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Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Alicia Boudreaux, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University

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Project A: Pilot – Project A: Bridges to Engineering 2005-06 Bridges to Engineering (Airline High School) During each year of the program, there are 24 students/3 teachers three Teacher Workshops (2 days each) and three Discovery Weekends (one day each). Pilot – Project B One workshop and Discovery Weekend will 2006-07 (Airline High School

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Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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AC 2007-1516: CREATIVE, CONTEXTUAL, AND ENGAGED: ARE WOMEN THEENGINEERS OF 2020?Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington DEBORAH KILGORE is a Research Scientist in the Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT) and the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE), University of Washington. Her areas of specific interest and expertise include qualitative and mixed educational research methods, adult learning theory, student development, and women in education.Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering DEBBIE CHACHRA is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, MA. Her research interests in

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Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven

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and graduate level Mechanical Vibrations and Multimedia Engineering Analysis, and undergraduate level thermodynamics, Measurement Systems, Experimental Stress Analysis , Machine Design and Introduction to Engineering. Professor Orabi has received a number of research awards from the State of Connecticut and Untied Technologies. He has established two Laboratories: the Materials Testing laboratory sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and the Engineering Multimedia Laboratory funded by AT&T. He is a member of ASME and ASEE. Page 12.777.1© American Society for Engineering

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Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

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AC 2007-706: EFFECTS OF SEX AND ETHNICITY ON PERFORMANCE ON THEMATERIALS CONCEPT INVENTORYElliot Douglas, University of Florida Dr. Elliot P. Douglas is Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. His educational research interests are in the areas of active learning techniques and critical thinking. He has been involved in faculty development activities since 1998, through the ExCEEd Teaching Workshops of ASCE, the Essential Teaching Seminars of ASME, and the NSF-sponsored SUCCEED Coalition. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Society for Engineering Education, and the American Educational Research Association

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Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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Carol Haden, Northern Arizona University

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Engineering Degree ProgramsAbstractA study was undertaken to examine sources of support and challenges to retention ofunderrepresented women and minorities at Northern Arizona University. The study wasevaluative in nature in that it sought to understand how well underrepresented students are beingsupported to complete their degree programs, and to gain insights into how programs might beenhanced or developed to support these students to degree completion. A mixed-methodsresearch design involving a survey and in-depth interviews of students, faculty and staff yieldedseveral factors that support and challenge students toward degree completion at this institution.Applications to programmatic decision-making are discussed.Introduction and BackgroundIt is

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Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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withcontrollable variables, and (b) consider interactions of a system with its environment,which Gharajedaghi associates with uncontrollable variables, Thinking holistically in theCDIO Syllabus is related to Gharajedaghi’s multidimensional principle because bothemphasize the wide range of disciplinary perspectives that should be considered whenstudying the interactions of a system with its environment. These interactions includephysical exchanges (mass, energy, charge, momentum, angular momentum), economic Page 12.1340.6exchanges, social interactions, and interactions explored from perspectives associatedwith the humanities. Table 1. Framework for

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ERM Potpourri I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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integrate their fundamental engineering scienceknowledge should be more efficient with the experimental designs. a b cFigure 1. Screen shots of the Virtual CVD 3D Student Client a. Virtual CVD reactor parameter inputs: these parameters must be input by the student to run the reactor b. selection of measurement points on a wafer c. CVD reactor bay in the virtual factory.Real-time assessment has been identified as a critical, but lacking, aspect of most virtual andphysical laboratory learning experiences.13 To meet this need, the Virtual CVD laboratoryinstructor web interface has been designed to allow formative assessment of student’sperformance and to

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Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

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-upfocus group discussions, external-raters provided insights into the criteria they used to score Page 12.168.7students’ work. Performance criteria are then updated for use in subsequent semesters. Theresults of external-rater evaluations are presented in the following sections. (a) (b) (c)Figure 3: House of Quality format for mapping objectives, outcomes and criteria.The benefits of using a graphic approach for tracking assessment data can be described in theexample of adding ABET criteria (i), a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage inlife-long

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Innovations in Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benson Tongue, University of California-Berkeley

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-world applications of theircourse material, both required and elective. Such an understanding will provide a bettermotivation both before and during the course.This portal has been designed to allow expansion and refinement and is envisioned as verymuch an on-going project. Faculty interested in possible applications to their own universitiesshould contact the author.References [1] Albright, M.J. and Graf, D.L. (1992), Teaching in the information age: The role of educational technology, San Francisco, Jossey-Bass. [2] Broadbent, B., (2002), ABC’s of e-learning: reaping the benefits and avoiding the pitfalls, San Francisco, Jossey Bass/Pfeiffer. [3] Brown, D.G. (ed), (2000), Interactive learning: Vignettes from

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Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelli Higley, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Peggy Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Jonna Kulikowich, Pennsylvania State University

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knowledge that will transfer and be useful in problem solving. She can be contacted at pnv1@psu.edu.Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University Christine B. Masters is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State. She received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1987 and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics in 1992, both from Penn State. In addition to raising four children with her husband of 20 years, she teaches introductory mechanics courses, trains the department graduate teaching assistants, coordinates the Engineering Science Honors Program undergraduate advising efforts and participates in a variety of engineering educational

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Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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rebecca devasher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patrick Ferro, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley; David Mutchler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; shannon sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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AC 2007-1683: DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-LEVEL ASSESSMENT FOR ACROSS-DISCIPLINARY PROJECT EVALUATING THE SYMBIOSIS OF TABLETPC'S AND COLLABORATION-FACILITATING SOFTWARE IN THECLASSROOMrebecca devasher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rebecca B. DeVasher received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL (the main campus) in 2000, and her Ph.D. from the same university in 2004 under the guidance of Kevin Shaughnessy. Rebecca was an instructor at the University of Alabama while she was working on her Ph.D. Upon completion of her doctoral degree, she accepted a visiting faculty position at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for the academic year 2004-2005. In March

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Service Learning Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tao Hong, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Susan Maller, Purdue University; Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University

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equations above by substituting the secondone into the first one, we have y = λγ ' x + λς + ε = Πx + zThus, Π = λγ΄ and Cov(z ) = λλ 'ψ + Θ ε , where ψ = Var (ς ) and Θ ε is the diagonalcovariance matrix of ε . As one type of structural equation modeling method researchers have wheninvestigating multiple-group differences on a latent construct 5 , MIMIC modeling iscritical to validation research. It can be used to (a) fit a theoretical model to a set of datavia confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), thus assessing a test’s construct validity, (b)determine whether groups differ in terms of their latent variable means, and (c)investigate potential measurement

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The Critical First Year in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pilar Pazos, Northwestern University; Denise Drane, Northwestern University; Gregory Light, Northwestern University; Annette Munkeby, Northwestern University

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undergraduateengineering1, there has been less interest in the development of innovative study programsdevoted to increase performance and retention in Engineering.This paper reports on the impact of the Engineering Workshop Program (EWP), a problembased, peer-led and collaborative group study program offered to all first year engineeringstudents taking the Engineering Analysis (EA) sequence in the School of Engineering atNorthwestern University. A previous study on the EWP program from 2001 to 20032 found apositive impact of the program on the academic performance of women. In this initial study,female workshop participants were statistically significantly more likely to be awarded a gradeof B+ or better in 6 of 9 quarters than their female counterparts who did

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Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin; Tayo Oladunni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kenneth Reid

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(Larpkiataworn, 2003). Result of prediction Actual Persistence Status Not retained Retained Not Retained True (A) False (B) Retained False (C) True (D) Table 2. Example classification table. Note: A, B, C, D represent the numbers of observations within each classification. The overall prediction accuracy measures the fraction of accurate predictions within thetotal number of all observations. Its range is 0 to 1, and perfect score is 1, which corresponds Page

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Service Learning Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Maller, Purdue University; Tao Hong, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; Paul McDermott, University of Pennsylvania

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hasapplied cluster analytic techniques to derive normative typologies within the context ofservice-learning in engineering education area. Classification can provide critical insightinto the relationship between students’ perceptions of the program and other importantaspects of learning (e.g., academic achievement). Thus, profile analysis is useful for theEPICS program for at least two reasons: (a) for program evaluation to monitor howEPICS students perform on a variety of ABET criteria, and (b) to understand how EPICSstudents share common characteristics on ABET outcomes that may affect theireducational and professional experiences. By using the McDermott’s 12,13 three-stage cluster analysis strategy, the mainpurpose of current study was to

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Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erol Ozan, East Carolina University; Mohammad Tabrizi, East Carolina University; Karl Wuensch, East Carolina University; Shahnaz Aziz, East Carolina University; Masao Kishore, East Carolina University

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Dr. Tabrizi is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at East Carolina University. He received his Ph. D. degree in Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, his M.Sc. degree in Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, and his B. Sc. degree in Computer Science. His research interests include Modeling and Simulation, Computer Vision, Signal and Image Processing, Software Engineering, Internet and Multimedia, Software Process Modeling, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Computer Science Education.Karl Wuensch, East Carolina University Dr. Wuensch received his B.A. from Elmira College, M.A. from East Carolina University, and Ph.D. from Miami University. He is currently a professor and ECU

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Innovations in Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Cardella, Center for the Advancement of Scholarships on Engineering Education (CASEE); Cynthia Atman, University of Washington

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” indicate that theparticipant spent a relatively large amount of time in a particular design activity while skinnyticks indicate that the participant spent a brief amount of time in a particular design activitybefore transitioning to a different activity. By looking at students’ design processes depicted intimelines, we can see whether a student tended to transition frequently between design activities(as was the case with Senior A) or spend large amounts of time in an activity (as was the casewith Senior B and Freshman A). We can also note when (chronologically) a participant engagedin a particular design activity—for example, Senior A engaged in Gather Information morefrequently during the first thirty minutes of the design process, but did

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Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

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are now compiling concept inventoriesto be delivered and marked by OASIS. Such course concept inventories will make it possibleto track the level of student understanding through a course and to identify common studentmisconceptions, thus informing improvements to course design.References1. Hale, S.E., Report of the committee on university teaching method. 1964, HMSO: London.2. Robbins, L., Higher education. 1963, HMSO: London.3. Dill, D.D. and B. Sporn, The implications of a postindustrial environment for the university: An introduction, in Emerging patterns of social demand and university reform: Through a glass darkly, D.D. Dill and B. Sporn, Editors. 1995, Pergamon: Oxford. p. 1-19.4. Sporn, B., Adaptive

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The Critical First Year in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamie Medoff, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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experienceThe following results in this section were obtain from the The University of MarylandBaltimore County GK-12 Teaching Enhancement Partnership Project Final Evaluation Page 12.825.7Report (2002-2005).In all three years of the program, the survey focused on four key areas: A) Fellows’ skills improvement. B) K-12 students’ enriched learning C) Teachers’ professional development D) Strengthened university-community partnershipsFor the purpose of this study, the fellow’s skill improvement section was focused onbecause of how it identified with the fellows thoughts on skill development in careerrelated areas. Particularly, how the TEPP program

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Curricular Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Lynette Osborne, National Academy of Engineering; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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helpful in discussing network data analysis. We also thank Dr. NormanFortenberry, Director of the National Academy of Engineering’s Center for theAdvancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education, for his partnership in this project.The authors also thank the RREE Executive Committee members who participated in therevisions of the 2005 RREE: Robin Adams, George B. Forsythe, Frank Huband, MarciaMentkowksi, and Marilla Svinicki.References[1] Fincher, S. and R. Adams, "Interactive Session- Developing Engineering Education Research Questions: What Do They Look Like? How Do I Get One?," Proceedings, 2004 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference.[2] Griffin Jr., O. H., A. Aning, V. K. Lohani, J. M. Kampe, R. Goff, M

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Knowing Our Students, Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mica Hutchison, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

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: National Academies Press, 2007.4. Bandura, A., Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control, New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1997.5. Pajares, F., "Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Academic Settings," Review of Educational Research, Vol. 66, No. 4,1996, pp. 543-578.6. Lent, R. W., Brown, S. D., Schmidt, J., Brenner, B., Lyons, H. and Treistman, D., "Relation of ContextualSupports and Barriers to Choice Behavior in Engineering Majors: Test of Alternative Social Cognitive Models,"Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 50, No. 4, 2003, pp. 458-465.7. Schaefers, K. G., Epperson, D. L. and Nauta, M. M., "Women's Career Development: Can TheoreticallyDerived Variables Predict Persistence in Engineering Majors?," Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 44, 1997,pp

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Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Christine Co, Oklahoma State University; Bear Turner, Oklahoma State University

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nationally 21. The questions on the concept inventory were chosen by at least two faculty from each sub-area of electrical engineering to represent conceptual knowledge that (a) all students should know without review, and (b) represent fundamental concepts that are taught to all students in the program. • The student’s grade point average was included as an indicator of overall academic ability. GPA has been used as a means to easily distinguish between students in forming teams 22. • Students self reported effort in the course. At the end of the course a short survey asked students to estimate the average number of hours per week spent on the capstone course over the semester

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Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gretchen Molina, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Asmaa Idrisu, George Mason University; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Amelia Marian, West University of Timisoara

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Page 12.252.161 Richmond B., System Dynamics/Systems Thinking: Let's Just Get On With It. Delivered at the 1994International Systems Dynamics Conference in Sterling, Scotland2 Richmond B., System Dynamics/Systems Thinking: Let's Just Get On With It. Delivered at the 1994International Systems Dynamics Conference in Sterling, Scotland3 Sweeney, L.B, and Sterman, J.D. “Bathtub dynamics: initial results of a systems thinking inventory”,System Dynamics Review, Winter 16, No 4., 2000, pp. 249-286.17 Pala, Ö. and . Vennix, J. A. M. “Effect of system dynamics education on systems thinking inventory taskperformance”, System Dynamics Review, Volume 21, Issue 2, 2005. Pages 147-1724 Forrester, Jay W., 1961. Industrial dynamics, Waltham, MA: Pegasus

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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willSimilarly, Peterson Tires has received complaints hopefully be able to fix it before any more accidents occur. Individual QuestionsRead the Memo on the previous page individually. Answer the following questions individually.a. Why is reliability important? Besides recalls, what kinds of consequences could a company withreliability problems experience?b. Give two specific examples of products, other than those mentioned, where reliability is important.c. A "reliability curve" shows the total number of products that have failed versus time. Describe what thiscurve might look for a product such as tires. Problem

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New Models for Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malgorzata Zywno, Ryerson University; Mary Frances Stewart

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room and b) that while interactive multimedia helpedstudents with all modalities improve their scores, Active, Sensing and Global learners benefitedthe most. Other studies reached similar conclusions. For example, a study at the University ofTexas, where interactive online tutorials were used to support Mechanical Engineering labs, alsofound larger improvements among the sections with access to the tutorials8, as compared with thesections that did not use the tutorials. The study also found that Active and Sensing learnersbenefited more from the virtual labs than Visual learners did. These observations supportFelder’s assertion that Active, Sensing and Global learners are the main beneficiaries of ateaching style that includes a mix of

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Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Daniel Amos, University of Washington; Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington; Lari Garrison, University of Washington

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material existence that comes from earning an engineeringdegree. Our analysis of the meritocracy of difficulty view is that this has been cultivated in thesame void that produced the engineering as lifestyle view. Our reasoning is as follows: a)because engineering students don’t yet have solid images of the actual qualities that distinguishspecific engineering craft skills from other fields that would warrant a high salary andprofessional security, b) they must construct—as all people do as story-tellers and sense-makersabout their own lives—reasons for this expected future bounty. The belief they construct is c)because they work harder now, they deserve more later.Before proceeding with our analysis we want to offer one clarification on the use

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Knowing Our Students, Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ozgur Eris, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Camelia Rosca, Boston College; Larry Ludlow, Boston College; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Krista Donaldson, Stanford University

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AC 2007-2392: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF CORRELATES OFENGINEERING PERSISTENCE: RESULTS FROM A LONGITUDINAL STUDYOzgur Eris, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering OZGUR ERIS is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Design at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. His interests include engineering design theory, design cognition, and design informatics. He received a B.S. from the University of Washington, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. He has published on the role of inquiry in design, design knowledge and capture, and interdisciplinary aspects of creativity. He is the author of Effective Inquiry for Engineering Design, Kluwer, 2004

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Service Learning Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Lund, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

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AC 2007-2600: WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTFOR FRESHMAN ENGINEERSLaura Lund, University of PittsburghDan Budny, University of Pittsburgh Page 12.1606.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 What makes a successful Service Learning Project for Freshman EngineersAbstractService learning can be a valuable educational tool for freshman engineers which helps todevelop their sense of value and direction, teaches team dynamics and professionalcommunication skills, and engages the students in the community surrounding their university.A fundamental challenge in developing a successful and rewarding experience for

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New Models for Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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AC 2007-1680: TEACHING CHEMISTRY AS A CROSS-CULTURAL SUBJECT : IT& LINGUISTICSMargherita Landucci, Liceo Artistico StataleFabio Garganego, Municipality of Venice Page 12.1349.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Teaching Chemistry as a Cross-cultural Subject IT & LinguisticsAbstractThe main theme of this paper is the language of chemical formulae rather than the languagethat explains chemistry; the focus of our interest is the code used in writing chemicalformulae.The paper describes the nature and scope of a research project started by an out-of-schoolmultidisciplinary team who set up in 1993 and concluded

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Service Learning Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cher Cornett, East Tennessee State University

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AC 2007-2763: A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT IN DIGITAL MEDIADESIGNED TO DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL SKILLSCher Cornett, East Tennessee State University Cher Cornett, Associate Professor, is the Director of the Niswonger Digital Media Center at East Tennessee State University. She has worked professionally as a graphic designer and illustrator for over 25 years and has been involved in developing interactive multimedia products for over 16 years, including pioneering work in interactive instructional product design at Florida State University. Prior to coming to ETSU, she coordinated the Interactive Multimedia Masters Degree Program at Southern Illinois University; chaired the Graphic Arts Technology program