engineering education, universal design for learning, and improving first-year retention in engineering programs.C.J. Witherell, Grand Valley State University CJ Witherell is a graduate student studying Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering at Grand Valley State University. In both academic and industrial contexts, they have explored the Design Thinking methodology—specifically researching methods to improve the brainstorming and empathizing steps. As the 2022 Wisner Engineering Fellow, they are developing a new product for Gentex Corporation in Zeeland, Michigan.Aziz Gram Sarhan ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reflection and Goal Setting: Methods for Improved
Paper ID #37185Reflections on Mentorship – Being the Change You Want to See inEngineering EducationAlexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Purdue University Library TSS ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reflections on Mentorship – Being the Change You Want to See in Engineering EducationAbstractThe educational pathway of engineering is often fraught with obstacles and challenges. Whilestudents that participate in research labs get through with less difficulty, there can be instanceswhere students enter with both academic and personal issues. In this paper, I will specificallyhighlight one of my
Paper ID #37913Reflections on the Process of Growing into Faculty: A CollaborativeExperience in Being ApprenticesMr. Duncan H. Mullins, State University of New York, BuffaloAraOluwa Adaramola, Purdue University, West Lafayette AraOluwa Adaramola is a graduate student in the Chemical Engineering PhD Program at Purdue Univer- sity. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reflections on the Process of Growing into Faculty: A collaborative experience in being apprentices By: Duncan Mullins a
research methods that allow for deep investigations of constructs such as epistemic thinking, identity, and agency. Dr. Faber has a B.S. in Bioengineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson University and a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University. Among other awards for her research, she was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2022 to study epistemic negotiations on interdisciplinary engineering education research teams. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Developing an Ethnographic Observation and Reflection Template: An Example from Studying Epistemic Differences within EER
technology developed, which requires imagination and the skills to project atechnology into the future. These considerations can be challenging to track for each individualstory, which led to the genesis of this project. III. Methodology: The RRCD Framework The purpose of this project is to design a framework to allow an engineering instructor toquickly and easily integrate a piece of science fiction into their classroom for the purposes ofethical analysis. To accomplish this, we designed the RRCD framework. To begin with, RRCDstands for four question types: Recall, Reflect, Challenge, and Decide. When these questiontypes are answered as a sequence in relation to a piece of science fiction content, they aredesigned to encourage
training in a specifictool area, participants are assessed using the corresponding rubric. This enables trainers andadministrators to gauge the level of competency of each participant and identify areas ofimprovement. The structure of the training program varied for each community, reflecting thefacilitator's approach and the specific equipment utilized. For example, the textiles communityfollowed a highly structured format with three weeks of co-learning sessions organized aroundshort practice projects, followed by three weeks dedicated to open-ended individual projects. Thewoodshop community took a more unstructured approach, providing “just-in-time” trainingwhile diving into open-ended individual projects from the first week
to understand what this process may entail.According to some graduate education scholars, there are four core elements related to graduatestudents' development of an identity congruent with the norms and values of their field:knowledge acquisition, investment, involvement, and engagement (Weidman, 2006). Knowledgeacquisition describes how students learn skills and information that will help them perform wellin their new role as a Ph.D. student, as well as gain an understanding of what academic successentails. Through knowledge acquisition, students become aware of normative expectations of thePh.D. student role and can make a realistic assessment of their personal ability to pursue theirdesired career. The student's investment reflects their
student development and impacted attendee awareness of the“hidden curriculum”, or the unstated enforcement of certain behavioral patterns, professional standards,and social beliefs (Miller & Seller, 1990). We also present insights about potential future opportunities forthese types of programs to potentially help students more easily navigate academic and socio-politicalcustoms needed for success. Literature ReviewMentoring and Professional DevelopmentMentoring reflects a unique relationship between individuals, one different from other interpersonalrelationships (Eby et al, 2007). Mentors provide coaching or guidance to assist mentees with careeradvancement while developing relationships to
tobetter address the research purpose. Participants were sent the interview questions prior to theinterview to allow them to gather class data and reflect on the differences beforehand. Interviewswere conducted via Zoom and were transcribed by a professional transcription service.The interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis, wherein the author team identified themeswithin and across the interviews about the perceived impact of COVID-19 on engineeringstudent readiness. One author conducted the initial data analysis and identified initial themes.The author team then met to discuss to consensus. The author team found that themes withineach participant’s interview were unique from the other participant and, as a result, opted topresent the
questions. Table 1: EIs and Associated Themes Engagement Indicators Themes Higher-Order Learning Academic Challenge Reflective and Integrative Learning Learning Strategies Quantitative Reasoning Collaborative Learning Learning with Peers Discussions with Diverse Others Student-Faculty Interaction Experiences with Faculty Effective Teaching Practices Quality of Interactions Campus Environment Supportive EnvironmentAfter EI scores
third point of reference to reflect on and givea rich description of their experience in the US. Through qualitative analysis of these cases, wewill address the question: In what ways do Black students who are first- or second-generationimmigrants from Africa and have studied abroad leverage community cultural wealth inengineering in the US?We use Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) framework to highlight the strengths thesestudents leverage in engineering. CCW is an asset-based framework developed to highlight thestrengths of the students from Communities of Color. There are six assets used as a guiding lensto inform research in these communities: familial, social, aspirational, navigational, resistance,and linguistic capital that students
. Then, theyimplement these strategies. Finally, the problem solver reflects on their performance [1] [2]. Forill-structured problems where the solution path is not immediately obvious, the systematicapproach of self-regulated learning can help students navigate the possible difficulties and deadends. If a solution method does not work out, the problem solver can reflect on this and try adifferent approach.The Model of Domain Learning is another conceptual framework that can be applied to problemsolving. The goal is to understand how novices build expertise and become experts [3] [4]. Inthis framework, the learner progress through three stages. In the first stage, Acclimation, thelearner has little knowledge of a field, and the knowledge is
interest, and this discrepancy isfurther reflected during the college application process. This mismatch cultivates a system ofexclusion for minoritized students: students are led to think they can succeed during outreach,only to be told they are not allowed in during recruitment.Holloway et al. [44] listed 11 major factors used to admit or deny students during the collegeapplication review process by IHEs in the years 2006-2010: (1) “subject matter expectations (thenumber of semesters of math, science, English, social studies, and foreign language that eachstudent is required to have taken in high school), (2) overall high school grade point average(GPA) (3) core high school GPA (English, math, science, foreign language, and social studiesclasses
to the free-response question after the assessment reflected positively onengineering clubs. The most common response was that club participation had improved theparticipant’s score. Thirteen percent of the open responses said that clubs had no impact on theiranswers, while 60% said that clubs improved their score. No response indicated a lower scorebecause of clubs. 4. DISCUSSIONResidual TimeThis data set follows the residual time assessment conducted by Olewnik & Kashyap [1]. Themedian residual time for participants is between 10 and 30 hours per week, which appears tocenter around the average of 19.5 hours measured [1]. The least time was spent at a job, doingresearch, and on mental/physical
anonymous surveys are used in this study to judge the impact ofGrOW. The surveys contain both self-reflection questions and quantitative questions to evaluate“success”. The self-reflection questions judge adjustment to graduate school and feelings ofbelonging and self-worth using a 5-point Likert scale. The quantitative questions gather metricssuch as GPA, number of publications, and fellowships earned. The surveys are attached in theappendix for reference.Survey 1 was distributed in August 2022, after the first event of the GrOW program. Twenty-threeattendees participated in the survey. Survey 2 was distributed in December 2022, after the fourthevent. First-year MG graduate students who had not attended any of the GrOW events were alsoinvited to
the National Science Foundation under grant EEC#1929727. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] W.C. Johnson and R.C. Jones, “Declining Interest in Engineering Studies at a Time ofIncreased Business Need.”http://www.worldexpertise.com/Declining_Interest_in_Engineering_Studies_at_a_Time_of_Increased_Business_Needs.htm (accessed Jan. 20, 2023).[2] U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Civil Engineers.” https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/civil-engineers.htm (accessed Jan. 20, 2023).[3] Data USA, “Civil Engineering”. https://datausa.io/profile/cip/civil-engineering (accessed
your mental health, it is hard to know that you are not alone in how you are feeling. Normalizing the conversation about mental health makes it much easier to share and work through things.”During Fall 2022-2023, ERASe partnered with the Russ College of Engineering Student Senatorto host a wellness week for the college. The students proposed and led the following activities: • Mindfulness and Journaling: a group meditation followed by a journal reflection • Planting healthy roots: Focus on the correlation between taking care of a plant and decreased symptoms of depression and anxiety. With financial support from Ohio University Student Senate, students were provided with materials to plant succulents and
related to mental health, were not something that was discussed. Future work will includeconducting the same interviews with students from a variety of achievement levels andsocioeconomic background to get a more nuanced understanding of these groups of students andgain a greater understanding about how grades may or may not influence students’ identityformation as engineers.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under AwardNumber DUE #1950330. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation.References[1] J. Heywood, The Assessment of Learning in
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individual’sconnections with others and the level of support they receive from their classmates andcolleagues can be quantified through social capital [15]. In this study, social capital is defined asthe number of friends a student indicated they work with academically—in other words, thenumber of friends a student also uses as an academic resource.The clustering coefficient is a measure of network density, reflecting the interconnectedness ofan individual’s egonet. Figure 2 shows two different students’ social networks. The left socialnetwork has a clustering coefficient of 0.14. This is a low clustering coefficient which indicatesthat the ego’s network of friends are mostly not friends with each other. Each node is connectedto the ego, but there are only a few
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system the students use at the university for other courses. This page is the current“Hub” for the makerspace, where students can go to find resources, take training quizzes, andsign-up for workshops. 3.5 Feedback To gain more of an understanding on how to grow the team, feedback meetings are heldwith the entire instructor team to reflect and discuss the current direction of the workshops andtraining system. With our goal of creating a positive work environment for all the instructors, wehope to understand how we can make changes to the system to benefit those running theworkshops for those who attend them. When developing the new training system discussedearlier in Section 3.3, an internal survey provided more insight on the