Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Zemke; Donald Elger

sessions were recorded of graduatestudents tutoring undergraduates in research methods. Twenty-two one-hour sessions wererecorded of high school students tutoring junior high school students in algebra. One centralfinding of the analysis was a five-step dialogue pattern, shown in Table 1, which commonlyappeared in many tutoring sessions.Graesser, et al. describe the dialogue between the tutor and student as collaborative. The tutorbegins by asking a question, the student responds and the tutor gives some sort of feedback onthe student’s response. The feedback is not necessarily even correct. For example the studentmay give a vague or incorrect response and the tutor may say something like, “good.” Following

Conference Session

Understanding Student Development in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, California State University, Channel Islands; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); David Torres, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

that necessitate engineers’ abilities to work cooperatively and learnto incorporate diverse perspectives, specializations, and values into the design process. The highlysocial nature of design work itself 2,8 requires novice engineering students to learn about,recognize, and practice the social sides of engineering, an effort advanced by many researchersand practitioners in recent years.4,9,10,11,12 Yet much of the extant literature has failed toincorporate insights from organizational and team research outside of engineering education andrelated disciplines.3This study focuses on the emergence of technical and ethical relations in design project teams.While technical coordination has long been a primary consideration for both scholars

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Advocacy Tips: an Initiative to Provide Individuals the Tools to Advocate for Women and Underrepresented Minorities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Kristen P. Constant, Iowa State University; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sandra D. Eksioglu, Mississippi State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University

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Women in Engineering

 and  engineers  are  electing  to  pursue  careers   elsewhere.  The  timing  of  the  tenure  clock  is  especially  difficult  for  young   families  and,  as  research  has  shown,  is  even  more  challenging  for  women   faculty.    The  exclusion  of  potential  faculty  who  place  high  value  work-­‐life   balance  is  not  only  a  loss  to  the  functioning  of  the  academy,  but  also  is   damaging  to  the  students  who  do  not  see  role  models  among  the  faculty  that   they  would  like  to  (or  even  feel  they  can)  emulate.     Panelist  5:  I  think  the  biggest  challenge  that  we  have  in  creating  gender   equity  in  STEM  is  that,  at  every  level

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 29

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew M. Grondin, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael I. Swart, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

conceptually discordant gestures alignedwith course-specific speech; developing their understanding of the formalisms taught in theirMechanics of Materials course. Thus, there is reason to suspect that collaborative interactionsbetween students are beneficial when mechanically reasoning in developing students’ scientificreasoning. In this discussion, we look to broaden the perspective of our findings by offeringpractical implications for improving engineering education learning and assessment practices. Although beyond the scope of our initial research question, the moderate correlations ofCC to nM during both argumentation and negotiation as well as with common ground suggeststhat: (1) students less frequently produced conceptually misaligned

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Pimmel, University of Alabama (Emeritus); Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education; Brian Yoder; Rocio C Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page 23.594.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Faculty Development Using Virtual Communities of PracticeA large number of reports from prestigious national organizations, for example, the NationalAcademy’s reports on the Engineer of 2020,44, 45 have called for substantial changes inengineering education. Some of this urgency is due to changes in the skills and knowledge thatengineering graduates need to deal with the complex, interdisciplinary nature of currentengineering problems, as exemplified by the engineering grand challenges identified by theNational Academy.46 An additional factor is the change in the engineering student population;for example, the demographics, web experiences

Conference Session

Diffusion and Adoption of Teaching Practices

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiang (Susie) Zhao, Alabama A&M University; Fayequa Majid, Alabama A&M University; V. Trent Montgomery, Alabama A&M University; Chance M Glenn Sr., Alabama A&M University; Juarine Stewart, Alabama A&M University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Supplementary Instruction (SI) in STEM gateway coursesThe basic premise of our retention effort is a focused, institution-wide effort rather than fragmented(departmental) and/or diffused initiatives. Attrition is a multi-variant phenomenon that requiresimproving students’ life and learning experiences. An extensive body of research identifies severalmechanisms to promote students to persist and graduate. Promoting retention in a college settingis attributed to (i) effective and personalized advising; (ii) a social and academic supportiveenvironment; and (iii) an atmosphere that fosters collaborative and cooperative teaching andlearning. Our retention activities are facilitated through STEM Supplemental Instruction (SI)program.Over the past four years

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannie Brown Leonard; Janet Schmidt; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

other science, technology, andmathematics disciplines, graduates of engineering programs typically enter a work environmentthat immediately requires team and interpersonal process skills. From the perspective ofeducation, positive team project experiences can motivate students to perform at higher levels.Well-functioning teams have been shown to improve learning and retention in non-engineeringfields, especially for members of underrepresented groups3,4,5,6,7.Previous research suggests that while most engineering faculty are committed to using projectteams in their classrooms, they have little or no formal training on how to work with studentteams or how to teach team members to work well together8. Focused on their discipline and onpedagogy

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Arash E. Zaghi, University of Connecticut; Connie Mosher Syharat, University of Connecticut; Sarira Motaref P.E., University of Connecticut; Shinae Jang P.E., University of Connecticut; Amvrossios Bagtzoglou, University of Connecticut; Caressa Adalia Wakeman, University of Connecticut

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

of Connecticut as a part of the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (NSF-RED) project, ”Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation”. In her time at the University of Connecticut she has also worked as a Research Assistant for NSF CAREER project ”Promoting Engineering Innovation Through Increased Neurodiversity by Encouraging the Participation of Students with ADHD” and has served as Program Assistant for the related summer program for middle school students with ADHD. Prior to join- ing the University of Connecticut, she spent eight years as a public school teacher in Connecticut, where she maintained a focus on providing a varied learning environment and differentiated

Conference Session

COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming; Tonia A. Dousay, University of Idaho; Tyler J. Kerr, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming; Brandon Seth Gellis, University of Wyoming; Jesse Ballard, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

noted that themost common equipment provided in these facilities were 3D printers and textile work; e.g.,sewing machines, followed by computers for design and research/collaboration. Unfortunately,the review did not explore the kinds of activities conducted in these facilities or how theinstitutions with multiple makerspaces viewed their individual or collective roles.A recent special issue of the International Designs for Learning showcased the learning designedfor makerspaces in cooperation with how they are designed [4]. The profiles of universitymakerspaces describe using the facilities to introduce students to newer technologies such asmicrocontrollers, circuitry equipment, 3D printing, augmented reality, videography, and 3Ddesign. One of

Conference Session

Student Evaluation in Design Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Robin Dawn Anderson, James Madison University; Cheryl Alyssa Welch

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

sustainable energy technologies. She holds a BS and MS in Engineering Mechanics and a PhD in Biomedical Engi- neering from Virginia Tech.Dr. Robin Dawn Anderson, James Madison University Robin D. Anderson serves as the Academic Unit Head for the Department of Graduate Psychology at James Madison University. She holds a doctorate in Assessment and Measurement. She previously served as the Associate Director of the Center for Assessment and Research Studies at JMU. Her areas of research include assessment practice and engineering education research.Cheryl Alyssa Welch Alyssa Welch is a Psychological Sciences master’s student in the concentration of Experimental Psychol- ogy, and a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liu Junhua, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Yue Zhang, Singapore University and Technology and Design; Justin Ruths, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Diana Moreno, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

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Educational Research and Methods

experiences; (2) facilitate students’ engineering skills; and (3)develop students’ capabilities and dispositions for engaging in collaborative project-basedinquiry and critical thinking. To assimilate new information and incorporate it into the existingknowledge, students need to restructure their knowledge for themselves, which can beaccomplished through active learning. A number of tenants underlie this teaching philosophy,including (Knight, 2004): students take direct responsibility for their knowledge, proactivelyengaging in the study of their texts and reference materials, participation and leadership in courseactivities, completing assignments, laboratories, and exploration in the field; the instructorassumes more of a role of a facilitator: “a

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Danielle Marie Dowling, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Morgan M Hynes, Arizona State University

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Faculty Development

), and improve students’ attitude towardscience and engineering in general (Haury, 1993). And because inquiry instruction calls uponteachers to adopt the view that “the class is the arena for…exploration of students’ participation,knowledge, and reason” (Hammer, 2005; p. 503), it fosters an educational environment in whichstudent reasoning can be laid bare through debate, discussion, and collective exploration.Creating such a learning community within the classroom is important, because as Beatty et al(2006) have observed, “Telling students what to think is notoriously ineffective; eliciting theirthinking, confronting it with alternatives, and seeking resolution works better.”The focus of this paper will lean more toward the inquiry instruction

Conference Session

Classroom Practice II: Technology - and Game-Based Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Xiaorui Zhu, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Akshay Nitin Kakde, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

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Educational Research and Methods

is the architect of a unique 4-course mod- ule focused on creativity and problem solving leadership and is currently developing a new methodology for cognition-based design. She is one of three instructors for Penn State’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Creativity, Innovation, and Change, and she is the founding director of the Problem Solving Research Group, whose 50+ collaborating members include faculty and students from several universities, as well as industrial representatives, military leaders, and corporate consultants.Mr. Xiaorui Zhu, Pennsylvania State University Xiaorui Zhu was born in China in, 1989. He has master degree of Applied Statistics in College of Ap- plied Science of Beijing University

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brandon Bakka, University of Texas at Austin; Vivian Xian-wei Chou, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Patricia Clayton, Wake Forest University ; Gabriella P. Sugerman, University of Texas at Austin; Cassandra Prince, LGBTQ+ STEM Issues and Advocacy; Jeffrey Marchioni, The University of Texas at Austin; Ria Upreti

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

outstand- ing publication awards from the American Educational Research Association for her journal articles. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is from University of Wisconsin-Madison.Patricia Clayton, University of Texas at AustinGabriella P. Sugerman, University of Texas at Austin Gabriella Sugerman is a queer, white, female graduate student in biomedical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. In addition to her research in biomechanics, she is focused on expanding participation in difficult dialogues around equity and inclusion within engineering higher education.Cassandra Prince, LGBTQ+ STEM Issues and Advocacy

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech; Tamara W. Knott, Virginia Tech; Thomas D. Walker P.E., Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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New Engineering Educators

make it learner-friendly, contemporaryand research and assessment-driven1,2,3. Several NSF grants under programs like the Department-Level Reform (DLR), Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI),Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education in Engineering (NUE), and Creative IT facilitatedthe development and implementation of these activities. A number of publications have beenbrought out to document these activities 4,5,6. In addition, this course has also providedopportunities to doctoral students to conduct engineering education research7, 8. This course is aprerequisite for ENGE 1104 and ENGE 1114.ENGE 1104: "Exploring the Digital Future" is a two-credit course that is coordinated by Walkerand typically taken in the second semester

Conference Session

Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Civil Engineering

this, do not be judgmental of anything.If it “appears” it gets mapped.By the way, draw by hand, don’t use software. Hand drawing is uninhibited, will enhancespontaneity, and engages the right hemisphere of your brain.26 As shown in Figure 5,mind mapping identified five problem areas and elaborated on each of them. As soon as Page 25.55.13the mind map was finished, the group turned to a discussion of possible solutions. Thepremise of this exercise is that a problem well-defined is half solved.Clearly, this tool can be used in a variety of situations. For example, using mindmapping, a team of graduate students identified 14 potential uses, in addition

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann , Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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New Engineering Educators

insufficient to reinforce the students’original reasons for entering engineering. French, et al, (2005) concluded that studentpersistence requires a strong academic background, achievement of good grades andacademic motivation. Their findings suggest that retention programs should focus onacademic achievement. Johnson (1997) found that the most distinguishing characteristicsbetween retained and dropout students were faculty and staff-student interaction andconnection. Tinto (1997) found that modifying faculty-student interaction within and outsidethe classroom to be more collaborative resulted in the actual classroom activitiesinfluencing persistence. Tinto (1998) also reported that structuring an academicorganization to promote greater

Conference Session

The CE Profession: Perspectives from the U.S. & Canada

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Whitney A. Lutey, Montana State University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

(either during the summer or through a school-sponsored for-credit program) or co-op positions. Students should also be prepared to obtain amaster’s degree and their professional engineer’s license if they would like to advance in thefield.Structural EngineeringTwo recent surveys of structural engineering professionals provide a glimpse at the profession inits current state. The first is a 2009 survey by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) and theCouncil of American Structural Engineers (CASE) Joint Committee on Building InformationModeling (BIM) in cooperation with the Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SEAoT) andfocused on the demographics of the Structural Engineering profession.25,000 SEI members were emailed the survey with

Conference Session

Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surendra Gupta

five hardened tool steel specimens.The instructor may choose to use a single specimen or to compare several specimens. Guideddata analysis with appropriate contextual questions is provided for exploring graphs, descriptivestatistics, population models, and statistical inference. The instructor may use any parts of themodule individually or together.The analysis begins with an examination of the data. Students create histograms and/or boxplotsand use these for an initial assessment of typical value, variability, unusual observations, anddistributional shape. Next, descriptive statistics (mean, median, standard deviation, etc.) areobtained. Students must choose the “best” measure of center and spread among those obtained.A histogram of the

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

theunknown motives and actions of the other team members. While effective and appropriate teamleadership is often identified by students as a major factor in team success, a more fundamentalattribute of a successful team is trust among its members.This research study will identify and explore the role of trust in the dynamics of successful firstyear engineering design teams at our multidisciplinary university in the eastern United States.We are using a conceptual framework for the formation of trust in a team-based environment,which has been formed by studies of successful business, technical and sports teams. Despitedifferences in maturity and experience, engineering students have a lot in common with theseolder team members, because both groups

Conference Session

New and Innovative Ideas

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liesl Hotaling, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg; Susan Lowes, Columbia University; Peiyi Lin, Columbia University; Rustam Stolkin, University of Birmingham; James S. Bonner, Clarkson University; William David Kirkey, Clarkson University; Temitope Ojo, Clarkson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Associates.[8] Mishra, P., Koehler, M. “Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for TeacherKnowledge”. Teachers College Record. Vol. 108, Number 6, June 2006, pp. 1017-1054[9] Blumenfeld, Marx, Soloway & Krajcik. (1996). Learning with peers: From small group cooperation tocollaborative communities. Educational Researcher, 25(8), pp.37-40.[10] Dewey, J. (1934). Art as experience. New York: Pedigree.[11] Papert, S. (1991). Situating Constructionism. Constructionism, eds. Idit Harel and Seymour Papert.[12] Khardon, R., Roth, D. (1997) Learning to Reason. Journal of the ACM (JACM), Volume 44, Issue 5(September 1997) , pgs: 697 – 725.[13] Roup, R. R., Gal, S., Drayton, B., & (Eds.), M. P. (1992). LabNet: Toward a community of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Nivedita Kumar, Florida International University; Jacqueline Faith Sullivan, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Mark Allen Weiss, Florida International University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

describes an NSF (National Science Foundation) S-STEM-funded scholarshipprogram, representing a collaborative five-year grant project among three prominent universitiesin the Southeast region of the United States. Its primary objective is to support dedicated scholarsin graduating and finding a professional pathway. Each institution recruited a cohort of 15-20scholars annually for three years. The project offers scholarships and provides curricular and co-curricular support to academically talented but financially challenged students in the computingdisciplines, including Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, and InformationTechnology majors, starting from their junior years. The program aims to impact 150 scholars,most of whom are

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 28

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikita Dawe, University of Toronto; Amy Bilton, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #43149Identifying Curriculum Factors that Facilitate Lifelong Learning in AlumniCareer Trajectories: Stage 3 of a Sequential Mixed-Methods StudyNikita Dawe, University of Toronto PhD student in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, Collaborative Specialization in Engineering Education.Amy Bilton, University of TorontoMs. Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto Lisa Romkey serves as Associate Professor, Teaching and Associate Director, ISTEP (Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice) at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Danny Luecke; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College ; Paula Comeau, North Dakota State College of Science; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Karl Haefner; Alexa D. Azure, United Tribes Technical College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

students (which isvaluable), nor faculty-student relationships (which is also valuable), but also amongstfaculty as an essential component of post Covid education.In the past ten years, this single online, pre-engineering collaborative accounts for theequivalent of over 2% of Native American engineering students annually graduating witha bachelor’s degree in engineering [9], accomplished through building trust andcommunity. Throughout the program's tenure, student-student relationships, student-instructor relationships, and instructor-instructor relationships were all intentionallyfostered through the structure of the collaborative. The students are very capable andthe program supports their efforts through a culturally-appropriate emphasis

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alissa Ruth, Arizona State University; Tameka Spence, Arizona State University; Joseph V. Hackman, Arizona State University; Jennifer Velez M.Ed., Arizona State University; Hope Parker, Arizona State University; Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

community engagement. Moreover, the curriculum incorporateshuman-centered design and key engineering processes to foster engineering habits of mind suchas systems thinking, optimism, and ethical consideration in engineering as well asentrepreneurial mindsets such as the three C’s (creativity, collaboration, communication).Throughout EPICS High, students continually explore potential problems in the community thatcan be solved by the skills they are learning in the classroom. Ultimately, students learn to workwith members of the community to create engineering solutions that are designed to address real-world problems. Preliminary research shows that EPICS High promotes positive outcomesamong high school students9,10. In a small study on an

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stani Vlasseva; Valentin Razmov

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationlearn from it – they were also the most time consuming for instructors. On average, we§ spentabout 15 minutes per essay, reading it and writing comments – usually providing anotherperspective and asking a couple of questions to prompt students to explore in more depth someidea that they have written about. This may put a limit on the frequency or effectiveness of thisexercise for classes over a certain size.Nevertheless, reflective essays were responsible for some of the most rewarding interactions wehave had with our students. After the last session of one course, 4 students came to thank one ofus for the written feedback, saying they had

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

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International

depends critically on a mutual commitment to partnerships, especiallythose that link engineering education to professional practice; and (4) Research on engineering ina global context is urgently needed.6 These recommendations suggest that the engineeringcurriculum should be modified to include global competences, and that the educationalinstitutions and the private industry around the world should collaborate among them to providemobility, internships, projects, and research initiatives to the faculty and students in a globalcontext.In this hemisphere, the Engineering for the Americas (EftA) initiative is an academic, industrialand government grass roots effort that has evolved over the past five years. Its aim is to enhanceengineering and

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Community Engagement Division

requirements (their history, political agendas, desires, forms of knowledge, etc.) is fully understood. (p. 125)18So how do basic and contextual listening relate to each of four design strategies? Listening indesign for technology may be constrained. For instance, in one of our research interviews, aformer graduate student and current faculty member stated that his undergraduate educationand early industry experience taught him that, in design contexts, he needed to “listen to thespec.” By that, he meant that he needed to listen to the specifications that were implicit orexplicit in the client’s explanation of the problem and desired solution. That trained his ear tobe a basic listener and to consciously filter out information that did not

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Hwang, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Ahrash Bissell, Duke University; Daniel Kaplan, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Matthew Mian, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Vineet Agrawal, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Jessica Manson, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Program by Volunteer College Students for Middle School Youth from Underprivileged BackgroundsIntroductionInnoWorks is an innovative science and engineering program designed by volunteer collegeundergraduates for middle-school students from disadvantaged backgrounds, the flagshipprogram of United InnoWorks Academy, a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organizationfounded in 2003. The primary goals of InnoWorks are to (1) provide underprivileged studentswith an opportunity to explore the real-world links among science and engineering disciplines,(2) foster teamwork, enthusiasm, and career interests in science and engineering, and (3) usecurrent neuroscience and educational research to develop mentoring, teaching

Conference Session

Special Session: Moving Towards the Intended, Explicit, and Authentic: Addressing Critical Misalignments in Engineering Learning within Secondary and University Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas Dean McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy K. Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

US Dept. of Education, including the AWAKEN Project (funded by NSF-EEP), which examines learning, instruction, teacher beliefs and engineering practices in order to foster a more diverse and more able pool of engineering students and practitioners, and the Tangibility for the Teaching, Learning, and Communicating of Mathematics Project (NSF-REESE), which explores the role of materiality and action in representing mathematical concepts in engineering and geometry. Dr. Nathan is on the editorial board for several journals, including The Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-Peer).Amy C. Prevost, UW-Madison Ms. Prevost is a doctoral student in Education Leadership and Policy Analysis at the