Collection

2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

V. Dimitra Pyrialakou, West Virginia University; Kakan C Dey P.E., West Virginia University; David Martinelli, West Virginia University; John Deskins, West Virginia University; Julia Daisy Fraustino, West Virginia University ; L Christopher Plein, West Virginia University; Md Tawhidur Rahman, West Virginia University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Abhik Roy, West Virginia University

attitudes and policy sentiments towards publicutilities. Namely, the advent of cellular phone technology was used as an example. This helpedto set the context for student reflection and discussion on some of the potential ethical anddistribute justice dimensions of AV technology. A simple question was posed to the students toorganize some of the broader sociopolitical and economic ramifications of AV development andadoption. To wit: “Do we design AVs to accommodate existing road infrastructure, or do wedesign roads to accommodate AVs?” This provided the opportunity to discuss how economicand political choices may effect changes in the built environment and influence decisions onpublic investments in infrastructure. A big “take away” from the

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 2 Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Courtney Zongrone, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cassandra J. McCall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ashley Shew, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

, but I really just wear jeans and a t-shirt. Yeah. Looking back, I think that maybe I should've considered that a little more. I find the engineering center to be a pretty hostile place.Upon reflection of this decision, Edith indicates a sense of regret (i.e., “...maybe I should’veconsidered that a little more.”), describing her institution’s engineering center as “a hostileplace”. Analysis of Edith’s interview yielded 47 codes distributed almost equally across themedical (32%), social (34%), and social-relational (34%) models, reflecting a time where Edithwas simultaneously experiencing diagnosis procedures and the dominant engineering culture attheir university. The following comment illustrates the interweaving of these models

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 2 Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Tiffany D. Pan, University of Washington; Eve A. Riskin P.E., University of Washington; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

mindfulness, resilience, and grit. This coursework includes: ● A first-year STARS seminar facilitated by STARS advising staff, which offers a space for students to reflect on their learning and educational experiences; brainstorm strategies for self-improvement; and develop “master schedules” to improve students’ time management and study skills. The seminar also provides an overview of non-STARS university resources for students such as counseling services and writing and tutoring centers. Students participating in the seminar also receive professional development opportunities through collaboration with the College of Engineering community and career centers. Engineering faculty and professionals discuss the

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nischal Adhikari; Sima Noghanian

with environmental features and make their way to receiver. Interactionincludes: • Reflection off the ground • Reflection off the surface of a building face • Diffraction off of an edge of a building • Transmission through a wallThe software uses advanced high-frequency electromagnetic methods to provide accurate resultsover a frequency range from approximately 50 MHz to 40 GHz. In this paper, we have presentedthe ray tracing software with a unique approach to attract the student by giving a wholesome ideaof designing and running a project in WI. Wireless Ray Tracing Education Land (WRTEL)8,Urbana™ 3-D Wireless Toolkit9,10, SE-RAY-EM11,12 are a few examples of many ray-tracingsimulation software which has different features and

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session I

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Padma Akkaraju, Oregon State University; Joseph McGuire, Oregon State University; Thuy T. Tran, Oregon State University; Andrea Zigler, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Faculty

tenure; and (iii) the professional development of faculty and staff. The intent ofthe first two is to promote more equitable, inclusive, and just advancement of tenured and tenure-track faculty. The intent of the third is to promote a college climate that reflects a shared valuefor equity, inclusion, and justice among all employment sectors. As summarized below, readyaccess to excellent guidance on best practices for search and selection processes and for properapplication of promotion and tenure criteria, suggest a straightforward path toward progress onthose fronts. Progress on the third is achievable, but even with access to very useful resourcesacross campus, we have found that path will likely require considerably more creative

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Nilanjan Banerjee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Elsa D. Garcin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Wayne G. Lutters, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Susan McDonough, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Christopher Murphy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Kevin Erling Omland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Topics

Faculty

, visualization tools for system administrators, virtualized help desk systems for small busi- nesses, and reflective social media systems. He has served as a Program Director for Human-Centered Computing at the National Science Foundation. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Information and Com- puter Science from the University of California, Irvine and his B.A. in both Cognitive Science and History from Connecticut College. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Dr. Susan McDonough, UMBC Susan McDonough is Associate Professor of History at UMBC. She is a historian of gender and her 1Recruiting

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Najmah Thomas, University of South Carolina, Beaufort; Ronald Erdei, University of South Carolina, Beaufort

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

andServices Administration funds the Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) program with the goalof increasing access to culturally competent nursing that is reflective of the diversity of thecommunities in which they serve; this program assists students from disadvantaged backgroundsto obtain nursing credentials [18]. A successful component of many NWD programs includespairing future nurses with mentors who come from similar backgrounds; the ‘like me’nomenclature is an example of the value of cross-discipline knowledge transfer in terms ofoverall discourse. The nursing field differs in many ways from engineering or computer science,however needs related to underrepresented populations are very similar and knowledge aboutwhat works should be transferred

Collection

2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Ava Madeline Bellizzi; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Elizabeth A. Reddy, University of San Diego

study was conducted.For the first cohort of students, pre- and post-presentation web-based surveys were send to alltwelve students enrolled in Honors Introduction to Engineering. The Preliminary Survey focusedon the extent of students’ project preparation, along with their outlook and perceptions ofservice-learning. The Post-Presentation Survey encouraged students to reflect upon the efficacyand relevance of their experience as far as preparing and presenting their service-learningproject.For the second cohort of students, data was gathered through the use of surveys, a one-on-onestudent interview, and a class discussion that encouraged students to reflect on their experienceby illustrating their self-perceived status within the broader

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

Tagged Topics

Pacific Southwest Section

up for an absence from the laboratory session orto prepare for a lab practical exam. The results reflect the instructor’s observation of eachstudent’s predominant participation mode, and do not attempt to assess the impact of anoccasional F2F student performing a makeup lab remotely.Table 2 shows a summary comparison of outcomes between the two cohorts, with the top sectionshowing measured statistical performance outcomes and the bottom section showing the resultsof a student perception survey rating different aspects of the lab experience on a 5-point scale,where 5 is most favorable and 1 is least favorable. The statistical data in the top section of Table1 shows retention and success, amount of work completed, student time to completion

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Justin L. Hess, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

phases or activities; other elements spanned the entire innovation process.In general, learning in this theme extended beyond realization of the importance of thesecomprising elements. Instead, learning came from a place of personal experience, as studentsembraced or internalized an approach or mindset. There were, however, some differences in thedegree to which participants accepted and inhabited these elements. For example, Let go ofselfish innovation was typically an important realization for participants, but one they oftenstruggled to persistently embrace.Table 4. Elements Comprising the Approaches and Mindsets Theme Elements Description Apply critical thinking Critical and reflective thinking are essential at key

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Molly A. McVey, University of Kansas; Caroline R. Bennett P.E., University of Kansas; William N. Collins, University of Kansas; Remy Lequesne, University of Kansas; Carl W. Luchies, University of Kansas; Sara E. Wilson, University of Kansas; Elaina J. Sutley, University of Kansas; Matthew F. Fadden, University of Kansas; Chris Melgares, University of Kansas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, and feedback from both students andfaculty reflected that this was a major limitation to the effectiveness of this initialimplementation. However, in the course that did share content (CE 562 shared with CE 461“Structural Analysis”), we collected feedback on effectiveness from CE 461 students whoengaged with the videos. Watching the videos was completely voluntary. The CE 461 instructorinformed students that the videos were available and how to access them, but did not requirestudents to watch the videos. 41% of respondents watched video(s) created by students in CE562, and of those who watched a video, 69% of them watched 2-3 different videos. The mostviewed topics were the Conjugate Beam Method (60% of viewers) and Influence Lines

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Kara L. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

’ metacognition so they can build habits of expert learnerswho define their learning goals and monitor their own progress. These principles were realizedthrough student reflection, student engagement, and contextualization of concepts by linking ab-stract concepts to real-world concrete examples. Faculty beliefs were changed as revealed by asurvey that found eight out of eight faculty said, in the last two years of using JTF pedagogy, theirclassroom practice had "changed somewhat or changed significantly." Another survey questionshowed that 7 of 8 felt that their views about teaching had changed "somewhat or significantly."On an open-ended survey faculty were queried, "How do you view your role in the classroom nowas compared to before joining JTF?" A

Conference Session

Evaluation: Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherina V Tarnai-Lokhorst P.Eng., FEC, Camosun College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

legislated equality for women in work,education and law. The activism of the second wave of feminism produced the majority ofcurriculum feminization and raised concerns about the effect of feminized curriculum on boys.The third wave, also called post-feminism, is a time of confusion for most girls and women whobelieve they live in a society of equality but experience sexism in many obvious and hiddenways. British Columbian curriculum documents no longer mention feminist requirements butfocus on aboriginal and racial diversity, reflecting the post-feminist culture that women are equaland sexism no longer needs mentioning. The post-feminist constructs of Girl Power andSuccessful Girls9,10 send the message that girls can do and have anything, yet

Conference Session

Biology and Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; David Jones, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

relationships is similar to classical methods.2. Fuzzy logic as a modeling tool is flexible. Fuzzy reasoning can be simple or complex to predict a unique numerical value for the consequence or predict a classification category of a fuzzy consequence.3. Fuzzy logic inference can be developed from the experience of a human expert. If the relationships between input and output data are well understood, rules can be readily developed to reflect this a priori knowledge. FL can mimic the human thought process to process and predict imprecise results.4. While fuzzy logic is tolerant of imprecise data, its precepts allow convergence to classical sets. Fuzzy logic can model nonlinear functions of arbitrary complexity. Fuzzy systems can

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

prior to any participation.In order to assess the effectiveness of the YESS program, surveys were distributed tocapture self-reported data from the students regarding demographic information,parent/guardian occupations, interest levels in relevant fields, level of understanding inkey content area, measures of confidence in math and science, and expectations for theprogram.Following the alteration of the program in 2004, student attendance began to grow. Theaverage number of students in attendance for each seminar more than doubled from 2003to 2004 and the number of interested teacher and parents in attendance was also on therise. Comments attained from a number of the attendees reflected that the introduction ofthe hands-on activities to

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlie Hall, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

acommon problem. A team of four to six students working on common problems provides Page 13.208.4 3opportunities for more learning7; the grouping of students facilitates communication, creatingopportunities for the students to learn from each other.8In contrast to Lean, conventional manufacturing layout patterns are designed to focus onspecialization in functional layouts. This is reflected, for example, by placing all the grindermachines grouped together in a common department, all the broach machines grouped togetherin a common department, and so

Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamim Younos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

meetings conducted by VT expertsand attended a national conference that was held on Virginia Tech campus. Fellows madeperiodic presentations of their research, prepared a final research report, and alsosubmitted a reflection essay about their experiences. Four fellows returned to VirginiaTech late fall and presented their research papers at a regional water research conference.Assessment of NSF/REU site outcomes was conducted with the help of two externalexperts in education research and academic assessment. Assessment tools included online/in-class surveys, pre- and post test questions, and a focus group interview. This articleincludes a brief description of program assessment tools, a summary of assessmentresults and recommendations, and some

Conference Session

Service Courses for Non-Engineers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College; Kate Disney, Mission College; Elsa Garmire, Dartmouth College; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Mary Rose, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

for a course on technologicalliteracy; instead, four standard course models were proposed and slated for development as partof the follow-on NSF/NAE Technological Literacy for Undergraduates Workshop, which washeld in March 2007 [1,2]. The four standard course models were: (1) Technology SurveyCourse, (2) Technology Focus Course, (3) Technology Design Course, and (4) TechnologyCritique, Assess, Reflect, or Connect Course. The proposed framework was created to serve notonly as a guide for developing these standard course models but also as a method for evaluatingand benchmarking existing technological literacy courses.Description of the Proposed FrameworkThe proposed framework was developed by a team at the 2007 NSF/NAE Workshop

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Amy Craig, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. What are student approaches to modeling and problem solving and how do they change over time as students move into upper division courses and use programming and computational tools to model and solve discipline specific problems? Instrumentation: (a) Student surveys assessing attitudes and confidence in specific course outcomes, (b) survey questions about modeling and problem solving, (c) specially developed, common problem solving tasks, (d) student reflections about how they go about solving tasks, and (e) course-related samples of student work. The survey data is being compared to students completing these same or similar surveys in subsequent semesters, to establish trends in self-confidence

Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

second ASCE strategic initiative was the development of an enhanced and updated versionof the BOK. This second edition of the BOK, formally titled Civil Engineering Body ofKnowledge for the 21st Century, Second Edition, (abbreviated BOK2) was developed in responseto broad stakeholder feedback about the first edition (abbreviated BOK1), as well as the ideasexpressed in ASCE’s Vision 2025.7 BOK2 is currently available in draft form, and the finalproduct will be publicly released in February 2008.The BOK2 includes two particularly substantive changes from the BOK1: • The number of outcomes was increased from 15 to 24. For the most part, this increase reflects the BOK2 authors’ attempt to enhance clarity and specificity, rather than to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Kevin Kloesel, University of Oklahoma; Tian Yu, University of Oklahoma; Kent Johnson, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma; Phil Chilson, University of Oklahoma; Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma

to OU’s north campus to see a WSR-88D radar. Thesetrips help students to understand how the data is collected and subsequently processed in adigital format. Computing algorithms are studied and implemented that convert radar datafrom the phased array radar into environmental measurements known as spectral moments– very similar to previous researchers associated with conventional rotating weather radars[36, 37, 38]. Spectral moments (reflectivity, radial velocity, and spectrum width) are theessential, required radar meteorological measurements that are used to make decisionsabout cloud locations, storms, rain fall, tornadoes, downbursts, hail and other interestingweather phenomena. Microbursts are strong downbursts of air from evolving rain

Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Ater Kranov, Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology; Robert Olsen, Washington State University; Carl Hauser, Washington State University; Laura Girardeau, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

stilldisagreement of more than one point, continued discussion and rating ensued until consensus hadbeen reached. At times, this discussion resulted in further refinement of the rubric’s criteria.These revisions reflect a continuous process to ensure reliability and increase content validityinformed by the rubric’s use in practice. Faculty and assessment specialist teams then rated teamperformance on the scenario corresponding with their program using the same process, andresults were used to inform program improvements in a collaborative effort.Assessment specialists analyzed ratings for each program, averaging the scores of all reliableraters for each dimension and reported results confidentially to each department in graphical andwritten form. An

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos; Andrew Hable, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

(e.g., the purchase of paint)defense-related goods and services. However, these estimates do not include defense-related purchases by agencies other that DOD, such as DOE or NASA; whether or not thedata reflects effort related to defense sales to foreign governments is unclear. Furthermuddying the data is the fact that some of the engineering effort reflected in the DODdata is provided by engineers in foreign countries under contract with US companies.With these caveats in mind, our complied data indicates that about 8.8% of professionalengineering effort is devoted to defense-related activities – about 3 times higher than forthe overall workforce defense effort (2.8%). Some specializations, such as aerospaceengineering and electrical

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Czekanski, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

quantitative in nature and do notcontribute to the scope of this paper. The results of the survey questions are shown in Table 4and reflect results taken from villages centered around the larger population centers of Nebaj andSalquil, both of which are in the heart of the Ixil Triangle, as well as those villages in the vicinityof the much larger department capital of Santa Cruz. Table 4 – Survey addendum results pertaining to socio-economic issues in Quiché 3 Average Highest Level of Families with Region of Location # of

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Ethan LaRochelle, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

concept that EWB is modeled on is the ability to work with acommunity to identify, formulate, and solve problems within –and sometimes beyond– theengineering domain. Typical EWB field challenges require brainstorming outside our ownsocietal norms and are further served by reflection on implemented projects. This requirementfor ingenuity has the potential to offer students lateral and complex problem skill development.This can be more demanding and challenging in comparison to participation in the customaryprojects offered by the current standard engineering coursework or local fieldwork. Page 14.597.13 Photo 7: EWB

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA; John A. Christian, University of Texas, Austin; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

processes to be exercised 1further in the work environment. As stated in the first lecture: the course is not trying to makeeveryone who takes the course a systems engineer, but trying to give aerospace engineeringstudents a systems perspective. The success of that goal is reflected in numerous quotes from thestudents in the pilot class, such as ≠ “It was a ‘big picture’ view of what we may be involved in as engineers of the future.” ≠ “Taking this course makes an engineer realize there is much more to engineering than designing a given component to a set specification. This course really teaches all the factors that go into producing a viable space system, and some tools to achieve

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

factor in their lives. It seemsclear that the college experience has done nothing to close the confidence gap, and perhapscontributed to its persistence. We now turn to students’ own reflections on their engineeringeducation for an explanation.Results from student interviews:In their senior year, 15 of the APS students participated in an in-depth, semi-structuredqualitative interview. Some questions in the interview were designed to elicit students’reflections on their experiences as engineering undergraduates. Others were designed to elicitstudents’ conceptions of engineering and themselves as engineers now embarking on theirprofessional careers. In this section, we complement the findings from the PIE survey with a richpicture of students

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

in both courses and extracurricular EWB andsimilar service projects and trips. The exercise can benefit the student by forcing them to reflecton the experience, serve as a “catharsis” to vent when negative experiences occur, etc. Mostservice-learning pedagogy explicitly indicates that student reflection is a necessary part of thelearning process. Without thoughtful reflection, the full value of the SL experience may not berealized.23 These same reflective essays can serve as an assessment instrument. They yield richqualitative information beyond the student learning of technical topics, and indicate changes inattitude and identity of the students. These essays can be coded to yield quantitative findingsfrom the qualitative student statements

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Sanders, Virginia Tech; Thomas Sherman, Virginia Tech; Hyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Tech; James Pembridge, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-2090: TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES:TEACHERS' BELIEFS AND PRACTICES IN PERSPECTIVEMark Sanders, Virginia TechThomas Sherman, Virginia TechHyuksoo Kwon, Virginia TechJames Pembridge, Virginia Tech Page 14.1170.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Technology Education in the United States: Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices in PerspectiveSince changing its name in 1985, the field/school subject known as Technology Education hasworked to transform its curriculum and teaching practice from one dominated by craft andindustry-related technologies, to “a curriculum to reflect technology.”1 Over the past threedecades

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

described discussions as: gets you involved and talking about the topics which helps me to learnbetter.While student NN explained about discussions: It makes the information sink in well through the use of real-lifeapplicationThese statements both reflect increased student learning through the discussionsthemselves. Thus, the students found both the preparatory assignments and thediscussions as tools that increased their understanding of the course material.Student leadership of the discussion groups resulted in no complaints. In fact,only one student commented negatively on the discussion group format, in thewords of Student H: Discussions should be better formatted. Sometimes it is hard to talk about certain