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Program Evaluation Studies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne A. Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher J. Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Technology to pitch their inventions to judges and audience members in astatewide competition.The goal of this research is to understand the experiences of teachers and students within theprogram and the ways they benefit from participating. Initial research efforts have focusedprimarily on teachers’ experiences implementing the program. Through survey, focus group,and interview data collected over the past several years, teachers have also provided theirperspectives about how the program has impacted their students. Across several academic years,teachers’ survey data reflects a high level of agreement that participation has had a positiveimpact on their students’ communication and teamwork skills, enthusiasm for learning aboutengineering and

Conference Session

Best Practices in Research & Assessment Tools for Pre-College Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim H. Yeter, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Abeera P. Rehmat, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Annwesa Dasgupta, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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the targeted data. Overall, the mainaim of this paper is to provide critical insights for researchers who anticipate implementing moresuccessful, purposeful and effective data collection in elementary schools, specifically in K-2grade levels. We also anticipate that this paper will help practitioners and professionaldevelopers consider how they might collect video recordings: whether for allowing practitionersto reflect on their teaching practices; allowing teachers to share with families the in-classactivities that children engage in; or assisting professional developers in developing video-basedtraining materials. IntroductionPurpose of the Paper This paper describes the evolution of data

Conference Session

Informal Engineering Education with Secondary Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Latricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University; Braska Williams Jr., North Carolina State University; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University; Javon Marcell Adams, North Carolina State University

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discussions with participants. Interviews and focus groupswere digitally recorded and transcribed. A reflective analysis process was used to analyze andinterpret interviews and focus groups.Test of Students’ Science KnowledgeA student science content knowledge assessment aligned to the instructional goals of the researchcourse was developed and administered at the onset and conclusion of each part of the course.S-STEM SurveyThe S-STEM Student Survey measures student self-efficacy related to STEM content, interest inpursuing STEM careers, and the degree to which students implement 21st century learning skills.The survey was administered in a pre/post format at the beginning and end of each project year.FindingsResults are organized by evaluation

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tony Andrew Lowe, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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earlier literate documented as well. Given the nature ofthe mouse, the cards are the only way of capturing the algorithm outside the device, yet it is onlyused by participants to enter the program. As noted earlier, the preference, if a problem occurs,is to try again from scratch, so the participants generally used the cards only after beingreminded. Without revisiting the past plan, it seems less likely the novice would update thenotional machine based on traditional learning theory, as they spend no time reflecting on themistake. Yet, perhaps slower than if they were reflective, they do gradually come to understandthe controls and programming strategies for using the mouse. At times, adding a layer of designseems to initially hinder rather than

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 17

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Ming Tomayko, Towson University

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paper where weexplore how 53 kindergartners tested their first try design attempts, were prompted to engage infailure analysis when their designs failed, and planned their second designs.BackgroundThe Epistemic Practice of Persisting and Learning from FailureOne way to investigate preschool through grade 12 (P-12) students’ engagement in engineeringis through the frame of epistemic practices of engineering. These epistemic practices representthe ways of knowing and doing that are reflective of professional engineering practice andappropriate for P-12 students. Epistemic practices may also be regarded as ways of doing that arecentral to the development of an engineering identity. Cunningham and Kelly identified sixteenepistemic practices of

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 13

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Luciana Debs, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yunfeng Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiansong Zhang

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National Science Foundation (NSF). This material isbased on work supported by the NSF under Grant No. 1827733. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the NSF.References[1] Diefes-Dux, H. A., Moore, T., Zawojewski, J., Imbrie, P. K., & Follman, D. (2004, October). A framework for posing open-ended engineering problems: Model-eliciting activities. In 34th Annual Frontiers in Education, 2004. FIE 2004. (pp. F1A-3). IEEE. Appendix A – Take-off Chart Panel Number Dimensions Weight for 1 panel Quantity of equal Panels

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Jennifer Velez, Arizona State University

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; interactions with city construction-in-progress teams(engineers, managers) and city leaders (councilman) and staff.Friday: Field trip to university’s aviation and flight control center adjacent to the suburbanairport. Final presentations and check out.Each day, students had classroom time to work in small teams and individually. The aim of theseclassroom sessions was to help participants reflect on their transportation related experiences andinteractions with experts to further develop and articulate their understanding of localtransportation and construction industry and related careers (West, 2018). All meals, breakfast,lunch, and dinner, and snacks were provided.Data Collection and MethodsA pre-post survey was developed (NAE, 2008, 2013) to elicit

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 12

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University; Jorge Americo Acosta Feliz

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other teachers as they taught in ways designed to foreground students’ funds ofknowledge and home languages. For over one year, they participated in ongoing professionaldevelopment in which they reflected on student work or transcripts of their own teaching anddiscussed and identified ways for better supporting Latinx students who were receiving ESLservices. MethodsFor the trimester reported in this comparative case study, we observed each teacher daily for aminimum of four instructional units. These instructional units were each comprised of oneengineering design challenge and ranged from a few days to a few months in duration. Thisstudy also draws from four interviews per teacher, which were designed

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 18

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; John M. Mativo, University of Georgia; Johnny Thien Pham, Robert Morris University

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, timers, counters, calculations, conversions, logic into the programming environment thatcan be used in placing and moving objects. The output menu exports the game into the VR Plazamode and also performs outputs like lighting up the screen, make sounds, vibrates, and emitslights – for making game effects. After the menus are covered, a quick review on them weredone by asking the participants to reflect. Similar to other computer software, the developmentenvironment has three visual display modes the Game, 3D, and 2D Views. The participants wereintroduced to the three display modes (Figure 4) before the game development exercises started. Figure 4. (a) Game, (b) 3D, and (c) 2D ViewsDeveloping a Simple GameParticipants were

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mi Thant Mon (Thant) Soe, Drexel University; Robert Shultz, Drexel University; James M. Muscarella, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School; Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

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Davis et al., utilizing a 7-point scale in each ofthe 15 sections. The sections, illustrated in Figure 2, reflected the various stages of the designprocess, as well as administrative/project management components of engineering design. Inaddition to assigning each section a point value, instructors can choose from a number of generalcomments or input custom comments. This wide range of scores allows instructors to track studentprogress in each section throughout the 3-course sequence, addressing the criteria of applicabilityacross a wide range of students. By widening the scale and broadening expectations as studentsprogress from course to course, many stages of development can be accounted for [10]. Hence, toreflect increasing expectations

Conference Session

Best Practices in Research & Assessment Tools for Pre-College Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston

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Students are not supported to analyze data or constructively as they design iteratively. reflect on failures. Designs are not improved. Students' collaborative work is supported and Students may work together in teams but are includes negotiating with team members not given support to do so. Students are encouraged to be creative, The design challenge is open-ended but brainstorm, and consider a multiplicity of development of multiple design ideas is not ideas and possible solutions. discussed or supported in the curriculum. Teacher guide supports engaging prior Teacher guide focuses on how to explain knowledge, prompting reflection, and content to students and the

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Tiffiny Antionette Butler , Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Suzanne Sontgerath, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ryan Nicole Meadows, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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the needto increase the number of URM graduate students, and also reflects the importance of includingour URM undergraduate students in the program. White Asian/PI Latinx Black 14 Number of Participants 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 2.5 (Sp'19

Conference Session

Elementary Engineering

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Lehman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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in formalclassroom settings and in informal settings. This theoretical perspective views knowledgeconstruction as arising conceptually through the dynamic construction, re-construction, andinterpretation within a social context. Furthermore, knowledge is socially reproduced andlearning takes place through participation in meaningful activities that are part of a community ofpractice [3], participation that is mutually constituted through and reflects our thinking anddiscourse skills [5].In this study, both teacher and student participants learned as active members of the school-university math and science partnership. Participation in communities of practice has been foundto be beneficial for both teacher and student learning [6], [7]. In

Conference Session

PCEE Evaluation Studies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristina D. Pomales-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Agnes M. Padovani, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Jaquelina Ester Alvarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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self-reflection withopen and closed questions is required as part of the program assessment. As part of the formativeprocess, the program evaluator summarizes evaluation results, student progress, observations,and participation data to build an assessment report of the summer activity. Accordingly, the nextsection describes the assessment instruments and results for the various pre-college programcomponents.Evaluation StrategiesAn integral part of the pre-college program is the documentation and tracking of studentparticipants. As outlined in Figure 1, information from schools and participants is stored in theCenter’s management system, designed to record the participant’s involvement, including visitsto schools and summer program

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Middle School Students' Engineering Identity, Efficacy, Attitudes, and Perceptions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexis Basantis, Rowan University ; Megan DiPietroantonio; Amy B. Geary, Rowan University; Melanie V. Ware, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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, active/reflective, and sequential/global.Complementary teaching styles can be matched to each of the learning styles, and the traditional“chalk and talk” style can in no way encompass all of them. Several institutions found that amixed-mode approach which balances active learning and passive learning is best for teachingstudents, especially in early stages of development [4]. Thus, in order to teach STEM topics toall students, supplementary teaching tools should be utilized.There are some assignable causes linked to the lack of engagement and success in STEMclassrooms. Many times teachers themselves do not have adequate training to teach STEMtopics. This problem was illustrated in a study done in 2007 that revealed the United Statesranked 41 out

Conference Session

Energy & Technology in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meera N. K. Singh, University of Calgary; Krista Francis, University of Calgary; Julia Anna Patricia Sather, University of Calgary; Philip Egberts, University of Calgary

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experiential learning [9], yet the learning was superficial and disconnected. Tobegin to deepen campers learning, the camp was revised in 2017 to reflect the aforementionedpedagogical objectives of the advisory committee.By transforming the week into an investigation into how to power a metropolis, campers wouldlearn to apply knowledge of different generators, and electrical circuits to build a model city.This design process would provide campers with what Scardamealia and Beretter [10] describeas knowledge building opportunities. The campers would collectively inquire into energyengineering to complete a common goal and synthesize ideas. This paper documents the changein camp structure, describes the programming associated with the modified 2017 camp

Conference Session

PCEE Evaluation Studies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vanessa LeBow, University of Arkansas; Michelle L. Bernhardt-Barry, University of Arkansas; Jyotishka Datta, University of Arkansas

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0.05 isconsidered significant.Table 5​. ​Parameter estimates β and their exponentiated values, and P-values for the effect ofsession, gender, and language spoken at home. Effects Estimate Exp.Estimate P.value Significance (Intercept) 0.45 1.61 3.2×10​−3 Yes Gender 0.48 1.6 0.16×10​−3 Yes Session Pre −0.61 0.54 0.81×10​−5 Yes Session WB 0.26 1.3 0.97×10​−3 Yes Language 0.41 1.5 6.4×10​−3 YesTable 5 shows the parameter estimates and their exponentiated values, which reflects the

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Emel Cevik, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Whitfield, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University

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-focused interventionscan be very effective solutions to improve teachers’ knowledge and experience related toengineers and teaching engineering.Since the small sample size of this study limits the generalizability of the results, increasing thenumber of participants can be used to overcome this limitation. Finally, the conclusions of thisstudy reflect the results of the quantitative data analyses. In the future, collecting the qualitativedata as well as collecting the quantitative data might provide a richer and more in-depthunderstanding of the topic that is under investigation.AcknowledgementThis material is supported by the National Science Foundation under DRL Grant Numbers1615019 and 1614496. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Jamie Mikeska, Educational Testing Service; Elizabeth Orlandi, Science Education Consultant

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discussion as follows: Molly relies on her students to share their reflections on their design solutions and performance results, propose alternative solutions, and guide one another to more informed understandings about the properties of materials and its effects on drag … It is clear that Molly positioned her students’ thinking at the center of this phase of the design process. Students were able to leverage their test results to share and reflect on their tentative understandings of drag and design. [10, p. 367]As Capobianco and colleagues suggest here, the goal of post-testing argumentation discussions isfor each team to re-consider their design performance and improvement ideas in light of theirpeers’ designs

Conference Session

Robotics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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S.M. Mizanoor Rahman, New York University; Sonia Mary Chacko, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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something that iscomputable. It can be reflected through system design; the human thought process in problemsolving; understanding the difficulty level of a given problem; understanding the quality of aproposed solution to a given problem; systematically assessing and selecting from amongalternative solution strategies; understanding the fundamentals of mathematics, engineering, andcomputational models; analysis of findings obtained through hands-on activities; understandinghuman behavior; etc. Computational thinking is recursive and parallel thinking. Moreover, it is theability of a person to judge a solution not only for being correct and effective, but also for itsaccessibility and aesthetics. Computational thinking affords appropriate

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Pre-College Engineering Education Focused on Female Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary B. Isaac, HEDGE Co.

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statistically significant interactions at the scale level, although several occur at theitem level. As expected from research regarding female engineers and technologists, they haveabove median measures of traits representative of both masculine and feminine genderorientations. They exhibit below median levels of explicit sexism as measured by the SATWscale, but above median levels of implicit sexism as measured by the implicit associations tests(IATs).Higher levels of implicit sexism are also reflected in the SATW items that drew the greatestdisagreement as measured by the Net Support Percentage (NSP), i.e., the percent of responsesthat were not 4s or 5s. Selecting “3 – Neither Agree nor Disagree” on particularly embeddedideas is a typical approach of

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Manuel Alejandro Figueroa, The College of New Jersey; Jamie Mikeska; Matthew Scott Taylor

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Rong Su, University of Iowa

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example diagram of this bi-factor CFA model is depicted in Figure 1.This general factor needs to be parsed out when evaluating the structural validity of the sixsubstantive scales because an acquiescence factor (response bias or general attitude) has beenwidely reported in psychological research with self-report measures (Paulhus & Vazire, 2007).Some respondents have a general tendency to endorse all the items highly across measurementscales, whereas others have a general tendency to provide lower ratings across the board. It iswell documented that self-ratings of many psychological constructs reflect this general factor,including personality (e.g., Messick & Jackson, 1961), interests (e.g., Tracey, 2012), and affectand perceptions at

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mary K. Nyaema, The University of Illinois at Chicago; David G. Rethwisch, The University of Iowa; Mark Andrew McDermott

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. While it is important to cater to students’ individual differences inunderstanding, it is equally important to cover all the content outlined in the curriculum guide toensure that students acquire all the benefits associated with the content as outlined in thecurriculum. 3) Differences in level of understanding of math and science contentPete was a content expert in math and tended to rely on this background knowledge, usingexamples from this discipline to teach in his classroom. On the other hand, Allison and Grace werecontent experts in science and would emphasize their teaching based on their science contentknowledge. Since Eric was both an expert in physics and math, his implementation reflected abalance in math and science content. This

Conference Session

Engineering Design Process Activities with Secondary Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew J. Traum, Engineer Inc.; Sharon Liz Karackattu, Oak Hall School

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high school science classroom, each student 1)located and drilled holes in metal and plastic, 2) tapped a threaded hole in metal, and 3)assembled a completed working pencil-top fidget device.Cycling a classroom of ~25 students through a safety talk and all fabrication process steps todevice competition took four 45-minute class periods, and these activities were repeated acrossmultiple periods each day. To assess indirectly the activity’s impact, students (N = 79) filled outan exit survey with questions posed against a Likert-like response scale. 35.44% and 65.82% ofrespondents respectively reported never using a drill press or threading a hole prior to thisproject. Reflecting on the project, 89.87% agreed or strongly agreed it demonstrated

Conference Session

Robotics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhidipta Mallik, New York University; S.M. Mizanoor Rahman, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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), LCM(difficult), and CoM (very difficult) lessons, and the corresponding performance score of the fourgroups of students. Table 1 shows that there is direct relation between teachers’ TPACK self-efficacy and student performance in quizzes for both sets of students for each lesson. Resultsindicate that the higher the teachers’ TPACK self-efficacy score were, the more favorable thestudents’ performance. In fact, when TPACK self-efficacy scores between the teachers differedgreatly the more this was reflected in the normalized difference in scores of the quiz (studentperformance). Our classroom observations indicate that in the robotics-aided lessons teachersdifferentiated by engaging students with diverse learning styles differently, used

Conference Session

Middle School Engineering Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Chu, University of Texas at Austin; Victor Sampson, University of Texas at Austin; Todd L. Hutner, University of Texas at Austin; Stephanie Rivale, University of Texas at Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Christina L. Baze, University of Texas at Austin; Hannah Smith Brooks, University of Texas at Austin

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, concept generation,concept selection, design argumentation, design testing, evaluation argumentation, reportdevelopment, and reflection and discussion. Essentially the entire process each EDT involvesactive student engagement in science and engineering practices. Depending on teacherimplementation (e.g., number of design iterations), each EDT takes 300-400 minutes tocomplete.Table 2: EDT stages. EDT Stage General Components Introducing the problem  Provide design challenge  Identify needs and constraints Concept generation  Research the problem

Conference Session

Engineering Career Attitudes

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University; Hiroko Kawaguchi Warshauer, Texas State University; Sara Garcia Torres M.Ed., Texas State University; Laura Rodríguez Amaya

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. He said, “…because I was always afraid I’d be, like, no, I’m going to becalled stupid and stuff like that.” But Troy found that he enjoyed the small group size at camp,and the friendly students as people he could relate to. When asked about the theme of the camp,he primarily focused on teamwork and cooperation. He appreciated the groupwork and time spenton sharing and reflecting at the start of each day’s session.Content AwarenessTroy was very excited to talk about rockets. He displayed a high level of understanding aboutrockets and NASA’s missions. His musings included the following comments expressed in ananimated matter: “Most of the rockets right now at this era are meant to go to the space station torefill fuel, or to resupply it, or to

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Energy & Technology in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew J. Traum, Engineer Inc.; Sharon Liz Karackattu, Oak Hall School

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digital simulations of theirunmodified rocket kits. Software-simulated unmodified rocket launches established an altitudebaseline, which was validated by experimental launches of a real rocket built to kit specificationsand instrumented with an accelerometer and altimeter. Students then brainstormed and exploreda variety of design modifications, using modeling software to evaluate the potential impact ofeach change on rocket altitude. Next, students modified their rocket kits to reflect changes theymade in the computer model to increase flight altitude. Modified rockets were then instrumentedwith accelerometer and altimeter sensors and flown. Students evaluated the resulting flight datato determine how well the rocket modifications they selected

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Katherine Dornian, University of Calgary; Mohammad Moshirpour, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary

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reflect on this paper as awhole.2. Background2.1 Software engineering curriculum guidelineIn order to evaluate the engineering aspects of digital skills programs, we first need to look at theproposed skills an engineering graduate would be expected to achieve. The SoftwareEngineering 2014 Curriculum Guidelines (SE2014) [12] propose the knowledge areas thatsoftware engineers should master in post-secondary education. SE2014 define the corecurriculum skills needed in software engineering education as: - Computing essentials - Mathematical and engineering fundamentals - Professional practice - Software modeling and analysis - Requirements analysis and specifications - Software design - Software verification & validation