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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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William L. Cleghorn; Hapreet Dhariwal

images can be much larger and more suitable for large classes.(iv) Other media, such as video, may be incorporated to support presentations, and there is no need to employ separate equipment.(v) One can more easily overlay annotations on prepared images.(vi) The instructor may remain facing the students, allowing more effective presentations without the instructor having to turn away for writing.(vii) It is not essential for the instructor to remain front and centre in the classroom. Students may concentrate on the material being presented on the projection screen, while the lecturer is off to one side.Prior to lectures, files of illustrations to be covered are posted on the course management system(Blackboard) website

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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Steve Klosterman; Simon Pitts; Steven McGonagle; Carey Rappaport

over 20 industry partners who provide a core group of students,referred to as candidates and typically engineers early in their careers, vetted by company-specific talent review processes to participate. The diversity of companies, engineeringdisciplines and experience represented by the members of this cohort add cross-cultural richness,facilitating opportunities for peer learning. In addition, the tight integration with companies,accentuated via the Challenge Project (covered later), ensures that both the program and facultystay attuned to current industry concerns, practices, trends and needs.The cohort meets regularly as a group, in classroom and laboratory scenarios, share a joint studyarea, participate in multiple team projects and

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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Sigrid Berka

inbuilt incentives like the faculty-led German Study Tour keep students enthusiastic aboutgiving it all, make them study harder than their engineering peers in the regular curriculum, andgenerate a feeling of belonging to a special group. It raises their slef-confidence and self-efficacy to stay on top of a demanding curriculum. During the study-tour, students can readilyapproach the two faculty leaders and explore the two contexts they are majoring in together,German history and culture and German engineering culture. According to Vogt [5] facultydistance or aloofness lowers self-efficacy, academic confidence and GPA, while academicintegration and faculty approachability has a positive effect on effort, confidence, and criticalthinking. It also

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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S Claudina Vargas

introduction to basicrocket science.The DAE curriculum project follows a language-infused STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics) – STEM-L - curriculum approach in order to promotedeeper learning, steering students away from memorization and towards the internalizationof concepts and ideas. The language-infused DAE curriculum project focuses on theprocess (the learning environment or classroom) and engages the students actively inbuilding their own understanding and knowledge. The students are the main agents in theprocess of discovery and learning. They are immersed in the process of exploring andrefining their mental models about rocket science, research, and experimentation. Peer-assistance and team work are integral components of