Research in Engineering Education Symposium 2011 - rees2009

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Forging Futures? Engineering in the Primary School Curriculum ...................................................................... 499
Topic: Teaching & Learning 3 – Chair: Michael Prince ......................................................................... 507
New methodology on Applied Geology and Geology for Engineers education by using practical trip ............. 507
Competence Monitoring in Project Teams by using Web based portfolio management systems. ................... 516
Toward Lifelong Learning: Self-Regulation in Undergraduate Engineering Courses ......................................... 525
SESSION 5: THRUSDAY AFTERNOON .................................................................................................................. 535
Topic: Curricula 2 – Chair: Dawn Williams ........................................................................................... 535
Studying Interdisciplinarity in Engineering Degree Courses: Conceptual and Methodological Issues .............. 535
Facilitating intellectual and personal skills development in engineering programmes .................................... 543
A systematic consultation process to define graduate outcomes for engineering disciplines .......................... 552
The Development of Assessment Tools Using Phenomenography .................................................................. 562
Topic: Classroom experiments – Chair: Lyn Brodie............................................................................... 571
Classroom experiments in the new degree of Materials Engineering at UPM .................................................. 571
An architecture for virtual and remote laboratories to support distance learning ........................................... 579
Improving the Learning Process in Statistical Decision-Making Laboratory ...................................................... 588
Low cost 3D Gesture based interface use for engineering lecturing ................................................................. 595
Topic: Ethics & Values – Chair: Cynthia Finelli ...................................................................................... 604
Assessing the ethical development of engineering undergraduates in the United States ................................ 604
Engineering Ethics: An Exploration of the State of the Art................................................................................ 612
Engineering as a Caring and Empathetic Discipline: Conceptualizations and Comparisons .............................. 622
Topic: Transition 2- Chair: Johannes Strobel ........................................................................................ 636
Development of learning environments to increase the understanding and interest in engineering and
technology amongst Australian primary school students ................................................................................. 636
Starting young: Learning outcomes of a developmentally appropriate PreK engineering curriculum ............. 644
Measuring Pupils’ Perceptions of Engineers: Validation of the Draw-an-Engineer (DAET) Coding System with
Interview Triangulation ..................................................................................................................................... 652
Engineering, Learners, and Contexts (ELC): The Development of Pedagogical Engineering Knowledge by
Elementary Teachers through Perceived Learning Difficulties and Contextual Constraints ............................. 661
SESSION 6: FRIDAY MORNING .......................................................................................................................... 671
Topic: Assessment 2 – Chair: Erik de Graff ........................................................................................... 671
(Re-)Building an Assessment Paradigm: Individual Student Learning in Team-Based Subjects ........................ 671
Considerations on the success rate in aeronautical engineering studies in Spain ............................................ 678
Assessing individual performance within group design and group problem-solving learning environments ... 686
Understanding Feedback in an Authentic, Ill-Structured Project through Discourse Analysis: Interaction
between Student and Instructor Objectives ..................................................................................................... 700
Topic: Tools 2 – Chair: James Pellegrino .............................................................................................. 710
Quality of experience of online learning tools .................................................................................................. 710
Concept inventories as aids for instruction: a validity framework with examples of application ..................... 719
Laboratory experiments: Case study of a virtual approach............................................................................... 728
An interactive platform for IA Games ............................................................................................................... 736
Topic: Teaching and Learning – Chair: Mario Letelier .......................................................................... 745
Learning speed evaluation of first year engineering students .......................................................................... 745
Negotiation Games: Acquiring Skills by Playing ................................................................................................ 754
Shifting conceptions of engineering design: Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of undergraduate
engineering majors ........................................................................................................................................... 763
Microgenres: Critical “markers” that can facilitate teaching and assessing writing within and across schools
and colleges of engineering .............................................................................................................................. 772
Topic: Diversity – Chair: Lorraine Fleming ............................................................................................ 782
Observational research methods to explore intercultural competence in engineering ................................... 782
Does social capital matter? Impacts of social capital on African American male achievement ........................ 790
Understanding engineering self-efficacy of students involved with a professional minority engineering society
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Proceedings of Research in Engineering Education Symposium 2011
Madrid, 4 th - 7 th October 2011