lower effort in completing the survey wouldcomplete more of the survey before losing their motivation to do their best. Clearly, studentsanswering more questions with good effort would result in the instrument better reflecting theoverall understanding of the students.The reordered SCI was deployed in Spring 2020, Fall 2020, and Spring 2021 semesters.Differences between pre- and post-semester scores as well as between experimental and controlgroups were analyzed with two-tailed paired or two-sample t-tests, respectively, that assumedunequal variance. The Mechanix software was compared with a control group.Results & DiscussionUnfortunately, the reordered SCI survey was first deployed during the Spring 2020 semester thatfeatured a mid
solving with PROCESS 11 Assessing problem difficulty with NASA TLX 12 How to measure students’ learning attitude with CLASSAcknowledgmentsThe authors thank all of the team members contributing to the YouTube channel. This material isbased upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE 1712186.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Some of the research was completed within the framework of University of Toledo IRB protocol202214.References[1] A. E. Budden and W. K. Michener, "Communicating and disseminating research findings," in Ecological Informatics
this modality(synchronous) Figure1: PE students’ feedback on synchronous online teaching Attendance during Synchronous InstructionWith synchronous courses being offered online the inclusion of asynchronous video content, active participation,viewing, and attendance of all content can be difficult to ensure and confusing for students. Here is a list ofrecommendation to ensure the attendance during synchronous instruction based on faculty member’s input.• The syllabus should reflect the various modes of content delivery. Instructors should have the effects of non- attendance on grading clearly outlined in the syllabus. When group work is involved a clear attendance policy should be outlined for such work
cannot be developed over night. The success of a flippedclassroom hinges on the design and execution of the course. To ensure that courses are properlydesigned, the Flipped Learning Network [8] has outlined the four pillars of a successful flippedclassroom: 1) Provide a flexible learning environment where students can interact with their instructor and peers, reflect on the course material, and explore different methods of learning and practicing. 2) Build a culture of independent learning where students can engage with the course material without the direct supervision of the instructor. 3) Create intentional course content which directly shifts students focus to the course material the instructor wants them to engage
, figure 11, which useinfrared technology to detect the black tape. Program provides guideline that if the left sensordetects the tape, then turn left (slow the left wheel). If the right sensor detects the tape, then turnright (slow the right wheel). Tape on Rounded corners Robot track are easier to follow Wheel Infrared Infrared light sensor reflects off of the
and faculty. As a result, these institutions place a greater priority on service efforts andinclusive teaching practices that is reflected in the requirements for promotion (Mellow &Heelan, 2008; Shattuck et al., 2018).ConclusionTwo-year degree offering institutions attract faculty that are focused on teaching and servicewithin programs designed to address regional STEM workforce needs (Stout et al, 2018). Thisstudy revealed how the workplace climate, support structures and opportunities for professionaldevelopment available at two-year degree offering institutions created pathways to advancementfor women in STEM. These findings are consistent with research on the mission of the two-yeardegree offering institutions that prioritize service
his classes. He came into the office one day with a do-rag on. And, I checked him, "What are you doing?"[...] I said, "When you go home ..." No, I really told him, "Look, you're at a different place in your life." I said, "If you went home," he was from [east coast city], "and you walked to the corner store with that do-rag on, you would look like anybody else that could be out on the street, selling drugs, doing something that could get them arrested, or something even worse." I said, "You need to elevate yourself. You need to dress in the way that’s reflective of what you're pursuing right now." ... I think that's one example of my being intrusive, where I felt like his habits could interfere with
analysis somewhat descriptively with little to no interpretation. For example, tenCaten and colleagues' study [40] involved the analysis of a single 2.5 hour focus group withseven participants. The only mention of analysis was that it was, “transcribed, indexed, andanalyzed” (p. 143). The findings were then presented in three sections that align with questionsasked during the focus group. Another example of this with a more narrative approach was inMeyer and Fang where five participants were interviewed and asked to bring a journey map.There was also minimal discussion of the data analysis, “Data analysis was made based on thetranscriptions and reflections from the interviews as well as the graphic journey maps thatparticipants had generated” (p
-reported mental health, with the generaltrend of increasing mental health problems. In terms of program climate, our regressions foundthat students’ beliefs about the climate had a statistically significant influence over their reportedmental health measures, and that these experiences varied for different demographic groups.The results from our work highlight areas of focus for future research. Furthermore, this workcan help enable SEM graduate students, faculty, and staff to reflect on the changes in the pastyears and to use these results to promote change at individual, program, and systematic levels toimprove SEM graduate students’ mental health.IntroductionThere has been a growing crisis concerning students’ mental health in the United States
commitment to equity, and see themselves reflected in the program’s students,faculty, and staff. During the interview, there is also time to talk about any questions or concernsthe applicant may have.Broadening Participation in ComputingThe iCAN program is designed to increase groups underrepresented in computing—especiallythose who live within the intersections of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, class,sexuality, and disability. Students from underrepresented groups may not have had access tocomputing education that leads to high-tech careers as industry leaders, educators, andresearchers. Barriers to an accessible computing education include high costs, admissionsrequirements that disadvantage students who do not have prior coding
Evolution of an invention education summer camp as a bridge from high school to college STEMAbstractWe describe the evolution of curriculum and practices in a four-week summer camp for highschool students. The camp is free for 25 participants chosen through an application and interviewprocess. We do not select for prior STEM experience or high academic performance. A briefoverview of the camp and some representative outcomes are presented. The main thrust of thepaper is on the changes we have made to improve the camp based on results from externalevaluators and our own reflection. We describe 8 main changes since the start of the camp in2016. In 2020 and 2021, in response to restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic
design.” • “The activity helped students clearly recognize value by thinking and writing/typing it out. It allowed them to reflect in class and discuss to hopefully guide them in presenting in relation to the course.”Table 2. Evaluation of the influence of the micromoment activities Survey Statement (on a five-point Likert-scale) M 1. My students were very interested and engaged in this activity 4.2 2. I am likely to implement this activity again. 4.5 3. I am likely to implement other EML micromoment activities like this again. 4.3 4. My confidence in my ability to implement EML through micromoment
. Every team has a commonsense of iterative teaching innovation, which proves the contribution of the incrementalinnovation training as a means for percolating faculty teaching culture change.Two activities are underway: we are tracking how well the different teams are applying theiterative innovation methodology taught in the workshop during the implementation process onthe “RED monthly meetings”; we also plan to release surveys at the end of each semester tofurther measure faculty’s teaching innovation outcome, also from the perspective of the studentlearning outcome, and gather their learning reflections. We will summarize this part of the workin our next academic year.References[1] H. Ali, J. M. Bekki, S. R. Brunhaver, S. S. Jordan, and M
inTable 2 while Table 4 is the entire list of Caucus distilled technician skills. Table 3entries are alphabetically listed however, the 3 sections of lists in Table 4 arearranged to facilitate their visual presentation with no priority in skill listed. The skillslisted reflect the spectra of expectations for technicians involved in Industry 4.0technology integration into manufacturing processes. Those technologies arecollectively resident in technology clusters defined by the Boston Consulting Group(See Figure 1.)An important objective of the Caucus effort was to determine if the identified skillswere already incorporated in the Florida Department of Education maintained A.S.ET degree Framework Standards & Benchmark structure. Each skill in
future research direction can be to follow up with conference attendees toevaluate and assess long-term impacts of the conference materials, resources, and communityconnections on their efforts to pursue, persist, and prevail in computing/EmTech education andcareer.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation, under GrantNo. 1932662 & 1953431. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation.References[1] U.S. Department of Labor. Covid-19 Impact, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OPA/newsreleases/ui-claims/20201453.pdf[2] A
study if and how instructors engage in intentional action (Hauk et al., 2021), as well asexploring the importance of students’ in-class social interactions in instructors’ decisions aboutclass format and their readiness for change.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under AwardNo. 1821589 (DUE). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.ReferencesFreeman, Scott, Sarah L. Eddy, Miles McDonough, Michelle K. Smith, Nnadozie Okoroafor,Hannah Jordt, and Mary Pat Wenderoth. 2014. “Active Learning Increases Student Performancein Science, Engineering, and
needs for their 9courses. Many students were also working jobs and wanted to plan course load around theiremployment commitments.The jump in performance inquiries were related to the students deciding on how their grades willbe reflected under the new grading policy of ‘pass and no credit’. Students were very concernedas to how a Pass grade would be interpreted by graduate schools or future employers. Studentshad the option to select the Pass/Fail grading system and many needed assistance with thisdecision. Some were concerned that their GPA would be adversely effected by the Pass option,which was incorrect. This new alternative to grading increased student’s stress over grades inmany cases with
been provento impact student learning and student engagement [14-19]. In summary, there are many researchfindings and proven methods of teaching that are effective in achieving deeper learning andcompetency development. However, many chemical engineering faculty members are not trainedin pedagogy and are not aware of these educational methods and tools and their implementationin today’s engineering education.In summary, with the broadening of the chemical engineering discipline, the gap betweenindustry and academia has grown. Faculty with limited experience in the industry struggle toupdate themselves and design their courses to reflect current industry practices. The developmentof interpersonal and intrapersonal skills is not systematically
of Current Strengths of the CPI Platform STEM+C Online Content - Often costly - Free and openly available - Barriers to accessing - Aggregates content for multiple providers high-quality free content - Multiple log-ins - One log-in for multiple accounts - Content often lacks diverse - Vetted content reflects characters and settings showcasing representation diverse STEM+C talent - Lack of personalization - Recommender algorithm suggests personalized and developmentally appropriate content - No pathway or clear - Structures an individualized pathway for progress progression spanning Plus
maintained many years beyond thecompetition of the funded project supported by the National Science Foundation.AcknowledgmentsThe authors thank contributions from Alex Edgcomb and numerous teaching assistants. Thismaterial is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.DUE 1712186. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. This work was completed within the framework of University of ToledoIRB protocols 2011808 and 202214.DisclaimerOne of the authors may receive royalties from sales of the zyBook detailed in this paper.References[1] A. Edgcomb, F. Vahid, R. Lysecky, A
• Develop a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) campaign • Provide more flexible schedule optionsFigure 3. Focus Group Findings SummaryAcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation, under GrantNo. 1932662 & 1953431. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation.References[1] National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Information Technology and the US Workforce: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here? National Academies Press, 2017.[2] U.S. Bureau of Labor
educationalcommunity. Some faculty members do not offer it, while many others do. The methods indetermining partial credits include reviewing exam papers manually [13], asking and reviewingpost-exam reflections from the students [14], and conducting in-person interviews [15]. Somefaculty members went the other direction of eliminating partial credit and supplementing it withextra credit problems [16].After reviewing student requests, we decided to offer partial credits in future exams. Thestudents will upload their detailed hand calculations to Blackboard for partial credit within tenminutes after completing the exam. The teaching faculty will review their hand calculations anddecide on the partial credits. The students will be informed before the exam that
during Spring 2020 compared to priorsemesters. In Spring 2020, most, if not all, universities transitioned to a fully remote teachingmode in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Responses are shown in Figure 11. As might beexpected, faculty members’ use of student involvement strategies decreased. Group problemsolving, field trips, student reflections, and student-led demonstrations all were used lessfrequently, as were instructor-led demonstrations. Use of visuals, written or projected text,sequential instructions, and traditional lecture increased. In Spring 2020, faculty had to quicklyadapt to different video conferencing platforms. Some platforms lacked the interactivity andgroup meeting capabilities added later and some faculty were
simulation program CLO 3D (CLO Virtual Fashion)that allows for the production of realistic full garments including physical properties andtextural/colour information. Students can explore and rotate the 3D model and click onhighlighted Points of Interest (POI) in the 2D interface to see where that pattern piece is in the3D model and view embedded media of video and stills from the product inspection andcomponent analysis stages. The portal has four different views: Garment, Seam, Decal, andElectronics. For each view the POI and media collections change to reflect the selection. Figure5 shows screenshots from the Virtual Product Portal where Figure 5a is the Garment View of theUnder Armour shirt highlighting the side mesh panel, Figure 5b is the
the next generation of construction managers and engineers. Theyoccasionally work in the industry as an intern, or sometimes in other positions reflecting theirexperience in the industry. There is little research related to this matter in the literature.An anonymous survey is followed to check the students' perception of the effects of the drug andcompare it to the construction industry employees.The survey clarifies the lack of associated knowledge and awareness in the job and university.Related safety training needs to be added for the students and other employees in the constructionindustry to avoid vulnerability. It is crucial in different levels and more critical in the lower agesand the student level to illuminate confusion. On the
. Thus, whereas 100% of CAPS scholars have demonstratedfinancial hardship, the same cannot be said of their otherwise matched peers. As reflected inTable 3, the GPA of CAPS scholars began slightly below their matched peers after one year inthe CAPS program, but by the second year of the CAPS program, CAPS scholars had surpassedtheir peers in GPA. This trend continued in the third year of the program, with CAPS scholarshaving a higher GPA than their peers. Further, CAPS scholars reported a higher commitment tocareers associated with their academic major relative to their matched peers at the end of theirthird year in the scholarship (i.e. the end of senior year), despite a lower intention to attendgraduate school (Table 4). Table 3. The GPA of
experience appear to beconsistent with the first theme noted from practitioners as well as Amy’s comments suggestingthat some domain knowledge is helpful. They also appear to reflect the third theme ofpracticality, and that a “creative” solution may also be perceived as “risky”, with a negativeconnotation. One faculty associated creativity with not making use of an existing design. Jason ratedhis creativity 8.5 out of 10 and stated that he has a more tendency to embrace creativity thanother engineers, as he tries not to use the Internet while solving a problem and instead starts fromscratch thinking of the best possible solution. Similar to Jason, Sarah spoke about having accessto resources such as the Internet while solving a problem and
line with constructionist learning environments that allowstudents to construct, share and collaboratively reflect on external artifacts (Hay & Barab, 2001).Making as a learning pedagogy, also resonates with experiential education as it facilitates hands-on, iterative and self-directed learning (Resnick & Rosenbaum, 2013; American Society forEngineering Education, 2017). Stager (Stager, 2013) notes that with the maker movement’semphasis on learning through direct experience, hands-on projects, and tinkering presents signalto its link to constructionist learning even if its members were not aware of the relationship.Makers engage in tinkering activities that are defined as playful, exploratory, and iterativeprocess of working or
, reflecting an explicit integration of her teaching, research and service endeavors.Marisa K. Orr Marisa K. Orr is an Associate Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Catherine Brawner Catherine E. Brawner is president of Research Triangle Educational Consultants in Raleigh, NC. She received her PhD in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from North Carolina State
engineering work differ markedly from one’s beliefs about the role of personalcultural beliefs, though I recognize that politics and cultural beliefs are often intimately linked.Future work should conceptualize the ways cultural, political, and social issues appear inengineering education such that students’ beliefs about these three areas might be disentangled.Third, this research was part of a larger study examining the ways students’ individual epistemicvalues shape their teamwork in engineering design settings. One finding of that research is thatstudents’ abstract professed epistemologies (i.e., those reflected in responses to surveyinstruments), and their enacted epistemologies (i.e., those reflected in their thinking, behaviors,and decisions