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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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

Teaching Design Thinking, Writing, and Oral Presentation: Lessons Learned from the Computer Science Senior Design Course at GW Gabriel Parmer, Rahul Simha, Chris Toombs, Poorvi Vora & Timothy Wood Department of Computer Science The George Washington University Washington DC 20052 {gparmer,simha,cctoombs,poorvi,timwood} @ gwu.eduAbstractComputer science students in the B.S. program at George Washington University take an 8-credit one-year course sequence in senior design during which students must demonstrateworking software containing a significant algorithmic

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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JERRY-DARYL FLETCHER; LeeRoy Bronner; Yacob Astatke; Odesma Dalrymple

understanding of the teaching environment, including the actors and their associatedroles.As displayed in Fig. 1, the main actors in the current instructional environment are, in noparticular order, the students, the professors, the department chairs, the academic deans, theaccreditation bodies, the students’ employers and the university’s administration and HumanResource Department. The teachers create instruction that is provided to students. Instructionaldevelopment is the process by which instruction is developed to meet a set of criteria. As shownin Fig. 1, the instruction developed by teachers is evaluated by students, academic peers,department chairs, industry and accreditation bodies. Although instructional development forteachers has become an

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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George Tremberger; Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala; Rex Taibu; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

setting, Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWUan attempt to improve retention was implemented with the hypothesis that learning motivationnot properly developed in high school years could be triggered by requiring students to learnabout the relationships between science, technology and society and that the knowledge learnedis measurable in terms of student deliverables. A 2016 report found that peer excellence couldbe a risk factor for discouragement and quitting, and a professor promoting learning motivationwould need to be prepared to alleviate the presence of peer excellence pressure in the classroom6 .II. Technology and PhysicsProgress in physics requires the material advancement in lab equipment such

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Eileen Haase PhD; Harry Goldberg

Molecules and Cells: a model for addressing the needs of students with varied backgrounds and diverse learning styles Eileen Haase and Harry Goldberg Johns Hopkins University Department of Biomedical EngineeringAbstractStudents in “Molecules and Cells” completed a survey to assess their learning preferences.Almost two-thirds of the students were multimodal, learning through a combination of visual,aural, read/write, or kinesthetic modes. This supported our view that a diverse learningenvironment with a variety of learning modalities would make a significant contribution to thestudents’ understanding and retention of the material. These methods included: lectures withclass

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Lance Hoffman; Rachelle Heller; Costis Toregas

cyberlegislation currently proposed and under discussion. The course grooms GW'sCyberCorps students to succeed by developing their technical, analytical,managerial, presentation, and writing skills with regard to cybersecurity issues.The course also provides a baseline of relevant federal policies and mandates andgives an informed picture of federal government roles, responsibilities, andprocesses in cyber security. It reviews basics of the U.S. Constitution and law andsteeps students in the CSIA elements necessary to planning federal computersystems within a framework that is cognizant of privacy, cost, risk, civil liberties,and public acceptance. It routinely discusses contemporaneous speeches, reports,guides and laws that are shaping how the government

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ralph C. Tillinghast; Edward A. Petersen

school today?” during dinner tableconversation yields the standard response, “nothing.” Summer programs also open theopportunity to involve multi generations in an attempt reach students through their peers andfamily members. Some work on Family Engineering outreach has been documented14 in an effortto create a stronger link between parents and future STEM students. To further expand in thisarea the STEM office developed a workshop and lecture series that has been conducted in thestates library network. The lecture series in particular reached a very diverse age range, allowing Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWUthe program to inspire children, their parents and grandparents about the importance of

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jeffrey Birou; Alistar Erickson-Ludwig; Mira Olson; Kevin Scoles

 outside of the University. Finally, as part of this program, students are also provided the opportunity to attend conferences and limited funding is available for students who want to pursue unpaid research opportunities or international internships.   In the 2015­2016 academic year the program touches approximately 125 students. Of that, about 75 students are named Peck Scholars. About 30 of those students serve as direct mentors to 50 first year engineers. Since 2012, when data collection began, students who are named Peck Scholars show a 100% retention rate at Drexel University and a GPA higher than non participants. Program participants show higher retention rates and GPAs than non­participants, which is likely due to the mix of peer