Murray, J. H., & Valle, C., & Rosser, S., & Newstetter, W. C., & Jacobs, L. J., & Leonard, J. D., & Veeragoudar Harrell, S. (2011, June), InTEL: Interactive Toolkit for Engineering Learning Contextualizing Statics Problems to Expand and Retain Women and URM Engineers   Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--18286

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  Murray, J. H., \& Valle, C., \& Rosser, S., \& Newstetter, W. C., \& Jacobs, L. J., \& Leonard, J. D., \& Veeragoudar Harrell, S. (2011, June), \emph{InTEL: Interactive Toolkit for Engineering Learning Contextualizing Statics Problems to Expand and Retain Women and URM Engineers }
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--18286

Janet H. Murray, Christine Valle, Sue Rosser, Wendy C. Newstetter, Laurence J. Jacobs, John D. Leonard II, and Sneha Veeragoudar Harrell.  "InTEL: Interactive Toolkit for Engineering Learning Contextualizing Statics Problems to Expand and Retain Women and URM Engineers ".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/18286 Internet.  27 Jul, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_18286}
  Janet H. Murray, Christine Valle, Sue Rosser, Wendy C. Newstetter, Laurence J. Jacobs, John D. Leonard II, and Sneha Veeragoudar Harrell.
  "InTEL: Interactive Toolkit for Engineering Learning Contextualizing Statics Problems to Expand and Retain Women and URM Engineers ".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/18286 Internet.  27 Jul, 2024

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AB  -            InTEL: Interactive Toolkit for Engineering Learning  Contextualizing Statics Problems to Expand and Retain Women and URM                                  Engineers                                NSF Program:                            Engineering Education                              Award #0647915                              Dates: 2007-2011The InTEL Project aims to improve Statics learning generally and to increase representation ofwomen and Under-Represented Minorities (URM’s) in Engineering by creating interactiveproblems drawn from real world contexts that demonstrate the usefulness of engineering.Exercises are developed for the introductory Statics course taken by all of our university’sEngineering majors, which is the students’ first introduction to engineering problem solving.The poster session will demonstrate with video sample problems developed for the project, andwill present the Goals, Research Questions, Approach, and Outcomes of the project, which willbe in its final months at the time of the ASEE Conference in June 2011.The project is aimed at using the affordances of digital media to create interactive and sociallycontextualized exercises to support model-based reasoning about Statics. We began byidentifying representative student errors in creating the Free Body Diagram, which is the basis ofunderstanding Statics problems, and creating interventions that address these specific points ofconfusion. We are tracking retention of students and attitudes toward the learning environment,using classes taught by the same instructor but using only the textbook as a control.Research QuestionsCan software environments:• be designed and used to support the development of diagrammatic reasoning in introductoryStatics courses?• be designed to support the development of 2D to 3D reasoning and manipulation?• afford the kinds of contextualization that clarify real world usefulness?Can using these environments foster and sustain disciplinary engagement among women andURMS?Can integrating interactive learning tools into a foundational Statics course increaserepresentation of women and URMs in engineering majors?Approach/MethodsSurvey data collected to assess student experience with computer-based toolkit and change inattitude towards engineering.Tracked performance and retention statistics of women and URMs exposed to InTEL exercisescompared to a control group.Designed exercises for every topic in the syllabus, with formative evaluation of interactiondesign.Outcomes and FindingsIdentified common student errors in method and conceptualization.Identified expert reliance on lived, embodied experience.Evaluated student perception of impact of computer-based exercises. Data collected from bothexperimental and control groups. Experimental group found to find computer-based exercisesuseful for understanding, method, support, visualization, and relevance.Observed 85% successful problem completion for computer-based exercises.Designed 24 exercises for all Statics topics, including multiple examples. Implemented and user-tested 16 exercises.Offered 6 exercises for extra credit Fall 08 at Georgia Tech and Stanford.Offered 3 required and 3 extra credit exercises Spring 09 at Georgia Tech.(Topics: Equilibrium, Frames)Offered 4 required, 1 extra credit, and 5 practice exercises Fall 09 at Georgia Tech.(Topics: Equilibrium, Distributed Load, Frames, Trusses)Offered 7 required, 1 extra credit, and 6 practice exercises Spring 10 at Georgia Tech.(Topics: Equilibrium, Distributed Load, Frames, Trusses, Friction)Offered 6 required, 1 extra credit and 9 practice exercises Fall 10(Topics: Equilibrium, Distributed Load, Frames, Trusses, Friction, Centroids)
AU  - Janet H. Murray
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AU  - John D. Leonard II
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CY  - Vancouver, BC
DA  - 2011/06/26
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - InTEL: Interactive Toolkit for Engineering Learning Contextualizing Statics Problems to Expand and Retain Women and URM Engineers 
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