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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

composition ofthe team affect the communication? When and why do women report negative attitudes towardteam dynamics? How does working in teams of differing gender composition affect students’attitudes toward engineering as a major, a career, and an identity? We suspect that the dailyinformal communication events have a tremendous impact on students’ experiences. Page 7.133.10 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Third, the importance of visualization skills to engineers have been espoused

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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Donna Whiting; Marion Usselman

Session 1692 Gender Equity Professional Development for Teachers in a Summer Camp Setting Marion Usselman, Donna Whiting Georgia Institute of TechnologyThe attitudes and classroom behaviors of K-12 teachers can have a substantial impact on whethergirls perceive technical careers as appropriate and available to them. It is well documented thatelementary girls are enthusiastic in their pursuit of math and science knowledge, but thisenthusiasm often declines as the girls reach middle school1. Studies of classroom dynamicsreveal that teachers often

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Curriculum Development in Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Forsman; Kathryn Holliday-Darr; Michael Lobaugh

notebooks for future classes.8. Times for In-Office Meetings with students were established and these meeting were worth 5% of the total grade for the course.The rationale for the inclusion of a grade for Office visits/Notebook/Journal was to encouragethe participation of the assessment portion of the class through office visits. It was also anopportunity for the instructor to interact with the students on a more personal basis and to talk toeach student about their progress in the course, other classes, and career choices.One office visit every three weeks was required to both review progress and to determine stepsfor improvement (assessment). It was the instructor’s opinion that some students had no clue asto why they were doing poorly, or what

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Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Godfrey

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Scott T. Miller; Andrew C. Arvin; Francesco Costanzo

frequency of use of Mathematica as a presentation tool.AcknowledgmentsThe authors wishe to gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the National Sci-ence Foundation CAREER program through grant No. CMS 9733653.References[1] R. M. B OWEN, Introduction to Continuum Mechanics for Engineers, 39 of Mathematical concepts and methods in science and engineering, Plenum Press, New York, 1989.[2] F. C OSTANZO AND G. L. G RAY, “On the implementation of interactive dynamics,” Interna- tional Journal of Engineering Education, 16(5), 2000, pp. 385–393.[3] G. L. G RAY AND F. C OSTANZO, “The interactive classroom and its integration into the me- chanics curriculum,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 15(1), 1999, pp. 41–50.[4] M. E. G

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Leah Jamieson; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

careers has been well-documented1,2. These experiencesshould emphasize the application of the technical skills in the classroom as well as the "softer"skills such as communication, working as a team and customer interaction3-5. The need for suchexperiences has spawned many innovative approaches to senior capstone design courses6,7 aswell as design courses for underclassmen8-11. The most common model for these courses hasbeen a one semester experience intended to give the students an intense exposure to the designprocess. Page 8.540.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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DEED Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gul Okudan Kremer

completing theassignment.The next topic introduced is that of bibliographic citations and correct format. A few real-lifeexamples are provided that are so obtuse it is virtually impossible to find the source material. Aweb page provides detailed information on the importance of citations and links to several guides.While a very mundane topic, it is necessary for a quality research paper. Different style guides arediscussed. The last part of the class is devoted to the topic of plagiarism. The importance of thetopic is emphasized with some real life examples and a visit to the academic integrity site at PennState. For many students, this might be the first discussion of the topic and it is one that must beintroduced early in the academic career. The

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Elizabeth Godfrey

. URL: http://www.auckland.ac.nz/auabout/goals.ptml#Foreward15. “A Vision for the future”, paper presented to the University of Auckland School of Engineering Policy Group for discussion by Dean of Engineering, November 1998.ELIZABETH GODFREYElizabeth Godfrey is currently the Associate Dean Undergraduate at the School of Engineering at the Universityof Auckland after a career that has included university lecturing, teaching and 10 years as the Women in Scienceand Engineering Co-ordinator. She is currently completing a PhD in Engineering Education with CurtinUniversity of Technology on the topic of “The Culture of Engineering Education and its interaction with

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2001 Annual Conference

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Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

experiences has attacked the problems ofpoor retention by getting students involved and excited about engineering right from the outset ofthe college career. Retention is up. The design/build projects completed by small teams ofstudents which included both written reporting assignments and oral presentation requirementshave helped address the shortfalls in the skill areas of written communications, oral speaking andpresentations, teamwork, and problem solving.An important element here was (and is) the use of regular faculty in the freshman courses toprovide significantly more interaction between first-year student and engineering faculty,establishing a sense of identity with or belonging to engineering. ABET criteria are introducedearly as part of

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2001 Annual Conference

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Wei-Chiang Lin; Mark A. Mackanos; E. Duco Jansen; Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Sean P. Brophy

tissue interaction relative to specific goals; and 3) to implement this module and itsgraphical interface in a Biomedical Engineering course in Biomedical Optics. Preliminaryevaluations suggest that the hands-on experience of students using this module results in anincreased conceptual understanding of light distribution in tissue. In addition, this methodexposes students to the value, capabilities, as well as difficulties and limitations of numericalmodeling of processes in Biomedical Engineering in general.1. IntroductionThe field of Biomedical Optics has become an important area for medicine and biology in whichBiomedical Engineering professionals play a key role. Whether students pursue careers inBiomedical Engineering research centers

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Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

Annual Conference and Exposition copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education Throughout a career, a biomedical engineer will 1. effectively gather, evaluate, read, and combine information from varying disciplines for a predetermine objective and understand the culture of the authors of research papers. 2. effectively structure groups to achieve project results 3. effectively evaluate alternative methods of problem solution and select the most appropriate method or sequence based on time and resource limitations 4. effectively listen and

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2001 Annual Conference

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A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

-base activity that defies consistent product definition. We find that it is highly customerinteractive, contains an abundance of intangible events and is geared to provide a uniqueeducational experience, which borders into individualized instruction. As a consequence of thisnew perspective, we find that educators must negotiate/determine how to better meet the needs ofeach student and provide to them the necessary preparation to compete effectively forprofessional careers in engineering. Page 6.428.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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Matthew Morley; Jody Redepenning; Bruce Dvorak

precision) which students will be most affected later in their academic career by the intensive chemistry course.6. Although the students who enroll in Chem 111 (Chemistry for Engineers) enter college with better preparation to succeed in chemistry than those in Chem 109 (General Chemistry I), the two groups receive nearly identical grades (in their chemistry class). When chemistry success is considered for groups of students with similar composite ACT scores and class ranks, nearly all groups of students received a lower grade in Chem 111 than their counterparts in Chem 109.7. One of the specific objectives of this study was to create a new set of heuristics for advising in-coming freshman Civil Engineering students concerning which

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Robert Gilbert; Cynthia Finley

finished during the laboratory session. The laboratory helps studentssee how the probability and statistics concepts taught in the classroom are applied to real-worldcivil engineering problems. In broader terms, the students seem to have developed a sense thatthey will encounter uncertainty in their engineering careers, and that there are methods fordealing with uncertainty. Overall, student comments and evaluations, in addition to instructorobservations of the students, have been very useful tools for assessing the efficacy of thelaboratory. The success of the laboratory also raises another issue. Although most students think thelaboratory helps them, at least sometimes, to better understand the course material, theirperformance on exams does

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2000 Annual Conference

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William C. Beston; Sharon B. Fellows; Richard Culver

, thischallenges the students to function at Stage 3 in Grow’s SSDL model. Because the projects areinteresting and important to the client, the students rise to the challenge.We anticipate building SDL modules into the DTeC instruction in computer applications andprogramming using on-line modules similar to the ones developed at BCC..Preparing Students for Stage Two – Broome Community CollegeThis is already occurring at Broome Community College (BCC) in second year courses beingoffered in Engineering Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics), Strength of Materials, andEngineering Design (III and IV). While we can justify the development of SDL capabilities instudents as preparation for their professional careers, as asynchronous learning (ASL) becomesmore

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2000 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey L. Newcomer

limitations of timeand money, the systems students design are quite simple compared to what they can expect tofind once they graduate.Manufacturing Automation and RoboticsThe Manufacturing Automation and Robotics course is one of the last required classes studentstake before they graduate, so preparing students for their careers is a major concern. The proj-ects in this class are part of the laboratory component just as they are in the Fluid Power course,although the projects are sometimes integrated into the course lecture material as well. As withFluid Power, the Manufacturing Automation and Robotics course project is primarily designed toenhance students’ teamwork and project management skills, and their creative problem solvingability. The course

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Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven Mickelson

between the options within the AE and AST curricula· To develop team skills through the use of collaborative, learning-based assignments· To introduce students to various problems (areas of interest) within the agricultural engineering and technology field· To experience hands-on laboratories related to the AE and AST options· To increase involvement in professional societies and student branches· To introduce technical writing skills during the first year of study· To make first-year composition courses more meaningful to students· To establish career development/job preparation· To receive academic guidance related to curriculum issuesThese general and specific ABE LC objectives were designed to help our departmentmeet the following college

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Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lori Bassman; Patrick Little

hope that these projects introduce the possibility of engineeringas a career to the students who take part in them. To this end, during the second half of theworkshop other interactive engineering tools that might excite high school students arepresented. For example, in 2001 participants were introduced to the West Point Bridge Designercontest [4].Women in Engineering and ScienceSince almost all of the attendees have a majority of students who come from groupsunderrepresented in science and engineering, a discussion of ways to encourage these students topursue these fields beyond high school is an important component of PEPS. In 2001, with theintroduction of a significant number of attendees from girls’ schools, a focused discussion onwomen

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shahnam Navaee; Nirmal Das

computing software, an experience that will serve the students well in their futureacademic and professional careers. Page 7.1288.14 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education% Analysis of a Statically Indeterminate Frame Utilizing the Slope-Deflection Method.% ______________________________________________________________________________________________% Program objective:% To compute the moments at joints B, C, and D of the given frame using the method of slope-deflection

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Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

Session 2166 SYSTEMATIC THERMAL SCIENCE COURSE DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY MAJ Shawn E. Klawunder, CPT Blace C. Albert, and Dr. A. Özer Arnas Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996Abstract The mission of the United States Military Academy (USMA) is “To educate, train, andinspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of charactercommitted to the values of Duty, Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a career as anofficer in the

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International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bahadur Khan Khpolwak; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz

their books here at CHA’s facilities. A fourth alternativewould be to collect books from individual professors and send them to Herat. This last step Ihave been pursuing for a number of years and have collected some books that will be sent ifother alternatives do not work.VI. Support StaffThe administrative structure of the Faculty consists of the Dean, the Assistant Dean, theAcademic Manager, a full time technician, and a librarian. Staffing seems to be adequate for aFaculty of this size.VII. Professional DevelopmentCurrently there are no formal professional development opportunities available for the teachingstaff. This has become a major source of frustration for the teaching staff especially the juniorprofessors. They look at their careers

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vivek Venkatesh; Nawwaf Kharma

strategies for teaching digital logic touniversity students are:· Lack of prior knowledge: Most university students encounter digital logic topics for the first time at the threshold of their university career. They possess no foundation of prior information (i.e., mental schemas) that can be used to encode new information and create new schemas of understanding. This places an onus on the instructor to successfully relate the new digital logic concepts (e.g., the binary nature of data) to existing out-of-discipline concepts (such as black & white printing and images.) Such a situation requires that the instructor or course designer (a) seek information about his/her students’ academic and professional background, as well as

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International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

will value the material being presented by linking what would otherwise be disjointed pieces of information;(iii) helps establish increased relevance between the material being studied and student’s perception of his career needs; and(iv) aids in increasing students grasp and retention of new material.Clearly, a paradigm shift is taking place in the academic arena in which the focus is movingaway from faculty and their teaching towards students and their learning.Other Factors: The advantages of curricular reform based on an integrated model are quiteevident as has been discussed. However, to carry out the change and execute intended reform isanother matter all together. Let us not forget that if execution is not carried out

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Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wendell King

Strategy. Washington, D.C., 199719. Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology , Engineering Criteria 2000, Baltimore, 1996.Wendell Chris King, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, Colonel King is a career Army officer currently serving as Professor andHead of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. Hecompleted his B.S. in chemical engineering and M.S. in Civil Engineering at Tennessee Technological University,and Ph.D. in environmental engineering at the University of Tennessee. Page 7.454.12Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Osborne; Bill Carroll

often not a practical option.Program DescriptionThe CS/EE Online Program is comprised of three degree options. Based on past experience andcurrent career goals, a student can select which of the three will best serve his/her educationalneeds. Choices include master's degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, orComputer Science and Engineering. To emphasize the multidisciplinary nature of this program,students in one department will be required to take at least two major courses from the otherdepartment. All three degrees are conferred with the Graduate Telecommunications EngineeringCertificate. Entrance requirements for the online programs are the same as for traditionalcampus-based programs. Degree requirements are summarized in

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Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Paul King; Joan Walker

expressed enthusiasm for the technique not only asa means to seeing their own intellectual growth but also as an instructional tool that“hooks things up,” in the next study we examine concept mapping as an innovative formof instruction.Study 3MethodsStudy 3 has not yet been completed. All students (n = 61) currently enrolled in thetraditionally taught yearlong design course are serving as a control group. Next year, theinstructor will use concept mapping as an instructional tool (i.e., advance organizer).These two groups, Traditional and Innovative, will be compared in terms of theirperformance on parallel exams, course evaluations, and measures of intrinsic motivation,study strategies, and career goals and preferences. To control for pre-existing

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Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Uanny Brens Garcia; Douglas Bodner

Page 7.1199.2their careers after graduation. The models in the VIS must be designed so that they are Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationconfigurable, to enable exploration of data and experimentation with alternative solutions.Finally, our goal is to facilitate active learning and motivate the learning of methodology throughcase study problems.A specific learning system within the VIS is organized into what we call a course module, whichis a set of curriculum materials and computational models that can be used by an instructor, forexample, as an on-line lab assignment. A course module focuses on

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zheng Min; Robert Weber; Feng Chen; Ben Graubard; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

student who plans to continue a career in the development ofvirtual reality applications. Since the user is the central component of a VR system, the softwareneeds to respond to that user within very demanding time frames. The development of such anenvironment requires very different program design and implementation techniques than, forexample, a database management environment.In this course students will use the VR Juggler software system as the case study for a time-critical framework for virtual reality (www.vrjuggler.org). Class exercises will involvedeveloping small projects with VR Juggler, expanding VR Juggler to add new devices ordisplays, and modify this framework to accommodate some user requirement not supported bythe current

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Shawn Gross; David Clarke; David Bentler; Joseph Hitt; Janet Baldwin; Ronald Welch

universities, and nearly nonexistent programs to provide constructivecriticism from peers relegates most faculty to the very slow process of developing effective (ifthey are lucky and persistent) teaching styles through a long career of trial and error. Add thedemands of research and the appearance at many universities (probably true) of the greaterimportance of research over teaching, and it is easy to understand the reason for the large numberof ineffective teachers at the college level. However, it only takes a relatively small amount offocused effort in an exceptional program like ETW to lay the necessary foundation to become aneffective teacher. Even though the workshop does not have to necessarily look exactly like ETW,the workshop must present

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Youki Terada; Pam Sirivedhin; Flora McMartin; Alice Agogino; Ann McKenna

division courses. Several changes were made tospecific courses to improve students’ integrative understanding of calculus and the physicalsciences, and to emphasize applications to engineering. Various data have been collected toinvestigate the impact the reforms had on student learning, as well as to gain insight intostudents’ experiences during their undergraduate engineering career. Interviews were conductedwith engineering students and faculty to garner feedback about integration efforts and studentsperceptions of the curriculum. This paper describes the interview project and outlines theinterpretive framework we established for the analysis of the interview data. Initial analysissuggests that students have difficulty understanding lower