AC 2011-763: A GUATEMALAN IMMERSION FOR TEACHING ENGI-NEERING DESIGN PRINCIPLES TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKristine R. Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Kristine Csavina is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering in the U. A. Whitaker School of Engi- neering at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Csavina received a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Dayton and the Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Arizona State University. Her research inter- ests range from motion analysis of human movement in movement disorders, orthopedics and sports to engineering education research in student learning, pedagogical approach, and K-12 outreach initiatives.Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University Lisa A. Zidek is
, although notaltogether satisfactorily. The post-assessment responses showed significant improvement overthe pre-assessment responses, but, again, this was not deemed entirely satisfactory for the cohort.Open-ended pre- and post-assessment questions were administered to the teachers. The responsesto these questions were independently evaluated by McGinnis-Cavanaugh and Ellis using thescoring rubric shown in Appendix B. On average, response scores went up 83% and 60% (seeAppendices B and C) on questions 1 and 2, respectively, showing significant improvement inboth the understanding of both basic mechanics concepts and educational theory with regard tostudent engagement. The assessment questions were as follows: 1. A gymnast stands on a
) (b)Figure 5. Word clouds that pictorially show the frequency of certain words by size to the open-ended question of “What are important personal traits needed to become an engineer?” on thea) pre-camp survey and b) post-camp survey.From grouping similar free responses in the 2009 survey, we were then able to then create asurvey question with specific phrases for the following year, and asked participants to rank themin order of importance (Figure 6). We wanted to see what young students thought were the mostimportant traits, even though all the choices are important and possessing a variety of traits isideal.From this sort of question format, we could then also measure changes in responses after thecamp in order to gather quantitative
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descriptions, tentative schedule andcamp execution steps. The major parts of the camp were a) the recruitment and enrollmentprocess, b) STEM subjects, c) the camp schedule, d) STEM presentations, e) notebook/posterpreparation and competition, f) a field trip, and g) supporting educational camp components. Recruitment and Enrollment: The camp advertisement used traditional and onlinesources, upon finalizing the program contract with the sponsoring agency in April 2012.Extensive recruitment activities included camp flyer and email notice distribution to parents,school officials, and Educational Service Centers (Regions 1 and 2), local school presentations,customized descriptions of camp details to parents/students/school officials via emails and
properly, and documented results as required. Page 26.414.7 • B: The project goals are “almost” there, or achieved perhaps more by accident than skill, and the documentation is good, but could be a little more complete, or just neater and more organized. • C: The project is not quite complete or functional, but at least one part is viable, and with a little more time or work students could have achieved the goal. • Failure: The project work plan is not viable, or the students gave up.When creating this grading rubric, the easiest level to define is the “A”. Defining the level ofwork for the “B”, “C”, and failure, is
AC 2010-1121: THE ENACTED CURRICULUM: A VIDEO BASED ANALYSISAmy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison Amy Prevost is a graduate student in Education Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research has focused on the STEM career pipeline, especially related to engineering and engineering education and biotechnology.Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison Mitchell J. Nathan is Professor of Educational Psychology, Curriculum & Instruction, and Psychology, in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Chair of the Learning Sciences program. He is a research fellow at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research
-- Peter Squire received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from Mary Washington College. He is a scientist for the B 34 Human System Integration branch at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) and is pursing a Ph.D. in Human Factors and Applied Cognition at George Mason University.Juanita Jo Matkins, College of William and Mary JUANITA JO MATKINS -- Dr. Matkins is an Assistant Professor of Science Education at the College of William and Mary. She was a K-12 teacher for 18 years, and the Virginia recipient of the 1995 Presidential Award for Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching. She has written and published several papers and reports on various
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informaladvancement structures in other labor market sectors.15-17 Of course, this does not imply thatovert and subtle processes of discrimination and bias are absent in federal agencies; just that (a)LGBT employees have baseline legal protections not guaranteed in other sectors, and (b) moreformalized advancement structures in federal agencies mean that, at least in theory, hiring,promotion, and disciplinary procedures are under greater scrutiny to align with anti-discrimination policies. As such, although organizations in the private, non-profit and educationsectors likely vary widely in their treatment of LGBT professionals, the differential experiencesof LGBT professionals in STEM agencies documented here may be equally if not more extremein other
Paper ID #8156Introduce Computer Engineering to Middle School Students through a Sci-ence ProjectDr. Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M UniversityDr. Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Yonghui Wang earned a B.S. in technical physics from Xidian University at Xi’an, China in 1993; an M.S. in electrical engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University at Beijing, China in 1999; and a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Mississippi State University at Starkville in 2003. From 1993 to 1996, he was an Engineer with the 41st Electrical Research Institute at Bengbu, China. From July 1999 to December 1999, he worked as
Paper ID #12024Using Robotics as the Technological Foundation for the TPACK Frameworkin K-12 ClassroomsAnthony Steven Brill, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Anthony Brill received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 2014. He is currently a M.S. student at the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, studying Me- chanical Engineering. He is also a fellow in their GK-12 program, promoting STEM education. He conducts research in the Mechatronics and Controls Laboratory, where his interests include controls and multi-robot systems.Dr. Jennifer B Listman, NYU Polytechnic School
of Education in Curriculum and Instruction (2009) and a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering (2005). He has received the UA Graduate Access Fellowship, the Mary & Maude Miller Scholarship, and the SRP Learning Grant. Beau’s research interest lies in understanding how students can best learn and teachers can best teach engineering in the pre-college setting.Prof. James C. Baygents, University of ArizonaDr. Jeffrey B. Goldberg, University of Arizona Dr. Jeff Goldberg is Dean, College of Engineering, and Professor in Systems and Industrial Engineering at Arizona. He was employed at Vector Research and Bell Laboratories. He is currently a Principal of Silver Oak Research Inc. which specializes in deployment
Practitioners.” Journal of Engineering Education, 96(4).Atman, C. J., Kilgore, D., & McKenna, A. (2008) Characterizing design learning: A mixed-methods study of engineering designers' use of language. Journal of Engineering Education, July 2008, 309-326.Aurigemma, J., Chandrasekharan, S., Nersessian, N. J., & Newstetter, W. (2013). Turning experiments into objects: The cognitive processes involved in the design of a lab-on-a-chip device. Journal of Engineering Education, 102(1), 117-140.Barton, A. C. (2003). Teaching science for social justice. New York: Teachers College Press.Bloome, D., Carter, S. P., Christian, B. M., Otto, S., & Shuart-Faris, N. (2005). Discourse analysis and the study of classroom
Project:The objective of the solar car project was to have the students assess the utilization of a solarpanel array to power a vehicle. The activities given to the participants were; a) to research solarcells on usage and limitations, b) examine performance capabilities of the cells under variouslight intensities, and c) build a buggy and measure its performance by timing over a set distancewhile carrying different loads.The first task given to the teams was an exercise to observe how a solar power meter responds tothe power from an incandescent bulb at different distances. The participants then entered thedata into an Excel spreadsheet and performed a curve fitting exercise to observe how the poweris a function of distance. The next exercise had
, students were able to explore interests in various engineering fields and applyresearch strategies and fundamental engineering concepts to daily life items.The student short answers to open-ended questions suggested important conclusions aboutdifferent camp components; a) the ‘What did you like best about ESF?’ question indicated thataround ten students liked most the hands-on research experience during the ESF camp while theremaining students expressed different factors such as learning new software, professor andgraduate assistant involvement; b) a lack of time for project documentation as well as oralpreparation and long camp days appeared to be the ESF camp least liked components, assuggested in responses to the ‘What did you like least about
; feasibility analysis; evaluation; decision; communication andimplementation) distributed across three major phases (problem scoping; developing alternativesolutions; project realization).10 Because this model is based in engineering textbooks, but has alsobeen used to describe the processes that students and practitioners engage in5, it is considered to beboth prescriptive and descriptive. Building on the work of Atman and her colleagues, as well asother design researchers11-12, in addition to models set out by pre-college educators, the focus ofthis work is to describe a model of engineering design that is (a) developmentally appropriate forchildren, (b) grounded in theory, and (c) grounded in empirical findings. To accomplish this, wehave reviewed
questions of these surveys. b. Workshop Evaluation A final workshop evaluation was performed to get feedback from the participants on the entire workshop. Participants rated the questions on a scale of 1 (disappointing) to 5 (wonderful). Figures 3 and 4 illustrate the results for the individual questions. The majority of the participants rated the questions with a 5. This feedback helps us improve future workshops. Figure 3: Feedback on Questions 1 and 2 Page 24.525.7 Figure 4: Feedback on Questions 3 to 8Two open-ended questions were included at the
for the jobs of the future. USCongress Joint Economic Committee.[6] VERNER , I.M. & AHLGREN, D.J., (2004) Robot Contest as a Laboratory forExperiential Engineering Education. Journal on Educational Resources in Computing,4(2), 1-15[7] FABIANE B., & VAVASSORI B., (2012). Exploring the educational potential ofrobotics in schools: A systematic review. Computers & Education, 58(3), 978–988[8] MELCHIOR, A., COHEN, F., CUTTER, T. & LEAVITT, T., (2005). More than Page 26.97.7robots: An evaluation of the FIRST robotics competition participants and institutionalimpacts. Center for Youth and Communities, Brandeis University.[9] BERK, L &
instance, the use ofsimulations or reifications to “create as accurate a facsimile of real objects or events as possible”(p. 336). 17 Another example is problem-based learning, which focuses on engaging students inexpert-like activities (designing, scientific inquiry) and providing “real-world” cases andproblems.18Workplace-based authenticity contains several of these external dimensions – implemented inmany student-centered learning environments: (a) Context authenticity - context resembles real-world context (e.g. patient data in medical school), (b) Task authenticity (includingprocess/procedural) - activities of students resemble real-world activities (e.g. scientific inquiryor chemical analysis), and (c) Impact authenticity - products of
-Engineering Lessons Into Secondary Science Classrooms”. Proceedings of the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, MA, November 6-9, 2002..11. Schaefer, M., Sullivan, J. & Yowell, J. “Standards-Based Engineering Curricula as a Vehicle for K-12 Science and Math Integration.” Proceedings of the 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO, November 5-8, 2003.12. Olds, S., Patel, C., Yalvac, B., Kanter, D. & Goel, N. “Developing a Standards-based K-12 Curricula through Partnerships with University Students and Industry”. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 20-23, 2004.13. Zarske, M., Sullivan, J., Carlson, L. & Yowell, J. “Teachers Teaching Teachers
. Page 15.108.5The MST program was designed to be structurally consistent with the K-12 technologyeducation program. TCNJ’s technology education program has its roots in industrialPage 15.108.6Page 15.108.7Table 2 Elementary Education Content Knowledge PraxisTM test (ETS test #0014) resultsfor (a) the nation, (b) TCNJ non-MST students and (c) TCNJ MST program students Parameter (a) National (b) TCNJ (c) TCNJ Averages Non-MST MST Test score range 100-200 100-200 100-200 # of examinees 92910 346 59 Median score 164 179 181 Ave. perform. (middle 50%) 151-176 169
: Figure 3: Truss Free Body Diagram The overall force balance is: Based on the symmetry of the truss:An independent equation for the determinate truss structure example is given by: 2j = n + 3 [13]. FAB A Joint A: ƩFX=0 FAD+FABcosƟ=0 FAD ƩFY=0 RA+FABsinƟ=0 F/2 Joint B: ƩFX=0 -FABcosƟ + FBCcosƟ=0 RA ƩFY=0 -F/2-FABsinƟ-FBCsinƟ-FBD=0 B Joint C: ƩFX=0 -FCD-FBCcosƟ=0 FBC
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Paper ID #7601Elementary Teachers’ Two-Year Implementation of Engineering: A Case ofSuccessDr. K. Anna Douglas, Purdue University Dr. Douglas is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Purdue University’s Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning.Dr. Daphne Duncan Wiles, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. So Yoon Yoon, INSPIRE, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. So Yoon Yoon, is an INSPIRE post-doctoral associate at Purdue University. She received her Ph.D. and M.S.Ed.in Educational Psychology with the specialties in Gifted Education and Research Methods & Measurement