students to spread out and sit where they felt most comfortable. Given this limitationthere was less group discussion and this was reflected in overall lower scores on the multiple-choicequestions.Another area for future improvement is tracking the scores on the multiple choice questions duringthe individual answers as well as the answers after the group discussion. Currently the individualanswers are replaced by the new answers. These data, combined with questionnaire response aboutgroup discussion, will offer valuable insight into the effectiveness of group discussion.Typically this course has a high drop, fail, withdraw rate (DFW), generally less than 60% of the stu-dents pass their first time talking this course. Active learning interventions
literature, problem solving, timemanagement, etc…) and 2) to ramp up research project (learn more about the topic, begin initialexperiments, etc…).As students entering Research I: Engineering may be at different phases of the project, phases oflearning material, and previous exposure to specific learning material, goals and progress areassessed individually through a series of assessments shown in Figure 3. Figure 3. Assessments for Research I: Engineering that target time and project management. Each level decreases in frequency (daily, weekly, monthly) but increases in weighting.A “WID/WIN” stands for “What I Did / What I Need” and is a daily reflection that answers fourquestions: 1) What did I do today? 2) What will I do tonight to progress
development and a series of interviews intended to add aqualitative layer of explanation for the results obtained in previous activities. The focus groupsessions will implement the Engineering Professional Skills Assessment (EPSA) to measure thedevelopment of professional skills such as communication and teamwork. As part of theassessment, groups of students – ideally from the pool of survey participants – are presented witha scenario.AcknowledgementThis study is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Award Number [de-identifiedfor review]. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NSF.References[1] P. Steif, and J. Dantzler, (2005
more duct tape! Institutionalization of ADVANCE initiatives. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Columbus, OH. https://peer.asee.org/28706[10] Padden, C., & Humphries, T. (1988). Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture. Harvard University Press.[11] National Association of the Deaf. (2019). Community and Culture – Frequently Asked Questions. https://www.nad.org/resources/american-sign-language/community-and-culture- frequently-asked-questions/[12] Najarian, C. G. (2008). Deaf Women: Educational Experiences and Self-Identity. Disability and Society 23(2), 117-128.[13] Burke, T. B., & Nicodemus, B. (2013). Coming Out of the Hard of Hearing Closet: Reflections on a Shared Journey
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
research andtheir recognition of our work. It should be noted that the opinions, results, conclusions, orrecommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation.References[1] I. Kleiner, "History of the Infinitely Small and the Infinitely Large in Calculus Author(s)," Springer, vol. 48, pp. 137-174, 2001.[2] E. F. Redish, R. N. Steinberg, and J. M.. Saul, "Student difficulties with math in physics: Giving meaning to symbols," Physics Education Research Group, 1996.[3] S.R. Jones., Applying Mathematics to Physics and Engineering: Symbolic Forms of the Integral, Maryland, 2010.[4] R. Bajracharya., "Student Application of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus with
area of information to be able to be leveraged inincreasing ways in the future.Objective & MotivationThe aim of this study is to assess the current demands of the automotive industry for early-careermechanical engineers. Using qualitative methods, the timeline of skill awareness, development,and reflection will be pieced together. The study hopes to manage student expectations of thedemands of the automotive industry and create an intervention strategy to educate underclassmenon the skillsets they can develop to be more attractive candidates for their dream careers. Thestudy is motivated to ensure that student education quality is sufficient to achieve specificstudent goals.A hypothesis is that the mechanical engineering coursework alone
construction projects in recent years, specificallyduring and after the pandemic. Thus, students in this era must focus more on utilizing these toolsto track the progress and manage projects in the digital world right after graduation. To achievethis, the faculty must undergo new-knowledge training to upgrade their understanding ofindustry best practices and new technology implementation. This can be achieved throughfaculty-industry residency, industry-based seminars, conferences, and constructive conversationswith industry practitioners and experts. In addition, academic units of construction managementneed to promote faculty knowledge upgrades which reflects on many different factors, includingthe increase in enrollment, establishment of new
but also sustainable [6], [7]. However, sustainability is frequentlyreferred to as environmental sustainability, overlooking its other two essential pillars: social andeconomic. Thus, infrastructure systems frequently lack social justice which leads to anunbalanced influence on different populations through different mechanisms, such as eviction,exposure to environmental danger, and access to necessary services. Even while engineers andpolicymakers base their decisions on technical and engineering factors, social and racialdisparities are exacerbated by stakeholders' choices, which reflect current economic and politicalframeworks [8]. Therefore, the project team members must be sufficiently competent to addressthese challenges and construct
-URM basedon academic records provided by our institution. Our demographic records define URM as“African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians/Native Alaskans, NativeHawaiians/Pacific Islanders (excluding Asian Americans), and multi-racial students identifying atleast one of previously listed URM categories.” The academic records provided by our universityalso included an “International” category. Our institution defines international students as “havinga citizenship status of Non-Resident Alien or Alien Under Tax Treaty”.The “International” category includes students with a broad and diverse range of experiences.“URM” and “non-URM” are contextualized terms that reflect the lived experiences of domesticstudents. Thus, we eliminated
semester (in-personmeetings) to 75% in the second half of the semester (online meetings), indicating that somestudents would rely on the class recordings in lieu of attending the synchronous class meeting.The second question examines the students' overall experience with remote learning in the secondhalf of Course 2 and whether they preferred in-person meetings instead. Eleven students gave adirect answer to this question, while one student indicated it was hard for them to reflect on apreference. The results of this question are summarized in Figure 1. The majority of students (50%)would prefer an in-person offering to a remote offering. However, a considerable amount ofstudents (~45%) indicated they prefer remote meetings, or at least find the
perspectiveMany studies have been conducted to examine the existence of gender differences in leadershipstyles. Gender stereotypes persist in corporate structures and are reflected in related conceptssuch as vertical segregation, the glass ceiling, and the sticky floor, among others [11]. Thesestereotypes address ongoing issues in companies that hinder the advancement of women intoleadership positions.Incorporating women at various management levels is crucial, as noted by Tatiana Camps in herbook "Leading from the Feminine" [9]. Women's contribution to sustainability comes from theirleadership style that prioritizes and fosters peace, i.e., leading from the feminine. Somethingwhich is defined as an approach to energizing, planning and directing the
statistics mathematics courses.Many ET graduates successfully complete the calculations in the FE exam, applyingprinciples of algebra and trigonometry rather than differential equations and linearalgebra.In 2009 ETC/ETD organized the ET National Forum (ETNF) to provide a voice inadvancing ET education. In 2020 ETNF conducted a survey of practicing mechanical,electrical, and civil engineers that identifies 13 specific math topics and asks practicingengineers two questions: (1) how frequently they use skills that are reflective of each ofthe 13 math topics, and (2) how important to the practice of engineering in general theyview each skill to be. The majority (251) of the 350 responses came from various officesof Bechtel, Inc., 46 came from various
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emphasis on STEM learning is an importantkey to developing productive, responsible, and contributing members of society.Program Components and Activities:The MEWT project at ECSU adopted the experiential and authentic learning framework, whichmakes student engagement the top priority, where students learn by doing, discovering,reflecting, and applying. Authentic and experiential learning creates an environment necessary tonurture the 21st Century soft skills including critical thinking and problem-solving,communication, collaboration and teamwork, and learning to learn.The program activities were designed based on three tenets which include mentoring, research,and education/training. The education and training components included enhancing
Manuscript Library CMS Deaccession/Withdraw CMS Oak Street LibraryFigure 1. Items in the mathematics collection are evaluated for damage and decay. If an item requirestreatment, it will be processed and sent through the illustrated channels above to receive care. In theend, an item’s final destination depends on its circumstance. Items can be returned to the mathematicscollection or removed from the collection in a variety of ways.Discussion & ConclusionUltimately, the procedures used by the Math Library to process and preserve its collectiondistinctly reflect the resources and relationships unique to UIUC University Libraries.Institutions of varying sizes and with their own unique resources and strengths can still
weaknesses for the design process and that fullermore complete LCA are built out through use of multiple tools with differing sustainabilityinformation and focus areas.Student teams were expected to send in weekly reports to document progress on the project as wellas use the project management website to track progress for the project, shown in Figure 7. Thepurpose of the reports was to create reflective practices in students and ensure they were on trackfor project completion.Figure 7. Example student team weekly report snapshot. Students list the group members, the goalsfor the week, and the accomplishment and time contributions of each member towards those goals.The end of the document (not shown) lists the tasks/goals for the upcoming
physicalexperiments [4] [5]. Often these activities take place in a dedicated lab section since theexperiments can take significant time to set up and conduct, may require considerable space, andcan be messy or dangerous. The use of virtual activities can help to overcome these limitations,in addition to avoiding the cost of the physical equipment, while affording many of the samebenefits. There can even be advantages to virtual labs in that students can easily pause and replayan activity, in addition to having more space to reflect since they don’t have to focus onprocedural skills to the same degree [6]. Virtual labs have been implemented, for example, usinga range of numerical simulation tools [7] [8]. A potential challenge of using simulation is that
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and second-order systems through heat transfer and beam vibration problems. Overall, theexperiments conducted were a success in allowing the students to achieve the ABET outcomesduring the process of the experiments. The students were able to research the engineeringtheories, and applied the theories through multiple variations of the experiment to find thedesired answers for the course.Assessment and Impact: Several aspects of what they have done in this course are reflected intheir Capstone Sr. design projects as well as projects in other courses that involve experimentalset-ups and using LabVIEW code, modeling and so on. Numerous groups use data acquisitionset-ups to capture signals to analyze their data. This course also helps them
shouldexplore the outcomes of women graduate students who benefit from bonding and bridgingcapital provided through S-STEM programs beyond their time in graduate school. While thisstudy investigated women students currently enrolled in a graduate program, a longitudinal studycould help to understand the long-term impact of these programs after degree completion. 7Acknowledgment: This material is based upon work supported by the National ScienceFoundation S-STEM Program under Grant No. 1930451. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the
, 2023 Determining the Efficacy of K-12 and Higher Education Partnerships (Evaluation)Abstract Engineering students and professionals in the United States do not reflect the country’sdemographics. Women and minority students remain largely underrepresented. To help diversifythe STEM pipeline, it is essential students are exposed to and engaged in STEM active learningexperiences in K-12. This is especially effective when post-secondary institutions partner withK-12 schools. Establishing the partnership can be challenging as the institutions must havecongruous objectives, determine who is responsible for what, and define success similarly. Toaddress this set of issues, a program partnership rubric was
what modifications are required, through end-of-course/workshop surveysand evaluations. For each of these surveys and evaluations, a standard rubric was prepared andprovided to the participants with consultation with the EAC members to properly reflect theproject activity objectives. These formative and summative measures are listed in Table 2. Table 2. Evaluation plan including formative (F) and summative (S) measures. Activity Description Evaluation Measure Continuous consultation and feedback from (i) New course and laboratory External Advisory Committee (F & S); Early and end-of-term
with collaboration in their education. These projectswere meaningful and relevant to their goals and offered opportunities to apply the vast range oftheir education and training to do experimental work and create effective writing for audiencesbeyond their course instructors. Part of this is the power of the applied project courses, but theother is reflective of the community built within these project courses, as well as the preparationthe students received.This feedback from past students indicates our work supports their writing in the mannerintended. However, we currently lack detailed, quantitative data for a more thorough assessment.A multiyear, post-graduation survey of alumni will provide the information we need to morerigorously
engineering education research to assess socio-emotional and cognitiveoutcomes. Additional work includes the investigation of epistemic insights gained by participants regardingimplanting AI in the K-12 environment.VI. Acknowledgment and DisclaimerThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2147625.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 Science Foundation.VII. References[1] C. Grant, B.J. MacFadden, P. Antonenko, and V. Perez, “3D Fossils for K-12 Education: A Case Example Using the Giant Extinct Shark Carcharocles Megalodon,” Paleontological Society Papers
$435.71imately half the cost of the overall system. Because machining work was done by students, thisis not included in the cost, but the cost to prepare the tooling and perform that machining workwould also likely represent a significant portion of the overall budget. Another factor to consideris that, sourcing metals from a local rather than online supplier can result in a lower cost. Localsuppliers were used where possible, but online sources are used for the table provided in order tobe more transparent, but still provide an approximate cost. Larger quantities may need to be or-dered, but cost was scaled so the price listed reflects the price for only the items needed to build asingle testing machine. For example, the price of the plywood listed is
understandand interrogate the programmatic barriers to student success in engineering across the nation willalso expand – leading to a cornucopia of previously unexplored questions at scale. AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.BPE- 2152441. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. References[1] F. Curry and J. DeBoer, “A Systematized Literature Review of the Factors that Predict the Retention of Racially Minoritized Students in STEM Graduate
, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68(1), pp. 73-84, 2006.22. J.C. Dunlap, Using guided reflective journaling activities to capture students’ changing perceptions, TechTrends, 50(6), pp. 20-26, 2006.23. H. Rimm and M. Jerusalem, Adaptation and validation of an estonian version of the general self-efficacy scale (ESES), Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 12(3), pp. 329-345, 1999.24. R. Likert, S. Roslow, and G. Murphy, A Simple and Reliable Method of Scoring the Thurstone Attitude Scales, Journal of Social Psychology, 5, pp. 228-238-238, 1934.25. R. DeHaan, R. Hanford, K. Kinlaw, D. Philler, and J. Snarey, Promoting ethical reasoning, affect and behaviour among high school students: An evaluation of three teaching
engineering and as such does not provide great depth into the engineering cores. Thecourse includes students from twelve different majors within the School of EngineeringTechnology plus students from various majors across the university who are consideringchanging majors or declaring (for those who are undecided) an engineering technology major.The twelve core engineering technology majors are subdivided into four-degree programs asseen in Table 1. The course learning outcomes and in turn curriculum reflect this degree programorganization (particularly Outcome Three). As such one of the main goals of the program is forstudents to determine which degree program and major best fits them and as such this is the firstcourse learning outcome. Outcomes One
the transferrable skills course in their resume andprovided examples of how they had demonstrated skill attainment: “I'm looking for a job rightnow, and I was able to list that as I was trained. It’s been extremely helpful.” Another Cohort 1student commented that the transferable skills and the interdisciplinary aspect of the NRT hadprompted a conversation in which a potential employer emphasized the need for such skills:“He's just like ‘that's really major right now that you already understand trying to connect withother people from different backgrounds and different perspectives to work together to try to getsomething done’.” When Cohort 1 students were prompted to reflect on what additional supportsto promote development in inter