Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Dolan, University of Wyoming; Ovid Plumb, University of Wyoming

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

assesses the project concept, discusses the professional involvement,institutional constraints, administrative support and the results of the five semesters work.Recommendations for improvements for implementation of similar projects at other institutionsare included.IntroductionEngineering projects are increasingly complex due to client needs, system integration efforts,advances in technology, and computer aided design tools. A common concern of nationaladvisory boards is that students must function better in team projects and improvecommunication skills. This is reflected in ABET requirements for multidisciplinary seniordesign activities. In many situations, these objectives are met by defining “multidisciplinary” asusing different skill sets

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Boudreaux, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University

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First-Year Programs

transition in student attitudes and perspectives from the beginning of thesummer term to the end of the summer. The following comments reflect some of this transition. After the First Week: There is a sink or swim adjustment to time management. I do like this program; however, it takes a little while to get comfortable with it. I’m exhausted! I think this program is very good and is a great idea except for the fact that the students have no free time to just relax because we’re in class all day and we’re doing homework all night. End of the Summer: The past few weeks I’ve had a blast. I have made so many memories and have grown as a person… I got the chance to get a handle on the campus, teachers, and college life. I am glad that I did

Conference Session

Industry and Engineering Technology Partnerships

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Fuehne, Purdue University-Columbus

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Engineering Technology

early December. A sample practice exam similar to past CCTexams is given to the class by the author usually a week or two prior to the official exam. Theexam is approximately the same number of questions as the CCT exam and students are given 4hours to complete the exam. Although this exam is graded and returned to the students, it hasonly a minor connection to the final grade. Those students who are preparing for the CCT examare understandably motivated and usually perform quite well on the practice exam. Thosestudents taking the class for college credit have not been motivated to perform well on thepractice exam and their scores reflect this lack of motivation. In future offerings of the class,those students taking the class for MET credit

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb; David Chang, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

creative and willingto change. Approaching a course such as Dynamic Modeling and Control is an interdisciplinarysubject and experience for the faculty as well as the students, but the rewards are well worth theadditional effort required to make it interesting and relevant to the students.AcknowledgementThe views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the position ofthe United States Military Academy, the United States Army, or the Department of Defense.Bibliography Page 13.788.101. National Academy of Sciences, “Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century”, National

Conference Session

Materials in Design and Manufacturing

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiqiang Hu, University of Missouri - Columbia

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Mechanical Engineering

education for over 70 years. Its new criteria for the evaluation of engineeringprograms, Engineering Criteria 2000, require implementation of sustainability concepts inundergraduate education, as reflected in the following areas (criteria 3c and 3h) (1): ‚" “Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability;” ‚" “Broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.”Limited work has been conducted to address the need, effectiveness, and impact of incorporatingsustainable engineering

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Jevsevar, Vanderbilt University; Melanie Aston, Vanderbilt University; Shaun Price, Vanderbilt University; Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University; Stacy Klein-Gardner

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Biomedical

andrising high school seniors. The curriculum successfully stimulated interest in biomedicalimaging and biomedical engineering among the test population. Feedback from the high schoollearners aided in the further development of lectures and activities for the curriculum.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grantsEEC-0343607 and EEC-9876363. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation. Page 13.379.9Bibliography1. Bransford, J., Brown, A., &

Conference Session

Engineering in the Elementary School

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the rationalebehind the teaching module, and to document the changes we made to the module as we assessedits impact over several trial runs.The PremiseThe premise of this research project was to devise an outreach program to 5th or 6th gradestudents that demonstrates an engineering idea in a fun, yet informative way. At the onset wedecided against “trial and error” exercises where the students would be asked to create somethingstrictly from their own imagination or intuition. Our argument against such tasks is that they donot accurately reflect the methods that engineers actually use. We also decided against a strictly“show and tell” approach, wherein an impressive experiment or demonstration is conducted toelicit a strong audience reaction

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Bhattacharya, Southern University & A&M College

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Engineering Ethics

saving grace in ourtechnologically advanced country is that the press in this country is still free to reportresearchers who do such researches. 3. Philosophical affiliationWe have to make dramatic changes to stay on the cutting edge of technologies andmarkets that are of crucial importance to our core audience, students, researchers,engineers, engineering managers and program managers who serve bio-medical,electronics and electro-optics industries. The popularity of ethics is partly due to its longhistory and thus it is a well developed method of philosophical reflection of itspractitioners from a country to country perspective. However, since global relations aredeveloping faster than imagined, to sharing of

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

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First-Year Programs

meets three times a week forfifty minutes. The course content is a well-balanced combination of informative and engaginglectures, hands-on projects, and distinguished guest speaker seminars. While the objectives andpriorities of each discipline determine the breadth and depth of the course contents,recommendations from the industrial advisory board, faculty, and students are reflected in thefinal format of the course. The course has three main components: lecture, laboratory and guestspeaker seminars.Lecture Component:The lecture component makes up 20% of the course. This component introduces the students todifferent engineering disciplines and exposes them to the interdisciplinary nature of real-lifeprojects and the importance of teamwork and

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; James Baish, Bucknell University; William King, Bucknell University; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

. Page 13.764.8 8Multi-disciplinary TeamsExternal mentors are active members of the design team and play a real role in all aspectsof the design process. Students must learn to set and achieve goals, delegateresponsibility, handle conflicting objectives, and function as a professional in a medicalsetting.Course AssessmentExternal mentors have been used for every project in every offering of our senior designcourse. It is therefore not possible to fairly compare the external mentor approach to otherpossible implementations. The observations below reflect the opinions of the design teammembers.StudentsAt the completion of the Fall semester students are asked

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Frassica, University of South Carolina; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina; Philip Voglewede, Marquette University

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Mechanical Engineering

, an open environmentmust be fostered during the entire course to enable the instructor to have the feedback necessaryto interject appropriate instruction to the student. A second challenge is the capital investment inthe project is large as bioengineering experiments are costly. Third, it requires buy-in from allthe professors involved. Nevertheless, this laboratory experience ultimately created theconnection between the theory and physical world.AcknowledgementThis work was supported by a National Science Foundation Course Curriculum and LabImprovement award (DUE-0633648). All opinions expressed within are the authors’ and do notnecessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.Bibliographic Information1. Kiefer, K., Silverberg, L

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

canbe tuned to reflect the type of deceleration that occurs during an impact. A stripped-downFormula SAE chassis was fixed to the test sled and an 50th percentile male Hybrid IIIAnthropomorphic Test Device (ATD) equipped with accelerometers was used to measure theloads on the driver. See Figure 4. Page 12.1573.8 Figure 4. The car frame with test dummy just prior to impactTests were performed at the SAE specified conditions and it was found that the criteria were veryconservative. There was a very low chance of driver injury. For example, the data in Figure 5shows that the neck injury criteria are well within the ‘safe’ region

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American

participate in all aspects of the learning process, they gain a deepunderstanding of the content and are more comfortable with that knowledge. The creation ofhelpful chapter end homework problems requires a good understanding of the text, how theinformation can be practically applied, and what aspects of the content are difficult to understandand need reinforcement. Involving the student in this process gets them to reflect on the lecture,read the text, think about application in an area that is of interest to them, and consider whatcontent was problematic for them. It is clear why students that met the challenge saw the benefitto the learning process and why the assignment was time consuming. Changes that need to beimplemented to address some of the

Conference Session

Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

possibletopics. We brainstorm during class, but many good ideas come in after class by e-mail.We typically distribute lists with over 60 possible projects for the teams to select from. I Page 12.422.5had originally planned to let teams form around topics – as we usually do in thetraditional version of this course. But this proved awkward, so we assembled the teamsfirst and then allowed to them to select the topics they wished to pursue. We createdteams to reflect diverse expertise and geographic dispersion. Each team had both on- andoff-site members. In later offerings, we permitted a few teams with all members at asingle location.Titles of the projects

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifford Stover, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Design in Engineering Education

. Thestudent’s senior year involvement in the project is used as senior project or senior design creditin which they generally take on a more managerial role as lead engineers. In the course of theirengineering education, our most involved students learn basic fabrication techniques, team andgroup project management, solid modeling and analysis techniques, and finish by producing,testing, and competing in a project that accurately reflects what they will come up against inreal world engineering. This paper gives a general idea of how we have incorporated the SAECollegiate Design Series competitions into our Mechanical Engineering Curriculum. Page

Conference Session

Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Brown

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Minorities in Engineering

Exploration and Professional Development – The success and impact of the ST@R Project was not only reflected in its intent to retain 1st ands 2nd year students in the electrical engineering program, but ultimately in its ability to assist students in obtaining co-ops and permanent positions within their electrical engineering major. Thus, the ST@R Project benefited greatly from partnerships with SIA affiliated corporations such as IBM, Intel and other similar companies and institutions in helping students identify possible career choices in engineering. The ST@R Project also arranged professional development seminars and talks to prepare students for future careers in engineering. The goal was to keep students

Conference Session

Retention of STEM Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibibia Dabipi, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Joseph Arumala, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Minorities in Engineering

gaining experiences at NASA Wallops Flight Facility over a wide range ofprojects. Eleven of these students were electrical engineering and the electricalengineering technology programs at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Thestudents participated in several activities, held bi-weekly meeting to report on theiractivities, wrote a final report and made a final presentation to NASA staff. There was anexit meeting to access and reflect on the program. One important thing that emerged wasthe possibility of students, individually and in group working on students’ final yearprojects on on-going projects at the Facility with the help of NASA mentors. It isexpected that this approach will make the students’ experiences more industry orientedand

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Christa Lynch, Arizona State University; Jonathan Hilpert, Arizona State University; mary ann Duggan, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

subjective interpretation. Presumably, inthe future, this item should be rewritten or replaced so as to reflect the same six-month timeperiod as the other four items in the subscale. Item seven of the PI endogenous subscalealso decreased the internal consistency of its respective factor. This item reads, “I must passMAE 100 in order to reach my academic goals.” As this is the only item in the endogenoussubscale that does not directly address students’ grades, and it factored poorly with the otheritems in the subscale, this item also should be rewritten or replaced to more accurately reflectthe broader meaning of its respective latent factor.Internal consistency and external validity All three subscales of interest -- the FTPS, the FTPSE, and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Forouzan Golshani, Wright State University; Michele Wheatly, Wright State University; Mary Ellen Bargerhuff, Wright State University; John Flach, Wright State University; Jeffrey Vernooy, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

our LWD philosophy was the reaction of many of the students to their LWD 730 (Accommodations and Adaptations for Persons with Disabilities in School, Work, and the Community) course. This course emphasizes the realities of living and working with disability from a personal perspective. One of the course requirements is for students to interact with individuals who have severe disabilities and with the agencies that serve them. This experience helped students to appreciate the skills and barriers that are a part of the everyday lives of individuals with disabilities. Several of the students commented on the difficulty they had at first in reflecting on their experiences. They were used to

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science Course

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

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Materials

SAT quantitative Course gradeMCI pre-test ------ .43* .35* .17†MCI post-test .33* .37* .39* .37†*Pearson’s correlation coefficient.† Spearman’s rho.Table 3: MCI results by sex. Numbers in parentheses are number of students (N) followed bythe standard deviations. The values of N reflect those students for whom data was available.MCI gain may not equal the difference between the pre-test and post-test scores due to round-offerror. MCI pre-test* MCI post-test* MCI gainMale 11.9 (87, 3.6) 15.7 (89, 4.0) 3.8 (82, 3.4)Female 10.3 (25, 2.7

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Tomasi, Alfred State College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

was not being exhibited in the class then the students would be treatedas children and not adults. This lack of professionalism resulted in the professordelivering the following ultimatum, “any further incidents will result in the student beingdropped from the class by the professor”. To further illustrate the seriousness of thistransgression, a writing assignment was assigned where the students were required tointerview a human resource director to determine how “the real world” would handle thissituation. The paper required the students to focus and reflect on what would happen inindustry if a verbal disagreement resulted in a physical altercation.Of the six assignments handed out during the course of the semester, it was the last onethat

Conference Session

Survivor: The First Few Years

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

shifting context,” Review of Higher Education, volume 26, number 2, pages 119-144, 2002.13. J. Smith, J. Whitman, P. Grant, A. Stanutz, J. Russett, and K. Rankin, “Peer networking as a dynamic approach to supporting new faculty,” Innovative Higher Education, volume 25, number 3, pages 197-207, 2001.14. E. Bennion, “The importance of peer mentoring for facilitating professional and personal development,” Political Science & Politics, number 37, pages 111-113, 2004.15. K. Kram and L. Isabella, “Mentoring alternatives: The role of peer relationships in career development,” Academy of Management Journal, number 28, pages 110–132, 1985.16. J. Cowdery, Induction-year mentors’ self-perceptions and reflections on their training and

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

learning community, and also aided in the management of the supervised study sessions. Thefaculty members met daily with Study Leaders to coordinate course assignments with afternoonactivities. Page 13.1227.3Enrollment AnalysisAn overview of the application and enrollment history of the EDGE Program is presented inTable 1. The trend in student participation reflects an evolving focus on the composition of thecurriculum and the readiness of our target population. More detailed analysis by gender andethnicity the 2007 program is given in Table 2. There are no apparent trends in the applicationdata. Gender and ethnicity distributions have remained

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Gerry Marekova, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

colleges presented advertisement materials to attractstudents to their educational programs. In the past three years, Goodwin College has participatedin this event by distributing AET fact sheets to students interested in pursuing their careers inapplied engineering technology. These efforts will continue in the future.AET program’s curriculumThe higher education is rapidly evolving to reflect the industry needs.3 The global marketplace isbecoming more competitive, resulting in advanced approaches to higher education in engineeringand engineering technology, specifically in educating students using quantitative and qualitativemeasures.4 The need for a technologically literate and dynamic workforce dictates therequirements for a flexible curriculum

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Arnold Weimerskirch, University of St. Thomas

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Engineering Physics & Physics

course learning outcomes is a key part of assigning student grades.Second, accomplishment of course learning outcomes is used as an assessment tool for assessingthe curriculum. Third, assessment of how well students have accomplished the course learningoutcomes is used to improve the course in future offerings. It is the use of course data in this lastform as feedback for course improvement that is addressed in the fourth, course level, Demingcycle.Since each instructor is responsible for assessment of course learning outcomes, various methodsare used including portfolios, reflection papers, feedback from follow-on courses, pre and posttests or concept inventories, and grading systems that tie grades directly to accomplishment

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

is passed out in the senior capstone class the students are told to dotheir best, but they know that the exam isn’t part of their grade. This opens the possibility thatstudents may not take as much care in completing the exam as they otherwise might and perhapsthe exam scores reflect this.Finally, the use of this exam has proven to be a great addition to our academic program inprofessional ethics. It has also been a great opportunity to re-address the importance ofprofessional societies and the benefits that they can offer.Conclusions, Recommendations and the FutureStudents in the various Engineering Technology programs are now better prepared to handle theethical challenges that will be presented to them during their engineering career

Conference Session

History and Future of Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough, The University of Texas at Brownsville; Posinasetti Rao, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

in air bag deployment, ink jet print heads, and biosensors based on nanoprobes. On thesophisticated front, Digital Light Processing (DLP) projection systems are getting popular. At theheart of every DLP projection system is an optical semiconductor known as the DLP chip, whichwas invented by Dr. Larry Hoenbeck of Texas Instruments in 1987. The DLP chip is probablythe world’s most sophisticated light switch. It contains a rectangular array of up to 2 millionhinge-mounted microscopic mirrors; each of these micro mirrors measures less than one-fifth thewidth of a human hair. When a DLP chip is coordinated with a digital video or graphic signal, alight source, and a projection lens, its mirrors can reflect a digital image onto a screen or

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Christopher, Rice University; Adam Parks, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; Vipul Sharma, Air Force Institute of Technology; Michael Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

ME467 Energy Conversion at the Air Force Academy for theircogent and insightful questions regarding the Mathcad functions.DisclaimerThe views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy orposition of the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.References1Dixon, G.W., Teaching Thermodynamics without Tables—Isn’t it Time?, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference& Exposition, paper 2001-2266.2Maixner, M.R., and Havener, G., Thermal Fluids Systems Engineering at the United States Air ForceAcademy, 2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, paper 2004-2266.3 Maixner, M.R., Interactive Graphic Depiction of Working Fluid Thermal Properties Using Spreadsheets

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Hoadley, Professor @ VMI

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Civil Engineering

professional engineer.”3 Appropriate attitudes are also necessary. Attitudesdetermine how an engineer uses knowledge and skills and they reflect one’s values and how oneperceives and reacts to the world.4 Johnston5 writes, “An attitude is simply a predisposition toapproach or avoid an idea, event, person or object. In other words, it is a tendency to act in oneway or another toward an ‘attitude object.’" Attitudes do not exist in a vacuum; they require anobject toward which to act. Attitudes can be positive and negative and either might beappropriate given the object toward which the attitude acts.Several have shown that “attitudes” are important in the effective use of knowledge and skillswhen accomplishing engineering tasks. Elms noted that “besides

Conference Session

Engineering in Elementary Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Debbie O'Hare, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Kim Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

307 303 5th 309 328 317As evidenced in this table that shows results from the inception of Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr.Elementary, the composite scores in math have risen as you look diagonally, reflecting studentswho have been in the Math and Engineering program from the beginning. When individualstudent scores are broken down 59% of our students are high performing, 67% are making gains,and of our lowest 25% of students 61% are also making gains.Science scores have not been disaggregated by student, as baseline data has just been established.But in the two years that the test has been given to fifth grade students the composite scores alsoshow growth. 2007 will be the first year test scores will