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Tools to Enhance Student Learning of Undergraduate Engineering Content
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Patricia Muisener, Stevens Institute of Technology; Guillermo D. Ibarrola Recalde, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gail P. Baxter, Stevens Institute of Technology
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Paper ID #33691Self Reflection of Engineering Majors in General Chemistry IIDr. Patricia Muisener, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Patricia Muisener is an Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate and Undergrad- uate Education in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. She teaches and coordinates the General Chemistry I and II course sequence. She was previously at the University of South Florida as a faculty member and Assistant Chair in the Chemistry Department. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a M.S
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Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection
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Gibrán Sayeg-Sánchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; E. G. Avilés-Rabanales, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Miguel X. Rodríguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey
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, such as learning to work in a team,to be organized, to be more reflective and critical, and to self-manage ” [3], in addition torecommending the use of Scrum for the development of projects in the university classroom.Yazyi carried out an investigation whose object of study was a workshop-type educationalexperience in a virtual environment, where it was proposed to develop the promotional brochureof a fictitious company, using the Scrum methodology. The members of each team weregeographically distributed, so they used information and communication technologies to carryout the tasks, such as Google Docs, Skype, e-mail, Moodle forums, and Google Wave. As part ofits conclusions, Yazyi mentions that “through the experience presented in this work
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Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection
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Gloria Washington, Howard University; Marlon Mejias, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Marlon Mejias; Legand L. Burge III, Howard University
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Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection
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Jacob Allen Cress P.E., University of Dayton; Patrick W. Thomas, University of Dayton
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students to unfamiliarworkplace genres and the ways in which these genres shape interactions between engineeringconsultants and clients. In the following sections we report on the design, implementation, andpreliminary evaluation of these integrative assignments and reflect upon the potential forcross-disciplinary collaboration toward student achievement of program outcomes related tocommunication.Development of Prototype AssignmentsTwo courses were identified for introduction of an assignment in Spring 2021 that incorporated asignificant component of professional communication in various genres: a course onmanufacturing & product design and a course on heat transfer. Both of the courses wereundergraduate Mechanical Engineering Technology (MCT
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Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection
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Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo; Hala Alfadhli, University at Buffalo; Lucas Wickham, University at Buffalo; Ashley Cummings, University at Buffalo; Randy Yerrick, Fresno State University
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Paper ID #33964Engineering Problem Typology-based Reflection and Communication ofUndergraduate Engineering Experiences: Professional Engineers’Evaluation of Students’ Mock Interview ResponsesDr. Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo Andrew Olewnik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. His research includes undergraduate engineering education with focus on engineering design process and methods, ill-structured problem solving, problem typology, and experiential and informal learning environments in the professional formation of engineers. He is interested in the
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Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection
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Virginia Charter, Oklahoma State University
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•Understand and Respect Other Professionals •Research Information Information and •Identify Relevant Information Communication Literacy •Express and Receive Ideas Clearly •Write Concisely •Generate New Ideas Critical Thinking •Think Critically •Think and Act Independently •Organize Things Effectively •Self-Reflection Self-Management Skills •Manage Time and Meet Deadlines •Be Punctual to Class or MeetingsFigure 1. Generic Skills Perception Questionnaire Factors
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Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection
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Robert P. Loweth, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Leah Paborsky, University of Michigan; Sara L. Hoffman, University of Michigan; Steve J. Skerlos, University of Michigan
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Paper ID #33572”You Could Take ’Social’ Out of Engineering and Be Just Fine”: AnExploration of Engineering Students’ Beliefs About the Social Aspects ofEngineering WorkMr. Robert P. Loweth, University of Michigan Robert P. Loweth is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research explores how engineers engage and include diverse perspectives in their engineer- ing work. His findings have informed the development of tools and pedagogy that support engineering students in investigating and reflecting on the broader societal contexts and impacts of engineering ac
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Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection
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Abolfazl Amin, Utah Valley University; Abdennour C. Seibi, Utah Valley University; Israd Hakim Jaafar, Utah Valley University
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however, WEdoes not imply “writing intensive.” Certified WE courses are not meant to be “writing classes;”instead, writing should be one of several instructional focuses, as required by the new WEinitiative.Since this new initiative is taking effect in Fall 2021, the WE Committee has not established thefinal assessment criteria. The plan is to have each program submit an assessment processregarding the WE related learning outcomes.Literature Review:Writing is an important skill that all engineers should have. Its importance is reflected in ABETaccreditation criterion 3 for student outcomes, “an ability to communicate effectively with arange of audiences.”Wheeler and McDonald [1] stated that writing is a useful tool in engineering if developed
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Studies of Classroom Assessment: Exam Wrappers, Equitable Grading, Test Anxiety, and Use of Reflection
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Kenya Z. Mejia, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington
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education, including how to support engineering students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Creating capacity to explore what students learn from reflection activities: Validating the knowledge gain surveyAbstractThis paper reports on the methodological process of validating a survey instrument to measurestudent learning from reflection activities. Reflection is thought to be a helpful teaching andlearning tool. In engineering education
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Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice
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Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Pennsylvania State University; Megan Ellery; Gabriella M. Sallai, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University
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learning, and engineering communi- cation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 I Wish I Would Have Known Engineering Student's Reflections on Challenges and Support Experienced in Graduate ProgramsAbstractThe purpose of this research paper is to characterize the experiences of engineering doctoralstudents as they reflect upon what they wish they had known before beginning their program.Engineering graduate enrollment rates have been declining over the past few years, while studentwell-being issues are rising. This work is part of an overarching investigation examining thephenomenon of
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Studies of Classroom Assessment: Exam Wrappers, Equitable Grading, Test Anxiety, and Use of Reflection
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David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Alexander J. Headley, University of Memphis
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Studies of Classroom Assessment: Exam Wrappers, Equitable Grading, Test Anxiety, and Use of Reflection
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Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University; Matthew Jordan Ford, Cornell University; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; Elizabeth Mills Fisher, Cornell University
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Studies of Classroom Assessment: Exam Wrappers, Equitable Grading, Test Anxiety, and Use of Reflection
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Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University
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Studies of Classroom Assessment: Exam Wrappers, Equitable Grading, Test Anxiety, and Use of Reflection
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Karen C. Davis, Miami University
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Award for Women in Engineering Education in 2016. Dr. Davis received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Loyola University, New Orleans in 1985 and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 1987 and 1990, respectively. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Examining the Efficacy of Exam Wrappers in a Computer Science CourseAbstract (Evidence-based Practice)An exam wrapper is a guided reflection activity that students undertake following an exam.Students are typically asked to reflect on their preparation, performance, and plans for preparingfor the next exam. The
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Studies of Classroom Assessment: Exam Wrappers, Equitable Grading, Test Anxiety, and Use of Reflection
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Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Mangum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott
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Innovative Pedagogies Afforded Through Technology and Remote Learning
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Shivam Jindal, New York University; Jack Bringardner, New York University
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one’s skills and experiences beyond the classroom. Astudy was conducted at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and found students lack support inidentifying and developing their career pathways. This study indicates that a combinede-portfolio and micro-credentialing platform could benefit students by a) providing students witha tool to reflect on and showcase their experiences, b) matching students with upper-class andalumni mentors in career pathways they are interested in, and c) providing them with curatedlists of on-campus and experiential opportunities and micro-credentials that would support theircareer pathways.IntroductionEvery student’s experience through engineering school culminates in different results -- students’future pathways range
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Assessing Hard-to-Measure Constructs in Engineering Education: Assessment Design and Validation Studies
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Jeremiah Pina, Smith College; Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Al Rudnitsky, Smith College; Rebecca Mazur, Collaborative for Educational Services; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College
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of engineering designAbstractThis research paper describes the development of an assessment instrument for use with middleschool students that provides insight into students’ interpretive understanding by looking at earlyindicators of developing expertise in students’ responses to solution generation, reflection, andconcept demonstration tasks.We begin by detailing a synthetic assessment model that served as the theoretical basis forassessing specific thinking skills. We then describe our process of developing test items byworking with a Teacher Design Team (TDT) of instructors in our partner school system to setguidelines that would better orient the assessment in that context and working within theframework of standards and disciplinary
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Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change
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Steven Santana, Harvey Mudd College
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instrumentation is to drive ongoing cycles of continuousimprovement in teaching with a focus on transforming student learning. Owing to theongoing, dynamic practices of reflective educators, pedagogy and plans iterativelyevolve. These changes in practice exist in a complex environment that has the potential toprofoundly impact students’ ability to engage with and internalize content. Given thisenvironment, instrumentation is deployed to collect data in a process of developmentalevaluation while proactively responding to student learning and development throughdisaggregated data. This work equips educators with information to support thedevelopment of prototypes and innovations that strive toward providing undergraduatestudents with authentic, deep, and
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Research Methods and Studies on Engineering Education Research
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Kathryn Elizabeth Shroyer, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington
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Paper ID #34289Research Through Design: A Promising Methodology for Engineering Edu-cationKathryn Elizabeth Shroyer, University of WashingtonDr. Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is a Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the Univer- sity of Washington. She is interested in all aspects of engineering education, including how to support engineering students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education
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Teaching In and Through Design, Maker Spaces, and Open-ended Problems
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Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo; Randy Yerrick, Fresno State University; Manoj Madabhushi; Rachith Ramanathapura Ramaswamy, University at Buffalo
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engineeringproblem solving in support of students’ project planning and progress and as a scaffold forprofessional competency reflection [4].Based on our own first hand experiences and the broader literature investigating the nature ofengineering work [5]–[7], and studies focused on the novice to expert progression [8]–[11], weknow it is critical that students have opportunities to practice and reflect on solving ill-structuredproblems. Such opportunities are fundamental to the development of students’ ways of thinkingand knowing that help them to prepare for the profession. The growth of problem and project basedlearning (PBL) and other active learning experiences speaks to broad acceptance that ill-structuredproblem solving experiences are valuable to
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The Role of Peers in Promoting Learning and Persistence
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Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Viranga Perera, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ellen Gundlach, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark Daniel Ward, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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asked to voluntarily share their experiences in the form of writtenreflections as a part of an open-response survey at the end of each semester. To understand studentexperiences, we conducted a thematic analysis of student reflections after they completed theirfirst semester. We analyzed reflections and we discussed our findings through the lens of thesituated learning theory, specifically addressing its three key tenets: authentic context, socialinteraction, and authentic learning.IntroductionNumerous future jobs will involve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)knowledge. As such, it is important to attract students into STEM fields and to retain them asSTEM majors. Residential Learning Communities (RLCs) can help with both
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Efforts to Understand and Support Students' Socioemotional Factors
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Saira Anwar, University of Florida; Ahmed Ashraf Butt, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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multimodal approach. Each student first answeredthe questionnaire questions. These questions were targeted to get students' individual opinionsabout challenges they experience in their STEM courses, strategies to stay focused in theircourses, and steps students take to mitigate these challenges. Later, we divided these studentsinto seven focus groups comprising five groups of four students and two groups of five students.In the focus groups, students collectively reflected on their learning challenges and strategies thatworked for them. Also, students suggested the factors that influenced their decision on theirfuture in a STEM career. The students' focus group discussion were video recorded. Further, theresearchers wrote the reflection memos to
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Teaching In and Through Design, Maker Spaces, and Open-ended Problems
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Mycala Read, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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rankhigher on the spectrum then they did originally. By the end of the semester both the first-yearME 110 and senior ME 465 students also increased the number of steps they had in their processand the maps went into more detail of steps using that common language previously mentioned.ConclusionsFrom the research and the data collected during that time a few conclusions can be drawn. Thefirst is that students entering the mechanical engineering department as a freshman compared towhen they prepare to leave the school after graduation their knowledge of the design process hasgrown to reflect what they have learned over their education. Another conclusion is that it isimportant to teach the steps to the design process to the students as first year
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Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change
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Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu, Iowa State University; Dana AlZoubi, Iowa State University; Evrim Baran, Iowa State University
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Iowa State University. Her research interests include learning and teaching an- alytics, dashboards, online learning, self-regulation, student engagement, and reflective practices. Her current work aims to examine how instructors’ teaching strategies and methodologies may be informed and improved by interpreting data visualizations (i.e., dashboards) in both in-class and online environ- ments.Dr. Evrim Baran, Iowa State University Evrim Baran is an associate professor of educational technology in the School of Education and Human Computer Interaction at Iowa State University. She conducts research at the intersection of technology in teacher education, human-computer interaction, and learning sciences. Her research
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Tools to Enhance Student Learning of Undergraduate Engineering Content
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Sheena Miao Ying Tan, Simon Fraser University; Taco Niet Ph.D., P.Eng., School of Sustainable Energy Engineering, Simon Fraser University; Kamaria Kuling, Simon Fraser University
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usingWeBWorK prelab problems to support students’ learning. Specifically, our study seeks toaddress the question: What is the impact of the WeBWorK prelab problem sets on students’preparedness for lab sessions, students’ learning and students’ engagement during labsessions?(Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the course was moved entirely online and the format andthe structure of the original lab sessions implemented were affected. Although the shifts inthe format and structure may not fully reflect the usual state of the original lab sessions andthe corresponding observations, the study was carried out mostly as planned.)Utilizing Online Homework SystemsOne of the key advantages of online homework systems is that students can receiveimmediate feedback
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The Role of Peers in Promoting Learning and Persistence
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Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign; Samantha Lindgren, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign
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engineering course in which this method originates, students prepare a 15-minute lesson to teach a small group of their peers. These lessons are not one-sided studentpresentations. Students must apply the creative process to an educational context and developlessons that include pertinent content in an engaging activity and a mechanism for summativeassessment (e.g., discussion, individual or group quiz, quality of activity outcome). To furtherunderstand the effectiveness of this instructional activity in terms of student engagement andoutcomes, student self- and peer-assessments are qualitatively analyzed. Findings indicate thatstudents were reflective, consistent, and fair graders who reported high levels of studentengagement both in their own, and
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Studies of Shifting In-person Courses to Online and Students' Online Behavior
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Bradley J. Sottile, Pennsylvania State University; Laura E. Cruz, Pennsylvania State University; Yi-An Lo Burleson, Pennsylvania State University; Kris McLain, Pennsylvania State University
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sent to approximately 476 students enrolled in one (or both)of two engineering courses: a remote synchronous first-year seminar, and a hybrid remotesynchronous/remote asynchronous introductory programming course for non-computer sciencemajors; both of these courses were offered at University Park, the largest Penn State campus.Both courses were taught by the same instructor, who initiated the present study. Theengineering program at Penn State is one of the highest ranked in the country, with highlycompetitive admission standards, and enrollment patterns that reflect a significant percentage ofstudents from outside of the state and country (29% of overall student body in 2020). As is characteristic of many undergraduate engineering
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Research Methods and Studies on Engineering Education Research
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D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University; Luke A. Duncan, Clemson University
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formative analysis.As a work in progress,, we are seeking feedback from researchers who have experience withlarge-scale, multi-year implementations, especially in the context of making revisions to researchdesign. We chose design-based methods to construct our tools and plan our implementation,having selected them for their applicability in situations where plans may need to be revisedbased on formative iterations of reflection [1]. Now that we find ourselves with the need to makechanges, we are uncertain how to effectively integrate new research questions, collect andanalyze data, and communicate findings in ways that: (1) maintain consistent attention toestablished throughlines while; (2) integrating adaptations to the original research design
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Research on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Dina Verdin, Arizona State University
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have toldme in the past that it is hard for them to listen to a woman because ... ‘it’s like ... in my mind it’sstill set that I know what I’m doing because I’m the guy ...’” [10, p. 281]. While she successfullygraduated with a mechanical engineering degree, Sandra reflected, “I can understand where theyare coming from ‘cause maybe that’s the culture in his family and where he’s from” [10, p. 281].Put simply, Sandra’s friend had deeply held beliefs that women were less knowledgeable thanmen; nevertheless, her male friend’s beliefs were his issues alone and not a reflection of her orwomen as engineers. The idea that to belong in engineering is to be male is embedded in the fielddue to the historical traditions of being a masculine-oriented
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Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change
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Hadi Ali, Arizona State University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Rod D. Roscoe, Arizona State University
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, which is developed after reviewing 191 journal articles published between 1995 and 2008on the topic, change strategies can be mapped into one of four categories: disseminating pedagogy;developing reflective teachers; enacting policy; and developing a shared vision. The categorization byHenderson et al. (2010, 2011) is consistent with other efforts to categorize theories of change (e.g.,Amundsen & Wilson, 2012) and has been utilized by Borrego & Henderson (2014) to identify ways toincrease the use of evidence-based teaching in engineering education. Most importantly, the frameworkhighlights the efforts of faculty as agents for change in all four categories. However, while the severaltheories are provided as suggestions for change