Conference Session

Educational Research

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gloria Starns, Iowa State University; Mathew Hagge, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

focused on developing a concept-based teaching method for his students. Page 14.1000.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Quantifying Learning Through the use of Mind Maps and Concept MapsConcept Maps, Learning, Cognitive ScienceAbstractIn this work mind maps and concept maps will be used to facilitate the process of learning byquantifying the ability of students to connect existing memories to new concepts. Researchfrom cognitive and neural science indicates that learning occurs through the repeated process ofstoring, retrieving, and connecting information.Aligning instruction

Conference Session

Student Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-1913: A PARADIGM FOR COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPT MAP-BASEDMODELING OF STUDENT KNOWLEDGERicky Castles, Virginia Tech Ricky T. Castles is a computer engineering PhD student. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering in 2003, earning Summa Cum Laude honors. He earned a Masters of Science degree in Computer Engineering in 2006 and a Masters of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering - human factors option in 2008. He anticipates completion of his PhD in 2009. His research interests include knowledge representation, physiological data modeling, mechatronics, and artificial intelligence.Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech VINOD K. LOHANI is an associate professor in

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IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

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Information Systems

AC 2009-1768: USABILITY ANALYSIS OF A CONCEPT-MAP USER INTERFACEFOR AN ON-LINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSusan Miertschin, University of HoustonCheryl Willis, University of Houston Page 14.1300.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Usability Analysis of a Concept Map User Interface for an Online Learning EnvironmentAbstractA concept map is a graphical representation of relationships among concepts.Construction of concept maps using modern concept mapping software has beensuggested as an active learning strategy with potential for improved learner outcomes,particularly among students native to a digital environment. In addition, modern

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International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of Technology; Chi-Cheng Chang, National Taipei University of Technology

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International

AC 2009-2534: STUDENTS’ LEARNING SATISFACTION AND PROGRESSTOWARD A NANOMETER COURSE, EMPLOYING A CONCEPT MAPPINGLEARNING WEB PLATFORMKuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of TechnologyChi-Cheng Chang, National Taipei University of Technology Page 14.1091.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Students’ Learning Satisfaction and Progress toward Nanometer Course Employing Concept Mapping Learning Web Platform (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Kuo-Hung Tseng , Chi-Cheng Chang , Mei-Wen Chao , Wen-Shung Tai & Yueh-Min Huang(1) (3) Graduate Institute

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Projects and Problems in First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-270: A LEGO ROBOT PROJECT USING CONCEPT MAPS ANDPEER-LED TEAMS FOR A FRESHMAN COURSE IN ENGINEERING ANDENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYMehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi Dr. Mehrubeoglu received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering, respectively, from Texas A&M University. After working as a research engineer and software engineer at Electroscientific Industries, where she developed new algorithms for machine vision problems, she joined Cyprus International University as the Chair of Department of Computer Engineering. After returning to Texas she

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint Moges, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; Victor Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Reddy Talusani, Houston Community College System

Technology – Computer Engineering Technology (CoT – CET) program at theUniversity of Houston has implemented an undergraduate peer mentoring model as part of anNSF-sponsored program (grant no. DUE 0737526) examining the impact of incorporatingconcept mapping and undergraduate mentors on student learning at the freshman and sophomorelevels. The training for this mentoring model has been adapted from a peer-led team learningprogram [1] and incorporates concept mapping as a primary pedagogical tool for increasingmentee understanding of key concepts. This paper discusses the details of the proceduresfollowed to develop and implement the program which includes the special training to mentorson CMAPS, assessment activities survey instruments and the

Conference Session

Assessing the Efficacy of Nontraditional Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharon deMonsabert, George Mason University; John Lanzarone, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Mico Miller, George Mason University; Barry Liner, George Mason University

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Continuing Professional Development

individuals. These and numerous sourcesalso discussed the benefits of experiential learning techniques when conveying entrepreneurship.Additionally, the development of a concept map – a graphical tool that can be used fororganizing and representing knowledge – was deemed a potentially useful tool in helping tovisualize and organize the concepts and relationships supporting entrepreneurial thought. Tofacilitate the development of the concept map the Cmap software tool developed at the FloridaInstitute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) was used. The concept map was used toidentify skills taught in the various courses in the Entrepreneurial Certificate Program and relatethem to the traits and skills associated with entrepreneurship.Concept maps are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Loren Limberis; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University

will be assessed using three methods: Concept MapAnalysis, Individual Course Content Mastery Analysis, and HPL Survey. A description andstatus of each technique is presented below. The assessment will also be used to review andevaluate effectiveness of each newly designed instructional unit at the mid-point of this project.Appropriate revisions will be made to all units and their assessments at this time.Concept Map Analysis Concept maps have been used for assessing a variety of outcomes in instruction sincethe early 1970s. More recent studies have shown that concept maps can be used for assessingdeclarative knowledge (‘knowing that’), procedural knowledge (‘knowing how’), and implicitknowledge.31-33 Because students develop domain

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; Mequanint Moges, University of Houston; Victor Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Reddy Talusani, Houston Community College System; Shruti Karulkar, University of Houston

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Educational Research and Methods

results of an NSF sponsored program to implement an undergraduatepeer-to-peer mentoring model using concept mapping at the College of Technology-ComputerEngineering Technology (CoT-CET) program of the University of Houston. Realizing thebenefits of combining peer-to-peer mentoring with the use of concept mapping as a learning tool,the CoT-CET program launched a pilot program in fall 2008 to its freshman course in order toimplement and assess the impact of incorporating the two models. The study compares skillsreported by the students at the beginning of the semester with those collected at the end of thesemester. It also presents the results of the performance achieved by the mentored students in thepilot group and the performance of students who

Conference Session

Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marlin Thomas, Air Force Institute of Technology

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Industrial Engineering

). Page 14.95.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A QRW Paradigm for the Industrial Engineering CurriculumAbstractIndustrial engineers need to have a thorough understanding of how product and service qualityare influenced through their design and development, production, and acceptance by customers.This paper proposes a core course for the basic curriculum that provides a modern broad view ofquality as a vector of attributes that includes reliability and warranty concepts and methods. Anotional course is developed by integrating topics from current courses using concept mapping toconstruct a platform that can be used to build and reinforce quality throughout the curriculum.1. IntroductionQuality is much more broadly

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Walchko, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

discipline. Darmofal, Soderholm, andBrodeur applied concept maps and concept questioning to enhance conceptual understanding inaeronautics and astronautics courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology5. Yap andWong assessed conceptual learning at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 6.Brodeur, Young, and Blair utilized problem based learning as a form of conceptual learning inthe aeronautics and astronautics curriculum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology7. This paper presents a methodology for instruction and testing in an engineering course based Page 14.908.2on conceptual learning techniques. The examinations within an

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Marilyn Fowler, Austin Children's Museum; Christina Soontornvat, Austin Children's Museum; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Understanding the Effects: What Happens When the “New” Wears Off in Teacher Training” Proceedings of 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008.iii Kolb, D.A., Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. 1984, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall Inc, 1984.iv Bloom, B, Mesia, B., and Krathwohl, D., Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: David McKay, 1964.v Austin Children’s Museum, www.austinkids.org accessed on January 6, 2009.vi Kao, G., Lin, S., and Sun, C., Breaking Concept Boundaries to Enhance Creative Potential: Using Integrated Concept Maps for Conceptual Self-Awareness. Computers & Education. December 01, 2008;51(4

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Regina Nelson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical

includesome qualitative elements. Page 14.361.9Quantitative thinking revolves around relationships and measurements. Presentation tools thatshape this focus include models, simulations, graphs, diagrams, and concept maps. Whenappropriate, mathematical expressions, including integrals and derivatives, are used in contentpresentation. Given the breadth of the topics that must be covered in a BME physiology courseand the limited depth at which these topics can be explored, advanced mathematical expressionsare not always the best tools. It is important, though, to establish a framework on which amathematical expression can always be built. Understanding

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University

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Computers in Education

engineering course, including the capstone senior design course, other core courses, and technical electives. The differences in hours reported were statistically significant and dramatic. The average time invested in numerical methods was 35% higher than the next highest course. It was twice the average of all other courses. Details are published in Coller Page 14.844.5 & Scott3.• Finding #2: Students taking the game-based numerical methods cours appear to learn the material more deeply than students taking traditional textbook-based numerical methods courses. Using a concept mapping technique, we3 compared the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jin-Hwan Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

. The UC PFF program consists ofthree one-hour courses and a mentored teaching component. The first course, in the WinterQuarter, provides information on basic effective teaching techniques for engineering, includingKolb learning styles, and how to organize a course. In addition, cultural differences anddiversity are discussed in the context of science and engineering classes. The advanced teachingclass in Spring Quarter emphasizes advanced pedagogical techniques including Bloom'staxonomy, concept maps, project and team management for developing leadership skills,teaching evaluations, proposal writing, and mentoring and being mentored. ABET engineeringcriteria a-k are applied to syllabus development, and students hold a mock NSF review

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University; Gene Liao, Wayne State University; Darin Ellis, Wayne State University; Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University; Shlomo Sawilowsky, Wayne State University

workshops to a limited number of faculty from non-partner institutions. Interestedfaculty will be brought in for training to familiarize them more intimately with our work to trainthem in the curriculum writing and concept mapping procedures appropriate for adapting andimplementing this approach at their respective institutions. The workshops will be modeled afterABET accreditation workshops. Participants will be recruited nationwide through avenues suchas professional organizations like SME, ASEE, IIE or ASME, and through email lists theymaintain to which the investigators subscribe.AcknowledgementThe work described in this paper is supported by the National Science Foundation CCLIProgram under grant number DUE-0817391

Conference Session

Student Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Educational Research and Methods

retention has been noted, termed “teaching style” bysome(2) and “teaching method”(3) by others. Specifically, the effect of problem-based learning(PBL) and the use of concept maps have both been found to have a positive effect on knowledgeretention.(4-8) Additionally, researchers have found that the extent of reinforcement and follow-upprograms are very important,(9,10) and the extent of coursework(11) has been found to have apositive effect on knowledge retention. Even the type of sleep (slow-wave sleep vs. rapid eyemovement sleep) one gets has been shown to be important!(12)Few researchers have reported on the retention of knowledge or concepts from material learnedin engineering courses. For better or worse, calls for reform in engineering

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Driss Benhaddou, University of Houston; Alan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

.[2] Michael Auer, Doru Ursutiu, Andreas Pester, and Cornel Samoila. Distributed virtual and remote labs in engineering. International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2003.[3] F. Baumgartner, T. Braun, E. Kurt, and A. Weyland. Virtual routers: a tool for networking research and education. Computer Communication Review, 33(3):127–135, 2003.[4] Beverly Bell. formative assessment and science education. Kluwer Academic, 2001.[5] D. Benhaddou, D. Gurkan, H. Kodali, E. McKenna, A. Mickelson, and F. Barnes. Online laboratory for optical circuits courses: Effective concept mapping. Proceedings of the 2006 Gulf–Southwest Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, 2006

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Best Practices in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Daniel Ludwigsen, Kettering University

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Industrial Engineering

willaid students by modeling the methodology used by experts to research, prepare and present ideaswith the goal of life-long-learning and expanded interest in related subjects. This methodologyis described to students in eleven steps, given in Table 1.Table 1. CITIES Methodology CITIES* Beyond the Classroom – Integrating and Communicating KnowledgeGathering and Assembling Knowledge1. Summarize the topic. Review the topic from classroom materials, and bring out the key ideas and elements in a concept map, outline, or other appropriate summary.2. Brainstorm applications. Consider applications where these key elements might impact industry. This will help you

Conference Session

Integrating Design into the BME Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Chris Yoder, University of Pittsburgh; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

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Biomedical

bioengineering educationcommunity with a methodology for analyzing team effectiveness and accomplishments.6.0 AcknowledgementThis research is funded by NSF CBET-0602592 Collaborative Research: The BME-IDEACompetition, Assessing Innovative Design in Biomedical Engineering Education with additionalsupport for the BME-Idea competition provided by The Lemelson Foundation.References1. Novak, Joseph D. and Gowin, Dixie B. (1984). Learning How to Learn. United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press.2. Besterfield-Sacre, M., J. Gerchak, M. Lyons, L.J. Shuman, and H. Wolfe, “Scoring Concept Maps: Development of an Integrated Rubric for Assessing Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, 93(2), April 2004, pp. 105 – 116.3. Golish, B

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Murali Krishnamurthi, Northern Illinois University

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Liberal Education

following scaffolds in his courses:≠ Developed a brief handout on the literature review process and discussed it in class.≠ Modeled in class the process of finding literature quickly on a particular topic using engineering databases compared to sorting through thousands of links found on the web.≠ Provided a sample analysis of literature collected for a research topic in engineering to illustrate how the review could be organized and presented.≠ Required students to create an account on a social bookmarking tool such as del.icio.us or Scholar, and use it for literature review purposes.≠ Required students to prepare a Venn diagram or concept map to focus their literature search and present the analysis of the literature in the form of a

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 14.476.12 http://www.abet.org/forms.shtml#For_Engineering_Programs_Only, accessed 10/22/07. 1110. Spector, J.M.: A methodology for assessing learning in complex and ill-structured task domains, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 43(2):109-120, 2006.11. Walker, J.T., King, P.H.: Concept Mapping as a Form of Student Assessment and Instruction, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, June 16-19, 2002.12. Bryson, C., Hand, L.: The Role of Engagement in Inspiring Teaching and Learning, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 44(4):349-362, 2007.13. Jackson, N.: Developing the Concept

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Using Technology to Enhance Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

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Educational Research and Methods

concept maps in teaching organic chemical reactions. Acta Chim. Slov., 2005. 52: p. 471-477.17. Henderson, C., Yerushalmi, E.; Kuo, V. H.; Heller, K.; Heller, P., Physics faculty beliefs and values about the teaching and learning of problem solving. II. Procedures for measurement and analysis. Phys. Rev. Spec. Top. Phys. Educ. Res., 2007. 3: p. 020110. Page 14.222.16

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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Biological & Agricultural