1. Wendy Beckman, Ed.D. wendy.beckman@mtsu.edu Aerospace Department Middle Tennessee State University

3.  High interest area for many students  Many STEM applications  A career field many know little about  Can be interactive and hands on

4.  1) Given the appeal of aviation to students, does student enjoyment of an activity correlate positively to the learning that is experienced from an activity?

5.  2) What aviation activities yield the greatest gain in student knowledge, and why are these activities successful?

6.  Week long camp (30 hours)  Held primarily at Murfreesboro Airport, with one day on MTSU campus  40 student participants(all male)  Rising high school freshmen through rising college freshmen  Groups of 10 campers for most activities  20 different activities conducted

7. Flight in a Diamondstar aircraft Piloting a full scale simulator of a Diamondstar aircraft Cockpit familiarization sessions Piloting Microsoft Flight Simulator laptop kits Experiencing the Air Traffic Control simulator room on campus Pre-flighting a Diamondstar aircraft Air Traffic Control lesson G-1000 (glass cockpit) lesson Aviation career session Airport operations Unmanned aerial systems session Determining aircraft performance Aerodynamics Determining aircraft weight and balance Building gliders Utilizing aviation charts Aircraft systems session Introduction to aircraft maintenance session Cross country flight planning Impact of weather on aviation operations lesson

8.  Student survey ◦ For each activity, students completed two survey questions, assessing: 1) “How much I learned from it” 2) “How much I enjoyed it” These questions were Likert scale, ranging from 5 (highest) to 1(lowest)

10.  Knowledge test ◦ Students completed both a pre-camp and post-test knowledge assessment ◦ This was a subject matter content assessment ◦ 15 questions  10 physics/physical science concepts  4 technology questions  1 science/technology career-related question

11. In order of "enjoyed“ RankMeanLesson 14.6857MS Flight Sim 24.62069DA-40 Sim 34.517Flight 44.419ATC Sim 54.294Preflight 64.2647Cockpit Fam 74.1613Glider 84.0967UAS 93.857ATC 93.857Airports 113.827Careers 123.794G-1000 133.7714Aerodynamics 133.7714Maintenance 153.714Weight & Balance 163.7Performance 173.657Systems 183.55Weather 193.514Charts 203.4857Xctry Plan In order of "learned" RankMeanLesson 14.62Flight 24.5Cockpit Fam 34.379DA-40 Sim 44.323ATC Sim 54.2ATC 64.176G-1000 74.171MS Flight Sim 84.147Preflight 94.14Performance 104.128Charts 114.103Careers 124.085Weight & Balance 134.057Systems 144.000Aerodynamics 153.971Airports 163.806UAS 173.74Maintenance 173.74Xctry plan 193.586Weather 203.42Glider

12. Correlation Coefficient Activity.7783 ATC sim.6967 Performance.6871 Aerodynamics.6835 Charts.6653 Xctry Planning.6541 Airports.6299 Weight & Balance.6217 Weather.6054 UAS.5917 Cockpit Fam.5838 ATC.5054 Careers.4959 Maintenance.4872 Gliders.4438 G-1000.4126 MS Flight Sim.3410 Systems.2030 Preflight.1575 DA-40 Sim.1174 Flight 16 of the 20 activities had a statistically significant correlation between enjoyment and learning at the p=.01 level of significance

13. Top 6 of both “enjoyed” and “learned” MS Flight Sim DA-40 Sim DA-40 Flight ATC Sim Preflight Cockpit Fam Five lowest correlation scores 0.413MS Flight Sim 0.341Systems 0.203Preflight 0.158DA-40 Sim 0.117DA-40 Flight

14.  Given the appeal of aviation to students, does student enjoyment of an activity correlate positively to the learning that is perceived to be experienced from an activity?  Yes, in most cases! (16 out of 20, with some reasons for outliers)

15. Question Pre- test Mean Score Post- test Mean Score Mean Improvement 142.991.748.7 239.786.146.4 316.055.639.5 40.060.4 70.046.4 812.872.960.1 938.587.549.0 1112.882.870.0 1230.181.951.8 1314.176.462.3 Overall Mean20.774.253.5 Std. Dev.16.0115.2 Physics/Physical Science Knowledge gain in Physics was significant at the.01 level, with t statistic = 7.66 (t critical = 2.1)

16. Question Pre- test Mean Score Post- test Mean Score Mean Improvement 614.184.770.6 1017.987.069.1 1428.277.849.6 155.165.360.1 Overall Mean16.378.762.4 Std Dev9.559.77 Technology Knowledge gain in Technology was significant at the.01 level, with t statistic = 9.12 (t critical = 2.45)

17.  The questions with the highest knowledge gains were mapped to the activities where these concepts were primarily addressed: Top 5 Physics activities MS Flight Simulator Preflight Systems Performance Aerodynamics Top 5 Technology Activities Aircraft Flight Cockpit Familiarization DA-40 Sim ATC Sim G-1000

18.  Repeat the Introduction to Aviation camp this summer  Development of Advanced Aviation camps for first time this summer (Professional pilot, Maintenance, Technology, and Air Traffic Control)