behavior of theentity being tested, and white-box - focuses on the internal properties of the entity being tested,e.g., statement coverage and branch coverage [22]. The testing levels include unit - where individ-ual classes are tested, integration - occurs after unit testing and where multiple classes are testedtogether to form a subsystem, and system - where the entire system is validated against the userrequirements. One other form of testing mentioned in the paper is regression testing, where thesoftware is tested after updating an already tested artifact due to requirement changes and mainte-nance activities.2.2 Related WorkAniche et al. [17] propose a curriculum that uses a pragmatic approach to testing based on stu-dents’ common mistakes
1970 establishment, the program has experienced significant restructuring, including amajor 2008 overhaul in focus and curriculum, leading to a name change to Engineering Studies[3]. The foundational vision and motivation remain. The curriculum for the major in EngineeringStudies consists of fundamental courses in math, science, and engineering sciences – selected byeach student from an approved list – as well as considerable coursework in the traditional liberalarts. The framework for students to integrate all these courses is provided by a three-courserequired core curriculum in Engineering Studies: Engineering Economics and Management;Engineering & Public Policy; and Engineering and Society [4].Our Engineering Studies degree program [4
Collaborator ResponsesWhat is the key The case studies on real-life situations are an integral part of theobjective behind curriculum of all the universities. Featured case studies on the websitethe collaborative provide an opportunity for students to read and critically analyze theproject? case studies, as well as responses of other students from their university and other universities. It helps students in appreciating cultural differences in their opinions and perspectives. The comments are also a part of ongoing research on text analysis.How do the In developing countries like India, a professor deals with around 250-internet platform or
professional development of formal and informal science educators, learning through citizen science for adults and youth, and pre-service elementary teaching in informal science learning environments. Dr. Swanson received her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction in Science Education from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a BA in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from University of California, Santa Cruz. Prior to graduate school, she was an elementary science educator for a small children’s science center in California.Miss Natalie Annabelle De Lucca, Vanderbilt University Natalie De Lucca is a Ph.D. student in the Mathematics and Science Education specialization in the Learn- ing, Teaching, and Diversity
-based practices that are effective [8]. Shuman et al. suggests future curriculum willinclude an understanding of pre-held misconceptions. Included should also be previous andcurrent practices of how that created the foundational mindset for the field, how and why theconcepts were first introduced. Taking that position, teaching methods can pivot to show wherethe industry and world are in order to support future research, scholarship and the field ofengineering. By incorporating ideas from the Bayesian reasoning method (Fig.2), as an examplefor the decision making process can provide and idea as to how the process affects outcomes.Shuman et al. also discusses the connections between subject matters will be considered infuture curriculum
Engineering from Notre Dame. Her research focuses primarily on Engineering Education issues with specific interest in the first-year curriculum, experiential learning, and diversity and inclusion.Dr. Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame Dr. Kerry Meyers holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education (B.S. & M.S. Mechanical Engineering) and is specifically focused on programs that influence student’s experience, affect retention rates, and the factors that determine the overall long term success of students entering an engineering program. She is the Assistant Dean for Student Development in the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. She is committed to the betterment of the undergraduate curriculum and is
through project-based assignments. Students were askedif the assignments had helped them in enhancing their technical writing and oral communicationskills and if the assignments promoted teamwork and better relationship building amongst peers.In all three categories, approximately 55-64% of the students agreed that the project-basedassignments enhanced these soft-skills. Development of these skills are also an integral part ofthe learning outcomes outlined by the ABET accreditation board. 1 1 3 0 100 Strongly 23
Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Kanazawa Technical College and Future Faculty Fellow teaching First-Year Engineering at Purdue University. She focused on integrated STEM curriculum development as part of an NSF STEM+C grant as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant through INSPIRE in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University Her current research interests focus on early P-12 engineering education and identity development. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021IntroductionStudents need context to translate learning to deeper levels of knowledge and enduringunderstandings. Academics, many of whom have spent little to
performance compared to a traditionalintroductory biomechanics course. Increased student performance through blended coursework isespecially impactful today as teaching methods in higher education are reevaluated in the wakeof the COVID-19 pandemic. Instructors should consider utilizing this blended approach toprovide more class time for addressing critical course concepts and flexibility for students tocomplete material at their own pace.II. IntroductionBME2100: Biomechanics is a sophomore-level introductory biomechanics course at VanderbiltUniversity that focuses on the study of structural and material properties of biological tissues andmedical devices. In an effort to integrate coding content into each undergraduate BME course,biomechanics
been growing in popularity acrossscience and humanities disciplines. As they gain popularity, there has been increasing research inhow to maximize the learning of these communities. For successful online learning communities,there must be three phases of cognition: triggering, exploration, and integration. The triggeringphase is when a student is first prompted to action; they read a topic they are required to respondto and they post their initial reactions to the topic. The exploration phase is when a student isprompted to explore the topic further by the responses they read that other students wrote in thetriggering phase. This includes doing further research on a topic in order to support an argumentbeing made against another student’s post
reported that they “collected and/or analyzed data or information to try to answer aSTEM research question” (p.18) compared to 86% of reporting REU students in a similar study.Additionally, in a question related to allocation of time during the RET, “participants were muchmore likely to report that they had spent too little time than too much time on hands-on researchand curriculum development activities” (p.22) and only 50% of respondents reported being “verysatisfied with the extent to which they were an integral part of a research team” (p.26). Still, inquestions related to the lasting impact of RET, teachers often cited aspects of the researchexperience itself as powerful catalysts for change
Paper ID #33666WIP: Effectiveness of Different Reflection Approaches for ImprovingMastery in an Engineering Laboratory CourseMs. Amy N. Adkins, Northwestern University Amy N. Adkins is a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. She received her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern and her B.S. in Engineering Science from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. Her technical graduate research is focused on utilizing novel imaging techniques to quantifying adaptation of muscle architecture in humans. She also desires to implement innovative teaching, mentoring, and hands-on problem
Paper ID #33304Building and Revising an Assessment to Measure Students’ Self-Efficacyin Systems ThinkingDr. Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Marsha Lovett is Associate Vice Provost of Teaching Innovation, Director of the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation, and Teaching Professor of Psychology – all at Carnegie Mellon University. She applies theoretical and empirical principles from learning science research to improve teaching and learning. She has published more than fifty articles in this area, co-authored the book How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart
), computer-based simulationprojects of similar complexities were used to address the same topics.Creative thinking is an important skill needed for modern workplace in engineering and technology fields[3]. Instructors in higher education consider various ways of integrating creativity and innovation into thecourses they teach to better prepare students for their future careers [4]. Study shows that between the twocommonly-used approaches that enhance creativity, i.e., teaching vs. practice creativity, stimulatingcreativity by practices is considered to be more effective [5]. In addition, many professors used project-based learning [6, 7] when trying to foster creativity in their courses [8, 9].Due to robotics’ multi-disciplinary nature, we think
from Duke and NC State, respectively. Her research interests include engineering education and precision manufacturing.Dr. Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University Anastasia Rynearson is an Assistant Professor at Campbell University. She received a PhD from Purdue University in Engineering Education and a B.S. and M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her teaching experience includes outreach activities at various age levels as well as a position as Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Kanazawa Technical College and Future Faculty Fellow teaching First-Year Engineering at Purdue University. She focused on integrated STEM curriculum development as
, transportation mobility for the transportation disadvantaged, and the development of planning and transit performance measures for access to opportunities, integrating sus- tainability into the engineering curriculum and creating an engineering sustainability minor. He has published several articles in the Transportation Research Record, other journals and conferences on these and other related topics. He is currently serving on the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Aircraft/Airport Compatibility and is a past member of the TRB Committees on Traffic Flow and Characteristics and Transportation Network Modeling. Stephen is also a member of the Ameri- can Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).Dr. Anne Nordberg
programmingexperience, a variable which was explored in our study. The ability to increase performance ingroups across all prior programming experiences, especially groups with low prior programmingexperiences is an important step to increasing the graduation rate of underrepresented groupswithin computing majors.Online modality of teachingThe coronavirus pandemic that hit the globe in 2020, required all our first year engineeringcourses in our school to be offered online. Prior to the fall 2020 semester, none of our first yearcourses had online offerings, and none of the instructors teaching first year engineering courseshad any experience with online teaching, or incorporating active learning components into thecourse curriculum. This added another dimension
School of Theater and Dance (SoTD). After this experience, Dr. Akc¸alı began experimenting with the use of arts-integrated teaching and learning methods in engineering education.Mariana Buraglia, University of Florida Mariana Buraglia has both a master’s and bachelor’s degree from the Department of Industrial and Sys- tems Engineering at the University of Florida (UF). She is passionate about science, technology, en- gineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education and research. Through the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), she led an outreach program to promote STEAM education for elemen- tary to high school students. She also served as a facilitator for a Girls Who Code (GWC) chapter and as
program to earn aminor in Computing Applications. Many of these courses are taught by non-CS faculty and thecourse contents are adapted for life sciences students. Every course is assigned a dedicated groupof peer mentors who assist instructors and students during lectures and hold separate mentoringsessions every week. The curriculum for the Computing Applications minor (aka PINC minor) consists of thefollowing five courses, and the recommended course sequence is as follows: Fall (Year 1, Semester 1) ● CSc 306: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Computer Programming Spring (Year 1, Semester 2) ● CSc 219: Data Structures and Algorithms Fall (Year 2, Semester 3) ● CSc 308: An Interdisciplinary
Organizing Physics Education Research Council (PERLOC) in the period 2015-2018. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Exploration elective: Students from all Disciplines Explore Engineering and SciencesAbstractUniversities face the challenges of an integrated, globalized world and new competenciesrequired in the job market. In recent years, our institution, a large private multi-campus Mexicanuniversity, has been preparing for these new challenges by migrating its educational model froma traditional lecture modality to challenge-based learning, emphasizing competencies instead ofeducational objectives. Students take the
ethical training and data acumen of data scientists, integrating program assessment methodsinto the curriculum processes from design to operation, and continuing to innovate based onemerging needs in industry and application areas.Based on an understanding of the needs of industry within the state of Arkansas and the growingimportance of multi-disciplinary research that addresses high impact societal issues, theuniversity decided to invest in the development of a multi-college, multi-disciplinary,undergraduate program in data science. In the next section, we discuss the process fordeveloping the program, the program’s desired outcomes, and the resulting curriculum structureand operating methods.Program Development and DescriptionIn this section
worldexperience. Several authors [10, 11] discussed ways of introducing sustainability in theengineering curriculum. Although sustainability can be a standalone course, there are somepractical ways to thoroughly introduce sustainability (environmental, social, economic) in aconstruction engineering course. For example, including in the course a module withconstruction case studies, where students are asked to follow the principles of Envision [12]and/or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) [13] and adopt the moresustainable construction solutions.Building a Construction CourseIn this section, general guidelines are presented for building an undergraduate constructioncourse for civil engineers, when the curriculum does not allow for
effluent monitoring technologies. This work supported both US national capabilities and international treaties. Dr. Biegalski was a faculty member at The University of Texas at Austin for 15 years and held the position of Reactor Director for The University of Texas at Austin TRIGA reactor for over a decade. He has advised 25 Ph.D. students to graduation and holds Professional Engineering licenses in the states of Texas and Virginia. Dr. Biegalski’s current research focus is on nuclear analytical methods, research isotope production, nuclear forensics, and nuclear non-proliferation.Dr. Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Texas A&M University Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering
Education Research and Practice, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 749- 762, 2017.[25] B. Norwich, "Improving learning through dynamic assessment: a practical classroom resource," ed: Taylor & Francis, 2014.[26] K. A. Gamage, E. K. d. Silva, and N. Gunawardhana, "Online delivery and assessment during COVID-19: Safeguarding academic integrity," Education Sciences, vol. 10, no. 11, p. 301, 2020.[27] C. Wang and M. Goryll, "Design and implementation of an online digital design course," in 123rd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2016: American Society for Engineering Education.[28] T. M. Hall Jr, "A quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of simulated electronics laboratory experiments," Journal of
did not use the makerspace (nor were they expected to,as it was not integrated into their curriculum or advertised to students from the course, thoughopen to all on campus).Figure 2: Examples of student prototype (a mobile, foldable temporary bridge, made in themakerspace using the 3D printer and lasercutter, and a self-help driver’s license renewalcenter, made using the 3D printer, rapid prototyping, and Arduino software).5. Discussion5.1 Comparing student outcomes from the makerspace project to the business courseOur first research question aimed to determine how integration of a makerspace-infused, client-focused design project contribute to the development of an entrepreneurial mindset compared tooutcomes learned in an introduction to
majors in the industrial setting, were reported. Arduino has beenwidely used for teaching junior and senior level controls [3]-[9] and microprocessor courses [10],computer engineering capstone projects [11], and communication systems courses [12].Arduino has also been widely used in lower-division courses. For freshman engineering students,Arduino was used as a platform to teach programming, design, and measurement [13]. In thiswork, the authors transited the Living with the LAB curriculum, which used the Boe-Bot mobilerobotics and the Basic Stamp microcontroller, to the Arduino platform. In [14], Sullivan et al. usedArduino in an Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course where freshman students designedand implemented a cornerstone project
analysis Job posting analysis Match calculation Analysis module/refine Annual Meeting/Academy Y2 & Y3, Phase III. Interviews and focus groups (G2; RQ2, RQ3) AM educator interviews AM employer focus groups AM employee interviews Interview module/refine Annual Meeting/Academy Y2 & Y3 (Y4) Data Integration and Dissemination (G3; RQ4) Data Integration Recommendations Integration module Academy curriculum Annual Meeting/AcademyThe team is now in Year 4, an extension year, in which they are completing in-progressdissemination products and will hold another virtual annual meeting in August 2021.Research Dissemination ActivitiesResearch Technique ModulesAt the conclusion of each set of research activities, the research team has developed a
/mentee relationships “in whichunderserved and underrepresented students from low-income backgrounds are portrayed as ‘highrisk’, ‘high maintenance’, ‘underprepared’, or ‘culturally deprived’” [19]. Gallup’sCliftonStrengths for Students (formerly called StrengthsQuest) is a commonly adopted assets-based approach. Gallup indicates that the organization is currently working with over 600colleges and universities. Research by Gallup and others shows that the integration ofCliftonStrengths has a demonstrated correlation with student retention and well-being [22].Rooted in positive psychology [23, 24], CliftonStrengths for Students is an online assessmentthat identifies individuals’ top five themes of talent, or Signature Strengths. These patterns
takes excessive faculty members time to preparethe assessment. I think I think exam integrity is a big, big challenge, for engineering for the engineering curriculum. - PeterIn order to minimize cheating, some of the faculty members experimented using video proctoringduring assessment, either using software such as LockDown browser, ProctorU, Impendus ormonitoring students using synchronous Zoom meetings. In some cases, this has resulted instudents’ push back, with faculty members feeling under pressure about their assessmentstrategies. And they were saying like why I'm only using this because many other faculty are giving take home exam and I'm the only one who does like who tortures them…– HannaFaculty
objectives that are unique and personalizedwhile also contributing to their team’s innovation project. With such diversity of student work,applying a single grading rubric is impractical. Another problem occurs in evaluating theinnovation itself. How can instructors consistently rank the novelty and value of such diversestudent work? To tackle these problems, a grading scheme that involves multiple expertassessments of both the value and the impact of a student’s innovation needed to be developed.This work presents and describes the development of the Innovative Impact Scale and how it hasbeen integrated alongside Webb’s Depth of Knowledge levels as metrics to assess the innovativelearning outcomes of students enrolled in an IBL course. Data on