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Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Amy Freeman; Anita Persaud

, and students are involved in learning, there is greater studentachievement and retention within that college environment 1, 6, 8, 10, 2, 3.College students experience three major stages in their acclimation to college: separation,transition, and incorporation or integration 9. Academic and student support services need to befront-loaded because the research demonstrates a high attrition rate during the first year ofcollege. In order for students to be retained, they need to develop their skill competencies andconfidence in their ability to perform well academically. This can be done by: a) increasing thenumber of minority faculty members; b) establishing mentoring programs; c) assigning academicadvisers and support services counselors; d

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Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Haering

Technical Engineering Research, Publication and Pedagogical Scholarship in a Teaching Oriented Small Campus Environment William Haering - Asst. Prof. of Engineering The Pennsylvania State University – DuBois CampusAbstractThe experience of conducting technical research and publishing technical research andpedagogical papers at a small campus location is fundamentally different from that of mostfaculty in a major research university environment. At the same time, this campus experiencehas many similarities with graduate student research at a major research university. Thisinformation may be useful to potential tenure-track faculty members as they make decisionsabout positions and to new

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

exam will be administered at the end of Module 7. 4. Final Exam (100 points) A comprehensive final exam will be administered during week 17 (4/25/05 – 5/1/05)Letter Grade:Course letter grades will be assigned according to the following scale:Letter Grade Percentage Range A 90% and above B 80% - 89% C 70% - 79% D 60% - 69% F Below 60%Academic Integrity:Definition and

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Backer

. Laurillard, D. (1998). Multimedia and the learner’s experience of narrative. Computers & Education, 31(2), 229-242.4. Steinberg, E. (1989). Cognition and learner control: A literature review, 1977-88. Journal of Computer-BasedInstruction, 16(4), 117-121.5. Zirkle, C., & Ourand, D. B. (1999, October). Teaching a course through multiple delivery systems: Some lessonslearned. Paper presented at the Indiana Postsecondary Education Conference, Muncie, IN. (ERIC Document No.ED 435 800)6. SJSU Digital Art WORLDART Web Database (2002). Available: http://worldart.sjsu.edu/ [2002, June 24].7. The Applied History Research Group (1997-2001). Multimedia History Tutorials. Available:http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/ [2002, June 24

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Experiences with Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Keith Turpin; Donald Richter; William Loendorf

] Terenzini, P.T., Cabrera, A.F., Colbeck, C.L., Parente, J.M., and Bjorklund, S.A., Collaborative and Active Learning Approaches: Do They Work for Everyone? Association for Institutional Research, Seattle, WA, June, 1999. [9] Wankat, P. and Oreovicz, F., Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1993.Biographical InformationDONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Ohio StateUniversity, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineercertification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. Hisinterests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling.WILLIAM R

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kishore Sirvole; Jennifer Mullins; Jeff Kaeli; Jason Snook; Hayden Griffin; Vinod Lohani; Jenny Lo

, 2003.[15] J.L. Lo, Richard M. Goff, V.K. Lohani, T.D.L. Walker, T.W. Knott, and O.H. Griffin, Jr., "New Paradigm forFoundational Engineering Education", to be published in the Proceedings of the 2005 American Society forEngineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2005.[16] Dann, W., Cooper, S., Pausch, R. Learning to Program with Alice. Beta Version, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.[17] Moskal, B., Dann, W., and Cooper, S., 2004. Surveys on Student Background, Computer Attitudes, and AliceConcept Examination, Contact person: Wanda Dann, Ithaca College, New York.[18] Felder R., Index of Learning Styles. http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Learning_Styles.htmlBiographiesJASON S. SNOOK and is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sookram Sobhan; Noel Kriftcher; Nerik Yakubov; Alon Kadashev; Magued Iskander; Vikram Kapila

splitting the class into two groups (i.e., sensor-based lab with group A while teacherdoes traditional lab with group B; then they switch), students are able to experience collectingdata both manually and via sensors.”6. Conclusion Within the first few months of its existence, the RAISE program has begun to revitalizescience education through implementation of advanced sensing technology in physics Page 10.806.10classrooms. The RAISE fellows have designed sensor and instrumentation-based labs thatconvey physics concepts through use of modern data acquisition tools. The new lab experiments “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mara Wasburn

-21115. Johnsrud, L.K. "Mentoring for Administrative Staff: Relationships that Help and Relationships that Hinder." In K. M. Moore and S. B. Twombley. (Eds.), Administrative Careers and the Marketplace. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1990, 57-66.16. Wasburn, M.H., and J. Lalopa, "Mentoring Faculty for Success: Recommendations Based on Evaluations of a Program." Planning and Changing, 34, 2003, 250-264.17. Eby, L.T., and T.D. Allen.. "Further Investigation of Proteges’ Negative Mentoring Experiences: Patterns and Outcomes." Group and Organization Management, 4, 2002. 456-479.18. Ragins, B.R., and J.L. Cotton. "Mentor Functions and Outcomes: A Comparison of Men and Women in Formal and Informal Relationships

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Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Smith; Kevin Craig; Pamela Theroux

contributed to this. Among them are: (a) There has been a 37 percent decline inengineering interest by college-bound high school students over the past 12 years; (b) The U.S.now ranks 17th among nations surveyed in the share of its 18-to-24-year-olds who earn naturalscience and engineering degrees. In 1975, it was third. Engineering B.S. degrees peaked in 1985at 77,572 (2.2% women), and plunged to 60,914 (1.7% women) in 19981; (c) The U.S. hasbecome overly dependent on the global workforce while no longer dominating the globalmarketplace for technical talent as it once did6. Who then will take us into the future? Scienceand engineering together are the engines for economic growth and national security. Universitiesare failing to attract women

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Edward Evans; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

• Four main products of varying EO/PO content o “A” 60% of capacity (~72 MM lb/y); ~10 hr net cycle time o “B” 20% of capacity (~25 MM lb/y); ~10 hr net cycle time o “C” 10% of capacity (~13 MM lb/y); ~11 hr net cycle time o “D” 10% of capacity (~13 MM lb/y);~14.5 hr net cycle timeLong term we hope to leapfrog present technology and move to an inherently safe process forpolyols manufacture. We believe that doing so will position our company to absorb most of theprojected polyols market growth ourselves and possibly to displace weaker suppliers. Your teamis to propose opportunities for process research and development efforts for an inherently safepolyols process.Our timeline is to have this phase of the

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Moore; Mary Raber

. Page 10.1284.92 Manufacturing Education Plan: Industry Identifies Competency Gaps Among Newly Hired Engineering Graduates.Published by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the SME Education Foundation (1997). “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”3 Russell, David R. Writing in the Academic Disciplines, 1870-1990: A Curricular History. Carbondale: SouthernIllinois University Press, 2nd edition, 2002.The Enterprise Program at Michigan Tech University: Results and Assessment to Date. Mark R. Plichta, MaryRaber. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Conference (2003).Biographical InformationMARY B

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elisabeth Armstrong; Donna Riley

an introduction to sustainability in design • Developing information literacy skills including knowledge of different types of information, source validity, proper referencing of sources, use of research tools including library databases and catalogs • Collaborating with a diverse group of individuals including professional engineers, professional artists, and women’s studies students, and within the class itself The midterm deliverables included a. Description of what capacitors are and what they do b. Description of how capacitors are made (lifecycle) c. Flowcharts of materials flows around the world in capacitor

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

"proceedings of the ASEE Annual conference and exhibition, session 1353, 2001.[7] . Campbell, M.I. "Teaching machine design through product emulation" proceedings of the ASEE Annual conferenceand exhibition, session 2366, 2002.[8] Moor, S.S., Piergivanni, P., and Keyser, D. "Design-build-test: flexible process control kits for the classroom,"Proceedings, ASEE Annual conference and exhibition, session 1526, 2003.[9] Pomalaza-Raez, C., Groff, B. H., “Retention 101: Where robots go…Students Follow,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, Jan 2003, pp. 85-90.[10] Hatfield, Jerry M.; Tester, John T., Assessing individual performance within a team using peer evaluations,Proceedings, ASEE 2004 Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, Jun 20-23 2004, p

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Miguel A. Padilla; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

© 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences[1] Shadish, W. R., Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (2002). Experimental and Quasi-experimental Designs for Generalized Casual Inference. Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin.[2] Anderson, T., Carter, R., Ohland, M., Thorndyke, B., & Zhang, G. (2002). “Identifying Factors Influencing Engineering Student Retention Through a Longitudinal and Cross-institutional Study Using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education, Montreal, Canada, June 2002.[3] Zhang, G., Anderson, T., Ohland, M., Carter, R., & Thorndyke, B. (2002). “Identifying Factors Influencing Engineering Student Graduation and Retention: A Longitudinal and

Conference Session

Innovative Practices in NRE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Monty Smith; Jerome Davis; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

Session 0000 Building a Reactor Simulator as a Senior Project By Mitty C. Plummer, Monty Smith, Jerome J Davis, Charles C. Bittle University of North TexasI. Introduction.The Senior Design Project is intended to provide an “integrated educational experience”or capstone, for the engineering technology curriculum. As administered at the Universityof North Texas, the capstone “Senior Projects “ is a two credit hour, one semester course.The course concludes with a presentation of the students’ projects in which faculty,family members, business leaders, and other

Conference Session

Women in IT Fields

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Crystal Hoyer; Crystal Eney

Making a Difference on $10 a Day: Creating a “Women in CSE” Seminar Linked to CS1 Crystal Eney, Crystal Hoyer University of Washington, Microsoft CorporationAbstractComputer Science and Computer Engineering programs across the country are increasinglyconcerned about the lack of women pursuing computer-related fields. To address this issue, wecreated a one credit seminar focused on the recruitment and retention of women in technology.The seminar targeted undergraduate women who were co-enrolled in introductory programmingat a four year research institution. For approximately $500 per quarter, a staff member and anundergraduate teaching assistant ran the

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

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La Verne Abe Harris

A Learner-Centered Approach to Industrial Technology Education: A Case Study of a Multimedia Team Project L. V. Harris, Ph.D. Graphic Information Technology Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to present a case study of a university multimedia team project,taught as a learner-centered alternative and enhancement to a lecture-only traditional approachto industrial technology education. Creation of Flash movies integrated with interdisciplinarycontent can be used not only for student learning in an academic environment, but also fortransfer to the training of the industrial

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Javier Kypuros; Thomas Connolly

system. These systems were chosenbecause of their availability at the participating institutions. Multiple formats will be applied toeach application for comparison and critical evaluation of each laboratory format.Inter-University Laboratory Format Students at the two campuses will work in teams, as they would in a joint ventureinvolving two companies or research groups in industry, to encourage collaborative learning(refer to Figure 1). Students at campus A will develop a computer-based model of the systemusing MATLAB/SIMULINK, which will simulate experimental test conditions and parameters.Students at campus B will perform the actual experiments, acquire data, and perform anynecessary post-processing of the data using equipment

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Burbank

Session 1347 A Wheelchair Navigation System as a Collaborative Senior Project Kenneth Burbank, John Holcomb, Karena Cooper-Duffy, Ken Prohn Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC 28723AbstractSenior projects are common requirements in engineering technology programs. Seniors arechallenged to integrate in one project the knowledge, skills and abilities learned over three plusyears. Recently, the projects at Western Carolina University have ranged from wireless caralarms to three-phase motor test stations to back up energy sources for aquariums. An integralpart of

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Watkins

Equation Chapter 1 Section 1 A VIRTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A DYNAMIC SIGNAL ANALYZER USING SIMULINK John M. Watkins Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Wichita State University 1845 Fairmount Wichita, KS 67260-0044 J.Watkins@IEEE.orgIntroductionThe ability to understand and utilize the frequency response of a linear system is a criticalbuilding block in many undergraduate engineering disciplines. For example, undergraduatestudents in electrical engineering will often see the

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Cooper

Session 3120 A Unique Web Environment for a Remotely Accessed Laboratory Heather L. Cooper, David W. Goodman Purdue UniversityAbstractWeb-based learning is a hot topic; both online courses and remotely accessible laboratories arewidespread. Implementation of various course management systems and other distance learningresources has become common for online courses. Similarly, many new approaches to web-enabled data acquisition have been developed for online laboratory experiments. This paperdescribes a new online framework for laboratory experiments that combines existing

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehran Massoumi

The Utility of a Structured Hardware Language as a Pedagogical Tool Mehran Massoumi Department of Mathematics & Computer Science California State University, Hayward Hayward, CA 94542 massoumi@sbcglobal.netAbstract: Senior/Graduate courses in Computer Organization and Design are most effective ifthey employ a Hardware Description Language (HDL) capable of modeling Register Transfer(RT) behavior. Such a language should allow description of design details and evaluation ofarchitectural alternatives without sidetracking the students with esoteric constructs. Due to

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; George Bodner; William Oakes

A Qualitative Investigation of a First-Year Engineering Service-Learning Program Michael Thompson, William Oakes, George Bodner Purdue UniversityAbstract Service learning is a pedagogy that integrates community service into the academicexperience. Studies have shown that service learning can positively impact student learning,provides a rich environment for students to learn the professional skills that are often difficult toteach in traditional classes, can increase retention in participants, and can broaden the view ofengineering among the participants. Service-learning can greatly enhance the services of localcommunity service

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiaoguang Yang; Chika Nwankpa; Valentina Cecchi; Karen Miu

equipment’s lifespan. In orderto reduce real power losses and relieve overload, network reconfiguration is performed. Network reconfiguration is a process of changing the topological structure of distributionsystems by opening and/or closing normally closed (sectionalizing) switches and normally open(tie) switches. It can considerably improve system operating conditions by transferring loadsfrom more heavily loaded feeders to less heavily loaded ones. This transfer of loads is called loadbalancing. As a result, the real power losses might also be reduced [4] [5] [6]. In addition,distribution systems are electrically unbalanced across phases (a, b, c), and it is known thatunbalanced systems incur more losses than balanced systems. Hence network

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Winton

-terminal devices: The MOS junctionThe only MOS device that exists within the pSPICE schematics library is the 4-terminal MOStransistor as indicated by figure 3.1(a). It can be reconfigured as a two-terminal device asindicated by figure 3.1(b), with effective construct as indicated by figure 3.1(c). (a) 4-terminal library part (b) 2-terminal equivalent config (c) 2-terminal physical cross-section Figure 3.1: Reconfiguration of the 4-terminal MOSFET part as a 2-terminal MOSjunction. Page 10.1391.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Venubabu Vulasa; David Grieve; Chetan Sankar; Bob Bulfin; Paul Swamidass

-Technology (B-E-T) program, and the College ofEngineering, University of Plymouth, participated in a joint effort to replicate real-life productdesign process with a mixture of engineering and business students. This paper describes theexperience, its lessons and compares it with other attempts at multinational student design-teamprojects.Introduction In the last ten years, an important change is occurring in new product development inlarge technology-intensive American manufacturing firms. They are tapping into engineeringtalent in countries around the world without actually bringing internationally trained engineers tothe US. Consequently, complex product/process design is undertaken by teams made ofprofessionals located in more than one

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ritsuko Izuhara; Hideo Miyata; Toshiyuki Yamamoto; Kazuya Takemata; Masakatsu Matsuishi

posted by Student A What does the button “Copy” mean, which appears after executing DATABIND3? Why does an error message “An error has occurred” appear after executing DTABIND3?2. Question posted by Student B The Explanation 4 of eXtensible Stylesheet (XSL) is not adequate. Therefore we can not understand how the program works. Please give us a clear and detailed explanation. The above stated learning activities continued from the first week to the fifth week. Fromthe sixth week until the ninth week, all teams conducted the programming development for themost optimal concept or solution. It should be pointed out that the learning method called “a peer-to-peer andinstructor-to-students interactive learning process” making use

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Ahmed Khan

,no studies have been conducted to investigate the associations between the faculty technicalcurrency and student learning and success. Therefore, an investigation is warranted to explorethe relationship between student learning/success with faculty technical currency.Khan, Karim, Gloeckner, and Morgan 1 conducted a national survey to: (a) gauge the status ofprofessional development activities vis-à-vis faculty technical currency at personal, departmentaland institutional levels in the domains of engineering technology, and (b) determine predictorvariables for maintaining faculty technical currency. The survey was conducted through theASEE ETD (American Society of Engineering Education, Electronics Technology Division)listserv which (in

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Lavelle; Joseph Herkert

Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Table I-Engineering Majors by Cohort and Department Cohorts 1-6 7-11 12-14 1-14 (a) (b) (c) Total Number 39 46 45 130 Of Students Engineering Majors By Department Biological & Agricultural 0 1 0 1 Biomedical (d) - - 9 9 Chemical

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Berry; Patricia Carlson

© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education distributed and reviews are anonymous; powerful, built-in algorithms measure levels of performance at key stages in the process.As illustrated in Table B, the complete CPR data log captures a number of evaluation items.Students’ names are listed alphabetically and numbered in the far left column (in this example,names have been removed for confidentiality). The row associated with each name reportsscores on specific segments of the CPR session. At the bottom of the report, class averages aregiven for each of the twelve categories. (The accompanying key indicates what each of thesenumbers represents.) TABLE B: SAMPLE OF INSTRUCTOR’S REPORT FROM A CPR SESSION