Conference Session

Blurring the Boundary between Content Knowledge and Professional Knowledge

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Verna Fitzsimmons, Kent State University - Kent; Stephane Booth, Kent State University - Kent

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

course such as this. The last twooutcomes were added from the LER perspective. It was expected that if the studentsbetter understood various types of learning styles and were explicitly aware of their own, Page 13.841.3they would have a deeper understanding of communications and team work.The course format was primarily discussion based on either class presentations orassigned readings. In-class and out-of-class projects were assigned, as was a reflectivejournal. Depending on the assignment, students worked individually, in pairs, or as ateam. A final take home exam was also assigned.Throughout the course, the instructors worked from the perspective that

Conference Session

Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Targeted Academic Research Center), and Semiconductor & MicrosystemsFabrication Laboratories (SMFL). Materials characterization and testing needs in these researchprojects are partially met by equipment available in the Advanced Materials Lab (AML).AML is the only facility at RIT that has equipment for scanning probe microscopy (SPM), x-raydiffraction (XRD), micro- and nano- indentation, and quantitative imaging. With greaterparticipation of undergraduate students in research projects involving microelectronic thin films,photo-voltaic materials, MEMS devices and nano-crystalline tribological coatings, AML hasexperienced a surge in demand for its materials characterization and testing services in the lastfive years. To help undergraduate and

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Paul Blowers; Greg Ogden; Kim Ogden

through electronic sources has not led them to become bettersearchers for information or users of information they find. A series of both short- and long-termexercises and discussion points for exposing students to the need for and the skills to findrelevant information is presented in this work. Freshman engineering students can be introduced to on-campus library facilities, andequally importantly, on how to efficiently use the electronic library resources early in theiracademic careers. One way is to have one lecture designed to cover the major areas of electronicsearch tools like textbooks, online references, and peer reviewed journal databases. This lectureis appropriate in the context of a hands-on design project where students have

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rebeca G. Book

will ultimately possible reflect on them onhow the program is perceived.If the university has a good reputation, then even if the representative is not an alum then just bybeing associated with the university there are some publicity perks.There is always the tax write offs for donated equipment and material, plus the publicity ofgiving back to the public, if the company participated in the meetings and working with theuniversity.5. Projects:Possible partnerships can be forged with projects. If a project is not needed in a timely manner,or if it is a matter that the industry does not have current labor means to investigate, then it is apossibility that the university could undertake the project. The university also has the means totry out

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

David Evanko; Arend Dorsett; Chiu Choi

below.2.1. SensorsThe Sharp GP2D12 infrared distance sensors[4] were chosen for the project because they were inexpensiveand sensitive enough for registering the location of the ball on the beam. Also the infrared beam isnarrowly confined that adjacent objects does not easily interfere with the detection of the ball position.The output of the GP2D12 distance sensor is a voltage that is exponentially related to the distance. Therange of the distance measured by the sensor is from 10cm to 80 cm. For the range over 40cm, thesensitivity decreases rapidly (see Fig. 2). To increase the sensitivity over the entire length of the beam,two sensors are used instead of just one. The two sensors are mounted on opposite ends of the beam. Thedifference of the

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kanti Prasad

established simultaneously with thedevelopment of VLSI Design courses (16.502/16.470). In 1984, only text book availablewas Mead and Conway and DLAP was the prime tool for the experimental layout andsimulation. The projects were fabricated at M2C, and were tested at UMASS Lowellusing LV 500 tester.Full use was made of both of these in the class room as well as in the laboratory. Since itinvolved extensive use of programming in PASCAL, along with VAX operatinginstructions it did slow down the layout, so project such as Flip Flops, LIFO’s, FIFO’salong with basic gates could be completed. In 1985, Berkeley however, releases MAGICthrough M2C, which was a mouse driven drafting tool. It helped in getting bigger projectsconsummated during the semester such

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Kanti Prasad

established simultaneously with thedevelopment of VLSI Design courses (16.502/16.470). In 1984, only text book availablewas Mead and Conway and DLAP was the prime tool for the experimental layout andsimulation. The projects were fabricated at M2C, and were tested at UMASS Lowellusing LV 500 tester.Full use was made of both of these in the class room as well as in the laboratory. Since itinvolved extensive use of programming in PASCAL, along with VAX operatinginstructions it did slow down the layout, so project such as Flip Flops, LIFO’s, FIFO’salong with basic gates could be completed. In 1985, Berkeley however, releases MAGICthrough M2C, which was a mouse driven drafting tool. It helped in getting bigger projectsconsummated during the semester such

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

David Evanko; Arend Dorsett; Chiu Choi

below.2.1. SensorsThe Sharp GP2D12 infrared distance sensors[4] were chosen for the project because they were inexpensiveand sensitive enough for registering the location of the ball on the beam. Also the infrared beam isnarrowly confined that adjacent objects does not easily interfere with the detection of the ball position.The output of the GP2D12 distance sensor is a voltage that is exponentially related to the distance. Therange of the distance measured by the sensor is from 10cm to 80 cm. For the range over 40cm, thesensitivity decreases rapidly (see Fig. 2). To increase the sensitivity over the entire length of the beam,two sensors are used instead of just one. The two sensors are mounted on opposite ends of the beam. Thedifference of the

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

David Evanko; Arend Dorsett; Chiu Choi

below.2.1. SensorsThe Sharp GP2D12 infrared distance sensors[4] were chosen for the project because they were inexpensiveand sensitive enough for registering the location of the ball on the beam. Also the infrared beam isnarrowly confined that adjacent objects does not easily interfere with the detection of the ball position.The output of the GP2D12 distance sensor is a voltage that is exponentially related to the distance. Therange of the distance measured by the sensor is from 10cm to 80 cm. For the range over 40cm, thesensitivity decreases rapidly (see Fig. 2). To increase the sensitivity over the entire length of the beam,two sensors are used instead of just one. The two sensors are mounted on opposite ends of the beam. Thedifference of the

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlie Hall, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

also reasons for teams to beused in a course: Teams are able to accomplish more than individuals, there is learning betweenmembers on a team, and teams are a way of developing and disseminating a culture. In theclassroom, the culture that should be developed among the students through the use of teams is aculture of collaboration and problem-solving. No amount of lecturing on the value of teams orthe value of collaborative problem solving can replace the learning or experiencing of actuallybeing a part of a team. It should be noted that teams can be formal or informal; for a largesemester project, teams may work together for weeks, but informal teams may develop duringsmall class discussions or class exercises.A potential hazard of using teams

Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Lisa Brooks, Texas A&M University; Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

democratic society all citizens should be informed and responsible for makingdecisions that may directly influence their daily lives. Energy is one of the mostpredominant elements of modern human societies and their survival in a healthy political,economic, and social environment. Hence, the main teaching goal of ENGR 101 is topromote student participation in every aspect of the course activities, ranging from the in-class discussions to the design of the course projects. With this goal in mind, peerteachers, graduate students, engineering faculty, and learning scientists systematicallyworked together over the academic semester which was the focus of this research toemphasize a learner-centered instructional design in teaching the ENGR 101 course

Conference Session

Investigating Fuel Cells and Alternative Fuels in the Classroom and Lab

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Faruk Yildiz; Kenan Baltaci, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

, DC and AC power, pressure, temperature, fuel utilization, overallsystem efficiency, noise, etc. Fuel cell test systems must precisely monitor and control thesemeasurements in real-time. It is necessary to have an instrumentation system which is able tomonitor and control fuel cell operation under varying conditions. Therefore, a typical fuel celltest system requires high-resolution, isolation, and waveform acquisition capability. This paperdescribes design and implementation of a hydrogen fuel cell data acquisition and monitoringscheme for a BS degree offering engineering technology institution. The objective of this appliedresearch project is to design and implement a high-resolution data acquisition and interfacemodule for a 500 W Hydrogen

Conference Session

Multinational and International Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

students contrasted intwo conditions: One group worked on an international design project that required cross-institutional and international collaboration. The projects were geared towards improving thelives of developing areas in Brazil and focused particularly on designing products that couldimprove housing, living conditions, and/or personal security. The second group consisted ofstudents that worked on projects domestically with companies as clients. The contrast willexamine the extent to which these two project domains influenced the type of entrepreneurshipskills that the student participants learned. The purpose of the international development effort was to further infuse sustainabilityand product realization into the

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills Build Success in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maren Henry, University of West Georgia; Eric Granlund, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Design (MET 210W) is a fourth semester writing intensive and capstoneengineering design and analysis course for students enrolled in the Associate DegreeMechanical Engineering Technology Program as offered by The Pennsylvania StateUniversity. This three credit-hour course teaches engineering design and analysisprinciples through team-oriented design projects supported by communication skills:written, graphical and oral [1]. The major objective of MET 210W is to provide students with methodologies todesign and select machine elements found in mechanical systems. The elements includekey design and analysis, roller ball bearing selection and analysis, chain and sprocketselection and analysis, linear helical compression spring design and

Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Ater Kranov, Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology; Robert Olsen, Washington State University; Carl Hauser, Washington State University; Laura Girardeau, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, intercultural team interactions thatcharacterize engineering careers in the 21st century. While there have been many program-levelefforts across the nation to develop these “soft” skills, such as capstone projects that incorporatestudy abroad and service learning, no direct method of measuring all six skills simultaneouslyexists in the literature. This project proposes an innovative and direct method of developing andassessing ABET professional skills simultaneously that can be used at the course-level forassessing student performance and at the program-level for assessing efficacy of the curricula.In 2007, the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) at Washington StateUniversity (WSU) collaborated with the College of Engineering and

Conference Session

Innovations in Laboratory Studies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Introductory Physics CoursesThe experience of the “Scientific Abilities Project” developed by the Rutgers Physics andAstronomy Education Research Group2 is interesting. The project is sponsored by the National Page 13.380.3Science Foundation program “Assessing Student Achievement” (NSF-ASA). The goal of theproject is to help students develop some of the abilities used by scientists and engineers in theirwork. These abilities include: ‚ an ability to represent knowledge in multiple ways; ‚ an ability to design experiments to investigate new phenomena, test hypotheses and solve experimental problems; ‚ an ability to collect and analyze

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

thatthey more easily accommodate these approaches. Ten years after the Seven Principles werepublished Chickering and Ehrmann14 noted that we could use “technology as a lever” to helpimplement these principles. The large-scale technology of the learning space itself can be onesuch lever.Examples of Alternative Learning SpacesDifferent groups are starting to transform some learning spaces to accommodate morecooperative and active learning approaches.15A prime example of using redesigned space to enhance learning is the SCALE-UP project(Student Centered Activities for Large Enrolment Undergraduate Programs).16 While thisproject has broader interests, its initial focus has been introductory physics. It is a joint projectof a number of universities

Conference Session

Problem Solving and Misconceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Jackman, Iowa State University; Sarah Ryan, Iowa State University; Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State University; Dale Niederhauser, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Page 13.1064.2problem solver to formulate the problem.Experienced instructors in engineering and science are well aware of students struggling withformulating problems. These struggles are often seen in problem sets, exams, and project work.Clement et al. found that undergraduate students had great difficulty formulating simple mathproblems (i.e., writing a mathematical expression) that were presented as text descriptions.9 Thestudents were asked to formulate the problem, but did not have to solve it. In most cases, fewerthan 50% of the students could formulate the problem correctly.We have found that students working in teams on complex engineering economy problems wereunable to successfully formulate the problem.10 Some teams did not include

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Kyun Lee, LeTourneau University; Paul Leiffer; R. William Graff, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

uncertainty or conflicting data from tests. The video game culture may be influential in this area too. In video games, as in most games, there is always a correct answer which, with persistence, you can get to in the end. That’s obviously not always possible in the workplace in the necessary timeframe with real world deadlines.”4 4. “It seems that they spend about the same amount of time in the office as their older peers, but more of that time is spent checking personal email and updating Facebook pages. But when they are dedicated to a project, it gets their intense full attention—albeit in short bursts. It seems to balance out.”5 5. “The work ethic is dead. Younger generations in the workforce have killed it off

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Anand Lakshmikanth, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John Cundiff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Andrew Fulton, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

Engineering Education (EngE) and Page 13.107.2the bioprocess wing of the Biological Systems Engineering (BSE) at Virginia Tech was launchedin September 2004. The first project was awarded in Fall of 2003 and became a planning projectfor the second funding from NSF for the DLR. This DLR project, funded in Fall 2004, focusedon reformulating the engineering curriculum for specifically bioprocess engineering program inthe Department of Biological Systems Engineering in conjunction with the freshman program inthe Department of Engineering Education and School of Education12. The formed committeeassessed a need for students improving their skills by having

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lyubov Kurkalova, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephen Johnston, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

environmental regulatory systems at the state,national, and international levels are presented. The second course, Application of Energy andEnvironmental Economic Policy Analysis, provides the quantitative economic techniquesnecessary for analyzing energy and environmental projects and issues. The course coversengineering economics techniques for energy project valuation and econometric techniques usedin forecasting the supply of and the demand for energy and environmental services. Presentedherein are details of the content and methods utilized in the courses and student feedback onthem.IntroductionThe Energy & Environmental (EES) Ph.D. program is a new interdisciplinary graduate programat North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dmitriy Garmatyuk, Miami University

them is based on visualizingsoftware (Matlab and Ansoft Designer/HFSS). The students are able to choose to either runnumerous simulations to understand the problem better (most, probably, will), or consider thetheoretical foundations and understand the dependencies before approaching the problem. Thepaper is focused on the description of sample problems and corresponding software test-benches.IntroductionThis paper stems from the project funded under the National Science Foundation’s (NSF)Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI). The project has main emphasis onincreasing students’ motivation for studying electromagnetics by re-developing the course flow.The educational concept to be explored is based on breaking down the course

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kander, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. This report from the National Academy of Engineering, written by a group ofdistinguished educators and practicing engineers from diverse backgrounds, includes variousscenarios for the future based on current scientific and technological trends. In addition toidentifying the ideal attributes of the engineer of 2020, the report recommends ways to improvethe training of engineers to prepare them for addressing the complex technical, social, and ethicalquestions raised by emerging technologies.” (1)Another example of a more recent report is from the Millennium Project at the University ofMichigan entitled “Engineering for a Changing World”. (3) Among other conclusions, this reportrecommends the following

Conference Session

Focus on Emerging Topics Around the World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Summers, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

. Employment growth willbe driven by increasing demand for healthcare and social assistance because of an agingpopulation and longer life expectancies. Employment in administrative support and wastemanagement and remediation services is projected to grow by 31 percent and add 2.5million new jobs to the economy by 2014. Service industries have accounted for almostall U.S. job growth since the 1960’s. Wages in the service sector overall have risen fasterthan wages in most other sectors.The Bureau of Labor Statistics has the most complete information concerning IE and IETemployment. Analysis of their data is somewhat limited due to the lack of informationabout job titles or degree types. Another gap in the data concerns the other job titles thatIEs and

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mathieu Desnoyers, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Michel Dagenais, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2008-1339: TEACHING REAL OPERATING SYSTEMS WITH THE LTTNGKERNEL TRACERMathieu Desnoyers, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Mathieu Desnoyers is the maintainer of the Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT) project since November 2005, taking over the development with the new LTTNG. He is the author of Linux Trace Toolkit Next Generation (LTTNG) and the main developer of Linux Trace Toolkit Viewer (LTTV) since the project started in 2003. He did an internship at the IBM Research T.J. Watson Research Center in 2006 where he applied tracing in commercial scale-out systems. In 2007, he did an internship at Google, where he integrated ideas from Google ktrace into LTTng to merge themin a single project. He

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Materials

pursueresearch projects with faculty members, these programs also offer workshops,2,3,4 courses,5,6 andeven “boot-camp”-style summer research experiences7 that focus on topics such as performingscientific literature searches, the role of the engineer in society, research and engineering ethics,communicating research findings, careers in research and even applying to graduate school.The topics covered by these programs and the ones we describe below are among the issues thatthe Council on Undergraduate Research points to as critical for a successful undergraduateresearch experience associated with "socializ[ing] students in the research laboratory culture."8This ranges from topics as diverse as the values and ethics of research, safety, group dynamics

Conference Session

Service Courses for Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

Focus or Topics Courses ‚ These courses tend to address a single technological topic or issue. ‚ Subject matter is intentionally focused rather than intentionally broad. ‚ May have a substantial technical or quantitative component. ‚ May include laboratories or projects. ‚ May include some social and historical aspects of the topic.Examples: Klein and Balmer: .............................Converging Technologies at Union [7,22] Billington, Littman et. al ...................Civil Infrastructure. [8] George ...............................................Fuel Cells [17] Mechtel ,Korzeniowksi et al. ............Electrical Engineering for Non-Engineers [23] Kuc

Conference Session

Engineering Economy -- Outside the Introductory Course

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neal Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

analysishas received wide attention in advanced finance coursework, its application to engineeringeconomy and real engineering projects has been more limited. However, options analysis hasbeen a significant issue in engineering economy research, and one that regularly appears in ourliterature. How familiar are we as engineering educators with real options analysis? Are weteaching real options to our students? We found no information in the literature regarding thesequestions.Historical Development of Real OptionsFinancial options were developed in the early 1970s in academia. The famous Black-Scholesequation was developed by Fischer Black of the University of Chicago and Myron Scholes ofMIT’s Sloan School of Management1. They worked closely with

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis; Paul Palazolo, University of Memphis; David J. Russomanno, University of Memphis

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

mightvolunteer as a judge for a local science fair competition, serve as a mentor for a communityimprovement project, and maintain the more traditional activities of teaching and research inengineering classroom, yet participate in each activity as a separate event instead ofincorporating these programs and activities to other areas of application. Our paper examines theopportunities to forge connections between college outreach programs and the processes of“continuous improvement” as professional engineering educators through the example of onesuch program in our own institution.Our experiences with the 2007 Canstruction® competition are included as a model applicable tomultiple concepts of civil engineering courses. We begin by discussing the “live

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

assessment.Assessment questions we would like to answer in these first few years of the project are: 1. How does the Graduate Teaching Fellow workload and level of responsibility compare to other departments? 2. Are Graduate Teaching Fellows receiving appropriate training and mentoring for their teaching activities? 3. What is the effect on other teaching assistants of interaction with elite Graduate Teaching Fellows?The role that Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs) and other graduate teaching assistants play inthis first-year program is called workshop leaders. There is little difference in the way GTFs andother workshop leaders are treated, other than being assigned fewer sections. Because of this,and the interest in interactional effects