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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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James A. Sinclair; Kamal Shahrabi; Ali Setoodehnia

organizations which are notsatisfied with general data safety levels of most operating systems, are turning to UNIXto significantly improve levels of security within their networks, as well as individualworkstations. In many cases, elaborate and very costly training programs are beingimplemented in many companies to switch their employees to a UNIX environment. This work could be an excellent primer for anybody trying to learn the basics, andeventually master the complex arts of the UNIX operating system; it’s programming, andadministration.III. Task Analysis The following tasks will need to be accomplished to complete the project: 1. Design graphical splash screen. This introductory screen will display the logo of the

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Philip L. Brach; Pathickal Poulose; Ahmet Zeytinci

prepare a graph of the relationship between illumination and time (see chart 1).5- Depending on the time to be devoted to this project, this stage may be considered as an ideal time to terminate the experiment. Then the students are required to prepare a written report using a word processor (as with Excel, at the beginning of the course the students are given a brief overview on the features of Word)) and present their results using Power Point (the rudiments of PowerPoint are covered with the first exercise of the course). If time permits the students can run an experiment to observe the effect of distance on the illumination intensity. The results of this exercise are shown in chart 2. An interesting discussion arose as to the

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Salame Amr

or other interests that may affect their professionalstatements. Leadership skills is understood and developed in the context of work in theinstitutions of technical education. Its effectiveness plays a major role in developingleadership recognition programs through training for professional growth aspects ofteam-building. Assessment of the developed leadership skills and the application ofquantitative skills through the task of project management provide a signal forachievement. Based on experiences, integrating technology across the curriculummanage an educational learning infrastructure that has influenced the leadershipdevelopment and learning competency. Currently, the use of hands-on deliveryapproaches is increasingly becoming a

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Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert LeMaster, University of Tennessee-Martin; Ray Witmer, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Materials

2006-36: IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING OF MATERIALS FUNDAMENTALSRobert LeMaster, University of Tennessee-Martin Robert LeMaster is an Associate Professor at the University of Tennesee at Martin. He has over 20 years of research, development, and management experience on NASA and Air Force projects. Dr. LeMaster received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Akron in 1976, an M.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the Ohio State University in 1978, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Tennessee in 1983.Ray Witmer, University of Tennessee-Martin Assistant Professor University of Tennessee at Martin, Registered Professional Engineer

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Software Engineering Curriculum Support

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James McDonald, Monmouth University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

2006-53: USING EMPLOYER SURVEYS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TOWHICH EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES ARE BEING ACHIEVEDJames McDonald, Monmouth University JAMES MCDONALD is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Software Engineering at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey. He teaches and consults in the areas of software engineering, software project management and software quality. He has BSEE and MSEE degrees from New Jersey Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively, and a PhD from New York University. Page 11.1384.1© American Society for Engineering

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba; Myron (Ron) Britton, University of Manitoba

the U.S. and Canada.Throughout the 1990s and with projections to 2015, immigrants are expected to comprise up to60% of labor market growth in the U.S. and 100% of labor market growth in Canada1-4. Skilledworkers and foreign-trained engineers in particular comprise a large proportion of recentimmigrants, and they cite a lack of North American experience and difficulties with having Page 11.1033.2foreign credentials formally recognized as primary obstacles to full labor force participation.Employers also indicate that English skills (general communication, knowledge of NorthAmerican business practices and technical standards), local work

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abel Fernandez, University of the Pacific; Camilla Saviz, University of the Pacific; Jeff Burmeister, University of the Pacific

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Astudent’s grade in a course is ideally a measure of proficiency in the subject matter, andan indicator for attainment of defined learning outcomes. The final grade is typically acomposite of grades given during the semester for homework, quizzes, tests, laboratoryassignments, projects and a final examination. Although the weight given to eachcomponent varies by course and instructor, engineering homework at the University ofthe Pacific usually accounts for 10 to 30 percent of the course grade. Faculty assign arelatively high weight to homework to provide meaningful incentive for students tocomplete assignments. A lower weight may lead to students considering trade-offsbetween spending time on either homework or other responsibilities. Considering

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

good substitute for realistic hands-onexperimentation and can provide educationally valuable features not available in hardware-basedexperiments. Students can perform experiments on simulated systems by means of specialsoftware provided by a server through the Web browser without downloading the source code.For example, a Virtual Engineering/Science Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University makes itpossible to simulate engineering and science laboratory projects on a remote computer7. Thisenvironment mainly focuses on experiments for demonstrating theoretical concepts and runswithout veritable experiment instruments. It provides interactive, Web-based experiences aimedat increasing the students’ understanding of the general principles involved in

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abi Aghayere, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

with the author’s technique, which uses a detailedchecklist of the course topics. In the AFL technique, students typically complete the non-anonymous surveys outside of class and on a weekly basis. It should be noted thatalthough the module surveys are not anonymous, the identities of the students are notrevealed to their peers. The non-anonymity is important to ensure that students in need ofindividual help can be identified by the instructor.Different assessment methods are available in the literature for measuring studentlearning, 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13 and these can be divided into direct (or formal) and indirectassessment methods. Direct assessments include tests, design projects, papers, theses, andwritten exams. Indirect assessments

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saravanan Swaminathan, Tennessee Technological University; Barath Baburao, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

exercise not only related to the various conceptscovered in the course through experimentation, but also allowed the students toexperience the difference between simulation software and a hands-on experiment.Course ProjectsEach team was required to complete a course project by the end of the semester. Theprojects included a presentation as well as a written report. In order to assess thepresentations and the projects, the CI developed (with input and approval of the studentsand the FM) an assessment form that was to be used by the CI, the FM and the students.Students were given a deadline (two days after the presentation date) to make somechanges to their report to address the questions raised by their fellow-students and theinstructors.CI

Conference Session

ChE: Outreach Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State University; Eric Maase, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, Industrial,Chemical and Biomedical/Biochemical engineering. These are taught using a modular approachby instructors from each discipline and using hands-on projects tailored towards the high schoolstudents. During the week, the participants are also exposed to engineering industry through aplant tour. At the conclusion of the week, students give a presentation describing theirexperience at the academy in front of their piers, parents and teachers. This report focuses on use of the new module in the 2005 academy where students wereintroduced to biomedical and biochemical engineering. This was the last module in the series(week). The primary goal was to expose the students to various activities carried out inbioengineering. Additional goals

Conference Session

Defining Technological Literacy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Bernard Carlson, University of Virginia

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

machines in the Soviet Union.These examples are drawn from a larger project, Technology in World History [TWH], aseven-volume reference work which I edited for Oxford University Press.1But isn't technological change only about economic change? In the course of teaching the history of technology for twenty years, I have noticedthat students generally associate technological change with economic change—newproducts and processes are expected to enrich individuals, give companies a competitiveadvantage, and allow nations to prosper. Students are also aware that nations pursuetechnological innovation in order to gain a military advantage. But for the most part,students do not give much thought to how people use technology to achieve political

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Arizona State University; David Machado-Aranda, Northwestern University Medical School; David A. Dean, Northwestern University Medical School

-documents, and will produce usability engineering tools. Thisresearch will benefit both the academic world and the business world. This paper will present anoverview of the proposed pilot project, summarizing basic media arts approaches that can beused to communicate the research of pre-clinical gene delivery treatment –– specifically for non-viral gene therapy for lung diseases. The findings from this study can be applied to graphicpresentation of other medical procedures. Page 11.962.3The primary objectives of this study are: (1) to define and identify rich media as an emergingtechnology for Web-based document distribution; (2) to compare the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Raymond Calluori, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Vladimir Briller, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Eugene Deess, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kamal Joshi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Senior Systems Manager for the Office of Institutional Research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he conducts survey research and manages the course evaluation program. He has published in the social sciences as well as in survey research technology. Currently, he is part of a National Science Foundation funded research project studying jury service and civic behavior.Vladimir Briller, New Jersey Institute of Technology Vladimir Briller received the Ed.D. from Columbia University in 1995. Currently he is a Director of the Outcomes Assessment at NJIT. His job includes the analysis of course, program, department and school development relating to student outcomes, managing

Conference Session

Computing Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University; Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University; Faouzi Bouslama, Zayed University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

, encryption, and enterprise-wide security policies.To understand how to approach large network projects, including software or hardware updates or an entire network implementation.Evaluation Procedures:Chapter Quizzes (15, closed book) 20%Lab Projects 30%Network+ Certification Exam (Prometric Testing Center) 50%Course Topics and Certification Objectives Week/ Course Topics Book/ Certificate Period Chapter Objectives 1.1 An Introduction

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What's New in Mechanics of Materials?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Creuziger, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

time is spent onproblem solving. In addition to keeping current with course content, the students are assignedweekly homework and a semester long design project. There are two different types ofhomework that are assigned: individual problems and team problems. There are approximatelysix individual problems and three team problems due each week. The design problem isassigned early in the semester with two status reports and a final report due during the year.Topics that included shear stress were distributed throughout the semester. Shear stress in boltsand inclined planes are covered in the first and second weeks. Torsion is covered in the fourthand fifth weeks. Shear in beam bending is discussed in the seventh and eighth week. The ninthand

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Caroline Beller, Oklahoma State University; Pamela Fry, Oklahoma State University; Adrienne Redmond, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Class and field activities are hands-on, inquiry-basedactivities, utilizing whole group discussions, cooperative learning groups, and someindividual projects. Laboratory experiences are designed to emphasize the scienceprocess skills. The remaining 25% of class time is devoted to lecture, discussion, anddemonstration. During the laboratory engineering concepts were discussed anddemonstrated.This paper will focus on the effectiveness of instruction by a chemical engineeringfaculty member as evaluated by in-course assessment tools. Was there any perceivedbenefit of having an Engineer involved with a course designed for education majors?Were the students more aware of the engineering field and of engineering concepts due tothis involvement? Were

Conference Session

New trends in ECE education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

hypervisor system developed at University of Cambridge. The prototype used a single 2GB Pentium 4 machine (2.8 GHz) to provide 35 students with one virtual machine each. Projects included development of file system configurations based on policies, network sniffing and scanning, and vulnerability exploitation on hosts.3. CprE 531: Information System Security Textbook: Computer Security Art and Science, Matt Bishop, Addison and Wesley, ISBN: 0-201- 44099-7 Course Description: Computer and network security: basic cryptography, security policies, multilevel security models, attack and protection mechanisms, legal and ethical issues

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yongjin Kwon, Drexel University; Shreepud Rauniar, Drexel University; Horacio Sosa, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

systems and management. Internethas improved technology tremendously over the past few years. The improvement in datatransfer speed, data security, technology to transfer these data has opened new frontiers.The internet technology can also create online educational tools for teaching anddemonstration of automated manufacturing processes with robotics. Those Web-basedsystems allow robotics and automation to communicate, share design data, informationand knowledge through the Internet1-13. To enhance the workforce skills in the product development cycle, an Internet-based approach for lab development is introduced to develop web-enabled robotics andautomation. This laboratory development component in the NSF project deals withintegrating

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech; Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Pavlos Vlachos, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Research senior design project Undergraduate Research Freshmen Undergraduates Middle School and High School Students Hands on exercises and presentations Figure 1. Schematic of the development ladder of research translation to engineering education from middle school to graduate education. This illustration shows the big picture of research transfer leading to interdisciplinary engineers who are leaders in

Conference Session

Student Misconceptions and Problem Solving Abiltiy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Monica Geist, University of Northern Colorado; Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, National Science Foundation and Colorado School of Mines; Mary Nelson, University of Colorado

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Educational Research and Methods

2006-1653: IDENTIFYING AND INVESTIGATING DIFFICULT CONCEPTS INENGINEERING MECHANICS AND ELECTRIC CIRCUITSRuth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines RUTH A. STREVELER is the Director of the Center for Engineering Education at the Colorado School of Mines and Research Associate Professor in Academic Affairs. Dr. Streveler holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Master of Science in Zoology from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Indiana University at Bloomington. She is co-principle investigator of three NSF-sponsored projects: Developing an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Identifying Engineering Student

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bower, The Citadel; Kenneth Brannan, The Citadel; William Davis, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Page 11.1119.2statement and to provide guidance for engineering programs regarding what should betaught and learned, how it should be taught and learned, and who should teach and learnit [2].The ASCE-BOK promulgates a wide variety of academic ideas and philosophies, two ofwhich are most directly addressed within the context of this paper. The committeesuggests that in addition to eleven program outcomes identified via ABET Criteria 3 a-k,four additional outcomes should be addressed through the instructional process including:specialized areas of civil engineering; project management, construction, and assetmanagement; business and public policy; and leadership. Table 1 includes a list of all 15program outcome criteria identifying both ABET and

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

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Manufacturing

initial observations suggest that the exhibit has achieved its initially defined goals. Thepreliminary results show that among the goals of the project, motivating the visitors to engagewith the game content is attained. According to the anecdotal observations, there is a high rate ofinterest shown in the exhibit by visitors who walked by, showing that the task of attracting thevisitors may also be fulfilled. This will be confirmed with a future observational study devotedmeasuring this potential of the exhibit. Measuring the degree of learning facilitation, however,hinges on refining the existing automatically collected data, so that each game play trace reflectsa single user’s playing experience accurately. It is also worth emphasizing that use

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

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International

consistent process Engineering Level 2: management Disciplined Repeatable process Project Level 1: management Initial Figure 1: The Five Stages or Maturity Levels of the Capability Maturity Model7 Maturity Levels Process Capability Key Process Areas Goals Common Features Implementation or Key Practices Institutionalization

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On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American; Bob Freeman, University of Texas-Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

great flexibility as game templates and have an advantage over JavaScriptin that the code can be protected. Applets are compiled programs that run on a web page. Theapplets were written in such a way that the content is easily modified using parameters. Usingthe fixed puzzle format of each applet a wide variety of instructional puzzles is easy to create.Use of the applets requires that the user enabled Java in their browser. The puzzle formats canbe modified, however this requires a significant investment of time, knowledge of Java, andaccess to a Java compiler.The toolbox contains two Java flexible applets that support all of the Java games posted in thecourse content projects. The first applet is the SCRAMBLED GRID which allows for

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Yost, University of Kentucky; Derek Lane, University of Kentucky; George Blandford, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

there is an unfortunate upper constraint. This constraint is not present in real lifeopen-ended projects, so this constraint is somewhat artificial. The reader can see that only oneteam (Team 5) out of the 5 teams performed above the maximum individual. Three of the teamsscored below the maximum individual, and one team did the same as the best individual. As aside note, with three of the teams performing worse than the best individual, this demonstratesthat one member did not carry/dominate the entire team. Still only one of the five teams had this Page 11.1061.7super-performance. Given the circumstances of newly formed teams, the result was

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

William E. Kelly; Theodore A. Bickart; Richard J. Forselius

application of relevant standards and design codes is integrated into project work and design theory. Section2A.23 deals with industrial relations and asks programs to describe any participation in “multi-stakeholder forums for the developmentof technical standards, codes, regulations or guidelines.” Programs must provide, as part of the sections dealing with facultyinformation, information on memberships in standards developing organizations and on participation on standards developmentcommittees. There are no comparable specific requests in the ABET self-study guidance [7]Canadian engineering colleges are asked to provide information relating to staff participation in standards development work at thenational or international level. With respect to

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

importance of the need for diversity2 andpercentages of underrepresented students in engineering have increased over the past 20 years3.Yet, the current numbers of minorities and women in student populations are still well belowparity with their distribution in the U.S. population. Current and projected demographic changesand the economic realities of the global economy have resulted in mounting pressures to meetfuture demands for a workforce that includes engineers more representative of the diversitypresent in the U.S. population.As the 21st century proceeds, a growing number of students will come from ethnic, cultural, orgender groups not typically seen at high frequencies in engineering classes. Among the manychallenges this poses for the

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Improve Teaching and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margherita Landucci, Liceo Artistico Statale; Fabio Garganego, Municipality of Venice

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

2006-465: TEACHING CHEMISTRY AS A CROSS-CULTURAL SUBJECT: IT &LINGUISTICSMargherita Landucci, Liceo Artistico Statale Margherita Landucci is a graduate in Physical Chemistry of Pisa University. She has worked at CNR (the National Council for Research)in spectroscopy and electrochemistry and taught at Pisa University. She has published works in The Journal of Chemical Society. She is the Italian coordinator of the project "Science and Technology in Society" promoted by The Association for Science Education,UK, and is teaching Phisical Chemistry and Materials Tecnologies at the Liceo Artistico Statale of Venice, Venezia.Fabio Garganego, Municipality of Venice Fabio Garganego is a graduate

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

applying themethods of user-centered design to the challenges of engineering education.) Final versionswere evaluated against criteria developed by the class. The use of peer feedback and consensusbuilding to develop criteria for evaluating students' final products also promoted communitybuilding among the students enrolled in the course.One additional project was required in the course: in teams of three, students were charged withpreparing and delivering to the class a 50-minute presentation about a state-of-the-art teachingpractice of their choice. Student teams identified an article the class would read about theteaching practice. Presentation content includes a description of the practice, evidence or theorysupporting it as a good practice