AC 2011-2846: MOTIVATIONS AND BENEFITS FOR COLLEGE STU-DENTS SERVING AS MENTORS IN A HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS COM-PETITIONNoah Salzman, Purdue University Noah Salzman is a graduate student in Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He received his B.S. in Engineering from Swarthmore College, and his M.Ed. in Secondary Science Education from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has work experience as both an engi- neer and taught science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the high school level.Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Johannes Strobel is Director of INSPIRE, Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning and As- sistant Professor of Engineering
AC 2011-2544: A DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERING MA-JORS WITH AN INTEREST IN TEACHINGSunni H. Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology Sunni H. Newton is currently in her 5th year of Georgia Tech’s PhD program in industrial organizational psychology, with a minor in quantitative psychology. She attended Georgia Tech as an undergraduate, double-majoring in psychology and management. She worked for several years as a graduate research assistant in a psychology lab where she helped conduct studies on adult learning. She currently works as a graduate research assistant in Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning where she assists with assessment and data analysis for ongoing CETL projects
California, Berkeley; California.[2] Mason, C.L., Kahle, J.B., & Gardner, A.L. (1991). “Draw-A-Scientist Test: Future Implications.” SchoolScience and Mathematics, 91(5), 193-198[3] R.M. Felder and L.K. Silverman, "Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education," Engr. Education,78(7), 674-681 (1988)[4] Bloom B. S. (1956). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Handbook I: The Cognitive Domain. New York:David McKay Co Inc.[5] Boston Museum of Science. Engineering is Elementary. 2004-2011. 2011 19 January. Page 22.302.15
AC 2012-3268: THE EFFECTS OF HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES ON MIDDLESCHOOL FEMALES’ SPATIAL SKILLS AND INTEREST IN TECHNOLOGY-BASED CAREERSMs. Mary B. Phelps, HEDGE Co. Mary Phelps retired from General Electric in 2007 as a Customer Service Executive, after 30 years in various technical and commercial roles in GE’s energy business, serving electric utility customers such as Excel, Constellation Energy, and Entergy. She has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Union College in N.Y., and was awarded her M.A.T. in technology education from North Carolina A&T State University in 2011. She is licensed to teach secondary technology education in North Carolina and is currently working on her Ph.D. in occupational and technical
, curriculum developer, and outreach liaison to the Vir- ginia Demonstration Project, a program supported by the Department of Defense. She has worked in various formal and informal science education programs since 2001.Gail B. Hardinge, STEM Education Alliance - College of William and Mary GAIL B. HARDINGE - Gail Hardinge is a Clinical Associate Professor of Education at the College of William and Mary. She is the director of the STEM Education Alliance, a project center designed to create connections between the educational, science and engineering communities. She is the project director for the Virginia Demonstration Project, a Department of Defense funded initiative that has received several Virginia science awards
“engineering practices, processes, or skills.”b Version 2 was completed by 29 pre-service teachers. Across all participants, 59 activities or concepts were listed as“engineering practices, processes, or skills.”Table 1 reveals that on Version 1 of the VCD, which was given as a pre-test, the teachersmisconstrued the technical vocabulary (e.g., “lever,” “weight”) used by the students asengineering practices or processes. When they did identify actual practices or processes, theyfocused on the students’ engagement in drawing and physical construction. They did not Page 24.1255.5frequently attend to other important engineering
Paper ID #12025A Robotics-Focused Instructional Framework for Design-Based Research inMiddle School ClassroomsMr. Matthew Moorhead, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Matthew Moorhead received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 2014. He is currently pursuing a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, where he is a teaching fellow in their GK-12 program. Matthew also conducts research in the Mechatronics and Controls Laboratory with an interest in robotics and controls.Dr. Jennifer B Listman, NYU Polytechnic School of
AC 2012-4443: SUMMARY RESULTS FROM SEVEN YEARS OF LAT-ECHSTEP: A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AND STU-DENT RECRUITING PROGRAMDr. Kelly B. Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University Kelly Crittenden earned his B.S. and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Louisiana Tech University. He currently serves as an Associate professor of engineering within the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech. Crittenden’s primary focus is on multidisciplinary engineering education, curriculum development, and product development.Dr. James D. Nelson, Louisiana Tech UniversityProf. Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech UniversityMs. Jane A. Petrus, Louisiana Tech University Jane Petrus is the Student Success Specialist for the
AC 2011-2156: BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS BY AVOIDING THE ”SHOW-AND-GO”: A STEM PROJECT FOR HIGH SCHOOLSKelly B Crittenden, PhD, Louisiana Tech University Kelly Crittenden earned his BS and PhD in BioMedical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University in 1996 and 2001 respectively. He is an Associate Professor of Engineering, and holds the Harrelson Professorship in Engineering. Dr Crittenden has focused much of his effort in the arena of Engineering Education, and multidisciplinary design.Prof. Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech UniversityDr. James D. Nelson, Louisiana Tech UniversityJane A Petrus, Louisiana Tech University Jane Petrus serves as the Student Success Specialist for the College of Engineering and Science at
graduating, Richard wants to pursue a career in the field of software engineering and eventually management.Erin B. Reilly, University of Southern California Annenberg Innovation Lab Erin Reilly is Creative Director & Research Fellow for Annenberg Innovation Lab at USC’s Annenberg School for Communications & Journalism. In her role, she oversees all aspects of lab programming, prod- uct design and mentoring students in developing applications and business ideas using digital media and how it impacts society. Her research focus is children, youth and media and the interdisciplinary, creative learning experiences that occur through social and cultural participation with emergent technologies. Erin is currently
Paper ID #9447Student Videos as a Tool for Elementary Teacher Development in TeachingEngineering: What Do Teachers Notice? (research to practice)Ms. Mary McCormick, Tufts University Mary McCormick is a PhD student in STEM Education at Tufts University. She received a BS in Civil Engineering from University of Massachusetts Lowell and an MS in Civil Engineering from Tufts Univer- sity. Her current research involves exploring how elementary students’ nascent resources for engineering design emerge during integrated engineering and literacy activities.Kristen B Wendell, University of Massachusetts Boston Kristen B. Wendell is
Paper ID #8052Designing STEM Curriculum for K12 StudentsDr. MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi Dr. Sarder is an associate professor and program coordinator of the industrial engineering technology program at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). He is also an assistant director of the center for logistics, trade and transportation. At the USM, he revamped his program by developing as many as fourteen new courses, implementing hands on experience in courses, and delivering online courses for distant students. Dr. Sarder is very active in engineering and technology education research. He has
Paper ID #9051Building Engineering Interest and Sandcastles through Collaborative Instruc-tional DesignDr. Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State UniversityMr. James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University Page 24.244.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Building Engineering Interest and Sandcastles through Collaborative Instructional Design (Works in Progress)AbstractA collaborative research project between students and faculty in the California Polytechnic
Paper ID #12004Technology education in primary school in Sweden: A study of teachers viewson teaching strategies and subject content.Mrs. Birgit Fahrman, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Birgit Fahrman is PhD student at The School of Education and Communication in Engineering Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on teachers’ use of practical exercises in teach- ing technology and engineering. She teachers technology in secondary school.Dr. Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Dr Lena Gumaelius has a background as a researcher in Biotechnology, in which field she
the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE). Her P-12 research interests center on the integration of engineering into elementary education.Irene B. Mena, Purdue University, West Lafayette Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Her research interests include K-12 engineering education, first-year engineering, and graduate student professional development. Page 22.551.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Elementary school teachers’ attempts at integrating engineering design
engineering education.Mrs. Susan Beth D’Amico, NC State University Susan B. D’Amico Coordinator of Engineering K-12 Outreach Extension The Engineering Place College of Engineering NC State University Susan earned a B.S in Industrial Engineering from NC State and has worked in the Telecom and Contract Manufacturing Industries for over 25 years as an Industrial Engineer, Process Engi- neer, Manufacturing Engineer, Project Manager, Business Cost Manager and Program Manager. Inspired Page 26.644.1 by coursework she developed and presented as an engineer, her professional path made a turn towards education by
Content: Skill Development for Engineers,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 97, No 3, 2008, pp 295-307.[4] Chubin, Daryl, K. Donaldson. B. Olds, and L Fleming. “Educating Generation Net – Can U.S. Engineering Woo and Win the Competition for Talent?,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 97, No 3, 2008, pp 245-257.[5] Nelson, J., Turner, G., Crittenden, K., and Boudreax, A., “A Model for High-School Teacher Professional Development and Student Learning” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education, Oct. 2009[6] Hall, D.E., M. Barker, and J. Nelson. “Living with the Lab: Expanding a Project-Based Freshman Curriculum to Over 350 Freshman Students,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Meeting, 2008
Conference & Exposition (2009). 4. Zarske, Malinda S., Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, Lawrence E. Carlson, and Janet L. Yowell. "Teachers Teaching Teachers: Linking K-12 Engineering Curricula with Teacher Professional Development." American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2004). 5. Minstrell, J. (1989). Teaching science for understanding. In L. Resnick and L. Klopfer (Eds.) Toward the thinking curriculum: Current cognitive research (pp. 129-149). 1989 Yearbook of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. 6. Perkins, D. N. (1993). Teaching for understanding. American Educator, Fall, 28-35 7. Crawford, B. A. (2000). Embracing the essence of inquiry: New
) are told the story of Mabel, who lives at the top of a great hill(Point A). One day she saw her grandmother coming from across the field at the bottom of thehill (Point B). Her grandmother stopped to wave at her in the same moment that Mabel wentracing down the hill to embrace her (for she hasn’t seen her grandmother in a great while). Ourchallenge to the students: How can we make sure that Mabel will meet her grandmother with agentle kiss, rather than racing by her, stopping short, or crashing into her?Transferable Educational Elements: The Engineering Design Process (EDP) is introduced as a Page 22.592.12framework for meeting a human
University of Alabama, Huntsville. Virani’s research interests include engineering education, empirical software quality, and cognitive perspectives of systems engineering teams. She teaches decision and risk analysis, software systems architecture, and systems integration, verification, and validation. She is a member of ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education) and IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers).Ms. Iris B. Burnham, Da Vinci School for Science and the Arts Iris B. Burnham is the Founder and Superintendent of the Burnham Wood Charter School District in El Paso, Texas. The Da Vinci School serves grades 5-12 and has been designated an Innovative STEM Academy by the Texas Education Agency. Burnham ’s career
Paper ID #78672D Paper Trusses for K12 STEM EducationDr. Kelly B Crittenden, Louisiana Tech UniversityDr. Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech UniversityDr. David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University Page 23.2.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 2D Paper Trusses for K12 STEM EducationIntroductionTruss projects have long been used as a hands-on demonstration in K12 school systems. Thereare truss projects that use spaghetti and marshmallows1, computer simulations2, manila folders3,and the ubiquitous Popsicle
87.5% 91.3% 77.8% 78.1% 78.7% 75.0% engineering careerThe other students in my classes 37.5% 34.8% 44.4% 31.5% 29.5% 41.7% share my personal interestsI can succeed in an engineering curriculum while not having to give 68.8% 69.6% 66.7% 69.9% 72.1% 58.3% up participation in my outside interestsI can relate to the people around me 65.6% 65.2% 66.7% 76.7% 73.8% 91.7% in my extracurricular activitiesI think I will succeed (earn an A or 90.6% 91.3% 88.9% 82.2% 82.0% 83.3% B
staff and teachers, and served as museum liaison to UT Austin’s Science and Engineering departments and the local STEM professional community. She received training in inquiry-based learning from the Institute for Inquiry at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA. She is currently the Education Director for Phoenix Arising Aviation Academy and the Program Director for STEM Education programs with iFLY.Mr. Stuart B Wallock Stuart Wallock has spent the last 20 years involved with the convergence of technology, ecommerce, media and entertainment industries in various online and retail capacities. He holds a BA in Liberal Arts from UT Austin. Stuart joined SkyVenture/iFLY Indoor Skydiving from Dell, Inc., in October of
Classes Physics with Toys 0 Mini-Med School 2 Total Number of Participants 18 a. Two students also enrolled in Physics with Toys and one student enrolled in Junior Astronauts b. Two students also enrolled in 3-D Modeling c. One student also enrolled in Physics with Toys and one student enrolled in Mini-Med School d. One student also enrolled in Experimental ChemistryResearch MethodologyThis study applies qualitative research methods to deeply understand the perspectives of theparticipants. 13 The methodological
disciplines and as Page 14.743.3few as five. Many engineering summer programs focus on one type of engineering, such asrobotics or computer gaming, and build a depth of knowledge in a smaller number of students.Since this program’s goal was to increase the number of students who choose to studyengineering, we developed a program for students to consider a variety of different engineeringcareers. It was crucial that the program be open and non-threatening to students who were not inthe top 10-20% of their class. a) b) Figure 1. Engineering Days Materials Engineering lab activities were team oriented and
tasks.The first study involved a group of seven high school students from 10th and 11th grades of aScience and Math Magnet school in Nashville, TN. These students were on a summer internshipprogram at our institute. The seven students were divided into two groups: Group A with threestudents and Group B with four students. Both groups appointed leaders who had theadministrative role implying they were in charge of running the simulation. The administrativeleader from group B was appointed the super administrator, i.e., when the two groups workedtogether, this student was in charge of controlling the joint experiments executed in thesimulation environment. All students worked individually in Step I of the C3STEM projectwhere they used the CTSiM agent
how math helps solve problems in science and engineering has 6. My knowledge of science and engineering fields hasFigure 11. Student Reponses to Changes in their Interest, Attitude, and Confidence Levels Increased Decreased Stayed the Same A = 2004-5 B = 2005-6 C = 2006-7 D = 2007-8 100
. (2003). Problem-based learning meets case-based reasoning in the middle-school science classroom: Putting learning by design™ into practice. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 12,(4), 495-547.15 untambekar, S., Stylianou, ., bscher, R. ( 00 ). Improving navigation and learning in hypertext environments with navigable concept maps. Human-computer Interaction, 18, 4, 395-428.16 Puntambekar, S., Stylianou, A., & Goldstein, J. (2007). Comparing classroom enactments of an inquiry curriculum: lessons learned from two teachers. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 16,(1). 81-130.17 Chinn, C. A., & Malhotra, B. A. (2002). Epistemologically authentic inquiry in schools: A theoretical
) but low at Formal #1. Table 3: Student ratings for enjoyment (Largest percentages at each site highlighted in green) Formal #2 Formal #1 Informal #2 Informal #1 (n=67) (n=135) (n=165) (n=48) A+ 54% 33% 64% 56% A 18% 19% 18% 17% A- 9% 15% 7% 17% B+ 4% 12% 3% 2% B
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