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Geeta Verma; Sogol Asaei; Jacob D. Hostert; Rebecca Ahn; Julie N. Renner – Chemical Engineering Education, 2024
A synergetic approach to combine service learning at the university level with a high school outreach program is described. A holistic view is presented by discussing the importance of outreach and service learning, survey results, and outcomes. Overall, it was found that the unique program increased the self-efficacy (belief about one's…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Females, Service Learning, Self Efficacy
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Ruth, Alissa; Hackman, Joseph; Brewis, Alexandra; Spence, Tameka; Luchmun, Rachel; Velez, Jennifer; Ganesh, Tirupalavanam G. – Education Sciences, 2019
A major goal in Engineering training in the U.S. is to continue to both grow and diversify the field. Project- and service-based forms of experiential, problem-based learning are often implemented with this as a goal, and Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) High is one of the more well-regarded and widely implemented. Yet, the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Projects, Service Learning, Engineering Education
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Van Kuren, Lynda – Childhood Education, 2020
When Emily Crosette, joined H2O for Life as a high school student, she never dreamed that it would be the impetus for her future educational and career goals. Crossette majored in civil and environmental engineering and minored in environmental science at Lafayette College and is now completing her PhD in environmental engineering at the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Global Approach, High School Students, Water Quality
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Okcay, Murat; Haslam, Matthew J.; Jackson, Adriana R.; Kauppila, Tia M.; Larkin, Breanna; McBride, Chloe K.; Ticotin, Reece A.; Akyazi, Deniz – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2021
The purpose of this paper was to demonstrate University and High School collaboration through a Service Learning exercise. Pedagogical collaboration between the local Prescott High School and senior level mechanical engineering students from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Arizona had great benefits to both schools and the students.…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College School Cooperation, Student Interests, STEM Education
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Mack Shelley, Editor; Ozkan Akman, Editor; Sabri Turgut, Editor – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES) which took place on April 16-19, 2024, in San Francisco, California, United States of America. The aim of the conference is to offer…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence, Lifelong Learning, Community College Students
Thompson, Michael G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Undergraduate science and engineering institutions are currently attempting to improve recruiting practices and to retain engineering majors by addressing what many studies document as the major challenges of poor instruction. Service is described as experimental learning through the integration of traditional classroom teaching with structured…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Service Learning, Science Education, Engineering Education
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Wyss, Vanessa L.; Tai, Robert H. – College Student Journal, 2012
In section two of a 2002 amendment on the Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education Improvement Act, congress stated "A workforce that is highly trained in science...is crucial to generating the innovation that drives economic growth..." (Committee on Science, 2002). Given the growth in science,…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Engineering Education, Biology, Physical Sciences
Zarske, Malinda Schaefer – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Interest in whether real-world problems or a service learning context increases students' academic performance and intent to find careers in engineering is gaining momentum. The belief that diverse student populations resonate with the idea that "engineers can contribute to improving society" is found throughout the literature,…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Introductory Courses, Statistical Analysis, Likert Scales
Kelley, Todd; Brenner, Daniel C.; Pieper, Jon T. – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2010
A comparative study was conducted to compare two approaches to engineering design curriculum between different schools (inter-school) and between two curricular approaches, "Project Lead the Way" (PLTW) and "Engineering Projects in Community Service" (EPIC High) (inter-curricular). The researchers collected curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Protocol Analysis, Surveys, Engineering
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Global Approach, Competence, Comparative Education