in high school computer science programs; she is also co-editor of the SIGCSE Bulletin.Monica McGill, Institute for Advanced Engineering Monica McGill is President & CEO of the Institute for Advancing Computing Education (formerly known as CSEdResearch.org). Have previously worked in industry and academia, McGill is using her experiences as a computer scientist, professor, and researcher to enable others to build a strong foundation of CS education research focused on all children while also conducting it with partners and collaborators.Jacob KoresselBryan Twarek ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Can AI Develop Curriculum? Integrated
Paper ID #39915Break a [cardboard] leg!: Collaborative design of an integrated arts &engineering activity (Resource Exchange) ˜ Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)Mr. Cristian Eduardo Vargas-Ord´onez, Cristian Vargas-Ord´on˜ ez is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include arts and engineering integration for epistemic justice and multicultural engineering edu- cation. He has experience in teaching and designing curricula for various educational programs, including first-year engineering and underrepresented pre-college students
Paper ID #42498Board 161: Engineering Community Inclusion of Individuals with Autism(ECIIA): The Commitment of Community Collaborators in Engineering Educationand Industry (Work in Progress)Dr. Jennifer Lee Kouo, The Johns Hopkins University Dr. Jennifer Kouo is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Center for Technology in Education (CTE) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Jennifer’s areas of expertise include Universal Design for Learning, technology integration, assistive technologies, and serving students with a range of disabilities, particularly autism spectrum disorder. She is currently engaged in
, the structure encouraged students to contribute their expertise in different subgroups,where students relied on one another’s knowledge to drive progress. This approach is the way ofreal-world engineering collaborative problem-solving and prepares students for futureinterdisciplinary teamwork.Beyond this study, Project Board offers a way for K-12 educators seeking to foster studentcollaboration in systems engineering and similar project-based learning environments. Futureresearch could explore its adaptability across different educational contexts and age groups, andfurther complete its role in enhancing student coordination and engagement.AcknowledgmentWe extend our gratitude to Acera School, particularly to Ryan Cutter, for their invaluable
Paper ID #43275A Collaborative Virtual Air Quality Learning Experience with Kakenya’sDream (Resource Exchange, Diversity)Miss Jessica Moriah Vaden, University of Pittsburgh Miss Jessica Vaden is a PhD Candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh where she is a STRIVE Scholar. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in Chemical Engineering where she was a Meyerhoff Scholar (M26). Jessica’s research spans a number of different areas including sustainable engineering, empowering communities about air quality, and engineering education
. She is currently engaged in multiple research projects that involve transdisciplinary collaborations in the field of engineering, medicine, and technology, as well as research on teacher preparation and the conducting of evidence-based practices in multiple contexts. Jennifer’s publications appear in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, and Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities. Before joining the CTE, Jennifer was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education at Towson University. Prior to joining higher education, she was a special education teacher at the
inclusion (Team) of opportunities for students to collaborate and the experience of each team member Communication Criteria help evaluate the content, the mode, and the (Comm-Engr) method of the communication Organization Criteria help evaluate the cohesiveness of the curriculum Performance and Formative Criteria help evaluate the purpose and method of Assessment assessment* NOTE: STEM Integration Framework elements are from [8]; Framework for Quality K-12 Engineering Education indicators are from [24]V. MethodsThe authors conducted a qualitative
Paper ID #48753Considerations from Co-design with Special Education Teachers: IntegratingComputational Thinking with Executive Functioning Skills for Autistic MiddleSchool Students (RTP, Diversity)Dr. Robert Hayes, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and OutreachDr. Jennifer Cross, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Dr. Jennifer Cross is a Research Assistant Professor at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach where her primary research interests include human-robot interaction with a focus on the educational applications of robotics and diversity in engineering education.Elissa
Paper ID #39888Board 170: PADS – The Performance Assessment of Design Skills (Work inProgress)Dr. Cathy P. Lachapelle, STEM Education Insights Cathy is particularly interested in how collaborative interaction and scaffolded experiences with disci- plinary practices help children learn science, math, and engineering. Her work on STEM education research projects includes design, evaluation, and efficacy research. She also teaches the engineering of design for learning (Learning Engineering!) at Boston College.Ms. Elizabeth Parry, STEM Education Insights Elizabeth (Liz) Parry is a partner in STEM Education Insights, a woman
. Itsupports teachers and schools by providing resources to develop and deliver engaging, context-richlearning experiences that introduce students to key concepts in microelectronics design and production.Through this initiative, teachers collaborate in discipline-based cohorts, designing units that integratemicroelectronics content within their subject areas, which they implement at various points throughout theacademic year, bringing advanced technological concepts into the K-12 educational context. As a result ofthis initiative’s curriculum development workshops, cohorts of secondary engineering technologyeducators collaborated to create, implement, and refine microelectronics-focused instructional units forboth middle school and high school. These
Paper ID #41663Exploring K-12 Teachers’ Confidence in Using Machine Learning EmergingTechnologies through Co-design Workshop (RTP)Geling Xu, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Geling (Jazz) Xu is a Ph.D. student in STEM Education at Tufts University and a research assistant at Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. She is interested in K-12 STEM education, makerspace, how kids use technology to solve real-world problem, AI education, robotics education, playful learning, and course design.Milan Dahal, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach I am a graduate student in Mechanical
intentions between 9th and 11th grade [5].Engineering for US All (e4usa), launched in 2018 with National Science Foundation funding,aims to make engineering education more accessible in high schools. It introduces an innovativecurriculum that focuses on engineering literacy and essential professional skills through practicaldesign experiences. The e4usa objectives include introducing the engineering design process toall students, fostering interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration, providing a pathway toengineering majors, and promoting inclusivity [6].As part of the larger e4usa initiative, this study aimed to investigate high school students’perspectives on engineering education courses and their impact on career choices. Weinvestigated two
situating engineering in its largersocietal context and helping students recognize how engineering can reproduce societal bias orseek to correct it (Cunningham & Kelly, 2022). We have continued to draw from the literatureand our collaborations with teachers to pressure-test our ideas. This has led to further refinementof the socially engaged design principles that frame our work with K-8 students. These principlesinclude: • Situate the problem in a societal context • Consider the impacts of the problem on different individuals, groups, or systems • Think critically about the impacts of engineering solutions.In this section, we ground each in scholarly literature, provide educator-friendly descriptions ofeach, offer a learning
Paper ID #41817Increasing Authenticity in Pre-College Software Engineering Education throughRole-PlayDr. Per G. Norstrom Per Norstr¨om is associate professor in technology and engineering education at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. His research interests include pre-university engineering education, and analytical philosophy of technology.Charlotta Nordl¨of, Linkoping University Charlotta Nordl¨of is an associate senior lecturer in technology education at Link¨oping University, Sweden. She has a background as a technology teacher in upper secondary school. Her research interests are
with materials influence their human-material interactions and STEM learning during informal engineering projects and maker spaces. Major themes of her work include the intersections of culture and making, material agency, and collaborations in K-12 informal learning spaces.Dr. Greses Perez P.E., Tufts University Greses A. P´erez is a Ph.D. student in Learning Sciences and Technology Design with a focus on engineering education. Before coming to Stanford, Greses was a bilingual math and science educator at public elementary schools in Texas, where she served in the Gifted and Talented Advisory District Committee and the Elementary Curriculum Design team. As a science mentor at the Perot Museum, Greses locally
in Education Conference (FIE), 2017.[9] A. T. Rose and A. L. Miller, "A collaborative approach to offering summer engineering camps for middle school students," in 2009 39th IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009.[10] C. Boncek, "A Novel Partnership for Advancing K-12 STEM Education & Entrepreneurship," in 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013.[11] Committee on STEM Education of the National Science & Technology Council, "CHARTING A COURSE FOR SUCCESS: AMERICA'S STRATEGY FOR STEM EDUCATION," National Science and Technology Council, 2018.[12] ALIVE Milwaukee, "ALIVE Milwaukee," [Online]. Available: https://www.alivemke.com/. [Accessed 19 April 2024].[13] MSOE, "WE
Paper ID #47176 ˜BOARD # 200: Culturally Relevant Engineering Pinata Project for Elementary-AgedSTEAM Programs (PK-12) (Work In Progress)Dr. Lelli Van Den Einde, UC San Diego & eGrove Education Van Den Einde is a Teaching Professor in Structural Engineering at UC San Diego and the President of eGrove Education, Inc. She has decades of experience teaching hands-on, project-based curricula, spanning high school camps, K-12 outreach, and undergraduate design courses. Dedicated to fostering diversity, she creates supportive environments for students of all backgrounds. Her
insights that can guide future workforce-driven STEM education initiatives. We then hope that this preliminary work can begin to contribute to thegrowing conversations on aligning education with workforce demands, providing future models for otherSTEM initiatives seeking to prepare students for high-demand engineering and technical careers.Methods To investigate the integration and alignment of semiconductor education across K-12, VA plans werecollected from seven school districts participating in a semiconductor education initiative. These plans weredeveloped collaboratively by school district teams that included educators and administrators spanninggrade levels, as well as members from a regional workforce development organization. The
Paper ID #43589Empathic Design in Cross-cultural STEM Education: Playground Project(Resource exchange)Soo Won Shim, Illinois State UniversityAnthony Lorsbach ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 EMPATHIC DESIGN IN CROSS-CULTURAL STEM EDUCATIONPLAYGROUND PROJECTThe playground project adopts an empathicengineering design approach in the context of cross-cultural STEM education.Grade level: 3-5th EMPATHIC DESIGN PROCESSMeets NGSS 3-5th physical science; 3-5ETSstandardsStudents engage in empathic design techniques byexploring
post-survey responses. Surveys comprised several open-ended andquantitative questions related to sustainable engineering and self-efficacy, and readingreflections consisted of three open-ended questions related to each Sustainable EngineeringStory. The researchers analyzed data collaboratively using open coding and descriptive statistics,meeting regularly to collaborate and corroborate these analyses.Results showed increased self-efficacy and a deepened understanding of sustainable engineeringas an environmentally focused and socially responsible human endeavor that hinges uponcommunication and design under constraints. Implications are discussed for pre-collegeengineering teaching and learning (e.g., for teacher educators, preservice teachers
online qualitative and quantitative survey whichwas designed using questions from previously published self-efficacy and teacher experienceinstruments. Participants were also invited to discuss their experiences during a virtualinterview.Results indicate that COVID-19 continued to disrupt STE teaching and learning through the2021 – 2022 academic year and that STEAM Labs, collaborative group work, and investigativeproblem solving skills were missing from STE instruction. Findings reveal that there is renewedinterest in project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, innovative pedagogy, STEAM Labsand engineering as the “keystone” to STEAM education, especially as COVID-19 healthprotocols and restrictions subside. To apply the results of this
. Preliminary findings indicate that homeschoolers made progress in all learningobjectives: apply terminology and concepts, defining the system, identify interactions, and createmodels of the system. The collaborative participation of parents and researchers in implementingthe STEM experience fostered a learning environment that enabled homeschoolers of differentages to collaboratively develop their systems thinking. This study contributes to engineeringeducation research by providing insights into the development of systems thinking among pre-college students within the homeschooling system.IntroductionSystems thinking is a fundamental aspect of engineering education [1]. The challenges engineersface are not isolated entities but are part of complex
andother pre-college engineering education environments throughout the United States of America.Discussion during this time will also be targeted toward gaining input on changes to thetemplates and avenues of distributing the template for pre-college engineering educationapplications.Introduction Pre-college engineering education prioritizes the engineering design process,emphasizing hands-on learning, critical thinking, and essential skills (such as communicationand collaboration). Engineering notebooks and the design process on physical paper are crucialfor student learning and mirror the professional practice of recording innovations. While thesenotebooks have historically been paper-based, driven by factors like cost, accessibility
Paper ID #44052Empowering the Future: Integrating Invention and Intellectual Property Educationin P-12 Engineering to Foster InnovationMs. Marie Anne Aloia, Bayonne High School Marie is an alternate route teacher with an educational background in math, physics, chemical engineering and computer science. As the first girl in her family to go to college, and maybe to prove a point, she earned two bachelors degrees, one from Montclair State University and one from New Jersey Institute of Technology. After 26 years in industry an unexpected layoff came at a bad time, she was recently widowed. It was time for something
Paper ID #39237Board 177: Sustainability Focused Pre-college Engineering Education forBuilding a STEM Pipeline – Work in ProgressDr. Uma Balaji, Fairfield University Dr. Uma Balaji has extensive experience implementing youth STEM education programming in Robotics and a recurring faculty mentor in the Broadening Access to Science Education (BASE) Camp at Fairfield University. She has received the STEM Ambassador Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers in 2021.Dr. Elif Kongar, University of New Haven ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Sustainability Focused
Jialing Wu is a first-year PhD student in Engineering Education at the Ohio State University. She earned her M.Ed. in International Education Policy and Management at Vanderbilt University, Peabody College, and also holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from China. Her research interests encompass computational social science, international engineering education, pre-college engineering in Engineering Education Research (EER).Dr. Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University Dr. Stacy Klein-Gardner serves as an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. She is the co-PI and co-Director of the NSF-funded Engineering For Us All (e4usa) project and now the Executive Director of
Paper ID #38432Board 148: A Qualitative Study of Factors Influencing K-12 Students’Interest in STEM Career (Fundamentals)Tristan Robert Straight, Wartburg CollegeJennah Meyer, Wartburg CollegeDr. Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Utah State University - Engineering Education Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi is an Assistant Research Professor, and Assessment and Instructional Special- ist at Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education from Utah State University. Also, he has BSc and MSc degrees in mechanical engineering. His research interests include student engagement, design thinking, learning environment
particular attention to engaging students in the STEAM content areas, he focuses his investigations on enhancing creativity and innovation, supporting better documentation, and encouraging collaborative learning. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Development of a Programming Environment to Bridge Students from Block-Based to Text-Based Programming (Work in Progress)IntroductionComputer Science (CS) education continues to expand in U.S. schools, with high school CSofferings increasing from 35% to 60% between 2017 and 2024 [1]. However, significantdemographic disparities persist, particularly affecting African American/Black,Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx, and Native American/Alaskan students
Paper ID #45686Curriculum Design for All LearnersDr. Cathy P. Lachapelle, STEM Education Insights Cathy is particularly interested in how collaborative interaction and scaffolded experiences with disciplinary practices help children learn science, math, and engineering. Her work on STEM education research projects includes design, evaluation, and effiDr. Medha Dalal, Arizona State University Dr. Medha Dalal is an assistant research professor and associate director of scholarly initiatives in the Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her career as an engineering education researcher focuses on