Conversion of Collegiate EPICS to a K-12 Program

Nation, S.; Oakes, William C.; Bailey, Lucy E.; Heinzen, Jimena

doi:10.1109/fie.2005.1612185

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“…In 2006, responding to this recognition that attrition from the STEM training pipeline was occurring earlier in students' education and needed to be addressed sooner, the program developed a high school curriculum [16]. This fits with research showing that students who excel in mathematics in high school (specifically 10th-through 12th-grade math) and have self-belief in their mathematic abilities are more likely to pursue STEM degrees in college [14].…”

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Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) in High Schools: Subtle but Potentially Important Student Gains Detected from Human-Centered Curriculum Design

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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 evidence based on if and how participation in such programs shapes student intentions and commitment to STEM pathways is currently limited, most especially for pre-college programming. This study asks: How do high school students’ engineering mindsets and their views of engineering/engineers change as they participate in project–service learning (as implemented through an EPICS High curriculum)? This study employed a mixed method design, combining pre- and post-test survey data that were collected from 259 matched students (63% minority, 43% women) enrolling in EPICS High (total of 536 completed pre-tests, 375 completed post-tests) alongside systematic ethnographic analysis of participant observation data conducted in the same 13 socioeconomically diverse schools over a two-year period. Statistical analyses showed that participants score highly on engineering-related concepts and attitudes at both pre- and post-test. These did not change significantly as a result of participation. However, we detected nuanced but potentially important changes in student perspectives and meaning, such as shifting perceptions of engineering and gaining key transversal skills. The value of participation to participants was connected to changes in the meaning of commitments to pursue engineering/STEM.

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Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) in High Schools: Subtle but Potentially Important Student Gains Detected from Human-Centered Curriculum Design

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“…The EPICS model was piloted at Bedford North Lawrence High School [3]. The program was initiated by two EPICS alumna who found themselves in discussions about how to increase interest in engineering among high school students.…”

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Work in progress - EPICS high school initiative

Oakes

Turner

2007

2007 37th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference - Global Engineering: Knowledge Without Borders, Opportunities Without Passp

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EPICS is an innovative, nationally-recognized model for service-learning and design education where teams of students work on technology-centered projects serving the needs of the local community. Started at Purdue University in 1995 as an undergraduate program and has grown to over 400 students per year at Purdue along with 17 other universities and one high school in 2006.EPICS goals include broadening students' professional skills through an extended design experience where they define, design, build, test, deploy, and support real systems. Partnerships with local community organizations provide motivated and engaged customers, and designs that are deployed and used provide a compelling learning environment. Preliminary data suggests that the social context for technical design appeals to the underrepresented populations of women and minority students. The success of EPICS motivated a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Learn and Serve America program to expand EPICS to 20 high schools in five states. This paper will outline how the university model has been translated to these high schools and will provide preliminary data from the fall classes at the time of the conference.

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“…While each program shares core values or characteristics with all other EPICS programs there is considerable variation in each of the programs, based on how long they have been in place as well as institutional culture [7]. EPICS has also been adapted for high school and middle school with more than 50 schools in 11 states within the U.S. having EPICS programs with an additional 30+ abroad through a partnership with IEEE [8,9].…”

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EPICS: Meeting Outcomes with Multidisciplinary Student Teams

Oakes

Drummond

Zoltowski

2015

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Engineering Projects in Community Service-EPICS -is a service-learning program that was developed nearly twenty years ago at Purdue University. Under this program, undergraduate students in multidisciplinary teams earn academic credit for longterm projects that solve technology-based problems for local or global community service organizations. The EPICS model has been implemented at 23 universities in North American and on other continents. With its emphasis on the start-to-finish design of significant projects that will be deployed by the community customers, EPICS addresses many of the program outcomes mandated by ABET and the CEAB and, more broadly, to meet the Washington Accord graduate attributes. This paper describes the curricular and assessment procedures and documentation that have been developed to enhance and evaluate the students' abilities to meet outcomes including functioning on multidisciplinary teams; communicate effectively; and understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.

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Conversion of Collegiate EPICS to a K-12 Program

Cited by 14 publications

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Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) in High Schools: Subtle but Potentially Important Student Gains Detected from Human-Centered Curriculum Design

Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) in High Schools: Subtle but Potentially Important Student Gains Detected from Human-Centered Curriculum Design

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EPICS: Meeting Outcomes with Multidisciplinary Student Teams

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