Conference Session

Innovative Adult and Technology Enhanced Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas-Pan American

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Continuing Professional Development

AC 2011-1432: A SUCCESSFUL PLAN FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENTTHAT HAS A LASTING IMPACTStephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American Dr. Crown is a professor of mechanical engineering in south Texas. He has been actively involved in a number of grants supporting innovative and effective teaching methods for engineering education. Dr. Crown is director of the faculty development component of a large Department of Education grant that supports Challenge Based Instruction and is the director of the Texas Pre-Freshman Engineering Program in Edinburg.Arturo A Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan AmericanRobert A. Freeman, University of Texas-Pan American Dr. Robert A. Freeman has been on the faculty of The University of

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Time frame Assessment of How effective are the methods used Review of recruitment material Prior to program to advertise the REU program? How and procedures; Review of program. awareness and successful are recruitment methods in applications received; recruitment. securing diverse students? Demographic data. Assessment of What are the faculty members’ and Survey administered to faculty and Before and expectations. students’ expectations? Were they students at the beginning and after program met? How well the program was conclusion of the program. to faculty and organized and delivered

Conference Session

Technical Session 7: Online and Distributed Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otto Borchert, Missouri Southern State University; Abigail Byram, Virginia Commonwealth University; Debra Mardell Duke, Virginia Commonwealth University; Alex David Radermacher, North Dakota State University; Mourya Reddy Narasareddygari, North Dakota State University; Gursimran Singh Walia, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

science instructors make use of pedagogical strategies thathelp students improve their understanding of programming concepts and become betterprogrammers. One such tool that implements these strategies through a cyber-learning platformthat incorporates an array of learning engagement strategies (e.g., collaboration, socialnetworking, gamification), is SEP-CyLE.SEP-CyLE attempts to overcome these technical and retention issues in three main ways. First, itbreaks large concepts like software programming and testing concepts into smaller learningobjects providing a less overwhelming experience for students. Second, integrated learning andengagement strategies show that software testing and other foundational programming conceptsare relevant. Finally

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Stanley, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

answered this question correctly, with the supportof the animation program (Figure 3).Representative Correct Answer: “Do [sic] to the very small radius of curvature; the normalacceleration is very large. Due to this acceleration being so big it creates a situation in which itis substantially larger than the tangential component creating the resultant to be almost entirelynormal.”Representative Incorrect Answer: “Because the motorcycle is at the peak of the hill so it pointsdown in the direction of gravity.”Analysis: Most students answered incorrectly because his or her answer was incomplete; thestudent did not relate the small radius of curvature to the relatively large normal acceleration.Additionally, several students incorrectly assumed that

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Nelson, American Society of Civil Engineers; David Hornbeck, Southern Polytechnic State University; James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Joe Manous, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Robert Stevens, Arcadis U.S., Inc; Leo Titus, ECS, Ltd; Jeffrey Russell

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Civil Engineering

., M.ASCE is a consultant and Adjunct Accreditation Director for Technology for ABET, Inc. In 25 years of association with ABET, he has participated in 25 accreditation visits and has served as Program Evaluator, Commissioner, Commission Chair, Chair of the ABET Accreditation Council, and ABET delegate to the Sydney and Dublin Accords. He has been a facilitator/presenter for U.S. and international workshops on program assessment, improvement, and accreditation. Dr. Hornbeck was a Department Chair of Civil Engineering Technology at West Virginia Institute of Technology, and at Southern Polytechnic State University, he was a faculty member, Department Chair, and Interim Vice President for

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A. Ayanna Boyd-Williams, North Carolina A&T State University; Shea Bigsby, North Carolina A&T State University; Clay Gloster Jr, North Carolina A&T State University; Evelyn Sowells-Boone, North Carolina A&T State University; Mark A. Melton, Saint Augustine's University

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Minorities in Engineering

University. She also served as the Director of Educational Opportunity Program at Ithaca College. Boyd-Williams has been an active leader in the recruitment, retention and graduation of underrepresented minorities and women; the development and assessment of co-curricular activities related to professional development core competencies; and preparing future faculty. She serves on the Board of the National Consortium For Graduate Degrees For Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM) as a university representative. Boyd-Williams received her BS degree in Psychology from Rutgers University and MS Degree in Educa- tional Administration from Cornell University. She is currently completing her Ph.D. degree in

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Sarah J. Smith

, performs some great industrial feat by which he winsmoney is a well doer, not a wrong doer, provided he works in the proper and legitimatelines.”1As educators, how can professors conduct an ethics needs assessment in order to identifybreaches in ethical thinking, then direct the students’ learned abilities to develop soundethical decision making? Today, most corporations and organizations have developed acode of ethics. From an employer’s perspective, most people know and understand whatis expected from an ethical point of view. Are engineering students able to translate theright versus wrong literal teaching of ethics to case-by-case application? Objectives ofthis document are: • Provide a brief overview of Ethics • Apply ethical

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonya L. Peeples, University of Iowa; Tracy R. Peterson, The University of Iowa, College of Engineering; Mary K. Nyaema; Barbara Newhall, University of Iowa, Health and Human Physiology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

was divided into six regions that implemented programscertified for “scale-up” and supported with small grants from the STEM council.With UI College of Engineering initiatives, EPSCoR broader impacts activities, and state scale-up efforts, the OASIS programs implemented expanded outreach and began to assess the impactof collaborative engagement on outcomes for STEM teachers and learners. EPSCoR supportedthe hiring of a “diversity/implementation” coach to enhance strategies for inclusion of diversestudents in K-12 pre engineering education programs such as PLTW. In addition, OASIS staffmembers supported faculty as they developed broader impacts efforts for research proposals. Inthese endeavors, EPSCoR funds supported a diversity and outreach

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #32926Kindness in Engineering EducationDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director for the Engineering Plus program. She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where students learned about and practice

Conference Session

Global Studies, Initiatives, and Study Abroad Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teri Kristine Reed, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amanda G. Idema, Michigan State University; Jean Landa Pytel, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

International

, while the universities as a whole maintain about a 10%international population, and engineering programs are averaging a 6.7% internationalpopulation, enrollments in colleges of engineering can be as high as 25% of the population,creating a strong sub-culture in the student body2,3. Figure 1 shows the recent trends of overallnumbers and percentages of beginning first-year international students for the past 4 years of twolarge enrollment engineering schools in the Big 10. This graph demonstrates the increases beingseen at most institutions from moderate (School 2) to large (School 1) increases. Page 25.1193.2Table 1. Enrollment Trends by

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Steve York, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

the other Blackboardfunctions such as testing, grading forms and discussion groups were deemed toocumbersome by most faculty to merit regular use in large classes and/or multiple sectionsof the same course. Therefore, the in-class testing capabilities of the software were neverexplored by EngE. During the second semester of the first-year engineering course series (EngE1114) students are taught algorithm development and flowcharting (using Visio);programming (using MatLab); and CAD modeling (using Inventor), in an overall contextof engineering design. During the summer of 20051 a small, unpublished study used theassessment tools of Blackboard to conduct multiple choice quizzes and tests and used thedrop box function to collect MatLab

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology; Mike Murphy

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International

on theunderlying assumptions of Fordism, required society to focus predominantly on the top20% of the school population. Higher Education was organised and provided for thiselite pool of students and prepared them for a bureaucratic workplace with hierarchicalstructures with clear rules and procedures. Assessment of students was based largely onthe students regurgitating information fed to them by an expert teacher. Didacticteaching methods were the norm. The massive wastage of talent in the other 80% of the Page 12.160.7population not receiving higher education was affordable because the majority of jobsrequired little more than the execution of a

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

International

international competences while they interact with their international partners. Theearlier the students are exposed to multinational teams the easier for them to understanddiversity, to become familiar working in multi cultural scenarios, and to build the necessaryconfidence to be part of an effective team. The new technology available for communication hasfacilitated the implementation of multi-national projects with teams disperse in differentcountries. Small or large institutions as well as institutions in developing countries canincorporate global design projects in their curriculum without compromising big amount ofmoney. Other venues for global engineering skills are communities of practice within studentorganizations such as ASME,15 and IEEE.16

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erwin D'Souza; Mehmet Ozturk

An Introductory Virtual Laboratory for Electrical Engineering Erwin D’Souza1 and Mehmet C. Öztürk2 North Carolina State University 1 Department of Computer Science 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Raleigh, NC 27695Introduction Educational Java applets are gaining popularity as the number of applets available on theWorld Wide Web continues to grow. An important advantage of applets is that they can be runon Java enabled internet browsers without the need for storing the actual program in the user’scomputer. Hence, in

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Kuczenski, University of Notre Dame; Joshua Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Mark McCready, University of Notre Dame; Jay Brockman, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

educational process outside the classroomand ways to encourage students to have a more direct role in their own personal development.For this purpose, we present here the Notre Dame Electronic Portfolio (NDeP) project, which isdesigned to help us meet this goal. To date, we have successfully launched the NDeP project to aclass of ~80 chemical engineering sophomores who were able to create electronic portfolios, andwe were able to assess these portfolios using a rubric developed for this purpose.IntroductionThe primary goal of our undergraduate program is to produce engineers who are one step aheadof their peers, who have begun to prepare themselves for more than just their entry-level jobs. Inorder to reach this goal for our students, our department

Conference Session

Diversity Redefined: Nontraditional Views in Traditional Environments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendra Woodberry Brinkley, Virginia Commonwealth University; Falcon Rankins, Virginia Commonwealth University; Stevara Clinton, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Chemistry; Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

specific action) – which may, in turn, improve student outcomes. (22) (23) Oneattempt to quantify the effects of summer bridge programs showed statistically-significantincreases in measures of academic self-efficacy and academic skills following bridge programparticipation among a small sample of at-risk students attending a predominately whiteinstitution (PWI). (24) The study also showed a statistically significant positive relationshipbetween academic self-efficacy and first semester GPA. These particular variables are importantin light of a study of 400 freshman of all majors at a large Midwestern public university thatfound first-year GPAs and measures self-efficacy and outcome expectations taken midwaythrough the second semester to be strong

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Singli Garcia-Otero, Virginia State University; Nasser Ghariban, Virginia State University; Fedra Adnani

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

using a 3D printer to“print” the 3D models). In this way, these advanced students are more challenged and moreinterested in the course.On the other hand, the sections with low assessment test scores spend more time reviewingessential fundamental mathematical skills. These less advanced students are not “left behind”during class lectures, and this mathematical review strengthens their mathematics to help them infuture science and engineering courses.Additionally, several times during the semester the students in all sections have a large commonclass together (in an auditorium) for special topics such as invited speakers, career development,and resume writing. At the end of the semester, all of the students take the math skill assessmentexam

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Rojewski, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

with advisors and mentors, and provided brainstorming and support to help negotiatethese relationships. The assessment data were hand-coded to identify common themes2 and theresults include some striking perspectives of graduate women in STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering, Math) and suggestions of ways to better support members of this group throughco-curricular programs.IntroductionIn 2013, the College of Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU) was awarded a mini-grant to support a co-curricular program for graduate students that used the best-selling book,Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead 1 as a framework for promoting professionaldevelopment and community building. “Lean In” encourages both men and women to examinethe

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 14: Curriculum and Course Assessment in and Outside the Classroom

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee Monique Cloutier, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Carol Geary, Virginia Tech; Natali C. Huggins, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

two pools of students: (1) junior and senior mechanical engineering students at alarge public, research-intensive university, and (2) junior and senior mechanical engineeringstudents at a small private, teaching-focused university. Students in their junior/senior year arechosen so that all participating students have had some opportunity for exposure to engineering-focused extra-/co-curricular programs during college. A breakdown of participants’ demographicinformation is presented in Table 1.Table 1 Participant Demographics (N=58) Black or More than African White Asian No response

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Gatz, Stony Brook University ; Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

mentoring seemed to be a drawback at first, thestudents developed positive attitudes about the mandatory small group meetings that benefittedthem academically and socially. Two women, the first a mechanical engineering student and thesecond a biochemistry major, shared their enthusiasm for become more socialized and focusedby participating in the mentoring program, which seemed to increase their overall academiccommitment: I really enjoyed being a part of the WISE mentoring program. Even though six hours for the first semester was a very large time block to commit to, I really enjoyed having that time dedicated to mentoring and not being able to just do something unproductive. Mentoring was great for me in particular because

Conference Session

Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew J. Ford, Cornell University; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University; Elizabeth Mills Fisher, Cornell University; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

-approach goals [9].So far, the effects on student outcomes seems to be less clear. Meeter et. al. found similarretrospective self-reported declines in motivation, satisfaction with instruction, and effortinvestment in a study of Dutch college students [10]. However, students reported earning morecredits during remote instruction, a result which was verified by administrative data. Amazingly,Gonzales et. al. found that Spanish University students performed better on identical assessmentsduring lockdown, compared with students in previous years, which they attributed to moreefficient study strategies [11]. There is a clear need for more studies of student outcomes thatcompare results from identical assessment methods before and during remote

Conference Session

Building Pathways that Promote Pursuit/Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bette Grauer P.E., Kansas State University; Linda P. Thurston Ph.D., Kansas State University; Beth A. Montelone, Kansas State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Page 26.1052.2While the need to increase numbers of students in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) degree programs is well established, less than half of students enrolled in  STEM programs of study graduate with STEM degrees.1 Further, underrepresented minority(URM) students continue to be a small percentage of the students receiving STEM degrees. TheNational Academies propose doubling the number of underrepresented minority studentsreceiving undergraduate STEM degrees.2 Recruitment programming must be coupled witheffective retention programs to achieve increases in underrepresented STEM graduates. Aninstitution’s ability to increase numbers of underrepresented students

Conference Session

PCEE Session 9: Virtual Summer Programs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Geary, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tawni Paradise, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Kim Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hannah Glisson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

coordinators were able to increase the number of participants in the program from 60participants in 2019 to 64 participants in 2020. 2. C-TECH2 OVERVIEW AND CONTEXT C-Tech2, short for “Computers and Technology at Virginia Tech,” is a two-week residentialengineering camp for high school women at a large research university. This camp uses arigorous application process to choose rising female high school juniors and seniors participantswho wish to learn more about engineering. The camp aims to expose participants to the variousdisciplines of engineering, science, and technology commonly offered at undergraduateinstitutions through many different activities that they engage in. These activities include ateam-based engineering

Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bette Grauer, Kansas State University; LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin, Kansas State University; Emily Wilcox, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

ofdiversity to all students. The presenters described research that has shown advantages gainedfrom choosing diversity interactions in an academic setting, including physical and psychologicalhealth, cognitive growth, improved information transfer, and higher academic achievement.After the discussion, the students created graphs of the number of weekly interactions they hadwith persons of representative groups in the College of Engineering. For most students thegraphs were curved showing that they had large numbers of interactions with just a few groupsand small numbers of interactions with other groups. However, in the ideal engineeringenvironment, the line should be nearly flat, showing similar numbers of interactions with allgroups. A survey after

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C Nesbit, Simon Fraser University; Li Liu, Simon Fraser University ; Qing Liu, Simon Fraser University; Olusola O Adesope, Washington State University-Pullman

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

significant.More recently, we co-authored the first comprehensive meta-analysis on the effectiveness ofITS.1 It included all available studies prior to 2012 that compared ITS to other types ofinstruction. We analyzed 107 effect sizes comparing learning outcomes from ITS against othertypes of instruction and found a statistically significant, overall weighted mean effect sizefavoring ITS of approximately g = .40. Similar effect sizes were found when ITS were comparedspecifically to textbooks, large teacher-led classes, and non-ITS computer-based instruction.However, no significant differences in learning outcomes were found when ITS were comparedto one-to-one tutoring and small group instruction. ITS were found to be significantly moreeffective than other

Conference Session

Programming, Virtual Reality, and Dynamic Systems

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Education, 2017 Incorporating Entrepreneurially Minded Learning into a Junior/Senior Level Mechatronics Course Project Covering Dynamic Systems, Modeling, and ControlAbstractAt Lawrence Technology University, a junior/senior level mechatronics course within theundergraduate mechanical engineering program was modified to include entrepreneurially mindedlearning content in existing problem-based learning activities. The real-world projectsincorporated modeling and analysis of dynamic systems, selection and integration of sensors andactuators, and feedback control. This study assessed the course modifications based on studentbehaviors corresponding to an entrepreneurial mindset. The entrepreneurial

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 6: Computer Science Freshman Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joe Michael Allen, University of California, Riverside; Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Paper ID #29886Teaching Coral before C++ in a CS1 CourseJoe Michael Allen, University of California, Riverside Joe Michael Allen is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of California, Riverside. His current research focuses on finding ways to improve CS education, specifically focusing on introductory programming courses known as CS1. Joe Michael is actively researching the impact of using a many small programs (MSP) teaching approach in CS1 courses. His other interests include educational games for building skills for college-level computer science and mathematics.Prof. Frank Vahid, University of California

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Changing Engineering Culture

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; Suzanne Grassel Shoger, The Ohio State University; Lauren Corrigan, Ohio State University; Steven Y. Nozaki, Ohio State University; Mitsu Narui, The Ohio State University Multicultural Center; Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Women in Engineering

initialparticipants, a size optimal for large group training as well as small group work with the fourmentors. Professors, academic advisors, and academic support staff were solicited for studentnominations. Due to the timing of the program funding, the request for nominations was not sentuntil the last week of the semester, resulting in 15 nominations received. Nominees were askedto complete an application and were subsequently interviewed by at least two of the mentors. Ofthe 15 nominees, 13 were invited to join the program (one student didn’t respond for aninterview and one student was graduating). Table 1 shows the demographics of the male studentcohort. Once selected, these students were asked to come to campus prior to the start of theautumn semester

Conference Session

Computer Gaming and Virtual Reality for Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

either costly or required special licensing. The Microsoft Zune, however, avoids thoseproblems. The Zune is relatively inexpensive and is supported by an excellent SDK and IDE, both ofwhich are free. In this paper, we describe our experience teaching mobile gaming with the Zune. Weexplain how the Zune platform is used, we outline the projects we use, the topics covered in lecture, andwe give examples of game developed by students. In addition, we provide student assessment of thecourse. We describe how the course supports our ABET course and program outcomes.1. IntroductionMobile gaming is one of the most important and growing segments of the computer games industry1. Itdrives hardware and software innovation in the smartphone market segment

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Garfield, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. Page 22.1697.2Goals:The larger goal of the Study Buddy project is to provide a non-threatening, engaging tool toencourage the student to explore course topics outside of the classroom. Specific objectives forthis project are to develop and field a prototype Study Buddy agent, assess its effectiveness interms of motivating students, and utilize the work as a basis for future growth in tutorial agentcapabilities.This project targeted a purposefully small and well-defined set of course outcomes for a mathcourse that described properties of certain sets, called relations. The outcomes require thestudents: 1.) be able to recognize whether or not the relations exhibited reflexive, symmetric,and/or transitive properties, and 2.) be able to create