collaborative, inquiry-based instruction.Dr. Jeremy V. Ernst, Virginia Tech Jeremy V. Ernst is an Associate Professor of Integrative STEM Education at Virginia Tech and he is also the Associate Director for the School of Education/Office of Educational Research and Outreach. He is also a Fellow of the Institute for Creativity Arts and Technology at Virginia Tech. Jeremy specializes in research focused on dynamic intervention means for STEM education students categorized as at-risk of dropping out of school. He also has curriculum research and development experiences in technology, engineering, and design education.Dr. Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University Aaron C. Clark is a Professor of Technology, Design, and
the natural sciences, math and technology. During these years Lena developed her pedagogical skills and competence in the pedagogic field and besides leading the activities she organised pedagogical training for teachers, pupils and university students. Between 2011 and 2016 Lena was the head of the new Department of Learning at the School of Education and Communication in Engineering Sciences (ECE), KTH. Lena was then responsible for building up a new strong research environment in engineering and technology education, K-12 to university level. 2016-2017 Lena was the Dean at the ECE school at KTH. As this School was merged with another School in 2018, from January 2018 Lena has a research position as an
Standards for Technological Literacy (STL)developed by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA,2007).The TeachEngineering team viewed the NGSS release as an unprecedented opportunity todeliver meaningful K-12 engineering curriculum to educators nationwide. In addition to therecently released Common Core Math Standards (CCMS), the NGSS challenges K-12 educatorsto redesign their teaching methods to promote active student involvement in the learning process.Its Performance Expectations include higher-level learning accomplishments1, such as plan andconduct, show, analyze, develop and evaluate, to ensure that students are actively engaged in
were studied. From this study, it can be seen that universities are usingnine models to integrate nanotechnology concepts into their curriculum: 1. Offering undergraduate courses on Nanotechnology. 2. Offering Baccalaureate degree in Nanotechnology. 3. Offering an undergraduate track in Nanotechnology. 4. Offering a Minor in nanotechnology. 5. Offering a Master degree in Nanotechnology. 6. Offering Graduate courses in Nanotechnology. 7. Offering a Multidisciplinary Senior Design Project on Nanotechnology. 8. Integrating Nanotechnology concepts into their traditional courses. 9. Undergraduate Research in Nanotechnology.Model 1 is used by eight universities such as the Wentworth Institute of
computer engineeringprogram at Utah Valley University (UVU) conclude their degree programs with a semestercapstone design experience. The intent is for students to utilize competencies developed in thefirst three years of the curriculum in the solution of an embedded design problem.Educational excellence requires exposing students to the current edge of research. To ensure thatstudent projects are along the same trajectory that the industry is moving, educators mustcontinually introduce emerging techniques, practices, and applications into the curriculum. Thefield of haptics is growing rapidly, and there is increasing interest in providingundergraduate students with a foundation in the area. It is crucial that the emerging field ofhaptics
reported. Eleven research groups from the Functional Materials andManufacturing Institute (FMMI) at the University of South Florida and sixteen STEM educatorsat various levels, including in-service high school teachers, community college faculty members,and pre-service teachers, have participated in this research experience over the first two years.The location of this RET site in the highly-equipped and instrumented FMMI, along with itsfocus on a single interdisciplinary research area, allowed participants to make substantialprogress in functional materials research and curriculum development. Implementation of thesite resulted in (a) facilitation of teachers’ research progress and lesson plan development viainterrelated activities including an
asking students to givepeers positive feedback may benefit the giver (and receiver). Similarly, an opportunity in themiddle of the term to give positive feedback to teaching assistants (TAs) and/or the professorcould be meaningful. This can have a practical benefit by allowing students reinforce what theylike.In courses related to professional skills or transitioning to college, specific training on self-kindness could be integrated. Smeets et al. [18] described a group intervention around self-compassion. Although this was done outside-of-class with volunteers, a similar activity could beintegrated into a course with the appropriate scaffolding. For example, students could be giventhe assessment instrument (the 12-item self-compassion scale
machinery, basic electrical circuits, and linear electronics. He was also one of three faculty responsible for organizing and conducting the capstone design course for the EMET program. Ron received a baccalaureate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1971 and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1973.Ms. Lara L. Sharp, Springfield Technical Community College Ms. Sharp has a BS in chemical engineering, an MBA, and is currently working on a MS in Industrial engineering. She has worked in both secondary and higher education teaching and developing curriculum and is currently Program Director of Engineering Tech
, Yelamarthi, & Kaya,2016; Kukreti, Maltbie, Steimle, 2015). In our study, teachers did not initially work through abioengineering design challenge in the role of students (as they did with the Modeling Instructionfor experiments). Instead, they experienced engineering design in the role of teachers with thegoal of designing an engineering design curriculum situated in a biological context for theirstudents. Because the teachers had multiple backgrounds and experiences with engineering, butall were trained as science teachers, directed discussion was used to surface ideas and to developkey principles of the EDP such as solving a problem and iterative design. The EDP(brainstorming, asking questions, design solution, test solution, and improve
Scholarshipii. Demonstrated financial neediii. Leadership, scholastic engagement, and community engagementiv. Engagement with Penn Statev. Personal and social responsibilityvi. High achievement in high school courses 4Once selected as a finalist, students are then asked tosubmit a nomination from a mentor, counselor or teacherbased on the following prompts:i. Please describe how the nominee embodies the values of effort, integrity, ingenuity, and/or servant leadership.ii. Please describe how the nominee has contributed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community and plans to continue in these efforts at Penn State and in their future career as
Paper ID #19230They Choose to Attend Academic Summer Camps? A Mixed Methods StudyExploring Motivation for, and the Impact of, an Academic Summer Pre-engineering Camp upon Middle School Students in a Latino CommunityDr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos Araceli Martinez Ortiz, PhD., is Research Associate Professor of Engineering Education in the College of Education at Texas State University. She leads a comprehensive research agenda related to issues of curriculum and instruction in engineering education, motivation and preparation of under served pop- ulations of students and teachers and in assessing
One of our largest recruitment tools is the Extreme Information Technology (IT) Day which is an annual event sponsored by the university. The Extreme IT Day event has been held since 2010. Since its inception, more than 1,400 high school students have attended Extreme IT Day. The mission of this event is to develop skills and promote career opportunities in mainframe technologies, integrated IT systems, and cloud computing technologies. The event brings together educators, industry partners, and approximately 400 highly motivated high school and college students annually from the southeastern United States for a day of fun and innovation. Industry partners help set goals and expectations for students and serve on our School of
problem, for which studentsmust share responsibility for the actualization of a creative resolution. This speaks directly toproject-based and problem-based learning. But it just as much speaks to the value of engagementbeyond the walls of the university. Without some external engagement in the curriculum,projects and problems remain reason-based and/or hypothetical. For example, an imagined end-user does not speak back; however, someone with direct experience of an engineered technologymay have something to say about where problems within a given device lie. Ethics educationarguably has the same problem if the extent of ethical training remains in the student’simagination and if ethics is not something consciously lived out within the context of
is currently an Associate Professor at the Computer Electronics and Graphics Technol- ogy Department at Central Connecticut State University. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Wu’s teaching and research interests include computer communica- tions and networks, multimedia systems, performance modeling and evaluation, and network applications. She is a member of IEEE and ASEE.Prof. Karen Coale Tracey, Central Connecticut State University Dr. Karen Coale Tracey is currently a Professor and department head for Computer Electronics & Graph- ics Technology at Central Connecticut State University. She is a recognized leader in curriculum devel- opment and
population of the engineering students and retaining them to the end of their educationaljourney, and toward the ultimate goal of professional licensure.Service leaning has been proven to be an invaluable tool to recruit and retain engineering students, a studyconducted by Astin et al (2000) found that in a study of 22,000 students, integrating service learning hadsignificant positive effects on 11 outcome measurements including critical thinking skills, values,leadership and self-efficacy. Eyles & Giles (1999) studied 20 universities and the effect of a service-learning based curriculum on over 1500 students. The results indicated an increased positive impact in the
enable students to discuss their Wearable Technology projectand think about how to program the project so it will be successful.Project-Based Learning The Femineer® Program encourages students to engage with the curriculum in a hands-oncapacity. Hands-on learning helps students process abstract concepts while connecting them to thedesired educational outcomes [6]. Using a hands-on approach can help foster 21st century skillsand enhance student achievement [7]. Hands-on learning is an integral part of the Femineer®Program. The Femineer® curriculum is based upon a 30-hour project that students completethroughout the year. With project-based learning, the instructional approach empowers students towork collaboratively to solve a complex
more research-based Program. c. Students with an HBCU background report a heightened sense of academic resourcefulness and an enlarged awareness of career opportunities.Institutional Integrations • The advising and course transfer process into Northeastern University is now well established. • Formal curriculum ties/advancements between the S-POWER partnering schools have been established. • Curriculum changes including: o Adding C++, SolidWorks and new labs at one of the partner schools. o New program tracks at Community Colleges in Electrical and Chemical Engineering. • Regular student meetings as social cohorts occur at each of the participating
the key to successfully cultivatingOutstanding Engineers, and puts forward the implementation principles of being under theguidance of industry, strengthening school-enterprise cooperation, considering the differentclassifications of colleges and universities, and promoting with various models, whichrequires colleges and universities to integrate the school-enterprise relationship, and shiftfrom the paradigm of “on-campus cultivating” to the paradigm of “open school-enterprisecooperation training”.Therefore, an in-depth study of school-enterprise joint training of the Outstanding EngineersPlan will broaden the depth and breadth of the Outstanding Engineers Plan educationresearch at the theoretical level, improve the quality of the Outstanding
short of women engineers in the work place. Many femalestudents lose interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) at an early age.How to encourage and retain female students’ interest in STEM is a challenge faced by manyeducators.The paper describes our collaboration (Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT)) with an all-girl high school to setup a robotics workshop. The high school administration is interested inbringing engineering and technology as a new component to their curriculum. From our side, weconstantly seek outreach opportunities to prompt STEM and attract more girls into the STEMfields. After meeting and discussion with the high school administration, a robotics workshopwas developed. The workshop was a year-long
disability-related topics was important for preparing the nextgeneration of professionals: ● “Engineering is all about innovation and making structural change on a variety of levels, I think it is imperative students entering the field have this background.” ● “I think accessibility should be integrated into the curriculum, to build better technologies and conscientious students.” ● “Adding AT (assistive technology) to the school’s curriculum would be an excellent way of assuring future educators/students are knowledgeable and well trained in the discipline. My knowledge has come mostly from sources outside of any curriculum
- ally established cybersecurity professionals rather than under-shortage of nearly three million cybersecurity professionals represented minorities [8]. Other barriers to underrepresentedand staff [1]. Nearly 60 % of organizations report that they minority participation in CTF competitions include:are at an extreme or moderate cyber risk due to the highstaff shortage [1]. The ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study • Students have limited knowledge or exposure to cyberreport notes that 17 % of the cybersecurity workforce who concepts in the undergraduate curriculum. Of the 300identified as being a minority were female, and 9 percent colleges and universities that are designated as
intended learning outcomes in a computer science course.)In this paper, we present the causal loop diagrams developed to explain the relationships betweenthe actors and attributes involved in implementing EarSketch in a particular school setting. Thediagram allows us to better make decisions that ensure both an engaging but also effectiveSTEAM-based computing curriculum. In addition, possible broader ramifications of the resultswill be explored. The authors expect that virtuous and vicious cycles may be common in otherSTEAM and technology-based curricular interventions designed to be highly engaging forstudents. The authors also see potential parallels to engineering curriculum—is time spent‘tinkering’ leading to student learning of engineering
, theFemineer® students are able to learn the curriculum through hands-on experience and becomeconfident in these skills before entering college.The Femineer® students also learn how to work in a collaborative environment, haveopportunities for creative expression, technology integration, and an inquiry-based approach tolearning. All of these skills are also implemented in the College of Engineering’s undergraduateand graduate degree programs as the college prides itself in a learn-by-doing philosophy.Each year of curriculum is a 30-hour project. The project can be completed as part of an after-school club, or as an addendum to the current curriculum that the school is using. It is the choiceof the school how to implement the curriculum.ToolkitWhen
supports a “deficit” model ofunderstanding FGCS;(2) differences in behavior of FGCS and CGCS while in the College of Engineering, in terms ofparticipation in both engineering-related and university-wide extra-curricular activities at theCollege and University level which are typically associated with greater integration into theCollege and facilitate identification with the major and subsequent retention;(3) perceived feelings of self-confidence as an engineering student, which is associated withretention and commitment;1 The researchers adapted questions about personal perceptions of the culture of diversity fromVu et. al. [12] who based their survey on Helm et al. [13] the research team expanded thequestions to cover other visible and
Paper ID #19166 ´twice selected as a visiting Chaire Joliot at the Ecole Sup´erieure de Physique et de Chimie Industriellesat Paris Tech and has organized extended workshops on the physics of glasses and on friction, fractureand earthquakes at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. He has received several awards for hiseducational accomplishments, and in 2011 he received an award from the university’s Diversity Leader-ship Council for his work on LGBT inclusion. His education research focuses on integrating computationinto the undergraduate core curriculum. Falk also serves as the lead investigator for STEM Achievementin Baltimore Elementary Schools (SABES) an NSF funded Community
Teaching of Institutional Core CurriculaAbstract We have been teaching Institutional core curricula courses at The University of Texas atEl Paso (UTEP) since 1996. The course curricula, sources, and most relevant, the innovations inteaching each course have impacted STEM student success and learning. The Texas Core Curriculum (TCC) is defined by the Texas Education Code (TEC)Section 61.821 as: ... "the curriculum in liberal arts, humanities, and sciences and political,social, and cultural history that all undergraduate students of an institution of higher educationare required to complete before receiving an academic undergraduate degree." Texas Senate Bill(SB) 148, passed by the 75th Texas Legislature in
, 8, 9, 10 but that funding issues and a lack oftrained personnel can be a problem11. It was also recommended that parents of these students begiven support to motivate their children to pursue higher education12. In Boston, NortheasternUniversity and Boston Public Schools partnered to integrate a robotics curriculum into BostonPublic Schools13. In Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania and the School District ofPhiladelphia established a similar partnership to increase student performance in roboticscompetitions14. None of these robotics programs though were geared only toward students ofcolor and this shortcoming may be critical-- studies have shown that role models and a sense ofcommunity are key for success of minority students15, 16
, Montana State University Dr. Nicholas Lux has is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in MSU’s Department of Education. His teaching and research interests are in the area of educational technology. He has worked in the fields of K-12 and higher education for 18 years, and currently teaches in the Montana State University Teacher Education Program. He has experience in educational technology theory and practice in K-12 contexts and teacher education, with a focus on STEM teaching and learning, technology integration, online course design and delivery, program evaluation, and assessment. Dr. Lux’s current research agenda is STEM teaching and learning in K-12 contexts, technology integration in teacher
takestime to be realized at public institutions. If a requisite changes for an engineering course,the timeline for degree completion and the ability for students to take a full-time courseand to receive financial aid/maintain their international student status can be affected. If anew track within an existing curriculum is added at the community college level and thefour year school is not informed about this development, the students in such programsmay not get the benefits that are associated with a joint/dual degree program. Anunderstanding that these programs are not initiatives nor driven by grant funding, but thatthey are core to the students and to the colleges involved are essential to the integrity andsustenance of these degree programs
Paper ID #33711Assessing Elementary Students’ Engineering Design Thinking with an”Evaluate-And-Improve” Task (Fundamental)Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University Nicole Batrouny is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University. Her engineering education research interests include upper elementary engineering education, integrated science and en- gineering, collaboration in engineering, and decision making in engineering. For her Master’s thesis, she uncovered talk moves used by 4th grade students that fostered collaborative, disciplinary decision-making during an engineering design outreach program. For