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1 Research in Engineering Education Symposium 2011 Madrid, Spain 4-7 October 2011 ISBN:

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2 Printed from e-media with permission by: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY Some format issues inherent in the e-media version may also appear in this print version. Copyright (2011) by Research in Engineering Education Network All rights reserved. Printed by Curran Associates, Inc. (2013) For permission requests, please contact Research in Engineering Education Network at the address below. Research in Engineering Education Network c/o Roger Hadgraft, RMIT University Lygon & Queensberry Melbourne Australia roger.hadgraft@rmit.edu.au Additional copies of this publication are available from: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY USA Phone: Fax: curran@proceedings.com Web:

3 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Página 5 de 957 Index of contents INDEX OF CONTENTS... 5 WELCOME MESSAGE RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE STRUCTURE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS LOCAL ORGANIZING MEMBERS INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMITTE CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT CONFERENCE PLANNING TUESDAY, 4 TH OCTOBER WEDNESDAY, 5TH OCTOBER THURSDAY, 6 TH OCTOBER FRIDAY, 7 TH OCTOBER CONFERENCE SCHEDULE CONFERENCE SESSION SESSION 1: WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION 2: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION 4: THURSDAY MORNING SESSION 5: THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION 6: FRIDAY MORNING SESSION 7: FRIDAY MORNING TABLE OF SESSIONS SESSION 1 WEDNESDAY MORNING Turn A: Threshold issues Chair: Maura Borrego Turn B: Teaching and Learning 1 Chair: Jennifer Turns Turn C: Tools 1 Chair: Barbara M. Olds Turn D: Learning Strategies 1 Chair: Bill Williams SESSION 2 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Turn A: Engineering Education Research Chair:Llewellyn Mann Turn B: Project-Based Learning Chair: Milo Koretsky Turn C: Technology in Learning Chair: Wendy Newstetter Turn D: Teaching practice Chair: Anne Gardner SESSION 3 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Turn A: Learning strategies 2 Chair: Cynthia J. Atman Turn B: Engagement Chair: Roger Hadgraft Turn C: Teaching and learning Chair: Duncan Fraser Turn D: Knowledge and leadership Chair: Luis Manuel Cerda SESSION 4 THURSDAY MORNING... 33

4 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Página 6 de 957 Turn A: Curricula 1 Chair: Amparo Camacho Turn B: Assessment 1 Chair: Edith Gummer Turn C: Transition 1 Chair: Robin Clark Turn D: Teaching and learning 3 Chair: Michael Prince SESSION 5 THURSDAY MORNING Turn A: Curricula 2 Chair: Dawn Williams Turn B: Classroom experiences Chair: Lyn Brodie Turn C: Ethics & Values Chair: Cynthia Finelli Turn D: Transition 2 Chair: Johannes Strobel SESSION 6 FRIDAY MORNING Turn A: Assessment 2 Chair: Erik de Graff Turn B: Tools 2 Chair: James Pellegrino Turn C: Teaching and learning 4 Chair: Mario Letelier Turn D: Diversity Chair: Lorraine Fleming SESSION 7: FRIDAY MORNING Turn A: Educational Research Chair: Maizam Alias Turn B: Teaching and learning 5 Chair: Gregory Light Turn C: Tools 3 Chair: Jonte Bernhard Turn D: Miscellaneous Chair: James Trevelyan PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE º SESSION WEDNESDAY MORNING Topic: Threshold Issues Chair: Maura Borrego Investigating and addressing student difficulties in introductory electrical engineering Analytical tools in engineering education research: The learning a complex concept model, threshold concepts and key concepts in understanding and designing for student learning Methodology for automated generation of multiple choice questions in self-assessment Topic: Teaching and learning 1 Chair: Jennifer Turns A qualitive inquiry into first year engineering student success Sharing the past, sharing the future, and sharing oneself in portfolio studios Engineering Student s Conceptions of Model Uses in Design Topic: Tools 1 Chair: Barbara M. Olds Instrumental development: Engineering-specific Epistemological/Ontological beliefs Virtual Instruments in dimensional metrology An expert study of transfer in an Authentic Project Topic: Learning strategies 1 Chair: Bill Williams Engineering learning to Engineering Innovation A model for evaluation of generic competences in engineering: Application to the problem-solving competence at UPM A freshman project based computing engineering course: team work and innovation as a focus SESSION 2 - WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Topic: EER Chair: Llewellyn Mann Strategic pathways to engineering education research: a top-down case study Hidden barriers to academic staff engaging in Engineering Education Research Analysis of Trends in United States National Science Foundation Funding for Engineering Education: A possible resistive electrical circuits learning pathway for engineering students Topic: PBL Chair: Milo Koretsky Evaluating tutor training for online PBL teamwork courses in first year engineering Measuring the influence of Cooperative Learning and Project Based Learning on problem solving skill

5 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Página 7 de 957 Reports from teaching practice: experiences and management of tensions encountered with PBL implementations in the early years of undergraduate engineering education Project based learning activities as a means of adapting conventional curricula to the demands of the 21 st century aeronautical engineer: The design and building of the EYEFLY Topic: Technology in Learning Chair: Wendy Newstetter Materials Engineering Degree in the Technical University of Madrid (UPM): The challenges of a new technology A new teaching tool on the European space for higher education: Fusion of laboratory and research results 235 Computer Adaptive Testing and the Networked Model of Curriculum in an Engineering Education Learning System (MAPI-CAT): The Case of Fourier Analysis in Mexico Virtual 3D Support Contents Oriented to Interactive Self-Learning Topic: Teaching Practice Chair: Anne Gardner Want to Change Learning Culture: Provide the Opportunity Are we accidentally misleading students about engineering practice? Teaching practices of engineering faculty: Perceptions and actual behavior Assessment of transferable competences in computing SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Topic: Learning strategies 2 Chair: Cynthia J. Atman A Variation Theory Approach to Develop Learning Progressions for Engineering Concepts First steps in the discovery of patterns in the academic results of telecommunication engineering students in the subjects Analysis of Circuits and Mathematics The Influence of Engineering Education on Optics Education Development of new teaching activities for learning Robot Mechanics Topic: Engagement Chair: Roger Hadgraft Investigating the characteristics of successful collaborative learning activities Task and networking balance as key to satisfaction with team performance Towards technology stewardship: tools for encouraging student engagement Topic: Teaching & Learning Chair: Duncan Fraser Design-based research as a methodology for investigating learning in the engineering education Investigating the nature of thing orientation Using Inquiry-Based Activities to Repair Student Misconceptions Related to Heat, Energy and Temperature 375 Using complexity theory to develop a new model of student retention Topic: Knowledge & Leadership Chair: Luis Manuel Cerda Building leadership capacity of engineering academics in a leadership vacuum constructed within a participatory group to engage a professional body Knowledge Management and Leadership in the Higher Education: A First Approach Teaching contextual knowledge in engineering education-theory of Engineering Science and the Core Curriculum at the Technical University of Denmark SESSION 4: THURSDAY MORNING Topic: Curricula 1 Chair: Amparo Camacho Assessment as a tool for improving the education of engineers: experiences of international accreditation of the Universidad del Norte Quality assurance in engineering education in Russia Informing engineering education for sustainable development using ad deliberative dynamic model for curriculum renewal Topic: Assessment 1 Chair: Edith Gummer Tool for automatic production and management of written and web test exams Does continuous evaluation drive us to mediocrity? An improvement of academic results by a self-study methodology in Transportation Engineering subject Topic: Transition 1 Chair: Robin Clark Engineering in an Elementary Setting: An Analysis of Context Maps Conceptual Change in Precollege Engineering

6 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Página 8 de 957 Forging Futures? Engineering in the Primary School Curriculum Topic: Teaching & Learning 3 Chair: Michael Prince New methodology on Applied Geology and Geology for Engineers education by using practical trip Competence Monitoring in Project Teams by using Web based portfolio management systems Toward Lifelong Learning: Self-Regulation in Undergraduate Engineering Courses SESSION 5: THRUSDAY AFTERNOON Topic: Curricula 2 Chair: Dawn Williams Studying Interdisciplinarity in Engineering Degree Courses: Conceptual and Methodological Issues Facilitating intellectual and personal skills development in engineering programmes A systematic consultation process to define graduate outcomes for engineering disciplines The Development of Assessment Tools Using Phenomenography Topic: Classroom experiments Chair: Lyn Brodie Classroom experiments in the new degree of Materials Engineering at UPM An architecture for virtual and remote laboratories to support distance learning Improving the Learning Process in Statistical Decision-Making Laboratory Low cost 3D Gesture based interface use for engineering lecturing Topic: Ethics & Values Chair: Cynthia Finelli Assessing the ethical development of engineering undergraduates in the United States Engineering Ethics: An Exploration of the State of the Art Engineering as a Caring and Empathetic Discipline: Conceptualizations and Comparisons Topic: Transition 2- Chair: Johannes Strobel Development of learning environments to increase the understanding and interest in engineering and technology amongst Australian primary school students Starting young: Learning outcomes of a developmentally appropriate PreK engineering curriculum Measuring Pupils Perceptions of Engineers: Validation of the Draw-an-Engineer (DAET) Coding System with Interview Triangulation Engineering, Learners, and Contexts (ELC): The Development of Pedagogical Engineering Knowledge by Elementary Teachers through Perceived Learning Difficulties and Contextual Constraints SESSION 6: FRIDAY MORNING Topic: Assessment 2 Chair: Erik de Graff (Re )Building an Assessment Paradigm: Individual Student Learning in Team Based Subjects Considerations on the success rate in aeronautical engineering studies in Spain Assessing individual performance within group design and group problem-solving learning environments Understanding Feedback in an Authentic, Ill-Structured Project through Discourse Analysis: Interaction between Student and Instructor Objectives Topic: Tools 2 Chair: James Pellegrino Quality of experience of online learning tools Concept inventories as aids for instruction: a validity framework with examples of application Laboratory experiments: Case study of a virtual approach An interactive platform for IA Games Topic: Teaching and Learning Chair: Mario Letelier Learning speed evaluation of first year engineering students Negotiation Games: Acquiring Skills by Playing Shifting conceptions of engineering design: Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of undergraduate engineering majors Microgenres: Critical markers that can facilitate teaching and assessing writing within and across schools and colleges of engineering Topic: Diversity Chair: Lorraine Fleming Observational research methods to explore intercultural competence in engineering Does social capital matter? Impacts of social capital on African American male achievement Understanding engineering self-efficacy of students involved with a professional minority engineering society

7 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Página 9 de 957 Defining Diversity: Impacts on Students' Engineering Identity SESSION 7: FRIDAY MORNING Topic: Educational Research Chair: Maizam Alias The bigger picture - capturing value creation for an engineering school as it initiates engineering education research An Examination of Learning Strategy, Interest, Intention and Academic Performance: Case Studies of Australia and Malaysia Conference, reviews and conservations about improving engineering education Topic: Teaching & Learning 5 Chair: Gregory Light The answer to an exercise, the answer to a project: The teaching of creativity and project decision taking in the field of structures Dealing With Ambiguity in Open-Ended Engineering Problems Using case-based learning in undergraduate engineering courses Topic: Tools 3 Chair: Jonte Bernhard Disassemble/Analyse/Assemble (DAA) activities: Learning Engineering through Artefact Interactions The transferability of the PSVT:R and the MCT for Measuring and Predicting Student 3D CAD Modelling Abilities Novel Hybrid Training Tool Based on Experimental Projects in Electronic Engineering Education Topic: Miscellaneous Chair: James Trevelyan Balancing the Budget: Aspects of Economics in Engineering Education Bringing Engineering Education to Life An Empirical Approach Threshold capabilities: an emerging methodology to locate curricula thresholds PAPERS WHICH ARE NOT PRESENTED IN REES Adapting Engineering Education for a Mindmap-Based Digital Textbook: To reduce the skill gap between what the industry demands and what academia delivers Student behavior trends in an engineering program Design of Competences-based Educational Programs for engineering education understanding curriculum as a process Educational Experience of Adaptation of a degree in Electronic Engineering from the ECTS standpoint within the European Higher Education Area Framework LIST OF REVIEWERS ABSTRACT REVIEWERS PAPER REVIEWERS

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