high school computer science programs; she is also co-editor of the SIGCSE Bulletin.Monica McGill, Institute for Advanced Engineering Monica McGill is President & CEO of CSEdResearch.org and a Temporary Research Specialist at Knox College. Her area of scholarship is K-12 computer science and cybersecurity education research with a current focus on diversity and improving the quality of research.Jacob KoresselBryan Twarek ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Reimagining Essential Computing Content for High School StudentsAbstractThere are several changes anticipated in computer science (CS) education over the next decade,including
Paper ID #8286Instructional Stance as Indicated by Words: A Lexicometrical Analysis ofTeacher Usage of an Inquiry-Based Technological Tool in High School Class-roomsMs. Danielle Marie Dowling, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach After nearly 20 years as a journalist, Danielle Dowling decided to return to school to earn a second bachelor’s degree in physics, which she received in 2011 from Hunter College in New York City. Soon after, she started her master’s degree in science education at Tufts University. While pursuing her master’s, she became involved with the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach
. The most straightforward method that comes to mind is to provide thisstudent with the Discussion PowerPoint slides from the start of each lab sequence, givinghim/her ample time to thoroughly review the answers before the discussion portion of theclass. This also allows the instructor to explain how the Discussion answers wereestablished through using internet search engines and to track progress in this way so thestudent can be slowly transitioned from the Discussion PowerPoints to something closerto the Research PowerPoints once he/she better understands the self-discovery process.Due to a lack of survey data for both the old course structure and the new format, noquantitative comparisons can easily be made as to the course improvements
Computing and Engineering Student Success) to collect data onstudents’ non-cognitive and affective (NCA) factors. This survey, which is the first of its kind tobe launched on a national scale, measures 28 NCA factors that may contribute to student successincluding personality, grit, identity, mindset, motivation, stress, gratitude, mindfulness, andbelongingness. Many engineering and computing students have strong incoming academicrecords and standardized test scores that indicate potential for success in their programs;nonetheless, many struggle when they reach university. Cognitive measures like SAT/ACT areweak predictors of academic success, and NCA measures may form the constellation ofcharacteristics that offer further predictive power. In this
Paper ID #36863Work-in-Progress: Skill Requirements for Electrical andComputer Engineers (ECE) Graduates in the United States:Industrial companies' perspectivesMohammad Al Mestiraihi Mohammad Al Mestiraihi is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Engineering Education Department at Utah State University. Mohammad was born and raised in Jordan, his home country. Before joining USU, Mohammad was a student at Oklahoma State University where he received a Master of Science degree from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Mohammad also received another Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from Jordan University of
Paper ID #19124Laying the Foundations of a Learning Platform for Humanitarian Engineer-ing: Methodological Approach and ResultsDr. Andrea Mazzurco, University of Queensland Andrea Mazzurco is currently an Educational Researcher at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He is part of the Enhancing Student Experience team and, in this role, is tasked to work with the engineering, architecture, and IT faculty to enhance learning and teaching in classroom and across programs. He earned his PhD at Purdue University in Engineering Education and also has a M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Paper ID #27094Board 77: Designing, launching and Assessing a multimedia online learningmodule for library orientation of first year engineering studentsMr. Gavin Paul, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Gavin Paul has been an academic librarian at the Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology for many years and is currently the librarian for Instructional Services. He has worked with science and technology resources and has delivered reference and instructional services in a multitude of subjects and venues using the full and ever changing resources of the university. Teaching users how to evaluate sources and find
Paper ID #17255Leveraging Historical Ties Between Cognitive Science and Computer Scienceto Guide Programming EducationDarren K Maczka, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Darren Maczka is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His background is in con- trol systems engineering and information systems design and he received his B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst.Dr. Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and
Paper ID #6586Enhancing Student Comprehension with Video GradingDr. Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering Walter Schilling is an assistant professor in the Software Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, Wis. He received his B.S.E.E. from Ohio Northern University and M.S.E.S.and Ph.D. from the University of Toledo. He worked for Ford Motor Company and Visteon as an embedded software engineer for several years prior to returning for doctoral work. He has spent time at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and consulted for multiple embedded systems companies in
of leadership perceptions among faculty andadministrators, a by-discipline analysis was conducted. Table 5 shows the general lack ofconsensus as to the degree to which professional skills detract from technical content acrossengineering disciplines. Within this analysis, ANOVA indicated that Program Chairs andAssociate Deans showed no significant differences. Mechanical engineering faculty differedsignificantly from bioengineering/biomedical, civil, industrial, and electrical engineering at theα=0.05 level. The overall stronger agreement among mechanical engineers seems to suggest amore technically minded mechanical engineering discipline from other disciplines within thisstudy. If one considers the nature of bioengineering/biomedical, civil
Appendix B of theGuidelines.The mentor should: Be familiar with the expectation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge, in particular with regard to the experiential outcomes. Provide guidance, insight, and tutelage to the EI through face-to-face meetings and review of the EI’s work products, with specific reference to one or more experiential outcomes and their associated guidelines, and be mindful of the expectation of progression in professional responsibilities. Be cognizant of jurisdictional licensing requirements and the EI’s requirement to demonstrate attainment of the experiential outcomes, and enable the EI to tailor their work assignment to this end. Monitor the EI’s progression in
AC 2010-361: A CASE STUDY OF A THERMODYNAMICS COURSE:INFORMING ONLINE COURSE DESIGNSimin Hall, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech Dr. Simin Hall is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech and Polytechnic Institute. Her applied research in education is focused on cognitive processes and motivational factors in problem solving in computationally intensive courses such as engineering using online technology. Prior to joining ME at Virginia Tech, she completed a collaborative research project between the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, College of Engineering at Texas A&M, and Department of Sociology at University
Paper ID #7587Security Analysis of CPS: Understanding Current Concerns as a Foundationfor Future DesignMr. Francis N Mensah, College of Engineering and Technology, Brigham Young University Francis Mensah received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/ Electronics Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in May 2006. He is currently getting a Masters Degree in Information Technology at Brigham Young University with an emphasis in computer networking and security. He also has a special interest in Cyber-Physical Systems. During his leisure time, Francis enjoys playing the piano and listening
for wording survey questions inan accessible manner [40]. Our survey instrument consists of three parts, which we explain ingreater detail below.Terminology. Our survey begins with an assessment of participants’ understanding of softwareengineering terminology. This section of the survey begins with the following prompt: This section of the survey asks about how you understand terms from the field of software engineering. To ensure that your response reflects your understanding, please do not look up the meaning of these terms until you have completed the survey. Consider each of the following topics within the context of developing software. What words, phrases, or concepts come to mind?The survey then presents each
Paper ID #7013On Adopting an Inquiry Stance: A Case Study of Three Teachers as They In-tegrated the InterLACE Technology to Encourage Student Sharing and Rea-soningMs. Danielle Marie Dowling, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and OutreachDr. Morgan M Hynes, Arizona State University Dr. Morgan Hynes is a research faculty associate at Arizona State University conducting research on the impact of product archaeology dissection activities on students’ knowledge and abilities to engineer in broader contexts. Before joining ASU, Hynes was a research assistant professor in the Education Depart- ment and Education Research Program
Paper ID #38826Attracting Black Students to Undergraduate Engineering Programs: A RapidReview for Broadening ParticipationMicaha Dean Hughes, North Carolina State University, Raleigh Micaha Dean Hughes is a doctoral student in the Educational Psychology program in the Teacher Educa- tion and Learning Sciences department at North Carolina State University. Her research interests include community-engaged approaches to educational equity and access in STEM education, college recruitment and K-12 outreach practices for minoritized groups in STEM, mathematical identity development for rural adolescents and young adults, and
Paper ID #19872Elementary Student Engagement with Digital Engineering Notebook Cards(Fundamental)Kristen B. Wendell Ph.D., Tufts University Kristen Wendell is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ed- ucation at Tufts University. Her research efforts at at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach focus on supporting discourse and design practices during K-12, teacher education, and college-level en- gineering learning experiences, and increasing access to engineering in the elementary school experience, especially in under-resourced schools. In 2016 she was a recipient of
engineering, structural engineering, surveying, transportation engineering, and water resources engineering [4]. However, this list is not authoritative for three reasons: • The seven traditional civil engineering areas were originally defined to describe the full breadth of the traditional civil engineering undergraduate curriculum [23]; they were not defined with specialty certification in mind and thus might not be entirely applicable to specialty certification. (As evidence of this issue, note that the existing ASCE board certifications in Coastal Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Port Engineering, and Navigation Engineering do not correspond to any of the seven traditional civil engineering areas.) • New
—asignificant source of anxiety for many educators, particularly those in engineering or STEM ingeneral 1,11. Loss of classroom control weighs heavily on the minds of instructors making atransition from lecture to active learning. Yet somewhat ironically, opening the door for a bit ofspontaneity in a STEM classroom can be one of the easiest ways for an educator to test thewaters of classroom improvisation. When we asked Dr. Susan Walsh about ways to adapt improvmethods and activities to traditional STEM classrooms, she suggested an activity that she doesfrequently in large-lecture biology classes: she pauses her lecture to prompt her class to stand upand act out the motion of a given bit of lesson content along with her. “I take these abstractconcepts
Paper ID #11249Digital-Storytelling for Apprenticeships in Sustainability Science and Engi-neering DesignDr. Tamara Ball, UCSC Baskin School of Engineering Dr. Tamara Ball is a project-scientist working with the the Sustainable Engineering and Ecological De- sign (SEED) collaborative at UCSC. She is the program director for Impact Designs - Engineering and Sustainability through Student Service (IDEASS) and Apprenticeships in Sustainability Science and En- gineering Design (ASCEND). She is interested in understanding how extracurricular and co-curricular innovations can support meaningful campus-community connections in
Paper ID #12468Sharing the Full Range of Leadership in Student Teams: Developing an In-strumentLt. Col. Brian J. Novoselich, Virginia Tech Brian Novoselich is an active duty Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army and currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His is a former assistant profes- sor at the United States Military Academy. His research interests include capstone design teaching and assessment, undergraduate engineering student leadership development, and social network analysis.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education David Knight
Paper ID #28930Is it Time for ASCE to Withdraw from ABET?Prof. Stephen J. Ressler P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, U.S. Military Academy Stephen Ressler, P.E. Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE is Professor Emeritus from the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. He earned a B.S. degree from USMA in 1979, a Master of Science in Civil En- gineering from Lehigh University in 1989, and a Ph.D. from Lehigh in 1991. As an active duty Army officer, he served for 34 years in a variety of military engineering assignments around the world. He served as a member of the USMA faculty for 21 years, including six years as Professor and Head
AC 2012-5438: ETHICAL ISSUES AWARENESS FOR ENGINEERS INPRACTICEDr. A. Dean Fontenot, Texas Tech University A. Dean Fontenot directs a professional development center for K-12 teachers as part of the Texas STEM (T-STEM) initiative in order to bring about educational reform in secondary schools. The Texas Tech T-STEM Center focuses on project-based learning with the integration of the engineering design process. As Senior Director, she has brought together three Texas Tech professional development centers that have a history of training teachers, and built partnerships with five Educational Service centers as well as other organizational and industry partners who help implement the professional development training
Paper ID #9506I Did Not Anticipate This: Experiences from the Early YearsDr. Thomas Shepard, University of St. ThomasDr. Alison B. Hoxie, University of Minnesota Duluth Dr. Alison B. Hoxie is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her education includes a B.A. in Natural Science from the College of Saint Benedict (1999), a B.S.M.E (2001) and a Ph.D. (2007) from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She has held positions as a consulting engineering in power and energy sector, and as an Instructor at the University of Utah. Her current
AC 2012-3661: PREPARING STUDENTS FOR WRITING IN CIVIL EN-GINEERING PRACTICEProf. Susan Conrad, Portland State University Susan Conrad is a professor of applied linguistics at Portland State University, where she teaches discourse analysis courses and collaborates with civil engineering faculty and local practitioners to study writing in civil engineering.Mr. Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.Mr. Tom Szymoniak, Portland State University Tom Szymoniak is a Civil Engineer with 28 years of professional experience. He is currently a full-time instructor at Portland State University in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His main area of focus is teaching the underclass students
Paper ID #6687Teachers’ attention to student thinking during the engineering design pro-cess: A case study of three elementary classroomsAmber Kendall, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Amber Kendall is a doctoral student in Science Education and a graduate research assistant with the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. She graduated from North Carolina State University as a Park Scholar with a B.A. in Physics. Her passion for STEM education is long-standing, but she was inspired to pursue her graduate degree after three years teaching physics to high-school freshman. Beside engineering-design
Paper ID #7784The Reflective Engineering Advisor: A Paradigm for Learning-Centered Stu-dent AdvisingDr. Emily L. Allen, San Jose State University Dr. Emily Allen is Associate Dean of the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering at San Jose State University. Her portfolio includes undergraduate programs and accreditation, student success programs, personnel and infrastructure, and K-14 outreach. She has been on the faculty at SJSU since earning her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University in 1992.Mr. Francisco Castillo, College of Engineering, San Jose State University Mr. Francisco Castillo has a
Professional Practice (CAP^3), wasformed to study and implement the actions that would be necessary to achieve this vision forcivil engineering. The last fourteen years since Policy 465 was first approved have producedsignificant progress in ASCE’S “Raise the Bar” initiative.Purpose and ScopeTo maintain the initiative’s momentum, the successful processes of the past and the associated“lessons learned” must be clearly communicated to future leaders and proponents of the “Raisethe Bar” initiative. Much has been learned from the experiences of the past – and these hard-learned experiences should guide the future direction of the initiative. A relevant quotation(from Adlai E. Stevenson) comes to mind: “We can chart our future clearly and wisely onlywhen
redesigned a project in an introductory bioengineering course to explore stress managementtechniques through physiology, biosensors, and design. The project allows students to developdesign skills and to explore the impact of wellness practices on human physiology. Assessmentof the curricular redesign will be measured by student evaluations of the offering and theirwillingness to engage in the mindfulness portion of the course. The COVID-19 pandemic hasemphasized the need to focus on student wellbeing in addition to physical health. Integration ofwellness into the core curriculum promotes the use of existing campus resources presented inclass and may normalize the use of these resources within engineering departments and colleges.Ultimately, the
Paper ID #15773Identifying and Recommending Teachable Techniques from Academia andIndustry to Prepare Learners to Solve Complex ProblemsMiss Lina Trigg, William Mason High School I am due to graduate high school in 2017 and have experience in business and engineering environment in the private sector with a Fortune 500 company. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Identifying and recommending teachable techniques from academia and industry to prepare learners to solve complex problems Abstract This paper presents observations and