Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of Southern California; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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International

discussions, because the instructor was better informed of students' learning needs.  The instructor devoted attentions to those content slides that most students feel "more painful" during content lectures. The instructor also reviewed students’ entries on the Discussion Board to prepare for what questions to ask and what problems to exercise for these painful slides/concepts.2) The in-class discussion materials, which were posted on the learning management system 24 hours before the weekly lecture time, included further explanations of difficult contents, reflections of important concepts, problem solving examples, and interactive questions/answers.3) The entire 2-hour class time was devoted to the in-class discussion

Conference Session

Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) and software (Windows,Linux, iOS, Android, etc.) platforms of their choice to virtually situate users at the LEWAS fieldsite. As part of this Work-in-Progress, the PIRMS is being applied to water sustainabilityeducation at multiple undergraduate levels. Initial results and a demonstration of the PIRMS willbe given in the presentation.AcknowledgementThis work has been supported by NSF/TUES type I grant (award# 1140467). Any opinions,finding, and conclusion or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the author (s)and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. National Research Council, 2012. Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences. Washington

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cary David Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

teachingexperience, including use of writing in courses, 3) evaluation of quality of the writing activities,4) reflections on the instructional experience, and 5) impressions of the student experience.Student Writing Assessment: To perform controlled tests on the efficacy of our exercises, wewill divide the large classes into two groups, determined according to course section, one ofwhich will receive the exercises and one that will not. The assessments will include pre- andpost- tests of student writing abilities, such as writing a paragraph to explain a graph. However,the specific assessment will clearly target the element of writing that we believe the implementedwriting exercises address (e.g. organization, paragraph composition, etc.).Student Technical

Conference Session

WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cate Samuelson, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Candice L. Staples, University of Maryland; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

contends thatmost departures are voluntary and reflect the degree to which an individual’s experiences serveto integrate him/her into the social and intellectual life of the institution.12, 13 While academicintegration is the extent to which a student exhibits a commitment to and engagement inacademic activities, social integration refers to the extent to which a student engages in socialactivities.13, 14 Generally speaking, the more satisfying a student finds his/her social andacademic experiences, the more likely he/she is to integrate into both social and academicaspects of campus life and persist to degree completion.12 When an absence of integration exists,this is likely due to incongruence (lack of institutional fit) and/or isolation

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.References 1. Assessing Performance: Designing, Scoring, and Validating Performance Tasks, Robert Johnson, James Penny, and Belita Gordon, The Guilford Press, New York, NY, 2009. 2. Zhang M., Ater Kranov A., Pedrow P., Beyerlein S., McCormack J., and Schmeckpeper E. “A Direct Method for Teaching and Measuring Engineering Professional Skills: A Validity Study for the National Science Foundation’s Research in Evaluation of Engineering and Science Education”, Proceedings of the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 26-29, 2011. 3. McCormack, J., Ater Kranov, A., Beyerlein, S., Pedrow, P., Schmeckpeper, E., “Methods

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey T. Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

each case to begrouped or clustered. The techniques then use one of the methods above, as reflected in differentsorting algorithms, to generate one or more clusters of related cases. It is used across many fieldsincluding education, engineering, and life, social, and physical sciences12,13,35,36 for manypurposes including verifying underlying group structures or as exploratory and data-miningmethods. This study applies a k-means cluster analysis, a well-established technique previouslyused in engineering education research, to identify clusters of institutions with different profilesthat have a greater or fewer number of family-related benefits. Past studies in engineeringeducation research have used k-means to develop skill and ability

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Amy Rigby, www.amywriting.com; Maureen Milch, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

for improving the overall effectiveness ofthe IPPD Program in meeting educational goals and for maintaining long-lasting relationshipswith sponsoring companies. Students have always been a central stakeholder, yet no professionalpractice guide had ever been provided as a reference for effective interactions with IPPD. A Page 24.1240.4guide was needed to span the IPPD interactions inside and outside the classroom, such as Louinotes in student reflections, a student “would be a professional “both on and off the clock”because being a professional is integral to a person’s identity”11.Streamline procedural, professional, and legal information into

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youyi Bi, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University; Tahira N. Reid, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

researchers arestarting to apply eye tracking technology in studying people’s problem solving process; e.g.,Madsen’s study of visual attention in physics problem solving [52].Madsen showed that when solving physics problems, both top-down and bottom-up processesare involved. The top-down processes are internal and determined by one’s prior knowledge andgoals. The bottom-up processes are external and determined by features of the visual stimulisuch as color and luminance contrast. Madsen’s study assumed that eye movements reflect aperson’s moment-to-moment cognitive processes, providing a window into one’s thinking. In aprevious study, the way correct and incorrect solvers viewed relevant and novice-like elements ina physics problem diagram were

Conference Session

FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wallace Martindell Catanach III, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christopher Stephen Smith, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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First-Year Programs

were reading thechallenge to design a rake for a one-handed person, they were going through the needs of theuser and the process intuitively. However, this was difficult because they had to keep remindingthemselves that the rake was for one hand. “You have to put yourself in the mindset…one hand,one hand.” A female student shared that she experienced doing a project in high school thatinvolved using the engineering process and a male student agreed. However, they did not knowthey were actually using the engineering design process until they reflected upon this in this firstyear college course.Regarding how this project was most helpful to your learning, the project and the class in generalgave the students more confidence. “I learned how to

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

no longer ignore these interdisciplinaryaspects of education. They are definitely not peripheral; they are central to the educationalneeds of many engineers…the Goals Report, in its adherence to orthodoxy, does not dealeffectively with these emerging domains that embody many of the dominant engineeringchallenges of the future.” Government representatives emphasized the social role of engineeringin policy: “To put it bluntly, I see little in the Goals Report that reflects the current and growingrequirements of the nation or of the world for engineering talent. I see little that relates suchsocial requirements back into the requirements of the educational system.”The definition of engineering that emerges from that meeting has a dialectic

Conference Session

Enhancing the Underrepresented Student Experience

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari L. Jordan, Ohio State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Johnson, LeTourneau University; Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University; Lauren Elise Gentry, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

to constantly evaluate all aspects of the program and determine what is working and what may need to be adjusted.Finally, a PM program needs to build momentum. Immediate results may not be realized and thisprogram even suffered in recruiting PM’s the first two years as many potential candidates did notrealize the benefit the program provided to the school or the avenues it provided for leadershipand social development.AcknowledgementThe project, entitled First-Year Initiatives for Retention Enhancement (FIRE), is supportedby the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0969382. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eli M. Silk, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Seda Yilmaz, Iowa State University; Meisha Nicole Berg, Iowa State University

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Design in Engineering Education

Conference Session

Teaching Approaches for Ethics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory A. Rulifson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Whitney Thomas, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Ethics