scholarly journals Broadening Participation by Including More Individuals With Disabilities in STEM: Promising Practices from an Engineering Research Center

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 645-656
Author(s):  
Scott Bellman ◽  
Sheryl Burgstahler ◽  
Eric H. Chudler
Keyword(s):  
Research Center ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Neural Engineering ◽  
Promising Practices ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Stem Programs ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Postsecondary Science

This article describes successful practices for including individuals with disabilities (e.g., leaders, students, faculty researchers, advisory board members) in the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE), an Engineering Research Center funded by the National Science Foundation. The methods, tools, and materials presented in this article can be used by others seeking to increase the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs. Methods are employed to ensure that the CSNE is welcoming and accessible to individuals with a wide range of abilities and to recruit individuals with disabilities into significant roles that support the Center’s mission. These efforts have resulted in the engagement of individuals with disabilities in the Center’s operations, activities, and research at a higher rate when compared with all Engineering Research Centers.

Sensing the Environment: Student-Created Water Quality Sensors

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 140-148
Author(s):  
Liesl Hotaling ◽  
Rustam Stolkin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
School Students ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Water Quality Sensors

AbstractThe Student Enabled Network of Sensors for the Environment using Innovative Technology (SENSE IT) program provides an infrastructure and curricula for teachers and students to learn core science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) knowledge through building, testing, programming, and deploying their own environmental monitoring sensor networks. The project prepares and motivates middle and high school students for the future STEM workforce by providing (1) a motivating, meaningful, and hands-on environment for learning a wide range of STEM topics; (2) an engaging link between biological, physical, and social sciences; and (3) a cutting-edge example of scientific and engineering research, delivered directly into the classroom. This paper describes the structure and impact of the SENSE IT project field test with over 90 teachers and 3,000 middle and high school students. Project evaluation results indicate that the curriculum was well received by teachers and students and could be integrated into several different subject areas and types of courses. SENSE IT proved effective for a wide range of students demonstrated by statistically significant learning gains in mathematics and electricity topics through a pretest and posttest analysis. As SENSE IT evolves, additional sensors and educational materials will be created to support a variety of microprocessors.

Supporting Autonomous Learning Skills in Developmental Mathematics Courses With Asynchronous Online Resources

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 1012-1030
Author(s):  
Lisa Elliot ◽  
Austin Gehret ◽  
Miriam Santana Valadez ◽  
Rebecca Carpenter ◽  
Linda Bryant
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Mathematics ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Developmental Math ◽  
Unexpected Finding ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Stem Programs ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Postsecondary Science

Researchers have characterized the challenges many deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students face in postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs to three domains: preparation, socialization, and access. Additionally, some research has found that learners who are DHH have poor autonomous learning skills. The Deaf STEM Community Alliance, a project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF HRD-1127955), created a model virtual (online) academic community called the DHH Virtual Academic Community to directly address preparation, socialization, and access challenges with the logic that online resources provide innovative and flexible means to adapt to complex student needs and schedules. This article describes a mixed-method study regarding one instructor’s effort to supplement developmental math education with online videos for students who are DHH, addressing issues relating to the challenges of preparation and access. Data analysis used both quantitative and qualitative methods to interpret student responses ( n = 89) about viewing behaviors and perceived benefits of the videos. Analysis of viewing behaviors also incorporated aggregated user analytics generated by YouTube. An unexpected finding of the study relates to the opportunity to develop autonomous learning skills by using the videos. While previous research with this student population has frequently found that students are teacher dependent, this study suggested that providing review videos allowed students to practice and master content on their own, strengthening their autonomous study skills.

PERUBAHAN GARIS PANTAI DI TELUK PRIGI, KABUPATEN TRENGGALEK, JAWA TIMUR

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Khairana Ayu Shabrina ◽  
Rudi Siap Bintoro ◽  
Giman Giman
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Engineering ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Water Index

<p>Teluk Prigi merupakan perairan di pesisir Samudera Hindia yang dikelilingi oleh bentang alam tebing yang tinggi sehingga wilayah pesisir yang memiliki kondisi dinamis dapat mengakibatkan terjadinya perubahan garis pantai apabila tidak dikelola dengan baik. Maka dari itu pada penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor oseanografi yang menyebabkan terjadinya perubahan garis pantai. Metode yang digunakan terdiri dari pemisahan arus, peramalan gelombang, gelombang pecah, energi gelombang dan refraksi gelombang dengan menggunakan metode menurut <em>Coastal Engineering Research Center </em>(CERC). Selain itu ekstraksi garis pantai dengan metode <em>NDWI (Normal Differential Water Index)</em>, dan analisis jenis sedimen menggunakan modul yang dikeluarkan oleh Pusjatan Balitbang PU. Faktor oseanografi yang dominan menjadi penyebab perubahan garis pantai adalah gelombang bangkitan angin yang pola gelombangnya mengalami perubahan arah yang cenderung tegak lurus pantai, selain itu arus pasang surut menjadi faktor pendukung dengan kecepatan 0,0037 m/s bergerak menuju Utara. Sehingga, kondisi garis pantai pada tahun 2003 dan 2014, 2014 dan 2018 luasan sedimentasi terbesar mencapai 28.949 m<sup>2</sup> dan 52.020 m<sup>2</sup> yang berada di Desa Prigi. Sedangkan Sedangkan lokasi abrasi pada tahun 2003 dan 2014, 2014 dan 2018 luasnya mencapai 4.204 m<sup>2</sup> dan 3.326 m<sup>2</sup>.</p>

The Design, Development and Validation of an Innovative High Strength, Self Monitoring, Composite Pipe Liner for the Restoration of Energy Transmission Pipelines

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Bethel ◽  
Steven C. Catha ◽  
Melvin F. Kanninen ◽  
Randall B. Stonesifer ◽  
Ken Charbonneau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressures ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Cylindrical Tube ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Energy Transmission ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Transmission Pipelines

The research described in this paper centers on a composite of thermoplastic materials that can be inserted in a degraded steel pipe to completely restore its strength. Through the use of fabrics consisting of ultra high strength fibers that are co-helically wrapped over a thin walled thermoplastic cylindrical tube that serves as a core, arbitrarily high pressures can be achieved. This paper first outlines the design, manufacturing and installation procedures developed for this unique material to provide a context for the engineering research. Based on this outline, the technological basis that has been developed for assuring the strength and long term durability of this concept during its insertion, and in its very long term service as a liner in energy transmission pipelines, is presented in detail. The research that is described includes burst testing of the material in stand alone pipe form, load/elongation testing of ultra high strength fabrics, and linear and nonlinear elastic and viscoelastic analysis models. This body of work indicates that the concept is fundamentally feasible for restoring a wide range of large diameter natural gas and liquid transmission pipelines to be able to carry arbitrarily high pressures over very long lifetimes. It also indicates that liners can be safely installed in long lengths even in lines with severe bends in a continuous manner. With further research the concept has the potential for eliminating hydro testing and smart pigging during service, and could possibly be installed in some lines that are currently unpiggable.

Relationship between the Wide Range Achievement Test 3 and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test

1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 963-967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa D. Smith ◽  
Billy L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Wide Range Achievement Test ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Individual Achievement ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
Education Resource ◽  
Wide Range Achievement

The present study examined the relationship between the Wide Range Achievement Test 3 and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test for a sample of children with learning disabilities in two rural school districts. Data were collected for 87 school children who had been classified as learning disabled and placed in special education resource services. Pearson product-moment correlations between scores on the two measures were significant and moderate to high; however, mean scores were not significantly different on Reading, Spelling, and Arithmetic subtests of the Wide Range Achievement Test 3 compared to those for the Basic Reading, Spelling, and Mathematics Reasoning subtests of the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test. Although there were significant mean differences between scores on Reading and Reading Comprehension and on Arithmetic and Numerical Operations, magnitudes were small. It appears that the two tests provide similar results when screening for reading spelling, and arithmetic.

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