Conference Session

Technical Proficiency and Cybersecurity Awareness in ECE Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Kinsel, University of Virginia ; Caroline Elizabeth Crockett, University of Virginia; Natasha Smith, University of Virginia; George Prpich, University of Virginia

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

, students have manyhours of experience working with the specific hardware set-up used in this study. The FUN 2 courseis required for ECE majors and minors and the majority of the students are in their second-year ofstudy. Ref. [19] further details the ECE fundamentals curriculum.The troubleshooting exercise was given as an in-class assignment at the end of the semester, withstudents receiving full credit for attempting the exercise. Over the course of three course meetings,during which students were otherwise working on their semester projects, two of the course TAspulled students out individually to attempt the exercise. To explain the exercise, the TAs read thefollowing script: Today you are going to be doing a circuit troubleshooting

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 12: Promoting Student Success and Motivation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phapanin Charoenphol, Texas A&M University; Arkasama Bandyopadhyay, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Dr. Bandyopadhyay’s current projects at TAMU include forecasting of residential electricity demand and implementation of Bloom’s taxonomy-based assessments in undergraduate mechanical engineering courses. In addition to academic research and teaching, she is heavily involved in mentoring graduate students and first-generation undergraduate students in engineering disciplines within and beyond TAMU. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Comparing the impact of individual vs. cooperative Bloom’s Taxonomy-based in-class assignments on student learning in an undergraduate Fluid Mechanics CourseAbstractThis paper explores the effect of individual and small group

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 8

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Michael Elmasry, The University of Sydney

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

often need to be convinced of the value of these skillsand often have pre-conceptions of their importance.1. IntroductionAcademics often find themselves trying to get students to accept new ideas. Sometimes this isin the form of a lecture on new content that the students haven’t seen before. At other times,this comes in the form of answering a student’s question or explaining something to a studentone-on-one. Increasingly academics are trying to get students to come across these ideasmore naturally in project-based learning environments. In all cases, however, Academics aretrying to get students to accept ideas and achieve learning outcomes.In order for an idea to be accepted, however, a lot has to go right. A student needs to beinterested

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Cultural Perspectives

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Biewenga, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University; Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University; Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University; David Owuor Gicharu, Tumaini Innovation Vocational Training Center; Gladys Jeptoo Kerebey, Tumaini Innovation Vocational Training Center

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International Division (INTL)

consistently ranked job opportunities andunemployment as the top concerns they wish the government would address (Hope, 2012). As aresult, the Kenyan government and other aid organizations such as the World Bank have putprograms in place to attempt to fix this problem. One such program, the Youth EnterpriseDevelopment Fund (YEDF), was a way to give youth-owned businesses the capital they need toexpand their business ventures. However, this program was plagued with corruption and hadvery little impact on the unemployment crisis (Ismail, 2018). Other programs such as the KenyaYouth Employment Project (KYEP) resulted in moderate increases in employment but foundlittle to no increase in earnings for program participants (Ismail, 2018).Despite these

Conference Session

Lisa's Legacy: Guiding Students Toward Engineering Careers, Excellent!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

V. Sanchez Padilla, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Universidad ECOTEC, Ecuador; Lisa Schibelius, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

administration. His research interests lie in engineering and science education, technology management, and wireless network systems. Memberships include ASEE, IAENG, IEEE TEMS, and IEEE EdSoc.Lisa Schibelius, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lisa Schibelius (she/her) rhymes with rebellious - is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech (VT). She holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering with an aerospace concentration from the University of South Alabama. Prior to beginning her studies at VT, she worked as an engineer for 4 years at Airbus in the retrofit of aircraft cabins with experience in project management, automation, airworthiness, and additive

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodrigo Alonso Vergara, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

, work reality, and projections? What aretheir expectations regarding physics teaching in their particular context? To what extentdoes the current format of physics courses meet these expectations? Therefore, this studyaims to analyze students' perceptions regarding developing a quarterly electricity andmagnetism course for an engineering program tailored to working students and deliveredonline.Previous studiesVergara & Zavala [7] studied the perception of a group of engineering students in an onlineevening modality for working students regarding flipped classroom materials provided forthem to prepare for synchronous sessions. Although these materials were generally well-received and evaluated positively, the students did not usually watch

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

difficulties are prevalent and persistent and not easily overcome. The results of the research have informed the development a set of tutorials on rotationsthat are included in Tutorials in Introductory Physics for use as a supplement to the traditionallecture-based course in introductory physics. Tutorials in Introductory Physics is an ongoingcurriculum development project by the Physics Education Group at the University ofWashington to improve student learning in introductory physics. I have shown that the tutorialEquilibrium of rigid bodies is effective in addressing some of the most serious studentdifficulties with equilibrium. Student results on post-test after working through the tutorials aremany times near or at the same level as the

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Alfred A. Scalza

can convince students that the goal is to gather as many “tools” as possible for their future in our industry, they are motivated to do the work and the grades take care of themselves. This is often accomplished by student professional clubs, experiential learning activities and group projects that are directly associated with their field. When the grade is the only motivation, the student’s effort is less and the student’s retention is low. Grades have their place, of course. The grading system in any college is flawed but they do attempt to tell us if the student has the motivation, skill, knowledge and ability needed to do well in a certain field.12 Some students do not belong in the field of study they are in and

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Alfred A. Scalza

can convince students that the goal is to gather as many “tools” as possible for their future in our industry, they are motivated to do the work and the grades take care of themselves. This is often accomplished by student professional clubs, experiential learning activities and group projects that are directly associated with their field. When the grade is the only motivation, the student’s effort is less and the student’s retention is low. Grades have their place, of course. The grading system in any college is flawed but they do attempt to tell us if the student has the motivation, skill, knowledge and ability needed to do well in a certain field.12 Some students do not belong in the field of study they are in and

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Luanna S. Gomez

difficulties are prevalent and persistent and not easily overcome. The results of the research have informed the development a set of tutorials on rotationsthat are included in Tutorials in Introductory Physics for use as a supplement to the traditionallecture-based course in introductory physics. Tutorials in Introductory Physics is an ongoingcurriculum development project by the Physics Education Group at the University ofWashington to improve student learning in introductory physics. I have shown that the tutorialEquilibrium of rigid bodies is effective in addressing some of the most serious studentdifficulties with equilibrium. Student results on post-test after working through the tutorials aremany times near or at the same level as the

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Roesch Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Engineering Professional Development

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First-Year Programs

reinforcement or linksbetween the classes, while the other fifteen students noted a positive affect. One student wrote,“By studying similar topics, I was able to gain a deeper understanding of the assigned topics.”Another added, “ I loved the content overlap between InterEngr 102 and EPD 155. I was able todo two projects on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which I found very interesting. I would definitelyrecommend FIG to anyone interested in engineering. ” And finally this comment, “I had a goodbackground on energy coming into102 class because of the EPD 155 class.”ConclusionIn conclusion, the goal of creating transformative class as defined by Engel (5) was successful.The required reflections, the class discussions, and the weekly emails to the

Conference Session

Digital Technologies and Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Christine A. Victorino, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Unny Menon, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Marilyn Tseng, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Tyler Scott Smith

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Educational Research and Methods

of online textbooks affect student learning outcomes?  We examined these questions by implementing online textbooks in three undergraduateengineering courses: IME 421 Manufacturing Organizations, ME 302 Introduction toThermodynamics, and ME 422 Mechanical Controls. The following are course descriptionsfrom the university course catalog:IME 421 Manufacturing Organizations (3 units)Theory and principles for manufacturing organizations. Competitive advantage. Strategicplanning and operations management for organizations and teams in a rapidly changingenvironment. Engineering management concepts and practices. Team-based projects and cases.ME 302 Introduction to Thermodynamics (3 units)Properties of working fluids and fundamental

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part One

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Moira M. Walsh, Independent Scholar

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Engineering Ethics

to bemeasurable, even if they do not project to actual ethical practice on the part of the students. Forexample, students are required to write the six fundamental canons of the NSPE Code of Ethicson the midterm from memory. The performance criterion is to correctly scribe the six canonsalthough mistakes are allowed if they don’t change the meaning of the canon. The evaluation ofa case study is part of a paper assignment. The performance criterion is to identify correctly allof the ethical infractions described in the paper by comparison with the NSPE code. In the samepaper they are asked to describe a strategy for dealing with the infractions if they were to assumeto role of the supervisor of the perpetrator. Questions on the midterm probe

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heublein, Kansas State University, Salina; Kenneth Barnard, Kansas State University, Salina

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Mathematics

15.1373.8    focused feedback, and being goal-directed. Having participated in group-projects at school, theyare team-oriented, socially networked, and able to organize and mobilize.”7The following are Howe’s characteristics of the millennial generation born between the years1981 and 2000.7 Special: Have always been treated as special and important. This generation of children has been the most wanted. Every milestone was marked with celebrations and praise. They may carry a sense of entitlement about them and have an expectation of frequent positive feedback. It has been instilled in them that they are vital to the

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University; Thomas Knotts, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; William Pitt, Brigham Young University; Morris Argyle, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering

Assessed in courses through chemical engineer 2 assignments, mid-term exams, (mastered sufficiently to solve engineering finals, projects, etc. problems with the aid of reference materials) Indicates fundamental principles providing the Assessed in courses and prior to foundation for problem solving strategies 3 graduation (on the closed-book (mastered sufficiently to solve engineering L3 exam) problems

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wolter Fabrycky, Virginia Tech

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

practice. Disappointments with cost, schedule, and evenperformance aspects of large, complex, and risky technological undertakings in the publicinterest suggests consideration of licensure as a possible requirement for Systems Engineers.VI. Systems Engineering Knowledge and PublicationsINCOSE, like other professional and technical societies, has an obligation to advance, develop,archive, and publish a body of knowledge central to its purpose. This is being accomplished forSystems Engineering by the classical means found within all learned professions; a body ofknowledge, referred journals, one or more periodicals, textbooks, and up-to-date web sites.SE Knowledge and Curriculum (BKCASE).12 BKCASE is a recently initiated knowledge-based project with

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, 1990). Boyer’s argumenthas elevated teaching to a level of importance so far not realized. This is because of the fact thatacademia always focuses, on research. It is important to recognize that Ernest Boyer’s proposalactually pioneered the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) movement. This hasresulted in a number of federally and privately funded efforts to improve teaching in colleges anduniversities (Atkinson, 2001). Assessment helps us understand which students learn best under what conditions. Overthe past several years, the author has experimented on a wide variety of research projects and hascollected lot of data on several topics of interest. He has also reported on his findings at anumber of other ASEE conferences

Conference Session

Pedagogy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benson Tongue

much less intellectual energy left toactually think about what’s being discussed.Helpful but not necessary is a good projection system. PowerPoint usage should in generalbe used only sparingly but occasionally it’s invaluable. Additionally, it’s often advantageousto hook up a computer to display an animation that illustrates some point of the lecture.This entails a real cost to the school and should be appreciated when available but notexpected.The instructor should definitely strive to arrange for proper seating and proper blackboards.The room’s floor should be sloped, as do theatre floors, so that all students can see theblackboards. Just as important is that with this arrangement the instructor can see thestudents. It isn’t helpful to know

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger; Richard Felder

. Page 10.95.15 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education32. When writing a paper, I am more likely to (a) work on (think about or write) the beginning of the paper and progress forward. (b) work on (think about or write) different parts of the paper and then order them.33. When I have to work on a group project, I first want to (a) have "group brainstorming" where everyone contributes ideas. (b) brainstorm individually and then come together as a group to compare ideas.34. I consider it higher praise to call someone (a) sensible. (b) imaginative.35. When I meet people at a party, I am more

Conference Session

Topics of Interest-Nuclear Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Barbara; Shripad Revankar

-iv/vhtr.html 2003.25. Nicholls D. Status of the pebble bed modular reactor. Nuclear Energy 2000; 39(4) Aug., 231-23626. William KT, editor. Modular Pebble-Bed Reactor Project, FY 2001 Annual Report. INEEL/EXT-01-01623, Idaho Falls, Idaho. December 2001.27. Croy C, Elkhiamy S, Kopenec R Revankar ST. Scaling Investiation of a Modualar Pebble Bed Optimization. School of Nuclear Engineering Purdue University, Senior Design Report 2001.28. Joo H, Barber D, Jiang G, Downar T. PARCS: A Multi-Dimensional Two-Group Reactor Kinetics Code Based on the Nonlinear Analytic Nodal Method. Purdue University, School of Nuclear Engineering Report PU/NE-98- 26, 1998.29. Downar T, Lee DJ. Comparative Analysis of PBMR Core Physics

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

students also liked the way that they could choose to arrive late,leave early, or even miss lectures altogether.Students also saw problems with large classes. First, there was less individual responsibility.They saw the passive context as hindering learning, making it easier to not pay attention, or evennot attend. Second, large classes were seen as impersonal, leading to decreased motivation. Third,students found that large classes tended to be noisier and offer more distractions: students arrivedlate, left early, and talked to others during the lecture. Students also mentioned overcrowding,microphone difficulties, and projected images that were hard to see. Significantly, however,when asked to compare their best large classes with their best

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Soulsby

-timed, adaptive, electronically administered, proctored, semi-secure exam); The Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project (MDTP) exam (a timed, non-adaptive exam, sold in booklet form, but parts of which are electronic, non-secure, not originally used for placement, but is being used by the University of California, Cal State and Community College systems as one pillar in their placement procedure for several different levels of mathematics); The Entry Level Mathematics (ELM) exam (a highly-controlled, secure exam, regulated by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), but not designed for placement into higher level mathematics

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Higby; Brandon Rogers; Joseph Ekstrom

to bothoperating systems on identical hardware specifications.Mail throughput is collected using the mail benchmark Postal (version 0.62), downloaded fromhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/postal/. Postal floods the specified server with SMTP messages ofrandom content and length, according to given parameters such as thread count, throughputthrottle, and connections. For the purpose of testing, Postal was run using unthrottledthroughput, a configuration of one message per connection, and variable thread counts.All performance tests are automated through configuration of the Cron Daemon in Linux andScheduled Tasks in Microsoft Server 2003. Each test spans 30 minutes, allowing for throughputand availability information to be collected. Server

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Zemke; Donald Elger

financial support as well.We also wish to personally thank Anna Henson for coding and tallying the data. Her meticulouswork was a large contribution to this project.8. References1. University of Missouri, Kansas City web site, http://www.umkc.edu/cad/SI/2. Murray, M. H. (2001). Students: Managing to Learn, Teachers: Learning to Manage. In Miller, Groccia, &Miller (Eds.), Student-assisted teaching: A guide to faculty-student teamwork, Boston: Anker Publishing.3. LaFasto, F. M. J., & Larson, C. E. (2001). When Teams Work Best. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications,Inc.4. Pellegrino, J. W., Chudowsky, N., & Glaser, R. (Eds.). (2001). Knowing what Students Know: The Science andDesign of Educational Assessment. Washington, DC: National

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Joyner; Teresa Larkin

through more elaborateassignment instructions that encouraged students to write creatively about the concepts they werelearning. In addition, the Research Papers in the College Writing class led to informal ResearchPresentations in front of an audience of the College Writing class and both instructors. Next year,the instructors hope to expand on that idea. For example, we envision an assignment that couldbe an extension of the existing Concept Paper assignment: a student-led presentation project, withthe presentation being more formal. Each student would either lead the class in a discussion of aphysical concept, or demonstrate the concept to the class. To aid in these presentations, audio-visual and/or computer presentation equipment could be

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nick Glumac; Gregory Elliott; Madara Ogot

arebrought on line, the departments will begin to see significant cost savings versus the soledevelopment of 'in-person' laboratories.AcknowledgmentThe authors would like to acknowledge the Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs atRutgers University for support of this project through a grant from the "Departmental Initiativein Innovative Instructional Technology" program.Bibliography1. Baher, J., "Articulate Virtual Labs in Thermodynamics: A Multiple Case Study", ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, October 1999, pp. 429-434.2. Cameselle, J., Cabezas, J., Costas, M., Faraldo, A., Fernandez, A., Pinto, R and Ribeiro, J., "The Simulated Purification of an Enzyme as a 'Dry' Practical within an Introductory Course of

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Magin; Christopher Comer; J Hetling

. Held on September 21, 2000, at the NSF, Arlington, VA. http://www.interact.nsf.gov/cise/descriptions.nsf/Pages/F52A50D678B93CB185256A29004F86A4 2. Shaping the Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (1996) Report of an advisory committee to the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. 3. Then, Now & in the Next Decade (1999) A comentary on strengthening undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering and technology education. Project Kaleidoscope, Washington, DC. 4. Degrees and Occupations in Engineering: How Much Do They Diverge? (1998) Issue Brief, NSF directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Daniel Bang; Saira Anwar; Syeda Fizza Ali; Alejandra Magana

3471. "Study course content with classmates outsideof class" had an importance score of 781 out of 3471. Other items showed a moderate relationship,where "Work in assigned groups to complete homework or other projects" scored 583, "Be gradedbased on the performance of my group" had a score of 557, "Solve problems in a group duringclass" had a score of 548, "Do hands-on group activities during class" scored 512, and "Discussconcepts with classmates during class" had a score of 490. Feature Importance (Interactive) 781 Work in assigned groups to complete… 583

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Timothy A Wood, The Citadel; Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel

actual experience be a technology that you would advocate for or oppose? Post a comment on the discussion board defending your answer. • The full text of "We Can Remember it for you Wholesale" can be found here: https://philosophy.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/We%20Can%20Remember%20It%20for %20You%20Wholesale%20-%20Philip%20K.%20Dick.pdfPhilip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? [28]Learning Objectives • Describe why teams of different personalities and thinking strategies are not only beneficial but often necessary. • Evaluate team performance using project management, leadership, and team dynamics concepts.Instructions • Under what circumstances would you be willing to move to a

Conference Session

Track 4: Technical Session 4: The Pink Paradox: Tensions in How STEM Toys are Marketed Toward Girls

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Theresa Green, Purdue University; Artre Reginald Turner, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Ruth Wertz P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

minifigures. Inone study conducted with girls aged six to eleven, some girls preferred the look of the minidollsbecause of the different clothing options that they have, while others projected body image idealsonto the minidolls, claiming that they “could never be that skinny” [14, p. 258]. The lattercomment raises concerns about the target audience of the LEGO Friends minidolls. If girls arenot able to identify with the minidolls, they may feel excluded from playing with these toy sets.In addition, LEGO’s choice of introducing minidolls for the LEGO Friends sets instead ofusing the traditional, block-shaped minifigures may suggest to girls that their LEGO toys areinherently different and the original LEGO product lines aren’t “meant for them