downloaded datasets compiled from Survey Monkey were further analyzed to address theevaluation questions in the current report using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences(SPSS) version 21.Sources of criterion references used in the current evaluation are from (a) project expectationsand objectives cited in the proposal to NASA dated 2010; (b) two science teaching status reportsavailable online. These latter reports--“The Status of Secondary Earth Science Teaching” dated2002 but based on data from the 2000 National Survey conducted by Horizon Research for theNational Science Foundation (NSF) 8 and reports published by the Texas Education Agency(TEA) in May 2012 9 describing demographics and teaching experience of science teachersStatewide
still students (53% of responses) andthose who already graduated (47% of responses). Figure 3b illustrates that the participants aredistributed in wide-range of industries from aerospace to research and development. That is, theskills attained from the new course redesign can be assessed from academic and industrialperspectives. Page 26.1102.7 6 Figure 3: Percentage of (a) student and graduates; and (b) industry sector.Table 1 shows the survey questions, where each participant were asked to rate (on the scale 1 to5, where 1 represented “not well” and 5 indicated “extremely well”) the
Paper ID #12651The Management Tree of Life - An Aid for Undergraduate Engineers toStructure Management ThinkingDr. William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University Dr. William J. Schell holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering – Engineering Management from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and M.S. and B.S. degrees in Industrial and Management Engineering (IME) from Montana State University (MSU). He is an Assistant Professor in IME at MSU with research interests in engineering education and the role of leadership and culture in process im- provement. Prior to his academic career, he spent 14 years in
Francisco, CA.9. Banta, T. 2007. Assessing Student Learning in the Disciplines. Jossey-Bass. San Francisco, CA.10. Banta, T. 2004. Hallmarks of Effective Outcomes Assessment. Jossey-Bass. San Francisco, CA.11. Maki, P. L. 2004. Assessment for Learning. Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution. Stylus Publishing. Sterling, VA.12. Maki, P. L. 2002. Developing an Assessment Plan to Learn About Student Learning. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 28(1): 8–13.13. Walvoord, B. E. 2004. Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education. Jossey-Bass. San Francisco, CA.14. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. 2012. 21st Century Skills Framework. Available
(Co-PI), Gavrin(Co-PI), Marrs (Co-PI),Mzumara(Co-PI), “Central Indiana STEM Talent Expansion Program”, January, 2011 3. Dewey, John. 1938/1963. Experience & Education, Collier Books, New York.. 4. Kolb, David. 1984. Experiential Learning: experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. 5. Kayes, A. B., Kayes, D. C., & Kolb, D. A. 2005. Experiential learning in teams. Simulation & Gaming, 36(3), 330-354. 6. IUPUI ET Students, “SiPP Student Essay”, July, 2012, July 2013, July 2014 Page 26.1441.8
Paper ID #11232Systems Engineering Approach in Aircraft Design Education; Techniquesand ChallengesProf. Mohammad Sadraey, Daniel Webster College Mohammad H. Sadraey is an Associate Professor in the Engineering School at the Daniel Webster Col- lege, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA. Dr. Sadraey’s main research interests are in aircraft design tech- niques, and design and automatic control of unmanned aircraft. He received his MSc. in Aerospace Engineering in 1995 from RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, and his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas, Kansas, USA. Dr. Sadraey is a senior member of the American
initiatives, and PhD Completion in Panama, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and schools across the United States. Tull is on the board of advisors for the PNW-COSMOS Alliance to increase the number of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students who complete STEM graduate programs, and is a speaker on ”GRADLab” tour with the National GEM Consortium, giving talks across the US each Saturday morning during the Fall. Tull researched speech technology as former member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has co-authored several publications on achievement in STEM fields, and is a mentoring consultant for Purdue, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and MIT. She co-leads the ”ADVANCE His- panic Women in
. College composition and communication, 122-128 (1977).15 Emig, J. Writing as a Mode of Learning. Landmark Essays on Writing Across the Curriculum, 89-96 (1994).16 Galbraith, D. Writing about what we know: Generating ideas in writing. Sage handbook of writing development, 48-64 (2009).17 Oatley, K. & Djikic, M. Writing as thinking. Review of General Psychology 12, 9 (2008).18 Ong, W. J. Orality and literacy: The technologizing of the word. (Routledge, 2012).19 Klein, P. D. & Yu, A. Best practices in writing to learn. Best practices in writing to learn (2nd ed.), The Guilford Press, New York, 166-189 (2013).20 Bangert-Drowns, R. L., Hurley, M. M. & Wilkinson, B. The Effects of School-Based
examination from the section administered with miniproject and section without project were also compared. The result of the in-class surveypresented a strong positive response while the final examination score between the projectimplemented and non-implemented sections did not show significant differences. A longer trialperiod and more data collection are expected in the near future to investigate the efficacy of the“virtual” hands-on experience in dynamics via Virtual mechanical Laboratory. Also as a finalpoint, the mechanics of material module is under construction and to be tested in fall 2015. Page 26.536.139. References 1. Coller, B. D., “An
direct-pathway and returning engineering graduate students. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, GA.11. Mosyjowski, E. A., Daly, S.R., Peters D.L., Skerlos, S.J., & Baker, A. B. (2014). The PhD advising relationship: Needs of returning and direct-pathway students. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN. Page 26.859.7
of questions in the study related to engineers’ leadership, teaching, and mentoringskills before starting their engagement in this program and again directly after their involvementin the family science event (see Tables 2a and b). Data from the pre- and post-surveycomparisons are described here. While, in general engineers had pretty optimistic and positiveimpressions about how their skills would relate to design challenges with elementary schoolchildren and their families, a number of items stand out as being enhanced by the participation inthe program. For instance, most engineers agreed that at the outset they were fairly effective atteaching difficult concepts to non-technical people (58%). However after their experience in thefamily
Attitude towards Interdisciplinary Teamwork-A Attitude towards Interdisciplinary Teamwork-B Teacher Self-Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) – Survey 1 Teacher Self-Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) – Survey 2 Last day of the 5th Teacher Self-Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) – Survey 2 week of the after- Attitude towards Interdisciplinary Teamwork-A school program, 1 week after the Teacher Self-Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) – Survey 2 finishing date of Attitude towards Interdisciplinary Teamwork-A the after-school program implementation
appropriate to serviceprocess.One of the key aims of six sigma is the recognition of relevant problems aligned with acompany strategy and that are relevant to achieve its mission. The general problems relatedwith internal issues like defects and waste to achieve product quality and time delivery.On the other hand, the relevant objectives of service sectors are customer satisfaction andloyalty. Due to the different goals on manufacturing and service sectors, procedures torecognize problems in service industries toned to be developed.This piece of work proposes a toolkit to support the recognition of projects from a differentperspective. It proposes the use of different service quality models aimed to serviceorganizations to integrate customer
voxels (indicated in pink) and Figure 2(b) provides the sections thathave wall thickness more than five voxels. (a) (b)Figure 2. Thin Section analysis indicating fill regions more than (a) four voxels (b) five voxelsHands-on Physical Laboratory ExperimentsIn order to augment and enhance the learning process, a hands-on experiment is conducted forsand casting of a specific pattern. The laboratory experiment is conducted in the Metal Shop.Students have the chance to observe the actual sand casting process, participate in the moldmaking. The laboratory set-up is provided in Figures 3 and 4. Figure 3 depicts the bottom board,pattern board, cope and drag part of the flask while Figure 4
-elements pertaining to the cover lettercompleteness, report sections, headings, figure and table labels, and appendices. In the proposedrubric, many of these elements were separated, creating a longer rubric, but one with more directitems.The proposed rubric that was developed to address these issues is shown in Appendix B. First, itshould be noted that neither the original nor the proposed rubrics are true rubrics, in that neithergives discrete definitions for each level of each criteria. It was considered in the proposed rubricto provide descriptions for each level of each criterion, but when this was done, it created adocument which was not user-friendly in that it was textually overwhelming. Because of this, areduced or anchored rubric was
., courses targeting students involved in full-time internships).b) Hybrid Courses; Our hybrid platform focus should be: Page 26.163.8 “3+1” courses - 4 credit courses where 3 credits are offered on ground with a 1-credit “between class” online component. Courses where the online component is synchronous, or broken into small groups meeting synchronously, allowing students to express themselves online. Courses where the online component is asynchronous should provide a justification and design based on course content for the substitution of online for on-ground sessions.Recommendation 1d: The Task Force recommends
publishing in a particular journal does not automatically make that journal agood candidate for purchase. This research does, however, give us a starting place and helps usto understand our faculty’s research output and areas for development of the collection, andcreates opportunities for feedback and conversations with faculty to hear their opinions andneeds in terms of research resources.AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to thank April Colosimo and Giovanna Badia for their helpful comments on thedraft of this paper.Bibliography 1. Young, B. (2014). What do engineering researchers cite? A citation analysis study of sixteen engineering journals. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, (75). http://dx.doi.org/10.5062
significant.Table 2: The number of quiz grades turned in for re-grade based on the average quiz gradebefore the re-grade. The ± represent 95% confidence intervals. Average Initial # of quizzes turned in for re-grade Quiz Grade 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 average A 3 (18%) 4 (23%) 0 4 (23%) 2 (12%) 3 (18%) 1 (6%) 2.6 ± 1.0 B 3 (11%) 2 (7%) 4 (14%) 6 (22%) 9 (32%) 4 (14%) 0 3.0 ± 0.6 C 1 (7%) 1(7%) 0 0 5 (38%) 2 (15%) 5 (38%) 4.4 ± 1.1 D 0 0 2 (40%) 0 1 (20%) 1 (20%) 1 (20%) 3.9 ± 2.2Question #2: What are the reason students
building, the James B. Hunt Jr. Library. At this stage of the process,space- and service-model planning was initiated and in support of this work, various user studieswere undertaken. These studies, which were conducted up until the last months before thebuilding opened in January 2013, helped to answer planning questions, as well as build supportand awareness of the library among faculty and students.1 After the building opened, it quicklybecame apparent that assessment of the effectiveness of the new spaces and the service modelwas needed and as a result, more studies were initiated. The resulting body of five years ofresearch provides many practical insights into the needs and preferences of Hunt Library users.The Hunt Library is situated on
Learning Styles, P. Suarez and G. Suarez, Eds., ed Nashville, Tennessee: B&H Publishing Group, 2006, pp. 56-68.[12] N. A. Harrington, "What Is the Socratic Method?," Classical Homeschooling Magazine, 2000. Page 26.961.12Appendix A-1: Student Interview Protocol1. Icebreaker Let’s start by talking a bit about you. How many brothers and sisters do you have? What kinds of things are they interested in? NOTE: These are intended as warm up questions, just to get the interview underway, and can be followed up with a few other “small talk” questions, like “What kinds of things are your friends
disposability, environmental compliance, and others. Arrow B depictsrequirements and design criteria being imposed on the design team and Arrow D indicate theteams contributed synthesis effort where need, functions, and requirements are the overarchingconsideration (Arrow C).Design Synthesis (Block 4). To design is to project and propose what might be. Designsynthesis is a creative activity that relies on the knowledge of experts about the state of the art aswell as the state of technology. From this knowledge, a number of feasible design alternativesare fashioned and presented for analysis. Depending upon the phase of the product life cycle, thesynthesis can be in conceptual, preliminary, or in detailed form.The candidate design is driven by both a
obstacles. Forobstacle detection, sensors such as ADS-B transponders, laser scanners, camera, and sonars arebeing used9, 10, 11, 12. The students have developed and implemented collision and obstacleavoidance algorithm on flight computer and have tested it in simulation.Students from Aerospace Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and ComputerScience Departments have been working on this element of the project. Figures 2 and 3 show thetwo airplanes being used for the project. Figure 2: Sig Kadet Senior Airplane Figure 3: 8′ Telemaster AirplaneFigure 2 shows the Sig Kadet Senior airplane in the flight range with a water bottle that serves asa rescue package
Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2011, 511-517. doi:10.1109/EDUCON.2011.57731844. Archer, L., DeWitt, J., Osborne, J., Dillon, J., Willis, B., & Wong, B. (2012). Balancing acts: Elementary school girls' negotiations of femininity, achievement, and science. Science Education, 96(6), 967-989. doi:dx.doi.org/10.1002/sce.210315. Chan, V., Stafford, K., Klawe, M., & Chen, G. (2000). Gender differences in Vancouver secondary students-interests related to information technology careers. Paper presented at the Proceedings of 7th International IFIP Conference on Women, Work and Computerization, 58-69.6. Conklin, K. A., & Johnson County Community Coll, Overland Park, KS Office of Institutional Research. (2000
Category 1 $926.11 Category 2 $472.99 Category 3 $454.08The hospital does not know the exact number of patients that they would expect to see in theevent of a tornado but they are interested in determining the average cost per patient. a. Determine the decision tree for this problem. b. Determine the expected value at each decision node. c. Determine the expected value for the costs associated with treating each patient.Observations, Conclusions and Future ResearchIn the teaching of the cost analysis, mathematical procedures are involved. A common problemis that at times students may be able to find the numerical solution but fail to understand
possible questions worded to represent the perspective of the survey participants. 3. Review the questions for a) word choice and question meaning, b) initial agreement on relevance to a construct area, and c) comparison with other questions in the construct grouping. 4. Estimate the time it would take for participants to fully answer all questions. We were aiming for a survey with an average response time of 15 minutes37. The length of questions, including number of sub-questions, were adjusted, as necessary, to support the intended 15-minute response time. For example, questions were organized using matrix formats with a leading question followed by a series of items (e.g., “I am familiar with
being immersed in each other’s work.References 1. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS Innovation Center. (2011). Healthcare innovation challenge fact sheet. Retrieved from CMS website: http://innovations.cms.gov/Files/fact- sheet/Health- Care-InnovationChallenge-Fact-Sheet.pdf 2. Jones, G.E. and Garforth, C. (1997) The history, development, and future of agricultural extension in Swanson, B. “Improving Agricultural Extension: A Reference Manual (3rd Edition)” FAO 3. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). (2014).” Report to the President: better health care and lower costs: accelerating improvement through systems engineering”. Washington, DC. Holdren,et al
faced.Capstone ExperienceThe objectives of the Capstone Experience, as given to the students, were 1. Choose a “real-life” leadership opportunity in an organization that you have the greatest personal interest (passion) in addressing 2. Describe the leadership opportunity (including aspects the organizational structure) 3. Describe the problem(s) that you will or must address in this role 4. Envision the organization in your ideal outcome(s) and describe 5. Explain your vision for solving the problem(s) by developing specific objectives 6. Create a strategic plan for achieving your vision including a. Communication strategy b. Delegation and empowerment of your followers c. Timeline for completion of your
Paper ID #13454Welcome to the Maker Movement: Parallel Education Pathways of AdultMakersMs. Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University Chrissy Foster is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College of Arizona State University. Her dissertation study explores the approaches to technical innovation within Native American communities.Mr. Aubrey Wigner, Arizona State University Aubrey Wigner is a PhD student in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology at Arizona State University. He has an undergraduate degree in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and a Masters in
the Campus – understand the load, geometry and material to estimate the safety factor in the design of those ii. Cable wires on highway hanging bridges – understand the load, geometry and material for the wires and the miscellaneous parts to estimate the weight of the bridge iii. Air-conditioning ducts and decorating panel hanging wires in the Café iv. Rods or beams supporting the running track in the recreation center Page 26.1075.3 v. Bungee cords used for kids entertainment at a local area Mall vi. „Tug of war‟ between a crocodile and an elephant‟s trunk (ill-defined problem) b) Torsion-loaded members
test at a significance level of 0.05 did not reveal any significant differencesbetween participants from private (Mean=2,36, SD=0.809) and public schools (Mean=2.4,SD=0.687) U=193.42, p=0.98 (figure 5). Page 26.244.7 Figure 5: Public vs. Private School Opinions on STEMA Mann-Whitney test was conducted to determine if significant differences were present withrespect to the level of teaching experience at a significance level of 0.05. The test did not revealany significant differences when comparing category A: 1 to 5 years of experience (Mean=2.46,SD=0.74) with category B: more than 6 years