’ responses are presented below.Concept Representation: This theme discusses how learners perceived the VR labs to havedisplayed learning concepts they were designed for. Some of the participants commented thatthe VR labs displayed the intended learning concepts in a way that made them mentallyrelatable. Their perception of the VR for the lab reflected perceptions about the utility valueand tool efficacy of the VR labs. More than half of the participants thought the VR labs gavea good visual representation of abstract concepts introduced during classroom lectures. Forexample, a student commented as follows: “This was important in showing what a real cell culture would look like ………. better than having read a textbook.”This
the Advisor Supportconstruct.Survey Instrument DevelopmentOur survey was developed by adapting two existing scales to our research question and context,namely the Dissertation Self-Efficacy Scale (DSES) [13] and the Advisor Behavior scale [8].The DSES scale was adjusted to be relevant to either doctoral or masters’ students indissertation, thesis, or applied project tracks and, with 14 total items, was renamed Thesis Self-efficacy. The decision to generalize the items to doctoral or masters’ students can help generalizeour survey for use at MSIs, where a recent nationwide study showed that 89% of graduatedegrees awarded at these institutions are master’s degrees [34]. The Advisor Behavior [8] scalewas adapted to reflect only those items
management (n = 8),transitioning to college (n = 5), and commuting (n = 3). Time management, especially coupledwith transitioning, was a main issue in the beginning of the semester. Specifically, studentsstruggled with balancing responsibilities in their lives (e.g., spreading out assignments andreadings instead of waiting until the last minute, study life versus work life, exercise, sleep andwaking up schedule). Being commuters affected academic performance and health. Due to a longcommute, sometimes students came to classes late, missing critical class information. Thisimpacted their understanding of the subject matter, and it was reflected in their low grades.Similarly, after a long commute back home, they only had limited hours of sleep. This
and thetransition process. This seems to be reflected in interview data from SPECTRA students. Theygreatly enjoy the research and CI classes they take and are enthusiastic about sharing theirprojects and experience. One student credited their experience with SPECTRA research towanting to pursue graduate school in the future. Example quotes from students highlighting SPECTRA Benefits and undergraduate research “it really has opened me up to the idea of graduate school. I came from a two-year technical college and I was like, go to Clemson and get my degree. Bachelor's, call it quits work, but I'm beginning to work and do this research has really got me thinking about maybe, I could do this. I could go to graduate school, seeing what it's like
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in thecollege. Through this work, GradWIE seeks to continue supporting graduate students byinvolving them directly in group and event development, providing a potential example for otheruniversities.IntroductionWe formed the student organization “Graduate Women in Engineering (GradWIE)” at PennState in 2022 as graduate students in the College of Engineering. GradWIE welcomes people ofall gender identities to support the personal and professional wellbeing of graduate studentsthrough peer support, the creation of safe spaces, social events, and diverse resources. We choseto focus on women because they are a minority within the College of Engineering at Penn State,as reflected in the enrollment numbers of women from 2017 to 2021 seen in Table
/ResearchScholars are full-time students in a mentored research relationship with faculty and must showprogress towards completion of the baccalaureate degree to continue participation in theprogram.New York City is an entry point for many immigrants to the US and this is reflected in theprogram participants that hail from over 18-23 different countries throughout North and SouthAmerica and Africa. However, more than a third were born in the US and nearly two thirdscompleted high school in the US. The program participants are very diverse in language, culture,majors and gender. Over 70% of our students participate in part-time work, extracurricular clubsor organizations, tutoring, and volunteer work. Scholars are very active on and off campus withsome
community and whatneeds are and are not met in the current journal format and offerings. In this paper, we presentthe results from focus groups collected from the community at the 2022 American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition and the 2022 ASEE/AmericanInstitute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Summer School. The Summer School is a week-longprofessional development opportunity with the goal of providing practical tools to get facultyrapidly and securely on track for a successful career in academia.We paid particular attention to qualitative data that reflected participants’ values, attitudes, andbeliefs and represented their perspective or worldview on chemical engineering education. Wefollow Saldaña’s [7
through avariety of roles and organizations. By using multiple survey items in our analysis, we are able tooffer a more sophisticated map that better reflects the complex array of nodes through whichvaluable resources like E-Corps become accessible to communities. Then, our interpretation ofqualitative items informed on the specific ways the flow of information worked through thenetworks. This offers an informed point of departure for other, more sophisticated analyses tomap the complex array through which people come to take part in consequential resources,including environmental remediation programming available through Project Local. A limitation on interpretation, the composition of the sample does not necessarily meanthat the
advances our understanding of factors that influence the gender gap in STEMentrepreneurship. Second, this work will also advance our scientific understanding of studententrepreneurship, an important yet under-researched topic. Third, the interventions developed inthis study also have practical implications, as they appear to provide a cost-efficient means toincrease interest in STEM entrepreneurship within undergraduate populations in at least onemajor University in the United States.Hypothesis development Prior work in psychology posits that the way both traits and psychological states affectaction depends on context, and, importantly, that psychological states are malleable [33]. Thisview is reflected in entrepreneurship research as well
notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.ReferencesBaird, C. L., & Keene, J. R. (2018). Closing the Gender Gap in Math Confidence: Gender and Race / Ethnic Similarities and Differences in the Effects of Academic Achievements among High Math Achievers. International Journal of Gender,Science & Technology, 10(3), 378– 410. https://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/452Besterfield-Sacre, M., Moreno, M., Shuman, L. J., & Atman, C. J. (2001). Gender and ethnicity differences in freshmen engineering student attitudes: A cross-institutional study. Journal of Engineering Education, 90(4), 477–489. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168- 9830.2001.tb00629.xKoretsky, M. D., Brooks, B
similarpattern to the ToSLS, so there is no reason to suggest that the decline is due to the ToSLS itself.In addition, grades for students in these classes serve as an objective measure that most studentsare learning this material, they are just not translating this learning to their performance on post-tests.5. CONCLUSIONWe conclude that students, both STEM and non-STEM, indicate that their scientific skills andknowledge increase over the course of a semester in which they participate in a CAB project.This is reflected in the high pass rates of students enrolled in all of these classes, whichobjectively assess (through a variety of means) that students have learned the assigned material.The anomalous findings from the ToSLS and the Alternative SL
receivingscholarship through the NSF award and through the CARA donor, which currently have GPArequirements of 2.5/4.0 and 3.0/4.0, respectively. A main goal of the Spring 2022 semester willalso be to create more group cohesion between the 22 scholars and to engage scholars to be moreactive participants in the workshops, events, and on campus.AcknowledgementsPartial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S STEM) program under Award No.2028340. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References1. Bailey, T.R., K.L
thestudy groups, and three of the five achieved the required C to continue on to the next course in the EEsequence. However, for the Scholars who did not achieve a C, the PI ran a mini-course after the semesterended, to raise their skill levels to C level. Out of the two, one was able to continue to the next course,while it was recommended to the other, that he change his major to a two-year electrical technologymajor, which he eventually did. It should be noted that the student who did not achieve the skills neededto continue in the major, also scored very poorly on our department’s math pre-Calculus assessment tests,even though he scored at least a C in Pre-Calculus, Calculus I and Calculus II, which indicates that gradesdo not always reflect
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work may lead to important insights on how to betterimprove military student support across multiple institutions.This study will continue to generate data from institutional agents working with militarystudents, especially those working within the college of engineering, to better define thedifference in awareness and gaps in support for military students pursuing an undergraduateengineering degree.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.2045634. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of National Science foundation
power the four drone arms’ motor/electronic speed controller and three optional outlets3.3 Function Testing of PDBAfter the conceptual design in adopted, the next step towards developing this concept into aworking model is to test the function of PDB. The basic electric connectivity between the mainpower node and the utility (distribution) nodes was tested and verified to reflect the circuitdesign. Another important operational consideration is the heating of the board due the highcurrent it delivers from the battery to the motors- through the electronic speed controllers (ESC)-and other utilities. With guidance from the electrical engineering faculty mentor, student withmechanical engineering background set up a test to monitor the temperature
resisting white supremacy as it is to resisting the patriarchy?” Or, more directly, “What docoalitions of women focused on anti-racism and the support of Black women look like?”Coalitions serve as a foundation for accountability because they are rooted in shared efforts, sharedpower, and shared pursuit of justice, and they function in contradistinction to the politics that undergirdWhite feminism. Chavez [16] describes coalition as a replacement for “normative/inclusionary andutopian politics” (p. 147). According to her, coalition is ● a present and existing vision and practice that reflects an orientation to others and a shared commitment to change; ● ... the ‘horizon’ that can reorganize our possibilities and the conditions of
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arguments and consumable as capital. This abstraction of life into quantified energy and materialflows, unaccompanied by locally specific social, historical, and geopolitical contexts and understandings,is itself a death-making practice supporting global environmental injustices. The quantifications becomeanalyses of death, holding fixed a background of Global Racial Empire that assures access to land whileseparating land from life to plunder resources. This is reflected in the way that impact categories are allgeared toward understanding damage that would result from product making, forefronting sets ofrelationships in which humans are inherently damaging to the environment. Figure 1: a) Construction of validity for LCA, where increasing the
that this phenomenon reflected that students involved in project-based learning activities were more inclined to regard themselves as a part of the engineeringcommunity.The students in Motamedi’s study [19] tended to prefer the flipped classroom because of itsflexibility with their schedules, their ability to watch lectures when they felt motivated tolearn and when they knew that they would be able to stay focused, and their increasedengagement with short video content. A significant disadvantage was their inability to askquestions while learning the material; thus, students would go to class feeling confused andill-prepared. Vidic et al.’s [18] study of flipped classrooms addressed this issue by allowingstudents to post their questions about
distinct purposes, our research revealed significant interrelatedness andsimilarity between the two types of centers vis-à-vis students’ lived experiences. In this paper, wetherefore discuss them holistically in order to reflect the grounded theory data rather than a prioriprofessional or organizational distinctions.1. Services tied to academic performanceSome students encountered challenges accessing services if their GPA was too high. They reportedthat there is a policy at their university that if a student’s GPA is above a certain threshold, theycannot seek help from the disability services center. This policy prevented them from getting helpthey believed they needed. As one student explained: At the university, I did really well
-Saharan Africa” and (C) “I understand how to designwith the cultural setting in mind, and I am comfortable working on design projects for settingswith varying resources.” All questions show significance between the means of pre- and post-workshop responses, Mann-Whitney U-test, p<0.001.Students were also encouraged to answer open-ended questions to reflect on their experiences ina survey. These responses from October 2022 are compiled in Figure 3. A wide range of gainedskills were reported amongst participants, with 20% saying they gained experience in theiterative engineering process; this result is in conjunction with increased mindfulness of globalcommunities, where 18% of students were more conscious of end-user populations, and 14
responsive classroom, a key component is student assessment and feedback. The curriculumdeveloper integrated proven teaching strategies to ensure the camp instructor allowed students to reflect,assess understanding of concepts at checkpoints, and obtain feedback. Formative and summativeassessments were used throughout the program to assess student knowledge and comprehension. Examplesof formative assessments incorporated in each lesson included low-stakes quizzes, student polls, and exittickets. Participants also engaged in open-ended discussions with peers to help increase comprehension oflearned concepts and encourage critical thinking.At the end of the program, summative assessments given to participants included a cumulative activity anda final
progress in engineering. Byacknowledging and addressing these barriers, we can create a more inclusive and supportiveenvironment that facilitates equal opportunities for women in engineering and fosters a morediverse and innovative workforce. This systematized review highlights the significant challenges faced by Arab women inengineering. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of addressing these challenges to promotegender equality and encourage women to pursue and remain in STEM careers.Strategies for Promoting Women's Participation in Engineering in the Arab World: Achieving gender parity in engineering is crucial for creating a more inclusive and diverseengineering workforce that reflects the full range of talent and
“Verbal Exam Expectations” document thatlists all the learning outcomes of the course (e.g., Describe the Materials Paradigm and itsimportance; Draw reduced-sphere unit cell models of SC, BCC, FCC crystal structures;Calculate engineering stress and strain from an applied force and initial and final dimensions).Throughout the course, students practice these learning outcomes and receive feedback from theinstructor through formative assessments such as homework problems, quizzes, conceptualdescribe and define sheets, reflective learning journals, and a DLA. During the last class session,students review the Verbal Exam Expectations document as preparation for the oral exam. Thelearning outcomes that are directly related to the five FPs and a few