education, (b) supporting teachers and outreach coordinators toimplement lessons and modules on PV science and engineering, and (c) fostering teacher’sconfidence in developing PV engineering curriculum. To achieve these aims, the QESSTprogram designed a summer research experience to provide classroom teachers opportunities todevelop connections between PV engineering research labs and the classroom. Participants spendfive weeks conducting use-inspired PV research, working with world-class PV scholars, anddesigning solar energy lessons for their classrooms, working with educational researchers andinstructional designers.The eleven teachers in the program split their time between learning about various socio-technical aspects of PV (visiting PV
assessment test comprising of 7 MCQsand six open-ended questions. All questions were graded based on the specially designed rubrics.In the assessment unit, we designed the questions to keep the blend of medium to moderatelyhigh difficult questions. Table 3 shows sample questions.Table 3Sample assessment questions - 6th grade Type of Question Sample Questions MCQ • Which of the following statement is TRUE about competition between organisms? a) Animals are the only organism that compete for resources b) Plants are the only organisms that compete for resources c) Neither plants nor animals compete for resources
Paper ID #32588High School Students’ Perspective of Active Learning in a RemoteClassroom (Fundamental).Dr. Olushola V. Emiola-Owolabi, Morgan State University Olushola Emiola-Owolabi recently completed her PhD in Advanced Studies, Leadership, and Policy at Morgan State University. She had her first and second degree in journalism at the University of Lagos Nigeria. She worked as a public relations officer in a small private university in Nigeria. Her dissertation title is ’The Use of Active Learning Pedagogy in Two Undergraduate Civil Engineering Courses: A Mixed Methods Study’ .Dr. Medha Dalal, Arizona State University
Paper ID #33567Computational Thinking in First-Grade Students Using a ComputationalDevice (Work in Progress)Ms. Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University Barbara Fagundes is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Engineering Education Department at Purdue Univer- sity. Her doctoral research interests involve the representation of women in the STEM field, k-12 STEM curriculum, and computational thinking.Nrupaja Bhide, Purdue University Nrupaja is a PhD student at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is interested in pre-college engineering education, and improving access to STEM education. She previously worked
Paper ID #32848A P-12 Engineering Learning Framework: Expectations and Resources To-wardAchieving Engineering Literacy for AllDr. Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Greg J. Strimel, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Technology Leadership and Innovation and coordinator of the Design and Innovation Minor at Purdue University. Dr. Strimel conducts research on design pedagogy, cognition, and assessment as well as the preparation of K-12 engineering teachers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A P-12 Engineering Learning
Paper ID #29743Work in Progress: A Summer Outreach Program in Chemical EngineeringEmphasizing Sustainable Technologies Related to Plastic MaterialsDr. Diane L Nelson, Carnegie Mellon University Diane Nelson is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow and a Burroughs Welcome Fund Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemical Engineering who is committed to exploring the unique properties of fluorinated materials and harnessing those properties to improve drug delivery vehicles to the lung. She has spent the last six years creating and testing her delivery system on various lung diseases and is currently defining the process of droplet
Paper ID #30743Pilot evaluation of a summer camp to Attract Middle School Students toSTEM (Work in Progress)Murad Musa Mahmoud, Wartburg College Murad is an Assistant Professor at the Engineering Science Department at Wartburg College. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Utah State University. Research interests include recruitment into STEM, diversity in STEM as well pedagogy and instruction.Ms. Trinity Borland, Wartburg CollegeMr. Ripken Gerhig Holst, Wartburg CollegeProf. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education Kurt Becker is the current director for the Center for Engineering Education
Paper ID #29194Teacher Leader Engineering Network (TaLENt): A Collective Impact Modelfor K-12 Engineering Teacher Leaders (Work in Progress)Christina Anlynette Crawford, Rice University As Associate Director for Science and Engineering of the Rice Office of STEM Engagement, Christina leads the NanoEnvironmental Engineering for Teachers program. In this capacity, she guides Houston area secondary science teachers in weekly meetings on Rice’s campus to ”best practices” in educational pedagogy. She currently has a B.S. in Biology from Texas A and M Corpus Christi, an M.S.Ed from the University of Houston, and is a Ph.D
Paper ID #30596Building and Evaluating a Multi-tiered Mentor Program to IntroduceResearch to High School Women (Evaluation)Dr. Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Katherine C. Chen is the Executive Director of the STEM Education Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Her degrees in Materials Science and Engineering are from Michigan State University and MIT. Her research interests include pre-college engineering education, teacher education, and equity in education.Prof. Tiffiny Antionette Butler , Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Butler joined the faculty at WPI after completing a
Paper ID #23432Engineering Design Professional Development as a Mechanism for ChangingScience Teachers’ Beliefs (Fundamental)Prof. Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and Director of STEM Integration in the INSPIRE Institute at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integration of STEM concepts in K-12 and postsecondary classrooms in order to help students make connections among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her work focuses on defining STEM integration and investigating its
Paper ID #26235Computer Security Activities for a Middle School Classroom or OutreachEvent (P12 Resource/Curriculum Exchange)Dr. Stephany Coffman-Wolph, University of Texas, Austin Dr. Stephany Coffman-Wolph is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at The University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Computer Science. Research interests include: Artificial Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic, Game Theory, Teaching Computer Science, Outreach of STEM, Women in STEM, and Software Engi- neering.Dr. Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Dr. Kimberlyn Gray is an Assistant Professor at West Virginia University
Paper ID #27366Facilitating a Student-Led, Large-Scale Engineering Bridge Camp: TwelveYears of Tips from the TrenchesAdrienne Steele, Louisiana State University Adrienne Steele has 20 years experience in STEM education. Currently, Adrienne works at Louisiana State University as the Assistant Director of Student Programs and Outreach in the Chevron Center for Engineering Education. Her current responsibilities include managing a large peer mentoring program, fa- cilitating all aspects of a first year student bridge camp, assisting faculty members with outreach activities and grant proposals, and working with other
Paper ID #25056A STEM-based, Project-driven, Introductory Programming Class for Pre-service TeachersProf. Wesley G. Lawson, University of Maryland, College Park Prof. Lawson has earned five degrees from the University of Maryland, including a Ph,D, in Electrical Engineering in 1985. In his professional career at College Park, where he has been a full professor since 1997, he has worked on high-power microwave devices, medical devices, and engineering and STEM education. He is an author or coauthor on 5 books and over 70 refereed journal articles and 200 conference presentations and publications.Dr. Jennifer Lee Kouo
Paper ID #34255Middle School Engineering Teachers’ Enactment of Pedagogies Rooted inFunds of Knowledge and Translanguaging: A Comparative Case Study(Fundamental)Dr. Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University Amy Wilson-Lopez is an associate professor at Utah State University who studies culturally sustaining engineering pedagogies and literacies with linguistically diverse students.Jorge Americo Acosta Feliz American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Middle School Engineering Teachers’ Enactments of Pedagogies Rooted in Funds of Knowledge and
Paper ID #34897Providing Support to High School STEM Teachers at UnderrepresentedSchools Through a Yearlong Professional Development Initiative (WIP,Diversity)Dr. Bonnie Achee, Southeastern Louisiana University In addition to her primary roles of undergraduate coordinator and instructor for the Department of Com- puter Science at Southeastern Louisiana, Dr. Achee also serves as faculty advisor for the student chapter of ACM-W, Women in Computing. She founded the Lion’s Code Coding Camp to provide a summer program for pre-college students and recruit students to the discipline and university. Her research focus is
Paper ID #26535Evaluating the use of a Personalized Learning Management System to In-crease Student Enrollment in High School Physics (Evaluation, Diversity)Dr. Meera N.K. Singh, University of Calgary Meera Singh obtained her PhD. from the University of Waterloo, Canada, specializing in fatigue life prediction methods. Following her PhD studies, she joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba, Canada, where she was a faculty member for 12 years. During that time, she conducted research primarily in the area of the fatigue behaviour of composite materials, regularly taught courses in applied
Paper ID #24713Board 109: Integrating a Teacher Professional Learning Experience into theGEAR UP Engineering Summer Camp (Work in Progress)Ryan Barlow, Utah State University Ryan Barlow obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Utah in 2012 and his Master’s Degree in Science Education from the University of Maryland in 2016. He is currently a PhD student in Engineering Education at Utah State University where his research focuses on professional learning for engineering educators and K-12 STEM teachers.Dr. Max L Longhurst, Utah State University Dr. Longhurst is an Assistant Professor
Paper ID #21576Evaluation of the 2017 National Summer Transportation Institute Hosted atRowan UniversityDr. Ayman AliDr. Yusuf A. Mehta, Rowan University Dr. Mehta is a Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. Dr. Mehta has extensive experience in teaching pavement materials and pavement systems. Dr. Mehta has published several technical and educational papers in leading professional organizations.Miss Shivani Dharmavir Patel, New Jersey Department of Transportation c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Evaluation of the 2017
Paper ID #22577Impact of a STEM-focused Research Program on Minority High School Stu-dents’ Self-Efficacy and Interest in STEM Research and Careers (Work inProgress)Dr. Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University Dr. Tameshia Ballard Baldwin is a Teaching Assistant Professor working jointly in the College of En- gineering and in the Department of STEM Education within the College of Education at North Carolina State University. She earned a B.S. in Biological Engineering from North Carolina State University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Uni
Paper ID #23577From Physics to Where? Diagnosing the Effect of a Discovery-based TeachingParadigm on Continued Barriers to Women’s Entry to the Physical Engineer-ing Science Professions (RTP, Diversity)Prof. Katherina V. Tarnai-Lokhorst, Camosun College Katherina Tarnai-Lokhorst, P.Eng., BASc, MBA, doctoral candidate Kathy is a Mechanical Engineering Instructor at Camosun College and Adjunct Professor at the Univer- sity of British Columbia. She received her BASc from UBC in 1987 specializing in aerodynamics and her MBA from the University of Phoenix in 2007. Kathy is pursuing her Doctor of Social Science at Royal Roads
Paper ID #22914Investigating the Fit Between Students’ Personal Interests and Their Percep-tions of Engineering in a National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Pre-college Summer Workshop (Fundamental Research)Dr. Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Morgan Hynes is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and Director of the FACE Lab research group at Purdue. In his research, Hynes explores the use of engineering to integrate academic subjects in K-12 classrooms. Specific research interests include design metacognition among learners of all ages; the knowledge
Paper ID #21792Engaging Underrepresented Students in Engineering through Targeted andThematic Summer Camp Content (Work in Progress, Diversity)Amy L Warren, University of Arkansas College of Engineering Amy is the Assistant Director of Outreach and Summer Programs at the University of Arkansas College of Engineering. Prior to taking this position, she was the program coordinator for BGREEN (Building a Grass Roots Environmental Education Network) and a NSF GK-12 Graduate STEM Fellow at the Uni- versity of Missouri. She is currently completing her PhD in Biological Anthropology at the University of Missouri with a research
materials education and STEM outreach.Dr. Nicole Johnson-Glauch, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Nicole Johnson-Glauch is a lecturer in the Materials Engineering Department at California Poly- technic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. Her current research interests are in how visual representations help or hinder student learning and how the structure of outreach activities impact under- represented students’ interest and belonging in engineering.Leon M. Dean, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignProf. Jessica A. Krogstad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jessica A. Krogstad is an assistant professor in the Department of Material Science and Engineering at the
Committee (Protocol # 2017-2018-20). Parental consent to datacollection was obtained for each student prior to commencement of programming. All data wasanonymized by secondary school classroom educators prior to assessment to maintain studentconfidentiality. Students without parental consent to data collection were not accounted for instudent counts or metrics of performance, nor were they administered surveys. Students and instructorsDiscovery participants included university-preparatory biology, chemistry, and physics studentsfrom two schools in the school board (“School A”, N=77 students; “School B”, N=53 students).When quantified for SES factors, these schools scored in the second from bottom (“School A”)and top (“School B”) quintiles in
lead to teachers adopting morestudent-centered teaching strategies. This is under the assumption that professional developmentactivities and other aspects of the RET program are kept as uniform as possible for allparticipants.MethodsFor the purpose of this study, we look at the past 4 cohorts of teachers (2015-2018). We omit thetwo years prior to 2015, since the program was still under development leading to a lack ofuniformity in the program’s implementation, activities, and expectations. The four cohorts thatare part of this study include a total of 41 teachers: 16 in 2015, 16 in 2016, 5 in 2017, and 4 in2018. We separated the cohorts into 2 experimental groups. Group A includes the larger cohortsfrom 2015 and 2016 and Group B includes the
While these strategies were used throughout the activity, the overall to be given to children as needed. effective pattern was observe to be:Dr. Hoda Ehsan @Hoda Ehsan hehsan7@gatech.edu & A and/or B strategy —> Introduce the activity/task/challenge hehsan@thehill.org C strategy —> allow self-paced exploration and engagementREFERENCES D, E, A and/or B
-teachers who worked on planning and implementing lessonscollaboratively. Both co-teachers participated in the summer PD. This class met with the teachersevery school day of the week.Classroom B: 6th grade ProgrammingClassroom B with 21 students (12 male and 9 female) was an ICT class. It was allotted a doubleperiod (90 minutes) and was taught by a lead teacher who participated in the summer PD. He wasassisted by a co-teacher during the second half of the class. As the class was primarily roboticsbased, the lead teacher planed and implemented the lessons while the co-teacher assisted inmaintaining discipline and providing students with one-on-one support. This was also an Englishas Second Language (ESL) classroom, and all written instructions were
. Problem Scoping Framework Understanding Problem Scoping Actions Behaviors the boundaries Problem Framing a) Reading, rereading, rehashing or reframing of the problem understanding of the problem statement and/or the goal b) Identify and restate limitation of materials, space and resources (constraints) c) Identify and restate desired features of a solution (criteria
. Chemical b. Electrical c. Heat d. Both A and B e. Both B and C f. All the above2. Which of the following compounds allow plants to absorb light effectively? a. Titanium dioxide b. Chlorophyll c. Plant pigments d. Both B and C e. Both A and C f. None of the above3. How does the size of a semiconductor’s band gap affect the wavelength of light it absorbs? a. The larger the band gap, the shorter the wavelength of light needed to excite an electron in the semiconductor. b. The larger the band gap, the longer the wavelength of light needed to excite an electron in the semiconductor. c. The wavelength of light that a semiconductor absorbs is unaffected by the size of the band gap.4. Assuming that
understand how neurons communicate • Apply knowledge of the nervous system and neurons to an electronic circuit • Identify the major components of a circuit and the similarities to the nervous system • Recognize the differences between neurons and NeuroBytes • Troubleshoot the circuit by working in teams and understanding how neurons connect and interactThe two teachers were given a six-question pre-lab survey via SurveyMonkey® to determine ifthey were interested in having a biomedical engineering project for their classroom (seeAppendix B). The survey also evaluated if they had noticed any interest in biomedicalengineering before the project.The students were given NeuroByte kits which come with an assortment of sensors. In