Conference Session

Student Teams And Project Based Learning / The Critical First Year in Engineering Education / Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Moore, University Of Minnesota; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

computer tools; andwork effectively and ethically as a member of a technical team. Students in ENGR 106 areexposed to problem solving mainly through the implementation of model-eliciting activities.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology1 states in Criterion 3d that studentsmust demonstrate “an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.” For this reason, ENGR106 is designed to use teams extensively throughout the course. Early in the semester, studentslearn about characteristics of effective teams such as interdependency, goal setting, roles andnorms, cohesiveness, and communication. The students participate in team and peer evaluationsof their teaming experiences and create team specific codes of cooperation that guide

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Larissa Pchenitchnaia, Texas A&M University; Debra Fowler, Texas A&M University; Nancy Simpson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

understand how their students learn and how to help their students develop critical thinking skills.Nancy Simpson, Texas A&M University Dr. Nancy Simpson is Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M University. She has over fifteen years of experience in teaching college mathematics and has worked in the field of faculty development since 1991. In addition to extensive experience in working with faculty at TAMU to improve teaching, Dr. Simpson has worked with national faculty development initiatives including the Wakonse Foundation's Conference on College Teaching and the Pew-Funded Peer Review of Teaching Project. Dr. Simpson is author of several journal articles

Conference Session

Curriculum Reform with Cooperative Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Kettil Cedercreutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

peers. Still a university is producing college graduates everyyear as its primary product. Every year business and industry hires, or choosesnot to hire, those graduates.Yet in many colleges and universities today the external focus can be found onlyin the attempts to recruit new students with the conviction that the student is thecustomer. While this is true, the student is the customer / client but also theproduct. The student enters the university as one person and, assuming all goesas planned, leave as a changed individual who will now be employed by industry.Faculties are uncomfortable with the concept of “student as customer” or“employer as customer” but this is no different that the health care industry thatstruggles with the concept of

Conference Session

Retention Programs for Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helene Finger, California Polytechnic State University; Tracy Van Houten, University of Southern California; Barbara Curry, California Polytechnic State University; Jennifer Harris, United Parcel Service; Malia Francisco, United Parcel Service; Betsy Sale, United Parcel Service

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Access (including obtaining current business cards from companies atcareer fairs), writing thank you notes to companies who support SWE, and compiling andtransmitting the corporate brochure to all companies in the database during the summer.The Academic Director contacts companies and individuals that are interested in sponsoring aSWE scholarship, creates and distributes scholarship applications to SWE members, oversees theselection of scholarship recipients, solicits nominations, selects, and distributes quarterly the“Most Active SWE Member” scholarship, solicits nominations and selects the “Most SupportiveProfessor” Award, maintains the test bank, and organizes study groups and peer tutoring formembers.There are two Evening with Industry (EWI

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Ting, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Xiaoqi Zhang, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Donn Clark, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Alan Rux, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

the process.The approach of S-L, with its root in experiential learning, is consistent with the theories andempirical research of a number of leading educators and developmental psychologists, asdocumented by Brandenberger 3 and Jacoby2. The approach is also consistent with the recentchange in paradigm in education from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning3,4. Astin et al5.found with longitudinal data of 22,000 students that service participation had significant positive Page 12.1275.2effects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA, writing skills, critical thinkingskills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Walter, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Webb, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; George Slack, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

“guides” or “consultants.” A guide is afaculty member who is the primary mentor for the project. He or she is the most intimatelyinvolved with the entire process, and remain with the team for both quarters of MSD. The guideis also ideally an expert in the field of the project’s subject matter. He or she meets with theirteam weekly, helps resolve technical issues, provides advice on resolving personnel conflicts,and grades the team on its deliverables. The final individual student grade is also adjusted up ordown by the guide. After reviewing the logbooks, peer evaluations, and looking at the overallparticipation, the grade can be modified to reflect the student’s overall contribution.The guide most often acts as the administrative point of

Conference Session

Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Stroot, University of South Florida; Bernard Batson, University of South Florida; BK Robertson, Alabama State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-2467: A NEW HYBRID LABORATORY COURSE CHRISTENS APIPELINE OF BIOLOGY STUDENTS FROM ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITYTO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAPeter Stroot, University of South Florida Assistant Professor Dept. of Civil and Environmental EngineeringBernard Batson, University of South Florida Mr. Bernard Batson has experience in higher education in the implementation of student peer mentoring programs, fellowship application workshops, retention programs, and the graduate school admissions process for students from underrepresented groups. He is the Program Manager of the NSF IGERT, NSF Bridge to the Doctorate, and Alfred P. Sloan Minority Ph.D. Programs at USF. Since Fall 2004, he has

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashi Nambisan, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. 10. NOTE: Senior design projects were eligible to compete for cash prizes in a College of Engineering wide senior design competition which is held twice a year. This competition specifically recognizes projects that demonstrate creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation, and also address marketability of the “product.”Each team was required to document in writing its team activities and meetings. Instructions forthe same are summarized in Figure 3.Project ScheduleThe following is a summary of the process / logistics involved with the Senior Design project forthe Spring 2006 and Summer 2006 terms. 1. Develop a "Problem Statement" to present to the students in the Senior Design class. This needs to be done by

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mason Webster, Brigham Young University; Daniel Korth; Owen Carlson, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

real engineering applications. Also, students are able to participate in professionalactivities such as writing technical papers, submitting patents, and holding design reviews. Allthese activities occur in a classroom atmosphere under instructor supervision. The companies thatare able to collaborate with these students on these projects also enjoy the ability to observepotential employees prior to actually hiring them. They typically also retain the rights to anyintellectual property produced by these students during the duration of their capstone courses.Traditional Capstone Design Course LimitationsCapstone design courses are not without their limitations, however. Typically, small businessesare most interested in participating in capstone

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College; Jaime Hernandez, Texas State University-San Marcos; Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Robin Adams, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

professions. Discussions about the importance of meeting the needs of diverse students arewidespread; however, there has been less discussion of how to define diversity, and how toactually go about studying diversity in meaningful ways. Given the lack of explicit guidance inthis area, new engineering educators may benefit from examples of how their peers are thinkingabout diversity in designing educational research studies. In this paper we provide threeexamples of studies of diversity issues in engineering education in order to demonstrate someways in which diversity can be conceptualized and integrated in educational research. For eachstudy, we discuss how diversity is defined, how the research question addresses the relevantaspects of diversity

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikki Hazelwood, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

written surveys, they stopped writing their name or student ID number, and beganwriting their subject number only.Other aspects of their conduct demonstrated that students gained familiarity with biomedicalresearch. In the first visit, they had to be told to take their socks off to step on the impedancescale. In each case, the researchers explained why a measurement must be taken in bare feet. Insubsequent visits, the students did not require instructions to remove their socks. Similarly, theywere dressed more appropriately for the skin-fold measurement assessment. Page 12.7.8Student FAQ’s and commentsAs mentioned, many students asked questions

Conference Session

Professional Development and Scholarship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Amin Karim, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

- Knowledge / Working as in Prof. Org. Writing Conf./ Books / to-date via Skills Consultant Papers Workshops Journals Internet transfer / Seminars from Sr. faculty12. Institutional Affiliation: Figure 2 shows the frequency distribution of respondents’institutional affiliations. The Figure 2 Respondents' Institutional Affiliation 2003 2007 100 90 75 80 67 60

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo McAfee, University of Michigan; Andrew Kim, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

writing. Each program hasa cognizant WIMS faculty or staff member who has responsibility for the educationalinstruction and overall management of the program.For in-school and teacher education initiatives, the WIMS Education Program has formedpartnerships with the K-12 school districts of Ann Arbor, Houghton/Hancock, Okemos andEast Lansing area schools, and DAPCEP (Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program, anacademic outreach program associated with Detroit schools), and with university-level outreach Page 12.1330.3organizations. Other individual schools that have partnered with WIMS are Grand Rapids HighSchool, Cass Tech High

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Jami Montgomery, WATERS Network - CLEANER Project Office; James Johnson, Howard University; Chris Brus, University of Iowa; Dan Giammar, Washington University; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bette Grauer, McPherson High School; Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Steven Safferman; Tim Wentling, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Development. In addition, she has developed numerous tools to mentor young women considering engineering as a career and has been involved in the development of a women in engineering role model book for K-12 students.Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology PATRICIA A. CARLSON is professor of rhetoric at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is a long-time advocate of writing in engineering education. Carlson has been a National Research Council Senior Fellow for the U. S. Air Force, as well as having had several research fellowships with NASA (Langley and Goddard) and the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground. She has also been a research fellow at NASA's Classroom

Conference Session

Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Ackerman, University of Alberta; Curt Stout, University of Alberta

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the group write down the proceedings (and thus not 8participate) or stop the proceedings to write down what has happened thus far. These “digitaldocuments” are easily shared among group members and the faculty advisor if necessary.Once the brainstorming and conceptual analysis is complete the students have to decide whichconcept best meets the project specifications and should be carried forward to detail design -Phase 3. Each alternative is ranked using a rational methodology, such as Pugh’s method [1],and from the ranking make a recommendation as to which concept best meets the designspecifications and should go forward to detail design. Normally the industrial sponsor would beinvolved at this

Conference Session

ChE: Bioengineering, nanotechnology, and systems engineering in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Shoichi Kimura, Oregon State University; Alexandre Yokochi, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

development of responsible and ethical nano-engineers, an ethics module was incorporated into ENGR 221. This module contained lecturesthat provided students with an ethical framework, including a discussion of the professionalresponsibility of engineers and conducting risk assessments. A case study based on themanufacture and use of asbestos was completed as a class to reflect on the impact of unethicaldecisions in industry. This case study led into a module covering nanotoxicity, an emerging fieldthat is studying the potential health risks posed by nanomaterials. In conjunction with theseactivities, there was a term-long class assignment to view science fiction movies that showpotential application of nanotechnology and write a paper that reflects

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Belle Wei, San Jose State University; Jacob Tsao, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

International

students couldstudy and reflect on their role as a citizen of the increasingly interconnected world.The expanded themes of global economy, sustainable development, and responsible globalcitizenships guided the lesson plans for the 2005 and 2006 GTI Study Programs. In addition,studies on the cultural, political, and economic issues that deepen students’ understanding ofChina and Taiwan were included in the study program.2.2. Study Program Student SelectionIn selecting student participants, preference was given to student leaders with strong academicrecords, with the expectation that these students would more readily disseminate what they hadlearned from the study program and, consequently, influence their peers. As for the class ofparticipants

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Senay Purzer; Darryl Morrell; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Nancy Cooke, Arizona State University

comparison of our findings withthe findings of Atman et al.1 showed that the student team’s approaches to the design problemwere different than the Atman data (see Figure 2b). Our data indicate that students working inteams spend more time gathering information than students working individually. Although theseare preliminary findings, it appears, in fact, that novices act more like experts in terms ofinformation gathering20 when they work in teams. This finding is supported by research oncollaborative learning situations where group interactions and peer argumentation result in bettersolutions compared to individual problem solving21. It is also an observation comparing ourstudent team profiles to those from the Atman data representing freshmen

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame; David LeDonne, University of Notre Dame; Steven Kurtz, University of Notre Dame; Joseph Blakely, University of Notre Dame; Constance Slaboch, University of Notre Dame; Andrew Carter, University of Notre Dame; Elizabeth Barron, University of Notre Dame; Patrick Essien, University of Notre Dame; Megan Wysocki, University of Notre Dame; Elizabeth Ferro, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

college life, alook at career opportunities, and a chance to meet professional engineers as well asengineering faculty. Students work on several projects, attend lectures, write reports,code programs, give presentations, and do problem solving and design. The IEPcounselors assist the students in their projects during the sessions in the EngineeringLearning Center, and help enforce the rules in the residence halls.Seven of the nine IEP counselors were engineering students at Notre Dame (the other twowere a pre-med student and a business student), and eight of them had either previouslyattended the camp back when they were in high school, or had worked as IEP counselors

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haley Haywood, Oklahoma State University; Forrest Austin, Oklahoma State University; Seth Williams, Oklahoma State University; Cameron Musgrove, Oklahoma State University; Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

help help help help1. Class activities for each week Page 12.1043.132. How parts of the classwork, labs, reading, orassignments related to each other 123. The grading system for the class A little Moderate Much Very muchH. Individual support as a learner NA No help help help help help1. The quality of contact with the teacher2. The quality of contact with the TAs3. Working with peers outside of

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

automatically created when the students login with their clickers. If desired, points can be assigned for attendance and sent to a CSV file thatcan be read by a spreadsheet.Review QuestionsOne of the strongest uses of the clickers in my opinion is for review questions during lectures.By asking questions and viewing the results, the instructor can gauge how well the students areunderstanding a concept. Just as importantly, students can see how well they are doing withrespect to their peers, because if the instructor desires, the CPS software will display bar charts ofthe results after the question has been completed. Figure 3 shows a series of questions that wereasked of students during the next class period after complex power was covered. The bar

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael McGrath, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

graduatecurriculum. The class is intended primarily for aerospace engineering students, but mechanicaland electrical engineers along with engineering physics majors have taken the class. The oneprerequisite for the class is senior standing. Students are graded on the quality of their Phase Aspacecraft proposal, along with their formal presentation of the design at the end of the semester.The student’s individual grade comprises their individual contribution to the proposal, the overallquality of the completed proposal itself, and peer evaluations from their team. Ten years agothere was a homework component to the class, and each lecture had an assignment pertaining tothe lecture, but not related to the proposal effort. That homework has been removed in

Conference Session

FPD10 -- Pre-Engineering and Bridge Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecelia Wigal, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Molly Littleton, Signal Centers

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

• organize, participate in, and document team meetings • participate as a contributing team member in the design and problem solving processes Page 12.1432.4They should also understand and be able to • apply graphical 2-D and 3-D drawing principles • use a 3-D drawing software package • use the principles of good oral communications to effectively communicate ideas • use Microsoft PowerPoint software to aid oral presentations • use Microsoft Project for creating a simple Gantt Chart • use principles of good technical writing to effectively communicate major ideasThe IED Culminating ProjectThe goal of the IED team project is to

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

this synergistic relationship industryis very willing to then serve on advisory boards and respond to needs of the department. Thisoften results in additional projects for students from these industrial partnerships and the synergyof this relationship can rapidly expand the number of projects available. This closer relationshipand demonstrated community link is very important to the future of any university.The Case for Undergraduate ResearchThe quest for knowledge is the driving force behind undergraduate education no matter whatfield is being studied. Typically this means a lot of reading from a textbook, completinghomework assignments, conducting laboratory experiments, listening to lectures, taking exams,and writing reports. Unfortunately

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Scott, The Petroleum Institute; Jamal Ahmad, The Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

International

counterparts. For instance, ourstudents’ teamwork is enhanced by their heritage in the etiquette of Arab friendship, and oralpresentations are strong and natural as a result of an oral cultural orientation. On the other hand,writing skills are naturally impeded by the fact that English is their second language. Thedesign-and-build nature of the projects is often hindered by a lack of familiarity with tools andconstruction techniques. And so on. The authors are constantly adapting and modifying thecourse content and delivery methodologies in order to provide appropriate learning outcomes forour students.Rationale for the Development of a New Model in STEPS IINeed to Develop Independent Open-ended Problem-solving SkillsAs part of a two-semester sequence

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clint Kohl, Cedarville University; Keith Shomper, Cedarville University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, anddevelopment schedule. Such pre-coordination is necessary to help ensure we offer studentsprojects which are suitably challenging in both size and content.With regard to project size and scope, we endeavor to provide projects employing all phases ofthe software development cycle, having approximately 800 to 1200 man-hours of work effort,and also requiring at least a modest attempt at independent research beyond our programs’course curriculums. Once all candidate projects are approved by the faculty, we develop a briefpresentation for each one to give to our senior students on the first class day. Students then rankorder the projects in which they have the most interest. At the same time, they also identify whoamong their peers they would like as team

Conference Session

What's New in the Mechanics of Materials?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

internal stresses in the member. If you cannot measure the structure, object or member, estimate the sizes to calculate the stress. For tension and compression, determine the change in length of the member due to your assumed loads. For beams, draw shear and bending moment diagrams of the member that is bending. STEP 3 – Describe and Evaluate your system, structure or object For each of your photographs: Write ½ to 1 page describing the object of the photograph. Include descriptions of where it is located, its function, and the material from which it was constructed or fabricated. Using your analysis results, state whether you think the design is a good one or not, and why (e.g. Was the material a good choice? Is the

Conference Session

Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Janice McCain, Howard University; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

elicit responses that reflect aspects of their engineeringknowledge and skills, and second to reveal how they apply this learning to engineering-designpractice. In their first and third years, students were given ten minutes to write their answers tothe question, “Over the summer the Midwest experienced massive flooding of the MississippiRiver. What factors would you take into account in designing a retaining wall system for theMississippi?” The purpose of this performance task was to analyze the breadth to which studentsframed an engineering problem. This is important, because defining the problem is as importantas solving it14 and framing is among the most difficult aspects of engineering design to assessand teach.3During the first year of the

Conference Session

Multimedia Tutorials and Web Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

thinkingand writing skills, dividing students into two sessions: a 12 day camp for 11th and 12th graders23,and a 9 day camp for 9th and 10th graders24, which focus on critical thinking skills in academicactivities: college level writing, research skills, logical thinking/argumentation, study skills, timemanagement, course/major selection, note taking, critical reading, and presentations. EducationalUnlimited21 and Sally Ride Science Camps25 sponsor a camp for girls for girls entering 6th to 9thgrades, are overnight 10-day camps held on college campuses designed to interest girls inscience, technology and engineering using the Sally Ride Science Curriculum. Entering 11th and12th graders can earn college credit and be introduced to the university

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Rosemary Sutton, Cleveland State University; William Beasley, Cleveland State University; Joshua Bagaka's, Cleveland State University

intensive dissemination of case studies and case study based teaching and learning strategies. Other implementation will include publication of papers in ASCE and related peer-reviewed journals, and presentations at national and international conferences. • Assessing learning and evaluating innovations – the major change to this project from the prior proof-of-concept work will be the development and implementation of formal assessment strategies and instruments, as discussed in detail below.Goals of the program In order to address the need described above, the research team has established thefollowing goals: 1. Greater breadth of