Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

11.1096.5 Fig. 3 Advanced Surfacing and Tangency (a) Starting point (b) Normal loft approach (c) Incorporation of tangency The importance of the individually selected projects cannot be understated, as there aregenerational issues in interest and environment that are not reflected in standard texts andassociated examples. These contemporary objects are in turn a reflection on contemporary designand manufacturing methodologies. A counter point is the hand-held screwdriver exercise typicalof a final examination in the existing syllabus. This contrasted with the more dynamicgeometries of cell phones, gaming consoles and skateboard surface and truck assemblies in themodified syllabus. At a point in which the

Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sunghoon Jang; Malgorzata Ciszkowska; Robert Russo; Hong Li

a disposable contact lens type electrodes andelectrochemical detection. Our tear glucose sensing system is based on measuring a very lowcurrent, probably in a nano- or pico-ampere scale. This current would be directly proportional tothe tear glucose levels, and therefore, should reflect directly glucose levels in blood. Theproposed glucose sensing contact lenses with implanting the metallic sensor should be capable ofmonitoring very low glucose levels with the accuracy and precision that would satisfy medicaluse criteria; and this method is expected to be fast and simple. The cost of the proposed testingdevice would be significantly lower than for existing methods because only a monitor withcontact lens would be required, and the high

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

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Tawni Hoeglund, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Kimberley Breaux

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

percent of the studentsreported feeling frequently stressed, the response option indicating the greatest amount of stress.Note that no student reported a complete lack of worry about keeping up with schoolwork, nordid any student indicate an absence of stress.In Item Three, all but one student indicated some lack of time for pursuing non-academicactivities; a full twenty-five percent of students reported frequently feeling unable to pursue non-academic activities due to a lack of time. Finally, data from Item Four reveal that ten percent ofthe students reported feeling frequently that they did not have a social life, while another forty-one percent reported occasionally feeling this way. Thus, these data reflect a population thatfrequently is

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

adopted use of the eInstruction radio frequency response pads (clickerdevices). A number of survey tools have been implemented to record students’ experiences.Most of the new activities reflect the implementation of an NSF department level reform (DLR)project focused on a spiral curriculum approach.BackgroundAt Virginia Tech, all freshman engineering students enter as General Engineering (GE) studentsand are transferred to a degree-granting department when they have successfully completed arequired set of courses. The GE program is conducted by the faculty in the Department ofEngineering Education (EngE). The EngE faculty are also developing an active research programin the area of engineering education in collaboration with faculty members from

Conference Session

ChE: Curriculum Reform & Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; David Ford, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

portfolios24,25,26 tailored for this project. Liketeaching/course portfolios, the course folders are a place to assemble artifacts of the teachingprocess that illustrate faculty statements regarding their philosophy and practice and can then beused as catalysts both for faculty reflection and faculty peer review. These documents provide afoundation for greater understanding of the department curriculum as a whole by providing alaunching point for examination of both the content involved in each course (what students needto know) and the tasks in terms of both formative and summative assessment (what students needto be able to do) that are the focus of the curriculum. Documentation that facilitates facultyknowledge and interaction in these areas can have a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Baca, University of Missouri-Rolla; Steve Watkins, University of Missouri-Rolla; Ray Luechtefeld, University of Missouri-Rolla

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

part of the Smart Materialsand Sensors course. Half of the students were given Traditional training17 which covered topicssuggested as essential for teams while the others received Mutual Learning training18. The first Mutual Learning Model training session illustrated to the students the differencebetween specific, observable data and higher levels of abstraction that are reflected in everydaythinking. Figure 1 shows an excerpt from the team training. An individual homework exercise is included as part of the training to reinforce theconcepts. Students are encouraged to use conversations from team meetings to help themdirectly apply the Mutual Learning Model to their team interaction. Assignment Write down two or

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Ted Foster, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Dean Sheridan, Glen Elg High School, Howard County Public Schools, Maryland; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

enjoyable additions to the seminars. The Board of Directors expressed theirdelight with the improved attendance and format of the YESS program and asked the co-leadersof the 2004 YESS program to lead the 2005 YESS program again with this revised hand-onapproach. A full description of the 2004 YESS program was highlighted in the HistoricalElectronics Museum, Reflections newsletter5.The 2005 program was similar to the 2004 program and was designed to have the high schoolstudents learn how to go from brainstorming to designing, building, and testing. The over-arching project, performed in teams, was to design a mousetrap vehicle which had to meetvarious design criteria, which include maximizing distance traveled, pulling capability, speedover a

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado-Boulder; Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder; Derek Reamon, University of Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

learning literature, Prince discusses that “the core elements of activelearning are student activity and engagement in the learning process.” 1 These general definitionsof active learning have inevitably led to a multitude of teaching techniques being grouped withinthe vast spectrum of active learning.Furthermore, it has been acknowledged by several researchers1, 3, 4 that active learningencompasses numerous strategies that facilitate student activity and engagement. These activitiescan include (but are not limited to): the pause technique,5 class discussions,6 informal small-group approaches,7 formal small-group learning,7 brainstorming, debates, role playing,8simulations, peer teaching and one-minute reflection papers.9 Alternative active

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanne Homer, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

and methods to contribute to a resulting architecture that is a betterexpression of its culture, building methods, and technology. As stated by Viollet-le-Duc, “Themeans of healing this rupture could only be an education in which the architect is taughtengineering as well as art, and, optimally, the engineer learns how to practice his craft withappropriate artistry.” 1 Viollet’s theories are easily applicable to present day, because the basis ofhis ideas calls for the incorporation of new technologies and new materials into architecturaldesign. “A little reflection will show us the interests of the two professions will be best saved by their union…Whether the engineer acquires a little of our knowledge and love for artistic

Conference Session

Where are We Going? The Future of Civil Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Lee Hansen; Jorge Vanegas, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Model, to ensure that sustainable features of the project are properly reflected in the three-dimensional spatial data and information of the design solution of the project o The Cost/Financial Model, to ensure that sustainable features of the project are properly reflected in the project’s Total Installed Costs (TIC), the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Costs, and the Life Cycle Costs (LCC) o The Time Model, to ensure that sustainable features of the project are properly reflected in the cycle times of each of the phases of the life cycle of the project o The Production Process Model, to ensure that sustainable features of the project are properly reflected in the production process to

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Jessica Wilbarger, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

60 80 100 120 140geological, materials, mining, Number of Respondentsnuclear, and petroleum Figure 1: Number of Respondents by Departmentengineering as well as generalengineering (15% of the "Other Engineering" category). As is clear from Figure 1, therespondent population for both the 1994 and 2005 surveys spanned across the disciplines, withno single discipline overwhelming the others. The substantial increase in "Other Engineering"departments responding to the 2005 survey likely reflects the rise of specialized,interdisciplinary, and general engineering departments in the past decade9.Figure 2 depicts the percent overlap between the survey respondents from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Tian Yu, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma; L. Fink, University of Oklahoma; Carolyn Ahern, Ahern and Associates

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the single most important dis-criminator between a correct and incorrect forecast [25]. At the current time, student activities are numerous. Computing algorithms are studiedand implemented that convert radar data from the phased array radar into environmentalmeasurements known as spectral moments – very similar to previous researchers associatedwith conventional rotating weather radars [26, 27, 28]. Spectral moments (reflectivity, radialvelocity, and spectrum width) are the essential, required radar meteorological measurementsthat are used to make decisions about cloud locations, storms, rain fall, tornados, downbursts,hail and other interesting weather phenomena. Microbursts are strong downbursts of airfrom evolving rain-clouds which can

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Juliet Hurtig, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

changes should only reflect on the variance of quality and notimplicitly introduce new criteria. Each descriptive indicator for a criterion should avoid bothunclear and unnecessary negative language use. Additionally, the descriptive language usedshould be sufficiently rich to allow for student self-evaluation, and it should be reliable such thatit enables consistent scoring across both judges and time. This requires that evaluative language(“excellent,” “poor”) and comparative language (“better than,” “worse than”) is transformed into Page 11.1409.4highly descriptive language that specifies the distinctive features of each performance level

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Adams, Purdue University; Philip Bell, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Bayta Maring, University of Washington; Dawn Williams, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. MAPPING AND ADAPTING THE INSTITUTE MODEL: The ISEE leadership team collaborates with an evaluation team from the Office of Educational Assessment at the University of Washington to distill what has been learned, identify opportunities for improvement, and align the Institute model with the needs of the next host campus.As we begin 2006, we are preparing to launch our third ISEE at Howard University, wecompleted the launch of our second ISEE at Stanford University in June 2005, and we completedthe cycle of the first ISEE at the University of Washington in October 2005 (see Figure 1). TheISEE leadership team has had the opportunity to reflect deeply on the successes and challengesencountered during two ISEE cycles. The following section

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Soled, University of Cincinnati; Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati; Laura Koehl, University of Cincinnati; Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, demonstrations, laboratory exercises, individual andgroup projects, and field experiences to: 1) enable high school students to directlyexperience authentic learning practices that require them to use higher-order thinkingskills; 2) encourage creative problem-solving skills that require collaborative learning,teamwork, writing, and presentation; 3) cultivate an interest in service learning, in whichstudents are active participants, achieve outcomes that show a perceptible impact, andengage in evaluative reflection; and 4) better motivate and prepare secondary schoolstudents for advanced education. The Fellows have been and continue to be trained tocreate and implement these activities.Through the course of each year, the Fellows complete a specially

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Shawn Schumacher, DeVry University; Lynn Burks, DeVry University

. Other participants heldfield-based positions completely outside the realm of education. These positions includeworking in the electronics or computer fields; one participant sold vacuum cleaners door-to-door. Participants also expressed their notions of how they became DeVry faculty;some participants expected to enter the field, while others did so unexpectedly, as they“fell into teaching.”Participants reflected upon teaching and their “teacher education,” and they alsoperceived their “teacher education” to have transpired through one of two approaches: aformal approach or an informal approach. Participants, who learned to teach through aformal approach, enrolled in and attended college to learn to become a teacher and thenearned teacher

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin; Mia Markey, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

material outside of classBlackBoard® was considered to be very valuable for supporting review of course materialoutside of class and this did not change over the course of the semester. The value ofPowerPoint® for self-study was higher (“strong positive”) for BME 335 as compared with that Page 11.233.5reported for previous courses (“moderate positive”, p < 0.01). This likely reflects the merits ofthe “non-linear” organization of the PowerPoint® notes with numerous hyperlinks among coursetopics. CPS was reported to have a “moderate negative” role in reviewing course materialoutside of class for both previous courses and BME 335. This is

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

the foundation that wasrelied upon throughout the entire transition process.The process of transitioning from an engineering manager to engineering professor is nowcomplete. It was an interesting and rewarding journey spanning three years with many peaks andvalleys. Along the way many interesting discoveries were made and lessons learned. This paperdescribes the evolution and progress occurring during the third year and reflects briefly on theentire transition process. It offers both hope and encouragement for those in the engineeringprofession considering a similar career change into education.IntroductionThe third year as a full-time engineering professor began with a great deal of optimism,anticipation, and expectation. As a seasoned

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

uses of web-based group platforms, such as wikis and weblogs in industryand education, have been adopted for project management, to support “folio thinking”1,to encourage reflective practice and to build communities of practice. This qualitativeand quantitative study looks at the pilot semester of using social software in a well-established senior capstone design course to support collaborative knowledgemanagement and group assessment. We want to answer the question: How do we assessteam or group learning?From this research question, we developed three project goals: 1. Leverage the group-editing capabilities of WSU Wiki to facilitate a new course dimension: collaborative knowledge management. 2. Pilot the use of social software as a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Chen-Yuan Kuo, Arizona State University; Robert Hinks, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Thomas Sugar, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

to the initial objectives and outcomes were made to reflect thoseissues that appeared consistently in the industrial and student feedback.After reflection, it became clear that the initial student outcomes could be succinctly expressedby adopting ABET’s Criterion 3 Outcomes a - k (with some slight modifications) augmented bythree additional outcomes denoted l - n. With the outcomes so defined, an initial structure toassess student achievement relative to these outcomes was developed. The structure consisted ofrubrics for each of the outcomes; each rubric contained a set of competency attributes associatedwith that outcome and identified characteristics of competency achievement at three differentdevelopmental levels (positions): developing

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mindy Breen, Eastern Washington University; Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

promotion, while gaining insight into their particular role in therelationship.Thus far, after three quarters of the new Capstone curriculum, student work, comments, andcourse evaluations reflect that the collaborative, problem-based class provides a unique learningexperience for the students. In addition, it is evident that the revised curriculum fosters thesuccessful interaction of multiple disciplines resulting in new levels of synergy, creativity, andproductivity. In the revised Capstone, disciplines join together to blend expertise and create anexperience that is more comprehensive than any could provide alone.IntroductionThe goal of any university student when he or she graduates is to be able to find a job that theyenjoy and can perform

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Walter Bradley, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

technologies will become our masters ratherthan our tools. The first two authors presented a paper in 2005 that dealt with that issue4.The authors of this paper are certainly not the only ones who have reflected on the issue ofmentoring. The next section describes some recent work done by others.Previous work done by othersPeer mentoring is the first kind of mentoring we would like to discuss. Peer mentoring occurswhen tenure track professors provide advise and support for each other. There are two ways thiscan be done. Younger faculty can write papers and make presentations describing theirexperiences to try to help other young faculty who may be facing the same situations. Thisenables the faculty member to benefit by presenting/publishing his work

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susanne Wolf, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

support facilities are offered to the student teams:1. A support team, consisting of an engineering assistant and a coach (a student with psychological training) is assigned to each student team. The assistant supports the students with technical aspects concerning the given problem. The coach assists the use, acquisition and development of teamwork ability. They also alternately supervise the team, give feedback and guide members of the team to reflect their teamwork. For example the assistant gives them feedback on how they are proceeding methodologically, Page 11.701.5 the coach supplements this by talking about the teamwork techniques

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hill, University of Michigan; Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

determine the action taken by the machinewhen two nickels were inserted followed by a dime. Every student in the class recognized thatthe machine reaches a deadlock and doesn’t return a soda even though more than 15 cents hadbeen input. The second part of the problem was to modify the machine to reflect a new sodaprice of 25 cents and to make the machine work “correctly.” Most students were able to get thispart of the problem correct also. Some students were able to modify the machine to reflect thenew price, but didn’t resolve the problem of a deadlock state. This deficiency might beattributed to some students not understanding what was meant by the requirement that themachine work “correctly.” A handful of students weren’t able to produce a soda

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrick Louis, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

create NSF’s most prestigious award for young faculty, as reflected by the size and duration of the CAREER award, and the selection of nominees for the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award from the ranks of CAREER awardees.The CAREER program is supported by all the directorates at NSF. Indeed 7.5% of allproposal actions at NSF are CAREER. More than 3700 CAREER awards have beenmade from 1995 – 2004, from which 160 PECASE awardees have been chosen. Theduration of the CAREER award is 5 years with a minimum amount of $400,000($500,000 for the biological sciences) over that period. However the CAREER programhas become increasingly competitive, and given its potential value to the career

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University; Christopher Garay, Vanderbilt University; Aubrey McKelvey, Vanderbilt University; Patrick Gonzales, Vanderbilt University; Alex Nguyen, University of Rochester

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

rate of several drops per second. A picture of blood cells istaped to the bottom of an aluminum foil pan representing the blood cells in the body.Holding the cup as high as possible, water is allowed to slowly and steadily drip into thepan as it is moved up and down. This activity demonstrates that targets moving towardthe wave sources reflect things at a higher frequency than targets moving away from thewave source. Blinded observers are asked to guess if the pan is moving up or downbased on the frequency of the drip sounds created.Standards MetThis curriculum meets numerous National Science Education Content Standards(A,B,C,E,F,G). Students are provided with an opportunity to do scientific inquirythrough the challenge based curriculum

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Shaw, Museum of Science, Boston; Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Christine Group Closing Over AllKeynote Activity C/Ortiz Activity Remarks Conference 9.4 8.7 8.4 7.9 8.1 9.1Sixty two percent of the participants rated the opening keynote address a 10, and 77%of the participants rated the over all conference a 9 or 10. The group activity was theleast effective of all the activities, however this still averaged close to an 8 out of the 1 to10 scale. In reflection, this activity should have a specific task for the team to do, such asdevelop a marketing slogan or an ‘ad’ that could be presented to a chosen audience(student, parent, underclass, other educators, etc).Overall, the conference was well received. The comments listed below accentuate theimportance of the discussions and

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Jarrett, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Page 11.594.4of the human community, something that is too easily forgotten in other fields of environmentalstudy [15]. The trick however is to ensure that those more reasonable proposals to make us morearchitecturally “natural” do not abandon what also makes us human.Critical Engagement in Ecology and ArchitectureWhereas ecology has changed and enriched the field of architecture substantially since AldoLeopold’s A Sand County Almanac (1949), and moreso with Ian McHarg’s Design with Nature(1969), it has also been subject to a lack of critical reflection within ecological design circles.There is a countertendency to privilege the science behind the environment at the exclusion ofecological ideas. This has proven to be retrogressive and

Conference Session

Construction ET/Technology Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Behling, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

handledinappropriately and how similar situations could be avoided. Examples of successfully executedprojects were also related to students. Close coordination of the subject matter presented by eachguest speaker provided the opportunity for specific demolition topic coverage using actualproject examples.Many educators utilize a model developed by Kolb to describe the way in which student movethrough a cycle as they learn. Kolb describes the steps in the cycle as concrete experience,abstract conceptualization, reflective observation, and active experimentation.4,5 Through the use Page 11.456.6of instructional activities that support different aspects of the Kolb