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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gabriel Parmer; Rahul Simha; Chris Toombs; Poorvi Vora; Timothy Wood

2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWUwith their results. A key component of any senior design course is that students enhance theirability to learn and apply computer science concepts independently.Road show. Finally, the “road show” phase focuses on presenting the project in a number ofmediums and venues. This includes posters presented at an end-of-year CS showcase and forparents leading up to graduation; and a final, eight minute presentation of their project to a broadaudience (we invite other faculty, alumni, and all CS students) with an emphasis on giving ahigh-level motivation and description of what was accomplished. Throughout the year, weschedule practice presentations for the students all with the aim of culminating

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ralph C. Tillinghast; Edward A. Petersen

and best practices for other STEM stakeholders. Beyond just documenting practices,studies and research have been completed 6, 8 and are currently being conducted on the value ofadditional outreach programs to ensure that the organization’s efforts are effective and targetedat the correct age ranges. viii. Teacher TrainingRepeated reference has been made to the importance of the teacher in STEM education. Rapidlychanging technologies and communications systems make it difficult for classroom teachers toremain current. Time and financial restrictions do not allow them to repeatedly take advantageof sabbaticals or leaves of absence for retraining. Whenever possible, education outreachproviders should make serious efforts to bring the

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Oludare Owolabi

-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWUThe impact of the discussion forum in forcing the students to further do a research on the conceptcannot be overemphasized. The following threads generated by the students in response to adiscussion forum about equilibrium and moderated by the instructor demonstrate how students areable to apply the concepts to real life situation.Discussion Question: Why is an acrobat dancer able to balance on one of his hand?Student A Response:“Well it requires a lot of strength to be able to hold yourself with two arms let alone one arm. Alsoit requires a great amount of balance, so the two key factors are strength and balance. It just takesa lot of practice, training, balance, and technique to be able to do a one

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

AB Shafaye; Rafic Bachnak

-tutoring, have been identified as high impact activities that improve studentretention and success. This paper describes a successful internship program that has been inplace for several years at Penn State Harrisburg. Survey results show that the program is helpingstudents increase their abilities to succeed after graduation.I. IntroductionScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is crucial to innovation,progress, and national competitiveness. A major concern, however, is that success rates in U.S.colleges and universities are still low. The National first- to second-year retention rate in 4-yearpublic institutions averages 65.6% and the mean for the National 5-year graduation rate of 4-yearpublic institutions is 37.9