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Students’ Teamwork Assessment based on Reflection, Peer Evaluations and Psychological Safety

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Virtual Conference

Publication Date

July 26, 2021

Start Date

July 26, 2021

End Date

July 19, 2022

Conference Session

Innovative and Impactful Engineering Leadership Pedagogy

Tagged Division

Engineering Leadership Development

Page Count

14

DOI

10.18260/1-2--37774

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https://peer.asee.org/37774

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1321

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Seema C. Shah-Fairbank California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Seema C. Shah-Fairbank is an associate professor in water resources at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. She teaches service courses, in addition to hydrology, hydraulics and environmental engineering. Seema is currently serving as the student section advisor for the American Societies of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the President for ASCE LA Section.

She obtained her BS in Environmental Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 2001. Prior to attending graduate school at Colorado State University (CSU) she spent 3 years working as a Design Engineer for RBF Consulting in Storm Water Management. Where, she worked on various flood control, hydrology and hydraulics projects. She is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of California. She completed her graduate studies in Civil Engineering at CSU with a MS in 2006 and Ph.D. in 2009, where she specialized in sediment transport and river mechanics.

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Jeyoung Woo P.E. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Dr. Jeyoung Woo is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). He is a registered Professional Engineer (Civil - Construction) in Texas. He has worked in the industry for nine years as a project manager, a corporate quality manager, a field engineer, and a designer. Also, he conducted several research projects about construction labor productivity, construction safety, engineering design quality management, and construction sustainability. He earned a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) and a B.S. in Architectural Engineering from Hanyang University, ERICA. He is a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

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Kenneth Lamb P.E. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Kenneth is an Associate Professor at Cal Poly Pomona and a licensed Professional Engineer in Nevada with experience in a variety of water, stormwater, and wastewater system projects. He is also the coordinator of the Engineering Leadership Program and the Director of the Student Innovation idea Labs at Cal Poly Pomona.

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Jinsung Cho California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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My name is Jinsung Cho, an associate professor of Civil Engineering Department in California State Polytechnic University Pomona. I have had more than 20 years in both academia and Civil and Construction Industry. My specialty is the behavior of underground infrastructure, Trenchless and Tunneling Technology, as well as 3D Virtual Construction Design & Management. I am a reviewer or member of several professional organizations, such as ASCE, NASTT, and ASC.

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Abstract

Engineering projects involve a variety of stakeholders: some work in the engineering disciplines while others do not. Engineering projects entail complex technical facets and can face challenges due to scheduling, budget constraints, conflicting viewpoints, or performance issues. To prepare engineering students for real-world projects, faculty assign students to group projects for them to learn how to work in a collaborative and inclusive environment. However, there are varying levels of commitment as well as knowledge and skills regarding effective teamwork among students assigned to a team. To address this disparity, the faculty at University X developed a confidential peer-evaluation metric to assess each student’s performance in group projects in Spring and Fall 2020 in a variety of civil engineering courses. The metric requires that each student evaluate themselves and their teammates on the following criteria: leadership, collaboration and inclusivity, responsibility, work quality, meeting deadlines, and level of contribution toward overall project goals. At the first of each semester, students share their ideas about each criterion in an online discussion board where faculty review their posts and provide tailored instruction to each team to improve any knowledge gaps in teamwork and leadership. At the completion of a group project, students evaluate their teams’ performance in each criterion using a likert scale as well as open response items which are then coded and analyzed. Each student’s evaluation and their academic performance (i.e., their course grade) is analyzed and summarized. Outcomes from this study show the effectiveness of the leadership and teamwork intervention to improve student performance in teams. The team performance is observed in the confidential peer-evaluation which also provides faculty with data they can use to implement changes to improve the tailored interventions and also improve engagement on team projects. The expected results allow students in these courses to develop “close the loop” strategies that enhance students’ skillsets for success in collaborative and inclusive environments.

Shah-Fairbank, S. C., & Woo, J., & Lamb, K., & Cho, J. (2021, July), Students’ Teamwork Assessment based on Reflection, Peer Evaluations and Psychological Safety Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2--37774

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