tool developed to capture qualitative andquantitative classroom observation data from teaching and learning

Conference Session

Using Web-Resources and Literature to Teach Engineering in P-8

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily M. Hunt, West Texas A&M University; Michelle L Pantoya, Texas Tech University; Aaron S. Hunt, Canyon Independent School District; Abbye M. Reeves

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

approaches tailored mainly toward hands on activities. The key is not simply to testfor comprehension but to examine the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) thinking of each student. This study examines the development of an engineering texttargeting early elementary grade levels and performs an early assessment of the potential impactof the literature on engineering thinking. The literature developed in this project maycomplement the Engineering is Elementary curriculum such that formal integration of theliterature may enhance early childhood learning.Science can be described as an enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form oftestable explanations and predications about the world [7-8]. Engineering can be

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arturo A Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

evaluations since both groups expressed high level ofinvolvement in and satisfaction with the hand-on activities. Both groups also displayed highlevel of motivation as anticipated from the backward design aimed at motivating learning.Based on these results, it argued that the CBI and lab curriculum developed helped the studentsto see the relevance of their studies to the real world which is an important factor for studentattraction, engagement, and retention. However, the pretest/posttest results provide evidence thatstudents that exposed to CBI developed a better ability to apply the knowledge that they learnedin a different context (i.e. adaptive expertise).ConclusionsThis paper describes the CBI curriculum development and its implementation

Conference Session

Pay It Forward: Critical Thinking, Reflection and Faculty Engagement Promote Success in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Mallory Donawa, Independent Consultant

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

his engineeringclasses. I gave him suggestions and recommendations, such as the use of Socratic Questioningtechniques when asking students questions. I also revised tests and quizzes to include questionsthat required students to explain in detail their methods and logic for solving problems andequations. During conversations with Dr. Smith, I shared materials and information about theFoundation on Critical Thinking’s Intellectual Standards. Questions for Dr. Smith were based onhis thoughts about critical thinking; integrating critical thinking into an engineering curriculum; abrief comparison between students attending HBCU’s and majority schools; and his perceivedchanges in his teaching style. Asking more questions in class

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Robert W. Warke, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

increasing from 67%to 86%. The course authors have concluded that students must "do engineering" to get ameaningful picture of the engineering career field. Another initiative implemented at Baylor isoffered as a supplement to first semester engineering courses and packaged in a format calledSuccess4Students.25 This program, dealing with such things as time management and studyskills, is implemented as a three-hour video seminar with 12 weeks of internet follow-up.Preliminary results show a second-semester retention increase from 67% to 83% and an averageGPA increase from 2.6 to 3.1. The University of Denver has integrated design coursesthroughout the four-year curriculum which allow students to practice analysis, design andevaluation of

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Carl A. Erikson

, and civic organizations. Since 1990 Mr. Erikson has been interested in andpromoting the concept of Appropriate Technology in the Third World as well as in urbanareas around the world. He has worked in Kenya, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Guatemala. Aspart of the Collaboratory, Professor Erikson is Energy Group Advisor. The Energy Group isresponsible for solar photovoltaics, solar hot water, biofuels, and wind energy projects. 246 Global Engineering: Taking the Engineering Classroom to the Real WorldAbstractThis paper includes an update on previous papers/presentations at the Mid-Atlantic Chapter ofASEE conferences given by the author on the Integrated Projects Curriculum (IPC) and theCollaboratory for

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia M. Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jonathan E. Singer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jacqueline Krikorian; Tushar P. Sura, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Education

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, teachers were given an overview of the module and then experienced thecurriculum as students in the order and format it would be implemented in the classroom. Theworkshop activities included lecture style presentations, self-paced online tutorials and hands onactivities, design challenges and demonstrations. Open discussion was integrated throughout theworkshop in order to clarify content and address concerns of the teachers. While two days of PDwas sufficient for some teachers to feel comfortable with the INSPIRES curriculum module,some teachers need extended training that focuses on content, pedagogical approaches and actualdesign & construction of the culminating design challenge. With funding obtained from the NSF Discovery Research

Conference Session

Making Elementary Engineering Work: Lessons from Partnerships and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

assessments have been added, they typically do nottake place until late elementary school, and so science may not be consistently taught in thoseyears prior. For all of these reasons, in-service teachers are apprehensive about teaching sciencein a more inquiry based manner and adding engineering—an unknown and untested subject—totheir already limited instructional day (Carson and Campbell, 2007). One of the ways we haveaddressed this complex issue in North Carolina is through intentional integration of engineeringthrough the science curriculum goals (http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/science/). Inthe kindergarten and first grade years, we focus on development of foundational skills inengineering: the design process (EiE’s five point iterative

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tao Hong, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of work 0.499. My motivation for teaching science is to promote an enjoyment of learning 0.5210. I believe DET should be integrated into the K-12 curriculum 0.5311. I am interested in learning more about DET though workshops 0.6812. I am interested in learning more about DET through college courses 0.3413. In a science curriculum, it is important to include the use of engineering in developing 0.48 new technologies14. I am interested to learning more about DET through peer training 0.5415. My motivation for teaching science is to help students develop an

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William K. Durfee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Benjamin Adams, University of Minnesota; Audrey J. Appelsies, University of Minnesota; Pamela Flash, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

mathematics (STEM) educators in particular to engagetheir students in higher order modes of learning. The uneven rate at which writing and STEMreforms are implemented3,4 reinforces the need for a new approach to reform, one that isdiscipline specific and faculty-driven.The Writing-Enriched Curriculum (WEC) model is informed by shifts in the perception ofwriting itself. Since the mid-20th century, the traditional view of writing as a mode ofcommunication, has evolved. Guided by psycholinguistic research, the current, expanded view isthat writing is a mode of communication and learning. Writing is now recognized as an abilitythat students continue to develop throughout their academic education and later careers as theyengage with increasingly complex