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Facilitating Preservice Elementary Science Teachers’ Shift From Learner To Teacher Of Engineering Design-Based Science Teaching, Brenda Capobianco, Jeffrey Radloff, Jenna Clingerman

Purdue Center for Early Learning Faculty and Staff Publications

The role of engineering in science and mathematics education continues to emerge as a contributing factor to improving STEM education. Efforts across different countries include the integration of engineering in K-12 curriculum, after school programs, and inservice teacher professional development. Only recently have science teacher educators begun to introduce engineering in science teacher preparation programs. By incorporating novel curriculum and design-related experiences, we can begin to explore how preservice teachers not only learn about engineering, but more importantly, learn how to teach science using engineering design. In this study, we explore different ways 45 elementary preservice science teachers characterize and …

Working With Multilingual Student Writers, Purdue Writing Lab

Purdue Writing Lab/Purdue OWL Creative Materials

Reading and assessing the writing of multilingual students can be a unique challenge for college faculty. This guide offers strategies for how to read, assess, and provide feedback on the work of multilingual student writers, and it contextualizes these strategies in current Second Language Studies research. Sections of the guide address contexts of multilingual writing, common concerns about multilingual writers, and methods for supporting writers and for addressing errors.

Working With Graduate Student Writers, Purdue Writing Lab

Purdue Writing Lab/Purdue OWL Creative Materials

The purpose of this guide is to aid faculty across the university in supporting graduate students as writers. The guide offers information on the context of graduate student writing and on the development of graduate students as scholarly writers, addresses some common concerns about graduate student writing, and shares methods and activities for supporting writing development at the graduate level.

Mgmt 110 Introduction To Management And Information Strategies Fall 2021 Syllabus, Heather A. Howard, Zoeanna A. Mayhook, Annette Bochenek

Libraries Faculty and Staff Supplemental Materials

Syllabus for MGMT 110: Introduction to Management and Information Strategies offered Fall 2021.

Mgmt 110: Pre And Post Module Standards Quiz, Margaret Phillips, Heather A. Howard

Libraries Faculty and Staff Supplemental Materials

Pre and Post module standards quiz for MGMT 110: Introduction to Management and Information Studies. Offered Fall 2021.

Collaboration In An Online Course Is Comparable To Collaboration In A Face-To-Face Course, Tonya M. Isabell, Nathan Mentzer

Indiana STEM Education Conference

Remote learning through various communication systems has been available as a teaching strategy for many years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, remote learning has become an important method of educational delivery available for K-12 and higher education as leaders follow the health and safety guidelines. However, in remote learning environments, active learning collaborative team projects are more complex. Many institutions of higher learning around the country began using a Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) instructional model in response to the current global pandemic where students can choose to take online or face to face sections of their course. The flexibility in the model allows …

Human Body–Electrode Interfaces For Wide-Frequency Sensing And Communication: A Review, Kurian Polachan, Baibhab Chatterjee, Scott Weigand, Shreyas Sen

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Several on-body sensing and communication applications use electrodes in contact with the human body. Body–electrode interfaces in these cases act as a transducer, converting ionic current in the body to electronic current in the sensing and communication circuits and vice versa. An ideal body–electrode interface should have the characteristics of an electrical short, i.e., the transfer of ionic currents and electronic currents across the interface should happen without any hindrance. However, practical body–electrode interfaces often have definite impedances and potentials that hinder the free flow of currents, affecting the application’s performance. Minimizing the impact of body–electrode interfaces on the application’s …

Topology Optimization Of Microchannel Heat Sinks Using A Homogenization Approach, S. Ozguc, L. Pan, J. A. Weibel

CTRC Research Publications

Topology optimization for heat sink devices typically relies on penalization methods to ensure the fi- nal designs are composed of strictly solid or open regions. In this work, we formulate a homogenization approach wherein the partial densities are physically represented as porous microstructures. This formu- lation allows design of thermal management components that have sub-grid features and leverages ad- ditive manufacturing techniques that can produce such partially porous regions within the build volume. Topology optimization of a liquid-cooled microchannel heat sink is presented for a hotspot over a uniform background heat input. The partial densities are represented as arrays of …

A Semi-Empirical Model For Thermal Resistance And Dryout During Boiling In Thin Porous Evaporators Fed By Capillary Action, S. Sudhakar, J.A. Weibel, S.V. Garimella

CTRC Research Publications

Two-phase passive heat transport devices such as vapor chambers, loop heat pipes, and capillary pumped loops utilize porous evaporators for phase change and to drive fluid transport. Nucleate boiling can occur within such capillary-fed porous evaporators, especially under high-heat-flux operation, as has been visually observed in various experimental studies in the literature. However, prior modeling efforts have typically only considered single-phase flow of liquid through a completely saturated porous medium for characterizing the dryout limit and thermal performance. The present work offers a new semi-empirical model for prediction of thermal resistance and dryout during boiling in capillary-fed evaporators. Thermal conduction …

Machine-Learning Assisted Optimization Strategies For Phase Change Materials Embedded Within Electronic Packages, M. Bhatasana, A. M. Marconnet

CTRC Research Publications

No abstract provided.

Quantifying The Pathways Of Latent Heat Dissipation During Droplet Freezing On Cooled Substrates, J. E. Castillo, Y. Huang, Z. Pan, J. A. Weibel

CTRC Research Publications

When a liquid droplet freezes on a cooled substrate, the portion of latent heat released by ice formation that is not immediately absorbed by the supercooled liquid droplet is transferred to the solid substrate below the droplet and the surrounding air. It is important to quantify heat dissipation through these two pathways because they govern the propagation of frost between multiple droplets. In this paper, infrared (IR) thermography measurements of the surface of a freezing droplet are used to quantify the fraction of latent heat released to the substrate and the ambient air. These IR measurements also show that the …

Positive Deviants For Medication Therapy Management: A Mixed-Methods Comparative Case Study Of Community Pharmacy Practices, Omolola A. Adeoye-Olatunde, Leslie M. Lake, Celena Strohmier, Amanda K. Gourley, Ashli R. Ray, Alan J. Zillich, Margie E. Snyder

Department of Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications

Background

To optimize medication use in older adults, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services as part of Medicare Part D policy; however, strategies for achieving high quality MTM outcomes are not well understood.

Objective

The objective of this study was to generate hypotheses for strategies contributing to community pharmacies’ high performance on policy-relevant MTM quality measures.

Methods

This mixed-methods comparative case study was guided by the Positive Deviance approach and Chronic Care Model. The study population consisted of pharmacy staff employed by a Midwestern division of a national supermarket-community pharmacy chain. Data …

A Mixed-Methods Study Of Pharmacy Instructors' Early Experiences With A Teaching Electronic Medical Record, Omolola A. Adeoye-Olatunde, Olga O. Vlashyn, Kimberly Plake, Jamie L. Woodyard, Zachary A. Weber, Debra K. Litzelman, Alissa L. Russ-Jara

Department of Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications

Introduction

As use of electronic medical records (EMRs) increases in healthcare, multiple accreditation organizations recommend training future clinicians on EMRs as part of the academic curriculum. Therefore, some pharmacy programs now utilize an academic EMR. Our objective was to examine pharmacy instructors' early experiences with a commercially available teaching EMR (tEMR) in order to identify current and future priorities along with benefits and barriers to academic EMR use in pharmacy education.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews and a web-based survey with pharmacy instructors. Interview and survey data analyses consisted of hybrid inductive/deductive approaches to coding data and descriptive statistics, …

Research And Scholarly Methods: Semi-Structured Interviews, Omolola A. Adeoye-Olatunde, Nicole Olenik

Department of Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications

The popularity and value of qualitative research has increasingly been recognized in health and pharmacy services research. Although there is certainly an appropriate place in qualitative research for other data collection methods, a primary benefit of the semi-structured interview is that it permits interviews to be focused while still giving the investigator the autonomy to explore pertinent ideas that may come up in the course of the interview, which can further enhance understanding of the pharmacy service being assessed. The purpose of this narrative review is to summarize methodological considerations and procedures for conducting semi-structured interviews in pharmacy services research. …

An Evaluation Of The Spread And Scale Of Patienttoc™ From Primary Care To Community Pharmacy Practice For The Collection Of Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Study Protocol, Margie Snyder, Betty Chewning, David Kreling, Susan M. Perkins, Lyndee M. Knox, Omolola A. Adeoye-Olatunde, Heather A. Jaynes, Jon C. Schommer, Matthew M. Murawski, Nisaratana Sangasubana, Lisa A. Hillman, Geoffrey M. Curran

Department of Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications

Background

Medication non-adherence is a problem of critical importance, affecting approximately 50% of all persons taking at least one regularly scheduled prescription medication and costing the United States more than $100 billion annually. Traditional data sources for identifying and resolving medication non-adherence in community pharmacies include prescription fill histories. However, medication possession does not necessarily mean patients are taking their medications as prescribed. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs), measuring adherence challenges pertaining to both remembering and intention to take medication, offer a rich data source for pharmacists and prescribers to use to resolve medication non-adherence. PatientToc™ is a PROs collection software developed …

The Honeycomb Of Engineering, Senay Purzer

School of Engineering Education Open Educational Resources

The Honeycomb of Engineering is a framework that outlines six type of engineering inquiries. The flexible nature of the design process is adapted to guiding different inquiries by highlighting key cells of the honeycomb. With a honeycomb representation, this framework also centers negotiation of risks and benefits at the center of the design process and enables iteration through communication and reflection.

Osmocean, Katie Brodersen, Alec Lanter, Maulee Sheth, Nathaniel Kiefer, Emily Bywater, Kumansh Furia, Brittany Cafferty, Hayden Schennum, Yi Xie, Abigail Werner, Deepika Ramchandani, Sandra Cordoba, Akshay Rao, Jun Chen, Abhimanyu Das, David M. Warsinger

School of Mechanical Engineering Working Papers

The objective of this Build & Test was to prove that the Osmocean wave-powered batch reverse osmosis (BRO) system is physically realizable. Through a comprehensive and systematic engineering process, the optimal components for the WEC-side Osmocean coupling were procured, assembled, and tested. The results indicate that a control effort developed for the main loop throttle valve successfully tracks input signals meant to simulate interaction with the BRO system to within 6% error. Future work will include developing a controller for the kidney loop throttle valve to assist in keeping the main loop flow rate constant as well as the direct …

How Engineering Technology Students Perceive Mathematics, Meher R. Taleyarkhan, Anne M. Lucietto, Therese M. Azevedo

School of Engineering Technology Faculty Publications

Engineering Technology (ET) is often combined with that of Engineering. Although Engineering Technology is based on a more hands-on approach and Engineering a theoretical approach, the two majors share a very similar pedagogy in teaching students the same engineering and scientific principles. An observation by an ET professor found that ET students more often than not would eschew the use of mathematical computations and instead provide answers they believe to be correct, without computation or explanation. Leading researchers to delve into possible reasons as to why ET students are reluctant to utilize mathematics. This study utilized in-person interviews with 15 …

Integrating Online Discussions Into Engineering Curriculum To Endorse Interdisciplinary Viewpoints, Promote Authentic Learning, And Improve Information Literacy, Lisa Bosman, Kurt Paterson, Margaret Phillips

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Engineering is very much an applied discipline where math and science concepts, skills, and tools can be used to design products or processes with new and/or increased value. Research suggests active learning is an effective method for teaching and learning in the engineering classroom. Moreover, students continue to express increased satisfaction when taught using this experiential pedagogical approach. One approach to active learning gaining traction in the engineering classroom is the use of online discussions. The purpose of this paper is to offer a structured approach for engineering educators to develop online discussion prompts aimed to prepare engineering students for …

Integrating The Entrepreneurial Mindset Into The Engineering Classroom, Lisa Bosman, Margaret Phillips

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

CONTRIBUTION: This paper highlights one approach to fostering the entrepreneurial mindset in the engineering classroom. BACKGROUND: Entrepreneurship and innovation are currently trending topics in engineering education and will continue developing for the foreseeable future. INTENDED OUTCOMES: The guiding research question is: How can an entrepreneurial mindset focused learning experience improve student self-regulation, seeing value, and lifelong learning through metacognitive reflections? APPLICATION DESIGN: The study is implemented within a five-week module focused on developing the entrepreneurial mindset as part of a required course on supply chain management technology. The supporting pedagogical interventions include authentic learning, information literacy, a mix of low …

Maximizing The Effect Of Visual Feedback For Pronunciation Instruction: A Comparative Analysis Of Three Approaches, Daniel J. Olson, Heather M. Offerman

School of Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

Visual feedback, in which learners visually analyze acoustic speech characteristics, has been shown to significantly improve pronunciation, but extant research has varied widely with respect to the target feature, length of the intervention, and type of intervention. This study presents a comparative analysis of three methods of visual feedback for L2 segmental pronunciation instruction. These methods, all focused on training voice onset time for English-speaking learners of Spanish, differed in duration of instruction (i.e., short and long) and the nature of each intervention (i.e., phonemes presented simultaneously or sequentially). Results show that while all forms of visual feedback significantly improve …

Mapping A Transatlantic Discipline: The Role Of Handbooks In Discipline-Building In Austria, Germany, And Switzerland, Andrea Scott

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.

Writing Centres In The Netherlands Nondirective Pedagogies In A Changing Higher Education Landscape, Annemieke Meijer, Joy De Jong

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.

Facilitator Model For Dual Credit, Scott Thorne, Nathan Mentzer, Greg J. Strimel, David Sears

Indiana STEM Education Conference

Few direct dual credit options exist for high schools working with major universities. Purdue University piloted a program, ACCESSS Purdue, in the fall of 2020 using a facilitator model approach with five high school teachers. This model provided students an opportunity to earn directly transcripted college credits for a course that is a pre-requisite for all Polytechnic majors and is one of three courses necessary for a minor in design thinking. The facilitator model addresses many of the suggested changes to current dual credit models, including: ensuring credit transfer and articulation, affordability, accessibility, collaboration with the high school and college, …

Environmental Injustice, A City In Crisis: The Use Of Informal Science, Crystal Nettles, Jomo Mutegi

Indiana STEM Education Conference

In April of 2014, the city of Flint, Michigan gained national attention and assistance after the residents noticed physical issues in their water. This unfortunate event led to opportunities to address certain issues in research and provided a window of opportunity to learn. This work will allow us to analyze how individuals use science as a resource for decision making, conscious thinking, and understanding of informal science knowledge.

From The Special Issue Editors, Pam Bromley, Katrin Girgensohn, Kara Northway, Eliana Schonberg

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.

An Introduction To Transatlantic Writing Center Resources, Pam Bromley, Katrin Girgensohn, Kara Northway, Eliana Schonberg

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.

Writing Centers And Programs: Their Role In Democratization Policies In Higher Education In Argentina, Diana Monica Waigandt, Fabiana Castagno, Sonia Gabriela Lizarriturri, Gabriela Lujan Giammarini, Estela Ines Moyano, Maria Del Carmen Novo

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.

Review: Internationalizing The Writing Center: A Guide For Developing A Multilingual Writing Center, Svetlana Koltovskaia

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.

Review: Exploring European Writing Cultures: Country Reports On Genres, Writing Practices And Languages Used In European Higher Education, Katheen Shine Cain

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.