domain by sharing ourexperiences. Through this autoethnographic approach, we were able to share our livedexperiences while systematically analyzing them.To examine our experiences, we collectively developed a set of reflection questions, listedbelow. We then each answered them independently about our work in our specific informallearning context. We each reflected on the following prompts: • Describe the setting in which you have conducted research and assessments in informal STEM settings. • What questions were you investigating, and what methods were used? • What population(s) were you focused on? • How did you recruit participants? What went well? What were the challenges? • How did you collect data? What went well? What
]. However, performance on an assignmentmight not necessarily reflect a student’s understanding of the specified topic or their participationin class. Traditionally, homework assignments have taken on many forms: projects, readingprompts (in selected articles or chapters from a textbook), or responses to question from a givensource [3]. In recent years, however, many qualities of the homework format have been altered.These aspects include digital submissions or digital assignments entirely. Students have reportedhigher scores from these digital methods, but previous data analysis suggests there are nodifferences between this and the physical forms of homework [32]. Furthermore, these studiescritique the simplicity of these digital characteristics
identified as flourishing in humanitarian spaces[18].However, scholarship suggests that students of color, and students from low and middle incomecountries continue to be underrepresented in Humanitarian Engineering. The humanitarian fieldhas been identified as having a “race problem” providing drastically different financial andleadership opportunities for employees across lines of race and nationality[19], [20]. Furtheractivists are highlighting the residuals of HE’s missionary, colonial, and genocidal lineage thatshape conventions common to the HE field [21], [22]. While there has been increased interest inand reflection of antiracism and social justice activism in Humanitarian Engineering, manydiversity, inclusion, and equity endeavors in
(CDC), over 1 billion people from the world population [2] and approximately 26%of people in the U.S. live with some form of a disability [3]. WHO and the CDC measure andclassify disability through six questions related to hearing, vision, cognitive, mobility, self-care,and independent living [4]. With such a large portion of the population classified with having adisability, there are still a disproportionate amount of people with disabilities participating inU.S. higher education approximately 11%, [5]. This lower participation rate may stem fromsystemic barriers within educational institutions that perpetuate ableism. Ableism “describes, andis reflected in, individual and group perceptions of certain abilities as essential” and
offeringseveral final observations about the opportunities and obstacles to successful Cohort Challenges,as well as our future plans to support others who want to design and deliver this mode ofgraduate education.I. Introduction The interest in “wicked problems” in science and engineering reflects a growingrecognition that the most pressing technological needs of the 21st century do not fall neatly intoany single discipline. Because they sit at the intersection of many competing disciplines andinterests, wicked problems defy easy definition or solution [1]. Rather, they demand challenge-centered research that requires the collaboration of the full range of traditional scientific fields,as well as an understanding that those challenges arise in
requirements areintended to ensure that students enter the course with a basic understanding of culture and theengineering design process. Using these classes as our foundation, we introduce students to theconcepts listed in Table 1. These topics are covered through a combination of lecture and classactivities, including opportunities for role playing which has been shown to provide a more vivideducation experience for students [2]. To demonstrate the influence of culture on the engineeringdesign process, for example, student teams develop simple designs for household cleaning choresand then reflect on the cultural assumptions they bring to the design, whether those assumptionswould be universally appropriate, and whether all engineers would define
, collaborative communication led to an increased sense ofrelatedness among different disciplines, which may be useful for effective public researchcommunication about interdisciplinary engineering projects.IntroductionThere is a general understanding that engineering solves problems, but it is often hard tounderstand the direct context or implications of what engineers do without substantialscaffolding. Meanwhile, STEM is a familiar term within contemporary American educationalsystems, but it does not reflect a monolithic domain unto itself, and it is not always clear howengineering relates to science, technology, or math within this framing. While engineering aloneis a rich area of exploration, contextualizing it with other disciplines can highlight
launch speed is 6.1 km/s, how fast is it moving at the peak of its trajectory? - Problem from one of the authors’ first year engineering student’s Physics homework [1]If your background is engineering, you are also likely to have seen problems like the one abovein classes that you have taken.If you are unsettled by problems that engineering studentsencounter that lack any reflection on the inherent moral implications, such as the one above, weencourage you to read on as we relate our efforts to contribute to the struggle for social justice inengineering. If you are not troubled with problems like the one above, then you may not findvalue in reading any further. Then again, perhaps you could benefit from learning aboutSolidarity
of the lesson’s content structure were found to clarify the topic? - What aspects of the lesson needed improvement to bolster learners’ understanding? - The overall assessment of the asynchronous instruction in the video lesson? Step 3: All reviewers individually reflected on the effectiveness of the designed video lesson, provided feedback in the form of a voice thread, and posted comments. Step 4: All reviewers had an open discussion about the components of an effective instructional lesson. Step 5: One reviewer from the reviewers' team was assigned to recap feedback to all classroom students.Table 2Demographic identity of reviewer teams -- graduate students No
, discuss thecomponents of a design object created by the model, and highlight assumptions the model carriesfor design objects. Next, we compare the models, their assumptions, and their components.Finally, we explore implications from this comparison for teaching, selecting models to guideinstructional design, and learning in the form of reflective questions for instructors.Model 1: Engineering DesignFor the “traditional” engineering design lens, we draw upon the influential engineering designmodel from Dym (see, [9]). Objects designed through this model are intended to meet severalcriteria within the scope of a set of constraints. Object are intended to perform some functionswithin this space, addressing both criteria and constraints. These
their prior knowledge,motivate themselves, plan, and set learning goals (forethought, planning, and activation phase).Then they continuously monitor their progress towards their goals (monitoring phase) and adapttheir learning strategies to meet these goals (control phase). At the end of the specified task,learners evaluate their performance and consider how to approach a similar task in the future(reflection and reaction phase). The phases of SLR can be applied to four areas of regulation:cognition/metacognition, motivation/affect, behavior, and the learning context in which studentsare situated. Error! Reference source not found. organizes this framework into four stages andareas of regulation. SRL is relevant in the MEB context where
participation in engineering have almostexclusively focused on the barriers Black and Brown students face in engineering education [3],[4]. Similarly, other research efforts have primarily focused on instructors’ evidence-basedteaching strategies at Predominately White Institutions (PWI). Some of the change strategiesinclude diffusing and implementing curriculum and pedagogy; creating faculty learningcommunities that promote reflection among instructors; and developing an organizational culturethat supports new knowledge [5]. While these change strategies are instrumental, within theircontext, there is a need to understand how to institutionalize change wherein equity is at thecenter and results in disrupting the status quo regarding who gets to be an
theoretically by Thinking as Argument (TaA)[5]. The third interview will explore their personal narrative, and the fourth interview (or sometype of interaction) will be designed based on how the project evolves and what we learnbetween now and then. As of the 2021-2022 academic year, we are in Year 2 of the study, andthis paper describes our emerging insights based on completing data collection for the first twointerviews, consistent reflection and discussion within the research team, and some preliminaryanalysis.MethodsRecruitment and SelectionWe recruited the participants for this study primarily using a crowd sourcing approach. We sentan email to the listservs for campus affinity groups with concentrations of students with identitiesthat are
with reading and writing HCD research papers.Our research goals were to identify challenges of integrating aspects of HCD in STEM educationand identify HCD-related learning opportunities afforded by the project topic of 3D printedprosthetics. We reflect on this capstone in order to understand best practices for integrating HCDtopics with STEM education, particularly for engineering and computer science students. Weanalyzed data collected while running the course to understand which HCD topics lendthemselves well to the project topic, the extent to which students drew on prior HCD knowledgefrom previous courses, and what kind of guidance was most effective.The contributions of this paper are 1) the design of a semi-structured capstone course
. Carlson Award, the 2020 TEES Faculty Fellows Award, and the 2011 Charles H. Barclay, Jr. '45 Faculty Fellow Award. Hammond has been featured on the Discovery Channel and other news sources. Hammond is dedicated to diversity and equity, reflected in her publications,research, teaching, service, and mentoring. She has also been recently appointed as the Speaker-Elect of the FacultySenate. More at http://srl.tamu.edu and http://ieei.tamu.edu. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Assessing Engineering Sketching Skills on Object Assembly Tasks
represent the culminating experience for engineering students, and as such takeon a central role in every engineering curriculum. In addition to introducing a range of learningobjectives that vary from institution to institution, they very often constitute a core element of theABET accreditation effort [1]. They also offer an important bridge to industry, with implicationsranging from student hiring, to strengthening departmental bonds with participating industry [2],[3]. Capstone courses are also becoming increasingly multidisciplinary to reflect the nature ofthe profession, however this progression remains difficult due to differing timing and assessmentand evaluation requirements of the different disciplines [4].The typical learning objectives
experiencing uncertainty, described either explicitly or indirectly. Lack of uncertainty Certainty; Explanations or displaying certainty or the desire for certainty through words or actions. Affect related to uncertainty Emotions or connotations expressed relating to uncertainty. Changes and/or reflection about own curiosity Personal examples of curiosity and/or the change in their curiosity.“Present a little bit and I'll try to pursue it further”: Causes of
students' weekly reflective submissions duringthe project and involves instructors' evaluation of students' knowledge and motivation,communication, practical skills, thinking skills, responsibility, and project execution. This paperreports a qualitative interview-based case study investigating student and faculty perceptions ofthe new assessment system. We interviewed ten students (out of a class of 33) and six faculty (allPjBL instructors) about their perceptions of the assessment system. The analysis of the studentinterviews showed their concerns about the turnaround time of weekly assessments and thequality and objectivity of the feedback. The study of the faculty interviews captured the debateabout the weighting of the items in the assessment
explicitly on their writing and communication skills,it will be possible to quantitatively examine improvements across four consecutive assignments.Replacing some reports with research posters introduces students to a new mode ofcommunication, presenting new constraints and options to further diversify how data may beanalyzed and conveyed to different types of audiences, which aligns with ABET Student Outcome3: an ability to communicate with a range of audiences. In addition to communication skills,students are also encouraged to develop their teamwork and leadership skills by (1) including aleadership role as part of the course both through lectures and in-class activities on leadershipstyles and (2) requiring students to write reflective
of this paper, I propose three definitions aligned with engineeringresearch, and then later examine attributes of other possible definitions from the data collected inthe study.Macroethics and microethics were defined by Joseph Herkert in [8] in a paper that reflected onvarious viewpoints of engineering ethics: “Putting all these frameworks together, an interesting pattern emerges. Engineering ethics can be viewed from three frames of reference—individual, professional and social— which can be divided into ‘microethics’ concerned with ethical decision making by individual engineers and the engineering profession’s internal relationships, and ‘macroethics’ referring to the profession’s collective social
LIAT College Access andSuccess model (L-CAS), integrates elements from Lent’s Social Cognitive Career Theory andTinto’s Departure model in a framework provided by a structured scholarship program designedto mitigate the economic hardship of students while also providing a multistage intervention planto improve their success metrics. In this paper, we revisit the theoretical foundations of the L-CAS model and the academic setting where it was implemented to look at the data acquiredthroughout its application during three years on a pilot group of 92 students. We assess themodel effectiveness for springing LIATS into actions leading to their success while reflecting onthe results obtained so far. We also discuss opportunities for improvements
of the womenstudents enrolled in a class offered in a civil engineering program. Student information wascollected via two online questionnaires, one given at the beginning and one at the end of the term(IRB-0-218).The Role of Guided Note-TakingFacilitating note-taking can help students perform better, particularly because it helps studentsstay engaged in the learning process [29] - [36]. By taking notes, students can monitor theirunderstanding and reflect on their learning process [37]. This type of understanding andreflection is related to the self-efficacy of learning [38]. When students are listening to theinstructor, the information received in the sensory memory is transferred to the working memory,and the transferring process may exert
participants a copy of the transcripts to obtain their feedback. Weare committed to exclude any language that the participants deem necessary.ResultsBased on the outcomes of our data analyses, the findings are forthcoming. Our findings will highlight the waysin which CCW influences Black and Hispanic women’s persistence in computing education in response to ourcollective need to better support this population in their attainment and representation in STEM+C disciplines.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2046079.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National
reflect itstrue costs or benefits, is also discussed by Katz and Riley [3] who, in considering HE as amarket good, highlight the need to study possible market failures. In their work they discussfive sources of market failure and provide examples of the implications for engineeringeducation research and policy.One way in which the neoliberal agenda is imposed on society is through new publicmanagement (NPM) [4], an approach by which liberal market principles of efficiency andeconomic gain are implemented in public sector management to make public sectors moreeffective. This paper sets out to explore how the marketization of HE influences our ability,as educators, to respond to ongoing calls for “future orientated, sustainable and
. Students tested the performance of the system with the new shroud.Figure 6 shows the overall cooling area has increased dramatically to the edges of the radiator,and the max temperature is less than 140 Fahrenheit. Figure 6: Effects of shroud mounted on radiatorStudent reflection On this project I served as the main engineer and designer of this system. Fellow studentof mine assisted in compiling the code and acquiring equipment to image the radiator aftertesting. My priority throughout the course of the design process was to optimize the system asmuch as possible. This research led me to develop a method of optimizing any system I desiredwith the given input parameters I selected. After correcting the issues
growing societal and research needs in engineering education has been tofill programs with more content. Engineering programs struggle with heavy student workloads,and student timetables that create barriers for students who need to self-fund their studies,support family members and manage travel to and from campus. Many studies have shownexceptionally high levels of anxiety, mental health concerns and depression in engineeringundergraduates (e.g. [6],[7],[8], with the worldwide nature of this phenomenon reflected e.g., in[9],[10]). Engineering education still largely relies on lecture- and lab-heavy curricula, and thereare still only a few pockets of innovation to cater for a more diverse set of learning styles, and toaddress students
interventionsundertaken in the Johns Hopkins BME design course during Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 under a Design-basedResearch strategy. We then analyze these interventions through student interviews intended to ascertain studentperception of scaffolding techniques. Lastly, we match these interventions to the practices in educational literatureand reflect on their uses.2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK2.1 Design pedagogy in biomedical engineeringEngaging with open-ended problems has been a major component of building interdisciplinary competencies(Lattuca et al, 2017) and expertise in future engineers. Design pedagogy has been key to achieving learningoutcomes such as the ability to address a real-world problem, to design a technology-based product or service, andto
by a recording of experimental observations and measurements.Afterwards, students should reflect on these observations, facilitated by guided questioning, andthen connect their observations to the derived theories (abstract conceptualization). Students canthen actively perform additional experiments to test their new understanding. Nakazawa appliedthis approach to the engineering mechanics course by introducing different physical models forstatics and kinetics [16]. Vernon developed a device named interactive-Newton (i-Newton) tofacilitate experiential learning for dynamics. The i-Newton is a miniature sensing unit that can beattached to any object to measure acceleration and angular velocity, allowing students to observeand measure forces
appropriate remedy is considered, designers engagein improving the solution. Designers may also engage in improving when they identify ways anexisting solution could be better. Since design is an iterative process [17], improving the designmay require re-engaging in all aspects of design multiple times [19]. Experienced designers goback and forth between the problem framing and solution development [31] where theunderstanding of the problem co-evolves as the solution is being developed [33]. Redesigningthe solution may also be required if the solution failed to work or satisfy the design criteria [34].Reflective evaluation is often an underlying component of optimizing a solution [35]. Reflection-in-Action [36] happens during the process of
interests are needed. Also, communities oftransformation or practice can be effective drivers to STEM education reform (Kezar & Gehrke,2016; Shadle et al., 2017) and “significant conversations and significant networks” can influencefaculty as they develop their understanding of teaching and learning (Roxå & Mårtensson, 2009).Moreover, narratives prompted by data engage individuals in sense-making while reflecting ontheir beliefs, expanding their understanding, and cultivating shared meaning (Peterson, 2017;Gandolfi, 2019).The project’s overall framework for long-term change can be summarized as: engagement + data + community (with stories as a thread) = motivation + knowledge --> transformation.This capacity-building project to aims