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Full-Text Articles in Education
Supporting Mechanistic Reasoning In Domain-Specific Contexts, Paul J. Weinberg
Supporting Mechanistic Reasoning In Domain-Specific Contexts, Paul J. Weinberg
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)
Mechanistic reasoning is an epistemic practice central within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. Although there has been some work on mechanistic reasoning in the research literature and standards documents, much of this work targets domain-general characterizations of mechanistic reasoning; this study provides domain-specific illustrations of mechanistic reasoning. The data in this study comes from the Assessment of Mechanistic Reasoning Project (AMRP) (Weinberg, 2012), designed using item response theory modeling to diagnose individuals’ mechanistic reasoning about systems of levers. Such a characterization of mechanistic reasoning illuminates what is easy and difficult about this form of reasoning, within the subdomain of …
Latinx And Caucasian Elementary School Children’S Knowledge Of And Interest In Engineering Activities, Gamze Ozogul, Cindy Faith Miller, Martin Reisslein
Latinx And Caucasian Elementary School Children’S Knowledge Of And Interest In Engineering Activities, Gamze Ozogul, Cindy Faith Miller, Martin Reisslein
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)
Ethnic minorities, such as Latinx people of Hispanic or Latino origin, and women earn fewer engineering degrees than Caucasians and men. With shifting population dynamics and high demands for a technically qualified workforce, it is important to achieve broad participation in the engineering workforce by all ethnicities and both genders. Previous research has examined the knowledge of and interest in engineering among students in grades five and higher. In contrast, the present study examined elementary school students in grades K–5. The study found that older students in grades 4 and 5 had both greater knowledge of engineering occupational activities and …
Approaches To Integrating Engineering In Stem Units And Student Achievement Gains, Elizabeth A. Crotty, Selcen S. Guzey, Gillian H. Roehrig, Aran W. Glancy, Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen, Tamara J. Moore
Approaches To Integrating Engineering In Stem Units And Student Achievement Gains, Elizabeth A. Crotty, Selcen S. Guzey, Gillian H. Roehrig, Aran W. Glancy, Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen, Tamara J. Moore
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)
This study examined different approaches to integrating engineering practices in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum units. These various approaches were correlated with student outcomes on engineering assessment items. There are numerous reform documents in the USA and around the world that emphasize the need to incorporate engineering into science education. The authors of this study contend that different approaches to integrating engineering in STEM units correlate to larger student achievement gains in engineering, based on assessment items developed from the Framework for Quality K–12 Engineering Education (Moore, Glancy, Tank, Kersten, & Smith, 2014). The goal of this work …
How To Enhance Interdisciplinary Competence—Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning Versus Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning, Mirjam Brassler, Jan Dettmers
How To Enhance Interdisciplinary Competence—Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning Versus Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning, Mirjam Brassler, Jan Dettmers
Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning
Interdisciplinary competence is important in academia for both employability and sustainable development. However, to date, there are no specific interdisciplinary education models and, naturally, no empirical studies to assess them. Since problem-based learning (PBL) and project-based learning (PjBL) are learning approaches that emphasize students’ collaboration, both pedagogies seem suitable to enhance students’ interdisciplinary competence. Based on the principle of constructive alignment and four instructional principles on interdisciplinary learning, this paper proposes that students profit more from interdisciplinary PBL (iPBL) than interdisciplinary PjBL (iPjBL). A pre-post study was conducted with a sample of 95 students participating in iPBL and 183 students …
Teachers’ Incorporation Of Argumentation To Support Engineering Learning In Stem Integration Curricula, Corey A. Mathis, Emilie A. Siverling, Aran W. Glancy, Tamara J. Moore
Teachers’ Incorporation Of Argumentation To Support Engineering Learning In Stem Integration Curricula, Corey A. Mathis, Emilie A. Siverling, Aran W. Glancy, Tamara J. Moore
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)
One of the fundamental practices identified in Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is argumentation, which has been researched in P-12 science education for the previous two decades but has yet to be studied within the context of P-12 engineering education. This research explores how elementary and middle school science teachers incorporated argumentation into engineering design-based STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) integration curricular units they developed during a professional development program. To gain a better understanding of how teachers included argumentation in their curricula, a multiple case study approach was conducted using four STEM integration units. While evidence of argumentation …
Students’ Successes And Challenges Applying Data Analysis And Measurement Skills In A Fifth-Grade Integrated Stem Unit, Aran W. Glancy, Tamara J. Moore, Selcen Guzey, Karl A. Smith
Students’ Successes And Challenges Applying Data Analysis And Measurement Skills In A Fifth-Grade Integrated Stem Unit, Aran W. Glancy, Tamara J. Moore, Selcen Guzey, Karl A. Smith
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)
An understanding of statistics and skills in data analysis are becoming more and more essential, yet research consistently shows that students struggle with these concepts at all levels. This case study documents some of the struggles four groups of fifth-grade students encounter as they collect, organize, and interpret data and then ultimately attempt to draw conclusions or make decisions based on these data. The activities in which the students engaged were part of an integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) unit that had students collecting and analyzing data both in the context of learning science concepts and in the …
Perspectives On Failure In The Classroom By Elementary Teachers New To Teaching Engineering, Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Elizabeth A. Parry
Perspectives On Failure In The Classroom By Elementary Teachers New To Teaching Engineering, Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Elizabeth A. Parry
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)
This mixed methods study examines perspectives on failure in the classroom by elementary teachers new to teaching engineering. The study participants included 254 teachers in third, fourth, and fifth grade who responded to survey questions about failure, as well as a subset of 38 of those teachers who participated in interviews about failure. The study first examines the literature about failure in the contexts of engineering and education. Failure is positioned as largely normative and expected in engineering, whereas in education, learning and failure have a more tenuous relationship. Identity, failure avoidance, failure as part of the learning process, growth …
Undergraduate Engineers And Teachers: Can Students Be Both?, Malinda S. Zarske, Maia L. Vadeen, Janet Y. Tsai, Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, Denise W. Carlson
Undergraduate Engineers And Teachers: Can Students Be Both?, Malinda S. Zarske, Maia L. Vadeen, Janet Y. Tsai, Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, Denise W. Carlson
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)
Today’s college-aged students are graduating into a world that relies on multidisciplinary talents to succeed. Engineering college majors are more likely to find jobs after college that are outside of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields, including jobs in healthcare, management, and social services. A survey of engineering undergraduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder in November 2012 indicated a desire by students to simultaneously pursue secondary teacher licensure alongside their engineering degrees: 25 percent ‘‘agreed’’ or ‘‘strongly agreed’’ that they ‘‘would be interested in earning grades 7–12 science or math teaching licenses while [they] earn [their] engineering …
Elementary Teachers’ Reflections On Design Failures And Use Of Fail Words After Teaching Engineering For Two Years, Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Elizabeth A. Parry
Elementary Teachers’ Reflections On Design Failures And Use Of Fail Words After Teaching Engineering For Two Years, Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Elizabeth A. Parry
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)
This mixed-methods study examines how teachers who have taught one or two units of the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) curriculum for two years reported on: students’ responses to design failure; the ways in which they, the teachers, supported these students and used fail words (e.g. fail, failure); and the teachers’ broad perspectives and messages to students about failure. In addition, the study explores how strategies, perspectives, messages, and fail word use may change after two years of engineering instruction. This study builds on previous work about elementary teachers’: perspectives on failure prior to teaching engineering, and responses to and perspectives …
Improving Security Efficacy And Patron Wait Times In Bankers Life Fieldhouse At Indiana Pacers Games, Christien Alexander, Shaince Matthews, Ryan Mccavit, Roneisha Watkins, James E. Dietz Phd, Chad Laux Phd
Improving Security Efficacy And Patron Wait Times In Bankers Life Fieldhouse At Indiana Pacers Games, Christien Alexander, Shaince Matthews, Ryan Mccavit, Roneisha Watkins, James E. Dietz Phd, Chad Laux Phd
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
No abstract provided.
An Institutional Approach To Lean Six Sigma In Higher Education, Timothy Winders, Chad Laux Phd
An Institutional Approach To Lean Six Sigma In Higher Education, Timothy Winders, Chad Laux Phd
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
No abstract provided.
Improving Peruvian Manufacture Of Welding Electrodes, Almendra Morales, Alejandro Gallegos, David Hernandez, Maria Ortiz
Improving Peruvian Manufacture Of Welding Electrodes, Almendra Morales, Alejandro Gallegos, David Hernandez, Maria Ortiz
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
No abstract provided.
Evaluation Of Point Of Distribution Exercise, Kristen Dietz, Andrew Barett, Chad Laux Phd, Ryan Tennessen, Randy Black Phd, Pamela Aaltonen Phd, James E. Dietz Phd
Evaluation Of Point Of Distribution Exercise, Kristen Dietz, Andrew Barett, Chad Laux Phd, Ryan Tennessen, Randy Black Phd, Pamela Aaltonen Phd, James E. Dietz Phd
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
No abstract provided.
Implementing Lean Six Sigma In Fda Regulated Technology Transfer, Naina Zachariah, Chad Laux Phd
Implementing Lean Six Sigma In Fda Regulated Technology Transfer, Naina Zachariah, Chad Laux Phd
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
No abstract provided.
Lean Innovation - Funding Stem Education, Samarth Gupta, Chad Laux Phd
Lean Innovation - Funding Stem Education, Samarth Gupta, Chad Laux Phd
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
No abstract provided.
Impacts Of Professional Development In Integrated Stem Education On Teacher Self-Efficacy, Outcome Expectancy, And Stem Career Awareness, John Geoffrey Knowles
Impacts Of Professional Development In Integrated Stem Education On Teacher Self-Efficacy, Outcome Expectancy, And Stem Career Awareness, John Geoffrey Knowles
Purdue Polytechnic Doctoral Dissertations
This research analyzed the effects of teacher professional development and lesson implementation in integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) on: 1.) Teacher self-efficacy and their confidence to teach specific STEM subjects; 2.) Teaching outcome expectancy beliefs concerning the impact of actions by teachers on student learning; and 3.) Teacher awareness of STEM careers. High school science and technology education teachers participating in the Teachers and Researchers Advancing Integrated Lessons in STEM (TRAILS) project experimental group attended a ten-day summer professional development institute designed to educate teachers in using an integrated STEM education model to implement integrated STEM lessons. The …
Learning Lean Six Sigma: A Student Reflective Study, Chad Laux, Ludmila Nunes
Learning Lean Six Sigma: A Student Reflective Study, Chad Laux, Ludmila Nunes
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma has become a worldwide effort at continuous improvement. As it becomes more prevalent, the teaching and learning of LSS has not caught up with current trends. The purpose of this paper is to understand how students learn Lean Six Sigma in a classroom environment.
Stakeholder Theory: Implications For Total Quality Management In Higher Education, Louis Hickman, Mesut Akdere
Stakeholder Theory: Implications For Total Quality Management In Higher Education, Louis Hickman, Mesut Akdere
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
No abstract provided.
Utilizing Six Sigma Methodology For Training Undergraduate Student For Conducting Global Field Research, Kritika Chopra, Shweta Chopra, Chad Laux
Utilizing Six Sigma Methodology For Training Undergraduate Student For Conducting Global Field Research, Kritika Chopra, Shweta Chopra, Chad Laux
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
With the increase in demand for the global research, scholars in engineering and technology discipline do not hesitate in taking up global opportunity for conducting research. Training the next generation for such international research opportunity is key and involving undergraduate students’ beyond study abroad is important.
How To Use Lean Six Sigma To Improve Service Processes In Higher Education: A Case Study, Na Li, Susan Ely, Chad Laux
How To Use Lean Six Sigma To Improve Service Processes In Higher Education: A Case Study, Na Li, Susan Ely, Chad Laux
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
The purpose of this paper is to explore how to use Six Sigma to improve the service process in higher education.
Lean Six Sigma In Academic Institutions—Uk Vs. Rest Of The World, Stephen Anthony, Jiju Antony
Lean Six Sigma In Academic Institutions—Uk Vs. Rest Of The World, Stephen Anthony, Jiju Antony
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
The main purpose of this paper is to illustrate examples of the current maturity of universities both in the UK and abroad when implementing a continuous improvement programme or change agenda using techniques such as Lean Six Sigma.
A Lean Six Sigma Approach For Improving Utilization Of Walk-In Tutors, Sandra Furterer, Kellie Schneider, Michael Key, Yusheng "Johnny” Zhang
A Lean Six Sigma Approach For Improving Utilization Of Walk-In Tutors, Sandra Furterer, Kellie Schneider, Michael Key, Yusheng "Johnny” Zhang
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
The purpose of this study is to improve the utilization of walk-in tutors at the University of Dayton.
Preface, Chad Laux, Jiju Antony, Elizabeth Cudney
Preface, Chad Laux, Jiju Antony, Elizabeth Cudney
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
Preface for the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Lean Six Sigma for Higher Education.
The Elimination Of Waste In Higher Education: Prescriptions For Doing The Right Things The Right Way, Michael Hayden, Randy Peters
The Elimination Of Waste In Higher Education: Prescriptions For Doing The Right Things The Right Way, Michael Hayden, Randy Peters
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
The authors defined waste in higher education and describe proven strategies to reduce waste, from and engineering and technical background, informed by HE administrative perspectives. It is important to categorize waste and then prioritize it because effort should be spent on eliminating the waste that has the greatest potential to improve the efficiency of the entire system. Waste can only be dealt with by someone with the span of control over that waste.
A Continuous Improvement Journey In The Higher Education Sector: A Case Study Of A University In Ireland, Seamus O’Reilly, Joe Healy, Tom Murphy, Ronan O’Dubhghaill
A Continuous Improvement Journey In The Higher Education Sector: A Case Study Of A University In Ireland, Seamus O’Reilly, Joe Healy, Tom Murphy, Ronan O’Dubhghaill
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
The paper’s purpose is to contribute to a developing literature in relation to Continuous Improvement (CI), incorporating Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). This paper follows on from a previous study which focused on the initial steps taken by an Irish university on its CI journey by discussing the next steps, detailing the findings from these.
Leadership’S Guide For Achieving Sustainable Lean Six Sigma Program Change In Higher Educational Institutions, Sandra Furterer
Leadership’S Guide For Achieving Sustainable Lean Six Sigma Program Change In Higher Educational Institutions, Sandra Furterer
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
This paper will highlight the current research, practices and an innovative framework for enhancing Lean Six Sigma leadership engagement, and program success in higher educational institutions.
From The Head To The Heart: A Case Study Of The Start-Up Year For Lean Six Sigma In University College Dublin, Michael Sinnott
From The Head To The Heart: A Case Study Of The Start-Up Year For Lean Six Sigma In University College Dublin, Michael Sinnott
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
The purpose of this paper is to reflect back on the first year of running a Lean Six Sigma programme in University College Dublin. This year begins after the decision to run a process enhancement and culture change project using Lean Six Sigma has been taken, a high level implementation plan signed off, and the UCD Agile support unit created.
A Value-Stream Mapping Success Story: Mba Recruiting Process Improvements, Paulette S. Alexander, Janyce Brennan Fadden
A Value-Stream Mapping Success Story: Mba Recruiting Process Improvements, Paulette S. Alexander, Janyce Brennan Fadden
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
The benefits of Value Stream Mapping (VSM) in higher education are highlighted through this case study which demonstrates that by using the practices of VSM, the graduate recruiting process can be successfully improved by engaging faculty and staff in change events and with rigorous follow up.
Integrated Literature Review Of Information Technology Leadership In Higher Education: Implications For Total Quality Management, Louis Hickman, Mesut Akdere
Integrated Literature Review Of Information Technology Leadership In Higher Education: Implications For Total Quality Management, Louis Hickman, Mesut Akdere
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
The current shortage of highly skilled employees across the country continues to be a concern for our higher education (HE) institutions. Information technology (IT) is used in a variety of ways to expand the reach of education, from distance education, simulation technology, Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and more. Additionally, public HE institutions face flat and decreasing funding. IT departments are responsible for identifying transformational change opportunities, implementing technologies that expand the reach of our universities, and operating efficiently with flat funding. Therefore, identifying effective IT leadership practices to enable change and reduce costs is vital to success for modern …
Designing For Standardizing On Six Sigma Education, Jing Lu, Chad Laux, Aswathy Suresh
Designing For Standardizing On Six Sigma Education, Jing Lu, Chad Laux, Aswathy Suresh
International Conference on Lean Six Sigma
This study evaluated differing sources of the Lean Six Sigma body of knowledge with the purpose of standardizing on learning outcomes for a Black Belt graduate level course.