Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships
The Division will sponsor the third annual panel session on Best Practices in K-12 and University partnerships. Submissions chosen for participation in this session will demonstrate a true partnership between a K-12 school (or schools) and an engineering school/college at a university. Submissions for this panel session are outside the usual ASEE paper submission process. A specific call will be sent to division members soon. Based on the previous years’ calls, the anticipated requirements will be:
- Partnerships with proven success in the classroom
- Will demonstrate engineering engagement and knowledge acquisition by K-12 students through age appropriate activities and lessons
- Submissions authored collaboratively between engineering and technology education faculty and K-12 teachers are encouraged.
- Details on the partnership’s structure and goals and the successful strategies employed to overcome challenges and obstacles must be included.
Application: Best Practices Panel call 2011 (Due Dec 1, 2010)
Best Practices in K-12 Engineering — Assessments of Participant Outcomes
The Division will solicit nominations and applications from individuals or groups with strong assessment practices in place. Nominations, including self-nominations, have been solicited from K-12 division members and collected through searches of the extant literature. A selection committee will review the nominees and request submission packets from prospective panelists. The packets should include:
- assessment plans or design strategies and a discussion of the decisions informing them,
- assessment instruments, tools, or protocols, and
- sample or summary analyses of data.
For more information on our 2011 presentation opportunities at the ASEE Annual Conference, please see our complete 2011 Call for Papers.