Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University

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Design in Engineering Education

understanding of biomedical engineering design processPriority2. Adams, Turns, & Design Basic Research Discusses the importanceAtman (2003) Journal of reflective practice for student learning in design11. Brinkman & Communica Applied Describes studentvan der Geest tion Journal Research feedback on technical(2003) (student focus) communication in engineering design

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 13: Student Learning and Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julianna S. Ge, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin Charles Major, Purdue University; John Mark Froiland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

class activities found in the scholarly literature. Thesepractices were grounded in experiential and cooperative learning such as visits from experts,round-table discussions, reflections, but still included traditional learning activities such asassigned readings and lectures. Outside the classroom, students actively worked with communitypartners to improve thriving in the community.Gratitude - Gratitude consists of feelings of appreciation for someone in response to receivingintentional benefits, especially at some cost to the benefactor [2], [3]. There are both interpersonaland intrapersonal benefits of gratitude. Gratitude is one of the strongest correlates to emotionalwellbeing [4], life satisfaction, optimism, and reduced anxiety [5]. In

Conference Session

Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Lu, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Mary E. Campbell, Texas A&M University; Mary K. McDougal, Texas A&M University; Lauren Neala Holder, Texas A&M University

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Community Engagement Division

-specific knowledge and developing their multidisciplinarycommunication, problem-solving, and research skills.Course design and executionAccording to Bringle and Hatcher [1], service-learning is defined as a “course-based, creditbearing educational experience in which students (a) participate in an organized service activitythat meets identified community needs, and (b) reflect on the service activity in such a way as togain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and anenhanced sense of personal values and civic responsibility” (p. 112).” Service-learning has beenproven to benefit students in many ways. More specifically, service learning has been found toenhance students’ collaboration skills [2], civic

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan A Munden, Fairfield University

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Community Engagement Division

elective for allengineering students. The course successfully implements reflection practices to measureattainment of civic learning outcomes, which are essential to true service-learning courses. Arubric measures student achievement of course technical outcomes. Improved team performancedemonstrates effectiveness of the university mentors. The mentoring has a demonstrable effecton youth attitudes toward STEM education and careers. The course and mentoring resulted in85% retention of existing youth team members, plus addition of new youth from 3 additionalhigh schools, expanding the reach of the robotics team in the community. The course has alsoresulted in the university hosting a district competition, increasing STEM visibility to the

Conference Session

Studies in Engineering Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma; Shalaka Subhash Ghaisas, University of Oklahoma; Xun Ge, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

to improve such courses incrementally. In our course AME4163 –Principles of Engineering Design, a senior-level engineering DBT course, we haveincorporated David Kolb’s experiential learning construct into the fabric of courseactivities, assignments, and structured exercises. We now seek to additionallyleverage Piaget’s cognitive constructivism and Vygotsky’s sociocultural theoryinto structured learning exercises. One such exercise is the ‘Learning Statement,’(LS) a reflective exercise in which students directly translate experience intolearning and articulate expected future value from that learning. In employing theLS as an instrument for a formative assessment, we attempt to identify the students’Zones of Proximal Development (ZPD

Conference Session

Issues in Academic Integrity and the Value of Portfolios, Case Studies, and Supportive Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University; Patrick H. Knowles Jr., Cleveland Mixer

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

as a tool to define educationalobjectives, correlate documented material to a program's educational objectives, facilitate anopportunity for students to reflect on their learning, and assess the attainment of objectives.While the author does not present the mechanics of assembling individual portfolios (over astudent's academic career), the author illustrates how portfolios have been used to assess andimprove the learning process.Bhattacharya and Hartnett extend the use of student portfolios in engineering education beyondcommunications and into all aspects of engineering professional knowledge and skills. 4 Theportfolio serves both as a collection of a student’s best work and as a forum to encouragepersonal reflection. This perspective on

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Design and Design Chanllenges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean P Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

). However, sometimes these challenges may be too large to allow all team members toengage in the design process deeply. Further, instructors cannot observe teams in action duringtheir design process, which makes it difficult to provide feedback. Nor can they assess teams’workflow process as they transfer what they learn into knowledge needed to define a solution.Over the past two years we have used a collection of small design challenges at multiple times ofthe year to help teams practice and reflect on their processes of design, teaming and projectmanagement. These two hour design sessions engaged learners in a short conceptual designaround an interesting problem. After each session the students reflected on their process andthen discussed as a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Willietta Gibson, Bennett College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

qualitative methods are assigned equal weighting in the interpretation offindings27.The Felder Index of Learning Styles Assessment (ILSA) is a 44-item questionnaire whichassesses students’ learning style preferences which are evaluated on four continua. Felder ILSAresults categorize all respondents’ learning styles in terms of being active/reflective (ACT_REF),sensing/intuitive (SEN_INT), visual/verbal (VIS_VRB), and sequential/global (SEQ_GLO).Each anchor of the continua is assigned a quantitative value of -11 or 11, respectively, and allrespondents are assigned individual values between these extremes. Respondents’ ratings on thevarious Felder ILSA continua served as the independent variables in this research.Dependent variables were a product of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Yosef S. Allam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Lisa K Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

class Faculty  Reflection &  incorporate  Summary changes Review &  Final faculty  Comment by  reflection CTL Faculty review  Review &  video &  Comment by 2

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alandra Kahl, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny

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Environmental Engineering

earlierinterdisciplinary efforts. The EnGAGE project was used as an innovative way to promotecollaboration between the two classes while achieving traditional course goals in each. Studentswere involved in all aspects of the project, including site assessment, design, planning and willbe an integral part of construction of the garden. Participants completed short pre and postsurveys during various phases of the project, and will be resurveyed at the project conclusion aswell as asked to write reflections on their to gain qualitative and quantitative data regardingproject success.Introduction:Entry level engineering courses are beginning to emphasize production of a more well-roundedengineer through service and community involvement. Interest in outside of the

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth.

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Burwell-Woo, Cañada College; Ray Lapuz, Canada College; Tracy Huang, Cañada College; Nicholas Langhoff, Canada College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 26.660.2unemployment rates, STEM jobs “are going unfilled simply for lack of people with the right skillsets.”2, further emphasizing the need to train a population of qualified STEM graduates.However, current trends in engineering enrollment reflect a decrease from 6.3 to 5.4 percent ofthe total degrees conferred.3 The 2012 President’s Council of Advisors on Science andTechnology (PCAST) report, “Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional CollegeGraduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics,” indicates thatthe United States needs to prepare one million additional STEM professionals in the next decadeto maintain its dominance in science and technology.4 One important strategy for increasing thequalified

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ikhlaq Sidhu, University of California, Berkeley; Ken Singer, CET, College of Engineering UC Berkeley; Charlotta Johnsson, Lund University, Sweden; Mari Suoranta, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

focus (right in Figure 1) is referred to as inductivelearning12. - Deductive: In a deductive classroom, the teacher conducts lessons by introducing and explaining concepts to students, and then expecting students to complete tasks to practice the concepts. The students should demonstrate that they have understood the concepts by repeating what the teacher just told or did. - Inductive: In an inductive classroom, the teacher presents or exposes the students to examples that show how the concept is used. The intent is for students to “notice”, by reflecting around the examples, how the concept works. The students should demonstrate that they have understood by re-inventing the concepts based on their own

Conference Session

Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Computer Engineering: CE2016 Update

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Alan Durant, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John Impagliazzo, Hofstra University; Susan E. Conry, Clarkson University; Robert B. Reese, Mississippi State University; Herman Lam, University of Florida; Victor P. Nelson, Auburn University; Joseph L.A. Hughes, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

“CurriculumGuidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Computer Engineering,” also known asCE2004. The presenters are members of the steering committee leading production of the new“CE2016” document and represent the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS). Theywill summarize the new and refactored areas, discuss the additional focus on learning outcomes,and engage participants on ways of improving the report so that it reflects the state-of-the-art ofcomputer engineering education and practice that is relevant for the coming decade.GoalsThe goals of this session are to present the work of the CE2016 steering committee, to solicitsuggestions for improvement through audience participation, and to share results with theprofessional community.Session

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Catalano, Binghamton University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

, successfully accomplish and reflect upon an activityreferred to as a compassion practicum. The compassion practicum sought to begin thedevelopment of a critical consciousness in students. Students’ projects fall into two categories:(1) a service learning type project which must in some way improve the quality of life of othersand involves a minimum of 15 hours of actual service; and (2) a guided, extensive visit of ananimal rescue society farm in which students confront animals typically used in biomedicalresearch projects and reflect on the entire experience.IntroductionBiomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and techniques to medicine.It combines expertise in engineering with expertise in medicine and human biology to

Conference Session

Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Chetana R. Bayas

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

different engineering and technology courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. His tremendous re- search experience in manufacturing includes environmentally conscious manufacturing, Internet based robotics, and Web based quality. In the past years, he has been involved in sustainable manufacturing for maximizing energy and material recovery while minimizing environmental impact.Ms. Chetana R. Bayas c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Machine Vision for Solar Cell InspectionIntroductionThe characteristics of surfaces are important because surface geometry (e.g.,smoothness vs roughness) and surface composition determine optical properties(e.g., reflection, absorption

Conference Session

Design and Implementation of Graduate Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mansfield, Arizona State University; Terry L. Alford, Arizona State University; N. David Theodore, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Misconception Clarification in Online Graduate CoursesAbstract“Muddy Points” (MP) is a commonly used instructional reflection tool used to collect feedbackabout student learning issues and points of confusion. This feedback can be leveraged to enhancestudent learning and further optimize an instructor’s course delivery. If used appropriately, thismethod can help students monitor their construction of knowledge and contribute to their self-regulation of learning. This then leads to deeper conceptual learning and improved achievementof their learning goals.In a face-to-face classroom setting, Muddy Points are typically collected at the end of a classsession. Feedback or response

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the BOKs: ABET, Ethics, Civil Engineering as Liberal Education, and 3-Year Degrees

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Anthony Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

recognizing the diversity of personalvalues among peers. Students delve further into ethical decision making in the context of academicintegrity during the first year with reflections on real-life scenarios.During the second year, students discuss the need for a purpose of a common set of ethicalstandards and review the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Code of Ethics when interpretingethical dilemmas. Students were introduced to an ethical decision-making process during fall oftheir junior year. This process is a step-by-step guide that includes reflection throughout theprocess of assessing and making a judgment on an ethical dilemma. During each quarter of juniorand senior year, students were given a real-life ethical dilemma, and they utilized

Conference Session

PCEE Resource Exchange

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abeera P. Rehmat, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marissa Christina Owens, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

’ materials.Materials Students had access to computers, books about weather and climate, climate data, andbuilding materials (e.g., cardboard, scissors, craft sticks, masking tape, construction paper, rulers,pencils, and empty paper towel rolls). A leaf blower was used to test the stability of theirstructure.Assessment Formative assessments were conducted via discussion, observation, and daily writtenstudent reflections. Students reflected each day on their experience and identified two things thatthey learned. Additionally, summative assessments occurred at the end of the activity, whichincluded creating the tornado proof structure and presenting it to the class. Students had to createa PowerPoint presentation, one per group, to share their

Conference Session

Fostering Business and Professional Skills in the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

writing, exploratory writing,formal writing, informal writing and reflective writing exercises. This paper will present thetrends in student learning curves across two semesters. The evaluation criteria was based on thecomponents such as consideration of audience (15%), quality of solution (15%), rigor ofengineering analysis (25%), organization and focus (15%), clarity and coherence (15%), andprofessional appearance (15%). A comparison of student performance in terms of contentaccuracy, language issues and effect of writing expression between the three courses will bepresented. The relationship between the number of errors and the type of writing activity wasevaluated for the three semesters. The major differences in student performances among

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 13

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chelsea J. Andrews, Tufts University; Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

designs fail the test; groups testing iterate and continue testing, trying to improve their designs. Day 7: What can we learn by looking across all our design attempts? Reflection Groups reflect on their design attempts; teacher facilitates a whole class discussion comparing across designs. Day 8: How do engineers share their ideas through speaking and writing? Design Groups share their designs and design process with other students and members of the conference school and greater community. DESIGN BRIEF Goal: Design, build, test, and iterate on a retaining structure that keeps sand away from the model train tracks, allows the sand to support the weight of a model building, and stays up when

Conference Session

K-12 Activities

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leanne Hirshfield, Tufts University; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provide students with personalized tutors through the use of educational software.However, without the authoritative involvement of a teacher, many students are not motivated tolearn material presented via computer. The challenge to educational software designers is tocreate environments that motivate students to think reflectively about content, encouraging themto invest time and energy in the learning process. One manner in which to accomplish this goalmay be to include student ideas when developing software. This paper presents the results of aresearch investigation that examined the inclusion of middle school students in the process ofdesigning educational software. Eight middle school students participated in a focus groupdiscussion, during

Conference Session

Women & New Faculty Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

withdifferent assessment techniques is to try them with respect to student achievement in one’s ownclasses. Use methods other than tests, or use tests to assess the effectiveness of different teachingtechniques. A faculty member might compare student performance on tests from year to year –after normalizing or statistically controlling for differences in the initial academic backgroundsof the classes being compared. Student backgrounds at the beginning of class might be measuredusing a student self-assessment technique.Use the results. Too often results of assessment are set aside with little thought or reflection untilan accreditation team or university review team requests the data. Instead, carefully consider theresults in a timely manner. If

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ishbah Cox, Purdue University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Minorities in Engineering

students within thisseminar also take their first semester, first-year core engineering course together. This coursewill serve as one of many supported by a larger university initiative in which students engage incommunity-building inside and outside of the classroom.Course objectives include the following: 1. Identify and understand the importance of music in society. 2. Explain and demonstrate connections between music and engineering. 3. Explore the university’s history. 4. Demonstrate uses of campus resources that will enable academic success. Page 23.782.4 5. Participate in music-related service projects. 6. Attend and reflect on

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric L. Wang, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Page 24.66.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Method for Adjusting Group-Based GradesAbstractGrades for assignments completed as an individual are a reflection of a student’s actual work,whereas the grade for a group assignment is easily confounded by the effects of their teammates(positively and negatively). Assigning grades to individuals for a group project is importantbecause instructors want to assign grades that reflect effort as well as content. Since all studentsin a group typically receive the same grade for a group assignment, group grades have theundesirable effect of obscuring a student’s true performance. Thus, it is desirable to develop amethod which could be

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Idowu

‘teaching situation’ is identified in widely varying ways by therespondents within the sample. This is revealed in the conceptions of teaching identified in thestudy. The conceptions range from student-focused strategy aimed at students changing theirconceptions to a teacher-focused strategy with the intention of transmitting information tostudents. The former, in a two-way transmission leaves students in control of portions of contentand learning, while the latter reflects a one-way transmission where the instructor controlscontent, and may not take students’ conceptions into account.The effect of curriculum organization on study progress in engineering studies was recentlydocumented by Hulst and Jansen 7. Curricular characteristics were shown to

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Kurpius; Dale Baker; Chell Roberts; Stephen Krause

actions and knowledge about their current practice. Consequently,we used four analytical themes (Reflections on Practice, Changes in Practice, Intentions toChange Practice, and Change in Knowledge) to examine the likelihood that what teachersencountered in the course would transfer to their classrooms. Three graduate students allowed usto gather data over a semester to develop in-depth cases. The teachers were Alice, an elementaryteacher; Denise, who taught at a Science Center; and Dana, a high school chemistry teacher.Alice intended to change, or changed things, such as teaching the design process explicitly,learning the science behind engineering concepts, developing activities for young children, usingeveryday contexts, and planning a model

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

observing all teams when teaching and providing feedback on theirprocesses, a metacognitive structure was used to engage students in self reflection and groupprocessing. The MERIT kit has three key components that are designed to address commonchallenges we face in teaching and assessing collaborative learning and teaming skills. Thesethree components are: (a) “Vicarious Learning Experiences” using case study videos (e.g., PBSDesign Squad clips) along with group processing with MERIT cards, (b) the “I Know My TeamMembers” document, and (c) a “Performance Assessment Task” used for pre and postevaluation. Next steps, in the validation of the MERIT kit, is wide dissemination and evaluationof the kit in supporting individual student learning.Factors

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Mary McEniry; Cid Freitag

2230 Professional Development On-line: Ways of Knowing and Ways of Practice Sandra Shaw Courter, Cid Freitag, Mary McInery University of Wisconsin – MadisonAbstract“Ways of Knowing and Ways of Practice” is an on-line professional developmentopportunity for faculty and instructional staff at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.This pilot distance learning experience occurred during Spring Semester, 2003. Theproject was designed to help faculty 1) engage in reflection and continuous improvementof learning, both their own and their students, 2) facilitate conversations

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Pinnell; Leon Chuck

stoves. In the Materials Laboratory, students manufactured three formulationsof insulative bricks and assessed their properties by conducting various mechanical and physicaltests. The educational goals of this project were to provide the students with a hands-on, service-learning experience to enhance their technical, program management, computer andcommunication skills. Another educational goal of this program was to expose the students toideas of appropriate technology, environmental responsibility and ethics, cultural diversity andcultural sensitivity. This paper will focus on the educational objectives and outcomes associatedwith this service-learning project. Details of the project including student responsibilities,reflection and methods

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Goldman, Stanford University; Maureen Carroll; Molly Bullock Zielezinski, Stanford University; Aaron Loh, Ministry of Education, Singapore; Eng Seng Ng, Stanford University; Stephanie Bachas-Daunert, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

; Page 24.440.2 discuss experimental outcome. 8. Reflection: Students reflect in writing on the prompt: “Describe the process & outcome of building a water filtration system. What 3 recommendations would you make for others doing this for the first time?” For more activities, download our complete curriculum: http://goo.gl/Cjk3t2