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Linking K-12 to Post-secondary

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Purdue University; Eric L. Mann, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3692: MEASURING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PERCEP-TIONS OF THE IMPACT OF PROJECT LEAD THE WAYMr. Noah Salzman, Purdue University Noah Salzman is a graduate student in engineering education and mechanical engineering at Purdue Uni- versity. He received his B.S. in engineering from Swarthmore College, and his M.Ed. in secondary science education from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has work experience as both an engineer and taught science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the high school level. His research focuses on the intersection of pre-college and undergraduate engineering programs.Dr. Eric L. Mann, Purdue University, West Lafayette Eric L. Mann is an Assistant Professor of educational

Conference Session

Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W. Simoneau, Keene State College; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Diane Dostie, Central Maine Community College; Lisa C. Hix, Keene State College; David J. Tuttle, Platt Technical High School

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Manufacturing

economic development. The continuing erosion of manufacturing programs cannotvalidate this assumption. The reality reflects an educational philosophy that higher education isexclusively for the development of an educated citizenry, sometimes to the total exclusion ofprofessional career programs. These tensions reflect the attitudes of the prevailing leadershipbased on perceptions of a quality education. As the leadership changes, policies towardtechnology-based programs can be altered dramatically. An increasing number of policymakersand administrators are chosen from disciplines outside technology and engineering fields that areunfamiliar with the importance of manufacturing and its impact on economic development. Asleadership personnel changes

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ikseon Choi, University of Georgia; Yi-Chun Hong, National Central University; David K. Gattie, University of Georgia; Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia; Melissa G. Gay, University of Georgia; Lucas John Jensen, University of Georgia; Hyojin Park, University of Georgia; YounSeok Lee, University of Georgia

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-5074: PROMOTING SECOND-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS’EPISTEMIC BELIEFS AND REAL-WORLD PROBLEM-SOLVING ABIL-ITIES THROUGH CASE-BASED E-LEARNING RESOURCESDr. Ikseon Choi, University of Georgia Ikseon (Ike) Choi is an Associate Professor of learning, design, and technology in the Department of Edu- cational Psychology and Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia, where he teaches learning theories, learning environments design, and program evaluation courses. Since receiving his Ph.D. at Penn State University, he has been leading a series of research and development projects for case-based e-learning environments and real-world problem solving in both higher education and corporate settings. Through

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K-12 Teacher Professional Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Muktha Jost, North Carolina A&T State University; Tyrette Sherlone Carter, North Carolina A&T State University; Shawn Raquel Watlington, North Carolina A&T State University; Terrie Ruth McManus, Ragsdale High School, Guilford County Schools; Solomon Bililign, North Carolina A&T State University; Terry White Worrell, Guilford County Schools; Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina A&T State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

materials with linked professional development;leveraging of resources to provide whole-school STEM reform; long term teacher professionaldevelopment; effective use of the latest technology; increasing student awareness of theenvironment from a scientific viewpoint; and development of curriculum materials thatspecifically target high school students and include engineering content while helping studentsand teachers to meet local educational goals.PedagogyThe National Science Foundation’s Local Systemic Change in Mathematics and SciencePrograms stresses the importance of the use of quality instructional materials with linkedprofessional development.6 The evaluation of this program found that extensive use of even firstrate instructional materials

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K-12 Teacher Professional Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

important to the future of a nation’s citizenry. With theexception of biological sciences, however, the percentage of college students seeking degrees inmath, science and engineering disciplines has been declining for the past two decades.Furthermore, fewer potential engineering majors are completing rigorous college preparatoryprograms and graduating in the top quarter of their high schools. This shortfall has raisedconcerns among leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, (STEM) fields.To meet the changing demands of the nation’s science and engineering labor force, recognitionof the importance of pre-college education intervention and implementation of challengingcurricula that captures and sustains middle and high school

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K-12 Experiences in Energy Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Sebestik, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Quanyan Zhu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2012-3865: AN INTERACTIVE K-12 ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDEVELOPMENT ON RENEWABLE SOURCES AND ENERGY STORAGEAND IN POWER SYSTEMSJana Sebestik, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Jana Sebestik received a B.S. in mathematics and M.Ed. in mathematics education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has 34 years of classroom experience teaching mathematics in grades 7-12. She is currently a curriculum specialist at the Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE) in the College of Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Education Lead for Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG). MSTE works with mathematics and science teachers to

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-year Programs Part III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Federica Robinson-Bryant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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First-Year Programs

Effects of Online Blogging on Student Participation, Quality and the Achievement of Course Outcomes in a Freshman Engineering CourseAbstract:Online communication is gaining a rising presence in higher education. The use of the Internethas stimulated educators to employ tools like Second Life, Facebook and even blogging in theirteaching practices. This impulse to adopt new technologies also imposes a need to investigate theeffects of using such tools on education itself.In order to explore the use of online blogging specifically, five questions were queried. Over onehalf of a semester, students in four sections of an introductory engineering course participated inblogging as a percentage of their overall grade

Conference Session

Tablets Large and Small

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tonya Lynn Lauriski-Karriker, Colorado School of Mines; Emma Nicoletti, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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Computers in Education

methods in manufacturing and education.Dr. Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines Barbatra M. Moskal, Ed.D., is a professor of applied mathematics and statistics and the Director of the Trefny Institute of Educational Innovation at the Colorado School of Mines. Her research interests include measurement, evaluation, increasing diversity, and K-12 outreach in science, technology, rngineering and mathematics. Page 25.1232.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Tablet Computers and InkSurvey Software in a College Engineering Statistics Course: How are Students

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University; Miladin Radovic, Texas A&M University; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-4653: EFFECTS OF STUDENT-LED UNDERGRADUATE RE-SEARCH EXPERIENCE ON LEARNING AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EN-GINEERING IN AN INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS SCIENCE COURSEDr. Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University Raymundo Arroyave is an Assistant Professor with the Mechanical Engineering Department. He also belongs to the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Materials Science program. He received his Ph.D. degree in materials science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His teaching interests include under- graduate courses on materials science and numerical methods and graduate courses on thermodynamics of materials science. He has more than 60 publications (peer-reviewed journals and proceedings) on the general

Conference Session

K-12 Teachers: PD, Implementation, and Beyond

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Catherine Maltbie, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to K- 20 education, educational technology, and STEM education. Maltbie is/has been the evaluator for numer- ous NSF-funded projects (including ITEST, CCLI/TUES, NUE, IEECI, IMD, BPC, GK-12 Fellows, RET, and STEP programs). She has support of ESC staff and resources. ESC (http://www.uc.edu/evaluation) is well-qualified to perform the proposed internal evaluation activities and has conducted more the 300 evaluations in the fields of education and related human services at local, state, regional, and national levels. Page 25.1237.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012

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K-12 Teachers: PD, Implementation, and Beyond

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Sun, Purdue University; Nikki Boots, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3127: EEE (ELEMENTARY ENGINEERING EDUCATION) ADOP-TION AND EXPERTISE DEVELOPMENT MODEL: CONCEPTUALIZ-ING, ASSESSING, AND TRACKING ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ EEEADOPTION AND EEE EXPERTISE DEVELOPMENTMs. Yan Sun, Purdue University Yan Sun is a Graduate Research Assistant of INSPIRE (Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning) at Purdue University, and a Ph.D. student of learning, design, and technology at Purdue Uni- versity.Nikki Boots, Purdue UniversityDr. Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Johannes Strobel is Director of INSPIRE, Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning, and As- sistant Professor of engineering education and learning design and technology at Purdue University

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM; Lupe Munoz Alvarado, Great Minds in STEM

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4770: BREAKING NEW GROUND FROM THE STEM-UPDr. Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEMLupe Munoz Alvarado, Great Minds in STEM Page 25.268.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Breaking New Ground from the STEM-UpTM Affiliation: Great Minds in STEMTMAbstractGreat Minds in STEMTM (GMiS) is a national organization focused on accelerating theawareness of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) among the nation’s mostunderserved and underrepresented communities. As GMiS maintains a hand on the pulse of thenational STEM crisis, it has created a STEM Movement within the Boyle

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Crystal Jean DeJaegher, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia; M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Deborah Hecht, City University of New York; Peter Thomas Malcolm, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Edward Pan, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, free online learning environment that supports studentsthrough engineering design projects designed to improve science, technology, engineering, andmath (STEM) learning in middle and high school classes. WISEngineering builds from aninformed engineering design pedagogy, knowledge integration learning framework and the open-source Web-based Inquiry Science Environment technologies. WISEngineering uses engineeringdesign modules to facilitate engineering habits of mind such as systems thinking, creativity,optimism, collaboration as well as standard-based mathematics and science concepts. In thesemodules, students use CAD technologies and digital fabrication to create, build, and refine theirdesigns. The environment leverages technologies such as

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Honda Foundation, Loyola MarymountUniversity’s College of Science and Engineering developed a community outreachprogram with the goal of increasing the pipeline of girls and underrepresented minoritiesstudying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at the college level.To accomplish this goal, we started the Science and Engineering Community OutreachProgram (SECOP). SECOP is a two-week residential pre-college summer schoolprogram with a focus on science and engineering. Engineering and mathematics facultyprovide a similar curriculum taught in Engineering 101 and Pre-calculus College courses.The afternoon classes are project-oriented. Students design mousetrap cars usingSolidWorks, and build their cars in the Mechanical

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Scott David Greenhalgh, University of Northern Iowa; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Gary A. Stewardson, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-5153: MEASURING THE DIFFERENCES IN SPATIAL ABILITYBETWEEN A FACE-TO-FACE AND A SYNCHRONOUS DISTANCE ED-UCATION UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING GRAPHICS COURSEDr. Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University Wade Goodridge, Principal Lecturer in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University, instructs Solid Modeling, CAD, Introductory Electronics, Surveying, and Introductory Engineering courses at the Brigham City Regional campus. Goodridge has has been teaching for the Utah State College of Engineering for more than eight years. He holds dual B.S degrees in industrial technology education and civil engineering from Utah State University, as well as an M.S. and Ph.D. in civil

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Mauro J. Caputi

to 2010, ENGG 15 enrollment levels remained fixed at around 55 First-YearEngineering students. However, during Fall 2011, the enrollment dramatically spiked to 95students in the one Lecture section, and was then divided into four Project Lab sections, witheach section composed of six Teams of four students. ENGG 15 is occasionally cross-listed with a course in the department of Technology andPublic Policy, TPP 15, to allow non-engineering majors to take the class as a Natural Sciencedistribution course. I decided to refer to the course simply as DESIGN 15, since it was easier touse this informal name that represented both ENGG 15 and TPP 15.THREE MAIN COURSE COMPONENTS DESIGN 15 is centered on three main course components: 1

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4535: THE REALITY SHOW OF A HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE,ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN COURSE: OBSERVING DOCUMENTA-TION AND COMMUNICATION PATTERNS TO INFORM PEDAGOGYAND ASSESSMENTTamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tamecia R. Jones is a doctoral student studying assessment in K-12 formal and informal spaces at the Purdue University School of Engineering Education. She has a B.S. in biomedical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and a M.A. in learning, design, and technology from Stanford University. She is a certified middle school math and science teacher and has created STEM outreach programs for a variety of K-12 populations.Dr. Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Senay Purzer

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Mauro J. Caputi; Tiffany LaBozzetta; Michelle Llanos; Mary Kate Sirianni; Necol Habib

write favorable comments about the Lab, includingcomments for improvements. The feedback has been used to modify and strengthen severalportions of the Lab Projects and Lab Manual.BIBLIOGRAPHY[1] Caputi, M. J., DESIGN 15 Class Workbook & Lab Manual, Season 11 - Fall 2011. Hofstra Engineering Dept., 2012.[2] Hacker, M., Burghardt, D, Technology Education: Learning by Design. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.[3] Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing: Helping New Teams Perform Effectively, Quickly. http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_86.htm.[4] Hofstra University Peer Teacher Program Guidelines. http://www.hofstra.edu/About/Administration/Provost/prov_peerteacher_guidelines.html

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Mauro J. Caputi; Tiffany LaBozzetta; Michelle Llanos; Mary Kate Sirianni; Necol Habib

write favorable comments about the Lab, includingcomments for improvements. The feedback has been used to modify and strengthen severalportions of the Lab Projects and Lab Manual.BIBLIOGRAPHY[1] Caputi, M. J., DESIGN 15 Class Workbook & Lab Manual, Season 11 - Fall 2011. Hofstra Engineering Dept., 2012.[2] Hacker, M., Burghardt, D, Technology Education: Learning by Design. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.[3] Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing: Helping New Teams Perform Effectively, Quickly. http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_86.htm.[4] Hofstra University Peer Teacher Program Guidelines. http://www.hofstra.edu/About/Administration/Provost/prov_peerteacher_guidelines.html

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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J. A. Rozzi-Ochs; C. J. Egelhoff; H.V. Jackson; S. Zelmanowitz

IL while other cohortsdemonstrate a wide array of skills in the IL domain. This work marks a “stepping off point” forfuture refinement of methods to assess and improve the information literacy skills ofundergraduate engineering students.References1. American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy (1989) Final Report, Chicago, IL. Retrieved January 26, 2012 from http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/presidential.htm.2. Trussell, Alice. 2004. “Librarians and Engineering Faculty: Partnership Opportunities in Information Literacy and Ethics Instruction” Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, Krakow, Poland. Available

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Linking K-12 to Post-secondary

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

College StudentsAbstract Low enrollment and high attrition rates in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math(STEM) based degree programs have created a workforce problem in industries like shipbuildingand repair which are important for national security. Part of this problem can be attributed topedagogical issues like lack of engaging hands-on activities utilized for science and matheducation in middle and high schools. Lack of student interest in technical careers can also beattributed to lack of an integrated approach in teaching math, science and technical education. Toengage student’s interest in the technical career path, it is important that students establish a linkbetween the theoretical knowledge and its application to solve real

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jared P. Coyle, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

stateshave encouraged the integration of science and technology literacy standards[2], the integrationof such standards into the classroom environment is challenging for an instructor and requires alarge amount of time. And so while the state curricula throughout the country contain variousstandards for technological literacy, there exists a fundamental disconnect between the existingclassroom curricula, teacher training in engineering and technology, and the available time andresources to form an effective integration.One method for aiding teachers in enhancing curriculum-integrated activities is to go throughexternally funded programs such as the NSF RET and NSF GK12 programs. This work wascarried out through funding provided by the NSF GK12

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Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Yongming Tang, Southeast University; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

EngineeringThe SEU School of Electronic Science and Engineering was founded in 1961as the ElectronicEngineering Department. Now it consists of five professional research centers including theNational AISC Design Engineering Center, MEMS Key Lab of Chinese Ministry of Education,Display Technology Engineering Center, etc. There are about 90 faculty members with 32professors and 27 associate professors. There are about 550 undergraduate students and about650 graduate students in this School. The major of Electronic Science and Engineering isregarded as one of the best majors at SEU and was ranked No.6 among all Chinese universitiesin 2007. It is a popular major with the enrollment of first year students in this major higher thanthe average for SEU. Also

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

(National Science Board, 2010). The United States’ science,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce is aging while jobs requiring specializedtraining are growing at five times the rate of other occupations (American Association ofUniversity Women, 2010; National Science Board, 2010). STEM workers, who use science andmath to solve problems, are needed to replace the many highly skilled workers who will retireover the next decade. A heterogeneous and culturally diverse workforce creates competitiveadvantage through greater creativity and innovation, and increased quality of team problemsolving based on multiple perspectives (American Management Association (AMA), 1998;Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in

Conference Session

Focus on Elementary

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly L. Lundstrom, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, increasing diversity, and K-12 outreach in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Page 25.924.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Measuring the Impact of an Elementary Engineering Outreach Program on Students' Attitudes Toward Mathematics and ScienceAbstractIt is well known and documented that students in the United States are performing poorly inmathematics and science when compared with students from other countries. Yet, theadvancement of our technology rich society requires that students develop advanced skills

Conference Session

Examining Problem-based Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Morgan M. Hynes, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University; Danielle Dowling, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Program Director at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO), where he manages educational technology development projects while researching innovative and interac- tive techniques for assisting teachers with performing engineering education and communicating robotics concepts to students spanning the K-12 through university age range.Ms. Danielle Dowling, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Page 25.1318.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The InterLACE Project: Examining the Barriers to Implementing

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Curriculum Exchange II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharie Kranz, Coronado High School; Catherine Tabor, El Paso ISD; Art Duval, University of Texas, El Paso; Kien H. Lim, University of Texas, El Paso; Amy Elizabeth Wagler, University of Texas, El Paso; Eric A. Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-5348: CLASSROOM GAMES AND ACTIVITIES THAT MOTI-VATE EXPLORATION OF FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF MATH-EMATICS CONCEPTS WHILE INADVERTENTLY SCAFFOLDING COM-PUTATIONAL THINKING AND ENGINEERED DESIGNMrs. Sharie Kranz, Coronado High SchoolCatherine Tabor, El Paso ISD Catherine Tabor holds bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and physics, and a master’s degree in physics education. She is a mathematics educator in El Paso, Texas.Dr. Art Duval, University of Texas, El Paso Art Duval is a professor of mathematical sciences at the University of Texas, El Paso.Dr. Kien H. Lim, University of Texas, El Paso Kien H. Lim is a mathematics educator at UTEP. His research interests are on students’ problem-solving disposition

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Darrin S. Muggli; Brian M. Tande

. Students will receive personal attention, with an emphasis on ethics, written andoral communication, and interpersonal skills for which liberal arts programs are well known.These are traits that employers seek when hiring engineers. For example, Steve Jobs stated7 in2011, “It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married withliberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing, andnowhere is that more true than in these post-PC devices.” Indeed, a recent article8 in theChronicle of Higher Education outlines the significant benefits of pursing an engineering degreeat a liberal arts college. Thus, the BC Engineering Model, which is currently proving to beextremely successful in

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

, developmental factors in engineering pedagogy, technological literacy, and human- artifact interactions.Ms. Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette Cyndi Lynch is the Director of Fellowships and Graduate Student Professional Development for the Grad- uate School. Lynch is a registered veterinary technician, focusing on animal behavior. She holds a bache- lor’s degree in animal science and a master’s of science degree in curriculum and instruction from Purdue University. Lynch administers the fellowship program for the university, counseling students on fellow- ship applications and fostering positive experiences for fellows. In addition to the fellowship responsi- bilities, Lynch directs the Graduate Student

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A. Davis, Boise State University; Sondra M. Miller, Boise State University; Ross A. Perkins, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

research interests are focused on improving construction management educa- tion.Dr. Sondra M. Miller, Boise State University Sondra M. Miller is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering within the College of Engineering at Boise State University. Miller earned a B.S. in civil engineering and a M.S. in environmen- tal engineering from the State University of New York, Buffalo, and a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Iowa. Her educational research interests are focused on methods to attract and retain women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.Dr. Ross A. Perkins, Boise State University Ross Perkins is an Assistant Professor of educational technology at Boise State