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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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Susan M. Letourneau, New York Hall of Science; Dorothy Bennett, New York Hall of Science; ChangChia James Liu, New York Hall of Science; Yessenia Argudo, New York Hall of Science; Kylie Peppler, University of California, Irvine; Anna Keune, Ruhr-University Bochum; Maggie Dahn, University of California, Irvine; Katherine McMillan Culp, New York Hall of Science

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College (1988) and holds a PhD in developmental psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University (1999). American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Observing empathy in informal engineering activities with girls ages 7-14 (RTP, Diversity)BackgroundResearch and policy shifts in engineering education have identified socioemotional skills likeempathy as a fundamental and often neglected part of engineering practice [1]-[2]. This workargues that solving complex engineering challenges with societal and ethical implicationsrequires engineers to empathize with clients and colleagues whose perspectives and needs mightdiffer from their own [1]-[4]. Humanistic

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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Foad Hamidi, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Andrew Coy, Digital Harbor Foundation; Amy L. Freeland, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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national technology education nonprofits including the Computer Science for All and Nation of Makers. Andrew was also the lead author on the Maryland Access Task Force report to Maryland’s Governor Larry Hogan. His work has been recognized by Baltimore Business Journal, The Daily Record, Forbes Magazine, Baltimore Sun, Education Week, and K12 Magazine.Ms. Amy L. Freeland, University of Maryland Baltimore County Ms. Freeland’s areas of interest include HCI, Assistive Technology, Inclusive Practices, Everyday Com- puting, Ethical and Legal Practices Pertaining to Computing. In the past, she has worked on projects that include (1) the study of assistive technology as it pertains to individuals with multiple disabilities

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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Scott M. Randol, OMSI; Carla Herran, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry ; Smirla Ramos-Montanez, OMSI; Todd Shagott; Marcie R. Benne, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

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with OMSI, Marcie is a founding member of the Informal Learning Leadership Collaborative (ILLC) and engages with her community as a facilitator for conversations about race and activities for personal reflection. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Engineering Awareness at Design Challenge Exhibits (Fundamental)IntroductionEngineering in communitiesAn increasing number of federally funded projects have focused on encouraging youth andfamilies to exercise engineering skills (e.g., GRADIENT [1], Engineering is Elementary [2], andHead Start on Engineering [3]). This trend, paired with the increasing popularity of designchallenge-based

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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Sarah Lilly, University of Virginia; Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia; Sarah J. Fick, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia; Kevin W. McElhaney, Digital Promise

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individualizededucational plans (IEPs).CurriculumThe four-week Water Runoff project had students redesign their school grounds, challengingthem to reduce water runoff while addressing design criteria such as parking, grassy fields, andaccessible play areas (Chiu et al., 2019). This study focuses particularly on three of the unit’sengineering-focused lessons (Table 1).Table 1. Water Runoff activities and targeted NGSS practices for selected lessons in this study. Lesson Name Focal Engineering Practices Activity Description Design Generating Designs Generate different playground designs given data on different surface materials. Test Test, Evaluate

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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Paul Jason Weinberg Weinberg, Oakland University

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, 1998; Bolger et al., 2012; Weinberg, 2017a;2017b; 2019). In Bolger et al.’s study, children predicted and explained the motion of pegboardlinkages (Figure 1). Lehrer and Schauble interviewed second- and fifth-grade students, withinengineering tasks, to assess their reasoning about the mechanics of gears. In both of thesestudies, the majority of participants did not engage in mechanistic explanations.Figure 1. Example of a system of pegboard linkages. In Weinberg (2017a; 2017b; 2019), participants predicted and explained the motion ofpegboard linkages represented on an assessment. Most children’s mechanistic reasoning wasfragmented, displaying few of the mechanistic elements necessary to describe lever motion.First, most did not seem to

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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Richard J. Aleong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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-Dimensional learning which highlights how science learning takes place through theholistic and integrated learning of disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, andcross-cutting concepts [1]. Within these three dimensions, the science and engineering practiceshave been a focal point for pre-college science curriculum and instructional reform because oftheir emphasis on learning the ways scientists and engineers conduct their professional work [2].With an emphasis on what it means to do scientific inquiry and engineering design, the scienceand engineering practices place the learning of science knowledge in relation to the work ofscience and engineering. The use of engineering design-based tasks offers one pedagogical approach

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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Panagiotis Skrimponis, New York University; Nikos Makris, University of Thessaly; Karen Cheng, Columbia University; Jonatan Ostrometzky, Columbia University; Zoran Kostic, Columbia University; Gil Zussman, Columbia University; Thanasis Korakis, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey

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developed a teacher professional development (PD) program and atoolkit consisting of a hardware and software system to engage STEM teachers in learning aboutwireless technology through various hands-on activities and collaborative research. The PDprogram and the toolkit directly relate to the Cloud Enhanced Open Software Defined MobileWireless Testbed for City-Scale Deployment (COSMOS) testbed [1, 2] that is being deployed inWest Harlem (New York City) and to the NSF ERFI NewLAW project which focuses on wirelesscommunication. The PD program took place in Summers 2018 and 2019 within the frameworksof Research Experience for Teachers (RET) and Research Experience and Mentoring (REM)programs. Throughout the PD program, researchers and educational

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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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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from an internal grant opportunity by a group ofalumna and friends of WPI to support women in STEM [1]. In the very first iteration of theprogram, the goal was to enable high school women to engage in hands-on STEM research instate of the art research laboratories under the guidance of women graduate student role modelsfor a semester (10-12 weeks).By having the research projects supervised by graduate students, we did not have to burdenfaculty members (although they needed to approve their graduate student’s participation in theprogram) and the graduate students had opportunity to develop their skills in scoping a shortresearch project and mentoring younger students. Furthermore, to compensate the graduatestudents for their time and effort, a

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

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

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may not have a lot of discretionary time to devoteto formal out-of-school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs,which foster the subsequent pursuit of STEM careers.1 Moreover, working youth may not haveextra disposable income to devote to many STEM activities such as attendance at sciencemuseums or the purchase of STEM magazines and materials, which also foster the pursuit ofSTEM careers.2, 3 High school students’ workplaces may thus be promising sites for fosteringequitable STEM learning because they are sites inhabited by many youth who do not have thesame access to formal STEM learning opportunities as youth from more affluent families.The purpose of this study was to identify the types of engineering-related

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 13

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Jungsun Kim, Indiana University Bloomington; Amber Simpson, Binghamton University

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computational thinking through investigating psycho- social factors in children’s home environments and informal STEM outreach programs with peers and undergraduate STEM ambassadors using quantitative and qualitative approaches.Dr. Amber Simpson, Binghamton University Amber Simpson is a Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in the Teaching, Learning and Edu- cational Leadership Department at Binghamton University. Her research interests include (1) examining individual’s identity(ies) in one or more STEM disciplines, (2) understanding the role of making and tinkering in formal and informal learning environments, and (3) investigating family engagement in and interactions around STEM-related activities. Before joining

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

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Alexandria Muller, University of California, Santa Barbara; Liliana Garcia, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ron Kevin Skinner, MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation; Danielle Harlow, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Design Solutions (Fundamental)Introduction With the introduction of the Next Generation Science Standards [1] engineering is nowbeing incorporated into K-12 classrooms for the first time on a national level. As such, there isan increased need to understand how children communicate during engineering activities to bestsupport their learning. In elementary classrooms, where young students are in the process ofdeveloping their verbal capacities, gestures from both the teacher and students serve as a keycomponent of communication of new ideas and the processing of social information [2]. Thusfar, research efforts to understand how students of all ages use gestures to communicate andunderstand new ideas have focused primarily on mathematics and

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 12

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Kelli Paul, Indiana University-Bloomington; Karen Miel, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington; Jungsun Kim, Indiana University Bloomington

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successful during outreach. This work may inform how we think about andconceptualize the role of outreach educators, in that EOEs may serve as a “greeter”, welcomingstudents into and helping them feel like they belong in engineering. This paper will discussimplications for engineering outreach and how to support EOEs as they balance delivery ofcontent and building relationships that foster student agency and success in engineering.IntroductionIntroducing children to role models during STEM outreach programming is believed to be aneffective means to inspire interest and exploration in STEM study and careers [1-2]. Thisapproach is based on the idea that if children see and interact with these role models, they canlearn from them, get excited, and

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4

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Amanda M. Gunning, Mercy College; Meghan E. Marrero, Mercy College; Kristen V. Larson, Mercy College

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societalneeds and social impacts, and teachers’ development in engineering education through hands-onactivities, provides better understanding of engineering education professional development forK-12 STEM teachers.Key words: STEM integration, precollege engineering education, professional development,STEM teacher self-efficacyIntroductionEducation policy and reform have placed a major emphasis on STEM college and careerreadiness for national economic success [1]-[3]. Integrated STEM approaches in K-12 scienceand math instruction can be more engaging and meaningful for students and often meet thecurriculum content and practice goals better than single-subject lessons. In addition, studentengagement and motivation increase in math and science classrooms

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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

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were received. Selection was based on a reviewof high school transcript for academic performance, a recommendation letter from a STEMteacher, transcripts, and stated interest in exploring transportation engineering careers in anapplication essay. Of the 128 participants accepted to the NSTI program, 123 attended. As a partof the application process, the program collected demographics (see Tables 1, 2, and 3) andrelated measures such as self-reported enrollment in free and reduced-price lunch program andfirst-generation status based on parent/guardian education level.Table 1. Participant demographics by Sex and Race/Ethnicity Number Percent Total Number of Participants 123 Sex Female

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Resource Exchange

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Kelsey Watts, Clemson University; Will Richardson, Clemson University

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NetLogo (https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/) which is an open-source software which allows for simulation development using button and drag and drop components paired with coded scriptsEducation Modules Module 1: Tumor* Growth Module 2: Virus* Prevention Simulation & Model Limitations Simulation & Model Inputs • Biologically- observe the progression • Biologically- examine population and treatment of a disease from a dynamics and viral spread cellular level • Computationally- research and test • Computationally- gain experience in the effect of input parameters on a using a model to test predictions as

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Resource Exchange

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Tawni Paradise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Malle R Schilling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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review mainideas or common misconceptions about engineering.Activity Description: Each student will be provided stickers/sticky notes (if you want to doresearch with this activity put a number on them), and will be prompted to individually thinkabout up to 7 prompts about engineering. Students will place their sticker on a line somewherebetween strongly disagree and strongly agree to correspond with their response to the prompt.Intended Age: Upper elementary - lower high school Time Needed: 30 minutes - 1 hourActivity Steps: Prompts: 1. Provide students with stickers or 1. Engineering is in every community and sticky note(s) for the activity. makes a

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Luis Ricardo Betancourt, San Diego State University; Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Vitaliy Popov, University of Michigan

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funds of knowledge into their teaching without sometimes beingaware of it. However, there were certain institutional barriers that prevented its fullimplementation in the curriculum. These results indicate that although teachers see thesignificance of funds of knowledge in engineering, the teachers and teaching practices are stillembedded in a deficit-oriented educational structure that may prevent some of these changesfrom occurring.IntroductionWith the emergence of the Next Generation Science Standards [1], middle school teachershave been called to integrate engineering into their classes. However, there has been littlediscussion on how middle school teachers can be supported to effectively adopt instructionalpractices that combine both asset

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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Luke G. Grzech, Wartburg College; Jessica Marie Faber, Wartburg College; Murad Musa Mahmoud, Wartburg College; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University

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of studies have shown the link between what a parent perceives as important and whattheir child values [1]. This connection between a parent and their child has the potential topositively influence their career path. Specifically, mothers are shown to play an especially largerole in their child’s interest in a STEM career [2]. Due to this connection, parents’ perception ofSTEM could be a valuable tool in encouraging students to consider pursuing STEM, regardlessof the parent’s occupation. The demand for STEM workers is growing and understanding whatparents’ opinions of STEM are could provide a resource to fill those needed roles [3].In this study, we focus on how parents, who send their children to a STEM summer camp viewSTEM. Parents

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Mariel Kolker, Morris School District

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largeand persistent. Women are needed in STEM, not only to grow a qualified workforce to meetfuture economic needs, but also because their contribution to innovation can help design a futurefor our country that will better serve the needs of all its citizens. There is an abundance ofliterature on the gender gap in STEM, which attempts to identify causes of this gap and touncover effective interventional strategies. Much research is focused on external factors andhow these impact girls’ self-efficacy such as gender stereotypes, gender bias, and perceptions ofengineering and computer science, as well as on internal factors such as student mindset andinterest level [1] - [6]. A subset of the research focuses on discipline-specific identity and how

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Bruk T. Berhane, Florida International University; Eunsil Lee, Florida International University

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],[13]. Given the promising nature of these findings for integrated STEM settings, we suggest thatit is important to study the impact of standalone engineering design coursework on high schoolstudents’ relationship with science, namely their interest in learning more about science.The Interconnectedness Between Engineering and Science KnowledgeIn recent years, there have been efforts to understand the relationship between scienceknowledge and engineering knowledge. Specifically, Antik-Meyer and Brown developed aconceptual framework on the nature of engineering knowledge (NOEK), in which they describedengineering as interdisciplinary due to its interrelated and co-dependent relationship with scienceand technology [1]. Furthermore, Pleasants and

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Eunsil Lee, Florida International University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Matthew J. Miller PhD, Loyola University Chicago

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sharp rise in the lasttwo decades to address the growing needs of providing engineering experiences at the elementaryand secondary levels [1-2]. The existing literature has expanded our understanding of pre-collegeengineering curricula, extracurricular activities, teacher professional development efforts, andstudent motivations. The majority of this work has been conducted as small-scale, exploratorystudies [3]. Studies are still needed that explore cognitive and affective constructs within a pre-college engineering context to provide depth of understanding that is reliable and generalizableacross different pre-college student populations [4]. The present study aims to partially fill this gapby examining validity evidence associated with the

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

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Latanya Robinson, Florida International University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Candice Guy-Gaytán, BSCS Science Learning; Joshua Alexander Ellis, Florida International University

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this study was to understand how an integrated teaching model (e.g., science,engineering, and mathematics) influenced 5th-grade students' perceptions of their mathematicsand engineering abilities. We sought to answer the following research question using a sequentialmixed methods research design: how do 5th-grade students' mathematics and engineeringself-efficacy and instrumentality for abstract mathematics concepts change because of anintegrated teaching experience?We utilized self-efficacy [1] and perceived usefulness [2] frameworks to explore how studentsdevelop their perceived abilities and usefulness of mathematics through integrated instruction.Seventeen students from a Title-I elementary school worked in teams to design solutions

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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Kai Jun Chew, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cheryl Carrico P.E., E4S, LLC

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“engineering design challengeswithin classroom makerspaces as a means to improve the inclusion of women andunderrepresented minorities in pre-college engineering and design learning” (pg. 1) using aninterest-based framework. This, and literature like it, demonstrates the considerable efforttowards broadening participation in engineering starting at the pre-college level. Although teachers, principals, counselors and others are critical in enacting efforts tobroaden participation in engineering, less research has focused on this perspective. Literature isnot void in this area though, much research has focused on teacher and school counselor’s beliefsabout teaching engineering (Ming-Chien Hsu et al., 2011), and teacher engineering self-efficacy

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Olushola V. Emiola-Owolabi, Morgan State University ; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University

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continues to be a challengeirrespective of the learning environment, either face-to-face or remote classrooms. Hence, educators haveto continue to find ways to strengthen team-work and team building among the students.IntroductionSeveral studies show that engineering students across educational levels are motivated in alearning environment that incorporates active learning instructional practices. Lesson plans thatemploy experiential learning activities that relate with the students’ daily lived experiencesincreases the interests of engineering students [1]. Teaching high school students engineering ischallenging because many things contend for the attention of the students. The attention span ofmost high school students today is short due in part

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 14

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Jake Walker Lewis; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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may have. Under theaccreditation requirements for engineering programs under ABET [1], students should have the“ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and makeinformed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic,environmental, and societal contexts.” The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)notes that engineering educators should “work to cultivate students’ abilities to recognize ethicaland professional responsibilities in engineering situations” [2]. Embedding the culture of ethicalpractice in engineering education from the start may be particularly impactful. This led to thequestion, “What is being done in K-12 engineering programs

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Resource Exchange

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Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Mia Dubosarsky, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Donna Taylor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

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Marialice Mastronardi, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Risa D. Hartman, University of Texas at Austin

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been accepted by TeachEngineering.org to post on their nationalplatform. The evaluation of this program has been performed by analyzing responses from pre- andpost-surveys of the 2016 to 2019 cohorts. The main focus of this paper is investigating theinfluence of the program on increasing participants’ self-reported confidence in research skillsand self-reported confidence and comfort in teaching practices around science and engineering.The data analysis shows that teachers increased their knowledge and application of science andengineering concepts, improved awareness of engineering opportunities for their students, andbuilt confidence using open-ended problems and investigations.1. Introduction Teachers play an important role in

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

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

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. Allteachers (N=12) responded to the pre and post questionnaire and all (N=12) participatedin the semi-structured one-one-one interviews. In our analyses we ran descriptivestatistics and non-parametric tests for the quantitative data. For the qualitative data, weemployed constant comparative method and iteratively searched for the main themes andcategories emerged from the analyses. In this paper, we report the study findings anddiscuss the successful and unsuccessful aspects of the two-week PD session from theperspectives of the participating teachers.IntroductionScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have been the foundation forinnovation and technological improvement throughout US history [1]. While the numberof the US jobs

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

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Emily Anna Dare, Florida International University; Benny Mart Reblando Hiwatig, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Khomson Keratithamkul, University of Minnesota; Joshua Alexander Ellis, Florida International University; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen, St. Catherine University; Mark Rouleau, Michigan Technological University ; Farah Faruqi, University of Minnesota Twin cities; Corbin Rice; Preethi Titu, Kennesaw State University; Feng Li, Florida International University; Jeanna R. Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University; Elizabeth A Crotty, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

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of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Improving Integrated STEM Education: The Design and Development of a K- 12 STEM Observation Protocol (STEM-OP) (RTP)IntroductionThe collective education of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics has beencommonly referred to as STEM education. For K-12 education in the United States, the use ofthe phrase “STEM education” has repeatedly been used in reference to a more integratedcurricular and pedagogical approach, wherein the STEM disciplines are interconnected with oneanother and contextualized by real-world problems [1] – [3]. This shift from teaching the STEMdisciplines in

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 14

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J. Jill Rogers, The University of Arizona; Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Melissa Wendell, Tempe Union High School District - Mountain Pointe High School (ENGR102HS - UofA)

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up moving out of this at-risk group. Additionally, a 15 question evaluation survey wasadministered to gather student opinions about their user experience.1. IntroductionSpatial visualization skills have been linked to student success in science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects in school [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and to the likelihood ofparticipation in a STEM undergraduate degree and career [6, 7]. Some groups of students fromunderrepresented populations in STEM seem to struggle with spatial visualization skills [1, 2, 3,8]. Spatial skills are not innate, however, and research shows that students weaker in these skillscan improve with training [1, 2, 3, 9, 10]. With the demand for more STEM professionals K-12educators are hard