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Session Description

How do we make sure that all children are engaged in engineering? In this K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Division session, presenters will introduce and discuss research and initiatives that focus on creating inclusion for all K-12 learners of engineering.

Moderated by

1. Dr. Afrin Naz

Papers Presented

1. Including Children With Disabilities in STEM: An Outreach Program for Dyslexic Students (Research to Practice) [view paper]
   Ms. Lyndsey Alyssa Wright (Colorado School of Mines) and Dr. Barbara M. Moskal (Colorado School of Mines)
2. Viewing Student Engineering through the Lens of "Engineering Moments": An Interpretive Case Study of 7th Grade Students with Language-based Learning Disabilities [view paper]
   Jessica M. Scolnic (Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach), Dr. Kathleen Spencer (Tufts University), and Dr. Merredith D. Portsmore (Tufts University)
3. Developing a Summer Engineering Program for Improving the Preparation and Self-Efficacy of Underrepresented Students [view paper]
   Dr. Amelito G. Enriquez (Canada College), Prof. Wenshen Pong (San Francisco State University), Dr. Nilgun Melek Ozer (San Francisco State University), Prof. Hamid Mahmoodi (San Francisco State University), Dr. Hao Jiang (San Francisco State University), Dr. Cheng Chen (San Francisco State University), Prof. Hamid Shahnasser (San Francisco State University), and Nick Patrick Rentsch (San Francisco State University)
4. Funds of Knowledge in Hispanic Students’ Communities and Households that Enhance Engineering Design Thinking [view paper]
   Dr. Joel Alejandro Mejia (Utah State University), Dr. Amy Wilson-Lopez (Utah State University - College of Education), Dr. Christine E. Hailey (Utah State University), Indhira Maria Hasbun (Utah State University), and Dr. Daniel L. Householder (Utah State University)