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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo

Testing Jigsaw Learning In a Freshman Laboratory CourseAbstract:In Jigsaw Learning,1 a peer-to-peer teaching method developed by Elliot Aronson and hiscolleagues, every student in the class is placed in 2 sequential groups – an “expert” group tolearn a section of a course topic (a jigsaw puzzle piece) and a jigsaw puzzle group where theyjoin with different course topic “experts” to share and learn from each other,– thus completingthe course topic as a whole in a group (the completed jigsaw puzzle). The class is then tested onthe complete course topic. In prior research2, which was part of a Students First grant to improvestudent retention, the author tested Jigsaw Learning against traditional individual studenttraditional

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott; Kemi Ladeji-Osias; Petronella James

the Bachelors of Science degree in electricalengineering. The current undergraduate program in electrical engineering being offered atMorgan State University is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET). This paper presents the steps taken by our department to provide studentsin the Harford county area with the ability to complete the second half of an ElectricalEngineering program at their respective two year institution.Key words: Online Electrical Engineering courses, Engineering for Community College StudentsTeaching Online ECE laboratory courses I. Introduction The implementation of the federal government’s Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC)of 2005 will result in the relocation of

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Laura-Ann S. Chin; Kenneth A. Kroos; Justinus A. Satrio

  scope   through   scale-­‐up   of   laboratory   work   to   a   biodiesel   processing  plant  while  incorporating  whole  systems  thinking  of  sustainability.     2. Introduction:   Well-­‐designed   first   year   experience   courses   are   mainstays   in   the   curriculum   for   freshman   engineering   students,  as  well  as  for  freshmen  in  other  fields.  First  year  courses  are  building  blocks  in  helping   freshmen   navigate   through

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Todd Holden; Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala; George Tremberger; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

) is illustrated with a representative model that shows a latent variable“Hands-on Aptitude” having manifestations in kinematics and laboratory grades, and hasa 100% loading on another latent variable “Concept Theory Aptitude”. Extension toother pre-engineering course grades is discussed briefly.Keywords: structural equation model, LISREL software, educational researchIntroductionStructural equation models (SEM) have been used to probe the aspects that concerncausative hypotheses/elements contained in engineering and technology educationalresearch datasets 1. The causative hypotheses/elements would convey causal assumptions,but not necessarily a model that would generate validated causal conclusions. Structuralequation model analysis is an

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Warren Rosen

aremote-controlled racecar around a figure-8 track. As part of the activity they learn to maketradeoffs between top speed and acceleration and climbing ability as they navigate hairpin turnsand inclined ramps. The students are also introduced to the Engineering Technology program atDrexel University. As part of their introduction they meet and interact with currentundergraduate students and tour laboratory and computer facilities. The competition, lab tours,awards ceremony, and lunch together take about five hours.The goal of the competition is to attract more high-quality students to Drexel and to increase theEngineering Technology Program’s name recognition in the surrounding school districts andacademic community.The CompetitionThe competition

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Wenli Guo; Vazgen Shekoyan

solutions. Then we asked themto do reflective self-corrections and submit it within a DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDYweek along with their original graded homework.Once both students' homework and self-corrections Course Description: The Conceptual Physicswere submitted to us, we filled in the last two columns course at QCC has three 50-minute lectures and one 1of the spreadsheet. Note that no points were recovered hr 50 minute long laboratory per week. It is a onesemester-long introductory physics course focusing on Few of the reasons why we used the midtermconcepts with minimum math requirements for non- exams rather than FCI scores for the analysis are thescience majors. We offer 6

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Warren Rosen

modern microprocessors 3. Build and program a simple microcomputer system 4. Interface basic I/O components to a microcomputer 5. Understand advanced microprocessor concepts such as pipelining, superscalar processing, and the Core 2 architectureThese objectives are achieved through a combination of lectures, outside (primarily web-based)reading assignments, hands-on laboratory exercises, and the construction of the Z80-basedmicrocomputer.The course is offered in an 11-week quarter term format. The course begins with a conventionalintroduction to microprocessors, including such topics as history of microprocessors, internalorganization, and common microprocessor families. Next, programming in assembly is discussedand the students

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Robert T. Bailey

students take notes. Perhaps because the subject is taken by so many engineeringstudents across multiple disciplines, a number of investigators have developed and examinedinnovative teaching strategies for improving student learning in Statics. (See, for example, [2-4].)There are several well-established textbooks for Statics, one of which is Engineering Mechanics:Statics by R.C. Hibbeler [1]. To assist the instructor, a set of PowerPoint® slides that are linkedto the textbook can be downloaded from the publisher’s website. These slides were originallycreated by Danielson and Mehta as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program grant to develop resource materialsthat leveraged relatively