Rugarcia, “The Future of Engineering Education II. Teaching Methods that Work,” Chem. Eng. Ed., 34(1), 26-39 (2000).2. Moor, S. S. and P. R. Piergiovanni, “Experiments in the Classroom: Examples of Inductive Learning with Classroom-Friendly Laboratory Kits,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN, (June 2003).3. Kolb, D., Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Prentice-Hall (1984). Page 13.280.114. Birol, G, A.F. McKenna, H. Smith, T. Giorgio and S. Brophy, (2007). “Development of challenge based
Page 13.507.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Engineering Faculty Attitudes toward Service-LearningAbstractSLICE is a multi-year initiative at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) that isdesigned to embed service-learning opportunities for students throughout the undergraduatecurriculum in the College of Engineering, with the ultimate goal that each student would have atleast one course every semester with a service-learning project. Since it began in 2004, thirty-seven full-time faculty members in the engineering college at UML have tried service-learning(S-L) in at least one of their courses over the last three years, out of an average of 70 facultymembers who taught undergraduate courses. In 2003
AC 2008-84: IMPLEMENTING RESEARCH–BASED INSTRUCTIONALMATERIALS TO PROMOTE COHERENCE IN PHYSICS KNOWLEDGE FORTHE URBAN STEM STUDENT.Mel Sabella, Chicago State University Mel S. Sabella is an Associate Professor of Physics at Chicago State University (CSU). His interests focus on improving STEM education for underrepresented students. Sabella is the director of an NSF – CCLI project that integrates research-based instructional material in the introductory urban physics classroom. He is also director of the Physics Van Inservice Institute, part of a project supported by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Sabella earned his PhD. in Physics Education Research from the University of Maryland
new program. F ig u re 3 .0: R e te n tio n ra te v s n u m b er o f s e m e s te rs 1 0 0 ,0 % 1 0 0 ,0 % 9 5 ,0 % 9 2 ,2 % 9 0 ,0 % R e te n tio o n ra te 8 5 ,0 % 8 3 ,9 % 8 0 ,0 % 7 5 ,0 % 7 0 ,0 % 6 5 ,0 % 6 0 ,0 % 1 2 3
Engineering Education Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.4 IEAust, (1996) “Changing the culture: Engineering education into the future,” Institution of Engineers Australia, ACT 1996.5 Tonso, K., (2007) On the Outskirts of Engineering: Learning Identity, Gender, and Power via Engineering Practice, Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.6 Romney, A. K., S. C. Weller, and W. H. Batchelder, (1986) "Culture as Consensus: A Theory of Culture and Informant Accuracy," American Anthropologist, 88: 313-38.7 Fox, R.G. (ed) (1991) Recapturing Anthropology: Working in the Present, Sante Fe, NM: School of American Research Press.8 Marcus, G. E. and M. J. Fischer, (1985) Anthropology as Cultural Critique: An Experimental Moment in the Human
selected, the outcomesmay have been different.AcknowledgementsThis research is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF-DUE-0302542) and is partof the on-going efforts of the Center for Assessment of Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics at the Colorado School of Mines (see http://www.mines.edu/research/ca-stem/). Page 13.1238.13References1. Cooper, S., Dann, W., & Moskal, B. Java-Based Animation in Building viRtual Worlds for Object-orientedprogramming in Community colleges. NSF-DUE-0302542.2. Walker, Leslie., “Recognize Me?”, The Washington Post Online, accessed 2006,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006
model follows. Page 13.219.5 3As also mentioned above, a basic DEA model allows the introduction of multiple inputs and multipleoutputs and obtains an “efficiency score” of each DMU with the conventional output/input ratioanalysis. Defining basic efficiency as the ratio of weighted sum of outputs to the weighted sum ofinputs, the relative efficiency score of a test DMU p can be obtained by solving the following DEAratio model (CCR) proposed by Charnes, et al.1: s ∑v k =1
) professionals is significantly disproportionate to minority representation inthe U.S. general population and workforce, thereby impacting the current pool of primarilyWhite male STEM professionals’ ability to meet the rapidly changing demands facing theengineering industry. Instead, the U.S. must increase the numbers of women and minorities(defined for the purpose of this study as African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans)that earn degrees in STEM fields not just at the baccalaureate level, but at all levels1.Minorities, particularly African Americans, are showing an increase in enrollment andsubsequent degree attainment in science and engineering (S&E)1. Data from 1987 and 2000show an increase in the percentage of S&E degrees awarded
rubrics. Knowledge: Pts. Level Awarded Description Student does not have an understanding of the characteristic, e.g., does not A 0 mention any of the attributes related to the characteristic. Provides a good understanding of the characteristic or provides evidence/artifact(s) A 1 that suggest a good understanding of the characteristic. Provides evidence/artifact(s) and a good understanding of the characteristic but A 2 does not connect the two together. Articulates the understanding of the characteristic with the provided evidence/artifact(s). Student
that had been tried and thesuccess (or lack thereof) that followed. For example, if change agents are considering alternativepedagogies as an approach to achieve their course goals, they may to investigate the literaturethat supports the efficacy of student-centered pedagogies3,4,13-39.Bar r ier s to ChangeResistance to change is inevitable40,41. Recognizing its inevitability, Mauer34 encourages changeagents to anticipate and address resistance in their plans, rather than be surprised at itsoccurrence and have to improvise. Change agents who are prepared to address commonlyoccurring barriers are likely to be more effective than unprepared change agents.Research by Sunal et al.42 showed that faculty in their survey, which asked respondents
.) The Nature of Expertise (pp. 261-285). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2. Bransford, J.D. (1993). Who Ya Gonna Call? Thoughts About Teaching Problem- Solving. In P. Hallinger, K. Leithwood, J. Murphy (Eds.), Cognitive Perspectives on Educational Leadership (pp. 171-191). New York: Teachers College Press. 3. French, S., Simpson, L., Athertona, E., Belton, V., Dawes, R., Edwards, W.,O P. Hamalainen, R.P., Larichev, O., Lootsma, F., Pearmani, A., Vlek, C. (1998)Problem Formulation for Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: Report of a Workshop. J. Multi- Criteria Decision. Analysis, Vol. 7, pp. 242–262. 4. Jonassen, D.H. (1997). Instructional Design Models for Well-Structured and Ill
educations and explore how misalignments betweenuniversity and workplace practices impact preparation and retention.This paper presents recent research results on the engineering student learning experience fromthe multiple campuses involved in the study. These summarized results—from the students'perspective(s)—present initial conclusions about significant themes. In the longer run, thesethemes will be synthesized across the results of this large study. Among other ideas, theseresults question the veracity of the pipeline metaphor that has been used to describe students’navigation through their education. The “leaky pipeline” metaphor has also been questioned byothers, including Watson and Froyd26 recently, who are calling for an alternative view
likely given that validity is not aproperty of the instrument, but is instead related to the scores, which must be interpreted incontext.6 Page 13.207.3ABET resisted rigid specification of what institutions must to in assessing their students' learningand discouraged reliance on any single measure. The consequence of the generality of ABET'sspecifications and the associated flexibility in operationalizing EC2000’s Criterion 3 learningoutcomes led to the emergence of a wide array of items, scales, and instruments for assessingstudent performance on one or more of the criteria. Few, if any, of these measures, however,appear to have been developed
attend professional conferencesthat will enhance their professional growth and further the mission of the university. Eachfaculty member has a budget of $2,400 per academic year for this purpose.Faculty scholarshipsA scholarship support system is set up to enhance faculty research, funded internally by theuniversity. The scholarship is awarded to the faculty member(s) who demonstrates that he/she is Page 13.907.5more deserving of the award than his competitors.Presidential awardsTo support faculty research and/or to assist faculty who are completing their terminal degrees, aspecial fund is established annually. Faculty members who wish to apply
students spend in these activities. Precisely whythis relation exists remains to be explored. It may be that these faculty members encourageparticipation more than their non-industry counterparts, or it may be that programs with a largeproportion of such faculty tend to offer more opportunities for students to engage in suchactivities. While the reason(s) for this relationship deserves further attention, the implication Page 13.1223.9remains. Faculty members' industry experience can positively effect student participation indesign competitions and activities and should be a consideration in the recruitment of newfaculty. Contrary to our
) s = standard deviationEffect size is generally used in studies which employ a well-defined control group forcomparison with the experimental group. In such cases, the standard deviation of the controlgroup is used. Boud’s recommendation for studies which compare student to instructorassessment is to use the standard deviation of the instructors assessment.This statistic is useful in determining how well the students’ self-assessment reflects theperformance of the class as a whole. A value of zero indicates perfect agreement, while apositive value indicates that the students overestimate their proficiency. Boud suggests thatvalues of 0.2 are considered small, values of 0.8 are considered large.A correlation coefficient can be used to
AC 2008-1667: IFOUNDRY: ENGINEERING CURRICULUM REFORM WITHOUTTEARSDavid Goldberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign David E. Goldberg is Jerry S. Dobrovolny Distinguished Professor in Entrepreneurial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Andreas Cangellaris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Andreas C. Cangellaris is M. E. Van Valkenburg Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Michael Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Michael Loui is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Raymond Price, University of Illinois at Urbana
retention: a longitudinal and cross-institutional study. Proceedings - American Society for Engineering Education Southeast. Page 13.522.118. Pieronek, C., McWilliams, L. H., & Silliman, S. E. (2003). Initial observations on student retention and course satisfaction based on first-year engineering student surveys and interviews [Electronic version]. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.9. Pomalaza-Raez, C., & Groff, B. H. (2003). Retention 101: where robots go ... students follow [Electronic version]. Journal of Engineering Education, 92(1), 1-6.10. Richardson, J
project are considered independent. In reporting scores the namingconventions from the previous section are used to identify different elements of the peerevaluation instrument. Mean scores given to students are reported in italics, for exampleOverall. Scores given by students are identified by the subscript G and scores received by thesubscript R, for example OverallR corresponds to the mean score received on the overallevaluation section of the evaluation. The range of scores given or received was determined bythe standard deviations and are reported as s(OverallG), i.e. the standard deviation of the overallscores given by the students in the sample.There were few significant correlations between scores students gave or received for
invest energy and time in mastering itsconcepts, but also provide opportunities to involve students in the development process topromote greater engagement and learning.Bibliography1. Fuentes, A. A., and Crown, S., “Improving Conceptual Learning in Mechanics of Materials by Using Web-BaseGames and the Involvement of Students in the Game Design Process”, 2007 ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 24-27, 2007.2. Crown, S., and Fuentes, A. A., “Web-Based Forums for Student Learning Through Teaching”, 2007 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 24-27, 2007.3. Crown, S., and Fuentes, A. A., “Student Learning Through Teaching”, 2007 ASEE-GSW Annual Conference
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for the future. F1 Please describe your plans over the next 5 years. What would you want to do after you complete your dual degree program? F2 Are you interested in pursing any additional graduate degrees in the future? Please list all the fields and degree programs of interest. a Anticipated Graduate Program(s): b Anticipated Graduate Degree(s): c Anticipated Start Date(s):Students could select to receive this questionnaire in electronic or hard-copy form. From thesecompleted questionnaires, one student who had not been identified through the final survey andinterviews, told us of plans
thesmall “s” near the arrow head indicating that changes in one cause changes in the samedirection in the other. So, a student’s internal drive for learning can be strengthened byenhancing any one of the three internal constructs. As an example, if a student is moreinterested in a topic, they have a greater motivation to learn which has been shown tolead to a greater exercise of autonomous actions to engage in learning12. Theserelationships work in the reverse direction as well. For example, someone who is notinterested in what they are learning will also exhibit a lower motivation.Engaging the internal drive for developmentFigure 1 lays out the conceptual idea of the learner as one with an internal drive forlearning within the context of their
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provided an overview of how the TExT is used. Subsequent papers in this series willprovide more detailed consideration of individual components of the TExT, and their use. OnceTExT development is completed, it will be used to test the hypothesis that if the textbook of the20th century is replaced by TExTs in the 21st century, then a greater proportion of engineeringcourses will be taught using methods that are more effective than the traditional lecture.1. Prince, M., Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research. J. Engr. Education, 2004. 93(3): p. 223-231.2. Prince, M., The Many Faces of Inductive Teaching and Learning. J. Coll. Sci. Teaching, R. M. Felder. 36(5): p. 14.3. Wirt, J., S. Choy, D. Gerald
researchers at his/herschool and championing a set of research instruments to be used across schools. In this capacity,each principal co-investigator oversaw the development, training, data processing and dataanalysis related to their instrument(s) for all campuses. The Urban Private University served aschampion for structured interviews, the Large Public University for the ethnographic tools andengineering design tasks, the Suburban Private University for survey instruments, and theTechnical Public Institution for academic transcript information.Monthly conference calls and periodic face-to-face meetings facilitated the work of the APSleadership team
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