items should be reflected; for example,Emergency Generator Log, Fire Sprinkler Log, Filter Log, Daily Rounds, Electrical ReceptacleTest Log, Kitchen Hood Inspection, Water Chemistry Test Log, and Vehicle Log.The students were asked to review maintenance records and find out different performanceindicators, such as the percentage of in-house vs. outsourcing work orders performed, percentageof in-house vs. outsourcing costs, and the percentage of preventive vs. corrective maintenance Page 14.1136.13conducted. The following text is quoted from the students’ report: “The first component that wefocused on was the computerized facility maintenance
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activities designed to foster self-reflection and investigation of career pathways can bebuilt directly into required courses. This is particularly useful when it is done consistently and isevaluated formally as part of the student's academic performance. Assignments that have beenused to do this successfully include a one page essay where students describe why they areinterested in their major and what aspects of possible careers interest them after a short lecture onthe possibilities. Another activity involves a lecture on resumes, their content, and how tostructure them to be concise and attractive, followed by an assignment requiring students tosubmit a resume for critique and scoring. This activity has been done at the freshman level tomotivate
. This reflects the philosophy taught in ourcourse that the “Requirements Definition” is the real core of the project design, and involves thegreatest thinking and learning of issues. They confirmed the importance of providing feedback,and setting clear and high expectations, rewards and incentives. These findings reinforce ourcourse structure, especially aspects such as the midterm public poster presentation. This sets up avery focused and probably scary event, from which students come back exhilarated by thefinding that they do very well in explaining their ideas to an outside audience.Learning ResourcesThe search for good learning resources on this complex area took us far and wide. There aremany resources, but they are spread out over the
making students the“experts.” Some of the topics students in the spring 2008 PNM class chose to write about areexpressed in the following paper titles: ≠ Capturing the Stars: The Reflecting Telescope ≠ LASIK: Bringing “Good” Vision to “Great” Vision ≠ RFID: Radio Frequency Identification ≠ The Sound of Music: The Physics of a Violin ≠ Acoustics of the Mixing/Mastering Studio ≠ Professional Recording: Evolutions in Audio Technology ≠ The Deadliest Predators: Sharks and the Bioelectromagnetic SenseIn addition to writing about topics that relate to topics covered in class during the semester,students are also encouraged to choose topics that overlap in some way with their major area of
as cars, amuseum, a person not listed previously, building a fort. Some mentioned 3 to 5 times were Legosor toys, curiosity, programming, internship, non-relative such as a friend’s Dad, and high pay.Only once was the web mentioned, we thought maybe we had missed that category given theprolific use of the internet and the amount of time students seem to be on the internet. But interms of career choices, we saw no mention of the internet as a contributor to their decision.What is Engineering?We also asked our students “What is engineering”? This question helps first-year instructorscalibrate to the students’ preconceptions of their selected major. Content analysis revealed thatthere were 4 dominant responses –solving problems (39% reflected
or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the viewsof the National Science Foundation (NSF). Page 14.525.3Theoretical FrameworkThe recent national emphasis on the design, development, and implementation of K-12engineering education curricula has increased interest in assessing students’ knowledge ofengineering. Many adults and students in the US have deficient understandings of engineers andwhat engineers do1. In addition, engineering is among the least gender equitable professions witha workforce that is only 11% female2. Researchers have argued that the cause for such adiscrepancy has
same way as the non-premixed daemons. The differencecomes from the fact that the Reaction Panel now has only two blocks – one for reactants and one Figure 11. The Process Panel set up for calculating the adiabatic temperature in a closed chamber.for products. Therefore the State Panel and the Device Panel are also modified to reflect a singleinlet and a single exit for the premixed reactor. Balancing a reaction requires selecting thereactants and products and entering amounts of (n − a) components, where n is the total numberof species that appear in the reaction and a is the number of atoms. For the theoreticalcombustion of methane, the reaction can be balanced by entering 1 kg of methane and 17.201 kgof air as reactants, selecting the
, memorandum, oral presentation, other);≠ Intended audience;≠ Report requirements.While this was a well-intended effort, the results were not particularly impressive. Studentsseemed to treat it as another hoop through which they were to jump and not as a prompt forthoughtful reflection. This was underscored by the observation that frequently students wereobserved printing the forms immediately after entering the laboratory and completing them byhand to be submitted on the spot, with little apparent forethought.ConclusionOur study of the maturation as writers of the cohort of EWI students has culminated in an NSFproposal (#0837338) to improve the quality of student writing at all levels of the Engineeringcurriculum. In the study Drs Beams, Niiler
students to their rooms, I realized something amazing fromwhat had just occurred. I’ve had the opportunity to be something much more than just acounselor or an instructor; I got the chance to be a mentor, I got the chance to be a friend.** Acknowledgement and Disclaimer:“This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0525484. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.” Page 14.1014.20
topics and “new engineer” workforce skills—that we are seeking toprovide for students through the Build IT curriculum. Page 14.215.14AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grantnumber ESI-0624709. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.Bibliography1 Jonassen, D. (2000). Computers as mindtools for schools. Engaging critical thinking (2nd ed.). Saddle River, NJ:Prentice Hall.2 Chambers, J. & Carbonaro, M. (2003). Designing, Developing, and
problems can be given. Even so, the number of students complaining of time pressurewill remain non-zero. Although sometimes this complaint is specious (when non amount of timewould help that particular student) at others it reflects the fact that some people approachproblems slowly but truly do understand the material.By eliminating such exams, these problems can be avoided. In the miniquiz format there is only asingle problem and the students are told ahead of time what the area of coverage will be. Hencetheir studying is directed toward that area. Only a fraction of the class time is taken up with thequiz and since there’s only one problem, a goodly amount of time can be allocated to it, reducingthe “no time!” complaints.Since there are many
overlaps and alsomany gaps.”Educational importance of the study In many disciplines, effectiveness in teaching and learning is assessed via content uptakeof the students. This may be measured using psychometrics or evaluating student products usingcertain rubrics. In disciplines where the ‘correct answer’ is less precise, the rubric approach tendsto also pay attention to production process as well as outcome. In our discipline ofentrepreneurship education, not only is there no precise ‘correct answer’ to many managementand business opportunity questions, content uptake does not necessarily reflect the overallpreparedness of these students to become entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurial attitude orientationappears to be an outcome parameter that
, no. 2, pp. 5-9, April 2008.2. Zachary Dodds, “AI Assignments in a CS1 Course: Reflections and Evaluation,” Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 262-271, June 2008.3. Barry Fagin, “Using Ada-based Robotics to Teach Computer Science,” in ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, vol. 32, New York, 2000, pp. 148-151.4. Barry Fagin and Laurence Merkle, “Measuring the Effectiveness of Robots in Teaching Computer Science,” in ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, vol. 35, New York, 2003, pp. 307-311.5. Robert W. Hasker, “An Introductory Programming Environment for LEGO MindStorms Robots,” in Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium, 2005
Anchor 1: “Wow Sam, we’re all reflecting on our college senior projects…” o Anchor 2: “All the liberal arts graduates, huh? Go into science kids! That was impressive.” o Weatherman: “I can barely drive my own car, let alone have a car drive itself.”Third, the project consistently has a positive impact on the students who complete it.They report that job interviews take on a very different tone when they bring up theirparticipation in this senior project. Interviewers ask about the technical design challenges,the experience of working together as a team, and the effort required to complete ademanding project with hard deadlines; all are topics that Robot Racer participants cantalk about enthusiastically and authoritatively. We have
found that the level of cognitive diversity on the teamscorrelated to improved performance on the project. In final reflective essays in 2008, 88% of thestudents discussed teamwork in some context; for example, they enjoy it, don’t like it, believe itis one of their strengths, etc. Recognizing differences in work styles may facilitate better teamexperiences, as the students may be willing to try to accommodate these differences. Projectcomplexity, student maturity, and other factors also appear to be important determinants of teamsuccess on these analysis-based environmental engineering projects. Continued research oncognitive modes is planned. In the future, a grouping algorithm more similar to that used byJensen24 based on the MBTI types will
majorskills, and in such way be prepared for the global market place2, 8, 14, 15.The challenges and opportunities in forming global engineers for the Americas were discussed ina recent workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Latin Americanand Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI). The outcomes andrecommendations based on this workshop were reported by Esparragoza et al.8. Brito et al.6make a comparative analysis based upon recent international conferences on engineeringeducation held in Brazil to demonstrate the role of international cooperation in the disseminationof new approaches in engineering education worldwide. This series of conferences reflects theeffort of the Brazilian’s educators
class and to theinstructor. The class schedule is often updated during the week to reflect the exactmaterial covered in each class. This is one way to keep students informed even if theymiss a class. Although, the author frequently reminds students the advantages ofattending classes regularly.3.5) Educational SoftwareTo support classroom activities, the author has extensively used WebCT® system as aneducational tool. The author has also used other educational software tools such as:BlackBoard® and DesireToLearn®. WebCT is an extremely helpful teaching tool thatcan be used to complement classroom instruction in a variety of ways, such as: • To develop and apply online exams and quizzes; • To post lecture PowerPoint presentations; • To
the videos in order tolearn the material necessary to be successful in the quizzes. This helps to assure that studentswill be prepared for the in-class activities. Second, the instructor can use the results of thequizzes as a launching point for discussion and adjust the class plan as necessary to address anystudent misconceptions or lack of understanding, in a form of just-in-time teaching. 8The classroom flip method may be perceived to be particularly beneficial to students who prefercertain types of learning environments. According to the Felder-Solomon Learning Styles Index,students may classify themselves along four dimensions as being a certain type of learner:active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global
, and if they have participated in engineeringactivities. The post interview questions included all of the pre interview questions as well asadditional questions. These follow-up questions asked students to compare and contrast theirfirst and second drawing, reflect on class activities, and share anything new they learned.The quantitative methods included pre- and post-administration of the Engineering InstructionalKnowledge Tests and the Engineering Identity Development Scale (EIDS). The Knowledge Testconsisted of 10 to 15 multiple-choice items that were adapted from assessments items from theEngineering is Elementary modules, Trends in International Science and Mathematics Study(TIMMS, http://nces.ed.gov/timss/ ) and state standardized exams
tongue and this follow-up process enables skills to be transferred and applied in a secondlanguage.The second Web 2.0 technology examined is “e-portfolio”. Again, in conjunction with courses in theirnative language, students are required to create their own online portfolio in English using the portfolioplatform Mahara, complete with their résumé, covering letters, details of projects, other academicachievements and any other miscellaneous data relevant to successfully gaining employment as agraduate engineer. The group structure of the platform allows for both instructor and peer assessment,as well as self reflection for students post submission. This exercise also demonstrates interculturaldifferences within the EU, and also between EU
consider new ways to thinkabout our data. As Tufte says, “if displays of data are to be truthful and revealing, then the logicof the display design must reflect the logic of analysis”.5 Multiway plots assist us in extractingthe story the data tell. Page 14.1009.4Method and results: transforming column charts to multiway plotsEighth-semester persistence data. To interpret multiway plots in contexts that speak toengineering education audiences, we use categorical data from MIDFIELD (the Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development) on eighthsemester persistence disaggregated by race and gender. MIDFIELD data
, Madhavan,and Ventura.1 Interestingly, the percent of licensed faculty identified in the current studyalso maps very well to the statistics reported by Lawson12 that show that 44% of allgraduates from civil engineering programs ultimately obtain licensure. Therefore, relativeto the percent of licensed individuals, the population utilized in the current study appearsto be reflective of the reported licensure among engineering academics, as well as thecivil engineering community as a whole.Within the interviewed population the number of reported years as a licensed professionalengineer ranged from 12 to 39. Likewise, the length of time in academia ranged from 4months to 36 years. Further, the individuals that participated in this study
dynamic and varies fromteacher to teacher, and even changes across classrooms taught by the same instructor, as thespecific interactions vary with different students. The assessed curriculum refers to the specificcontent that is tested and can differ markedly from the intended and enacted curricula as tests aredrafted by the federal government (thought instruments like NAEP, for example), individualstates, districts, and the teachers themselves. The learned curriculum captures the actual changesin knowledge by the individual students, which reflects the notion that students can and often dolearn more and less than offered in the instructional context
3x3-in. test section. A smaller test section (1x2 in.) allowed Mach 5 tobe attained. This facility played an important educational role for nearly 60 years, until it had tobe dismantled in 2006 for the renovation of Guggenheim Hall. The wind tunnel was also used atvarious times for research purposes, especially toward the end of its life. The size of the Department during this time can be best characterized by “slow growth”.The Department had a regular faculty of five throughout the period 1935-1945. Eastwoodstepped down as department head in 1946 and retired in 1947, and Kirsten retired in 1951 (hedied shortly thereafter, in 1952, at the age of 67). A faculty position was added during the late1940s reflecting the addition of the MAE
, minimizing accents, and individually reviewing for theTOEFL. This allows the LAC faculty to advance their research while mastering the Englishlanguage to pass the TOEFL and GRE. After passing the TOEFL and GRE, the LAC faculty canapply for graduate admissions. If they choose to start their engineering graduate studies at FAU,they are awarded an FAU-LACCEI Scholarship that reduces their tuition to in-state residentlevel (a reduction of $16,000 a year in out-of-state tuition costs, which is reflected also in theamount required to be documented in bank letters for the issuance of the visa). They have beenbetter able to compete for research- and teaching-assistantships. The FAU-LACCEI Scholarshipis open to any LAC graduate student, not just LAC faculty
demonstrated depth of knowledge. B3. My instructor demonstrated enthusiasm. B4. My instructor had a structure or plan. B5. Instructor helped me understand importance B6. Instructor used well articulated learning obj. B7. My instructor communicated effectively. B8. Laboratories contributed to my learning. B9. Instructor demonstrated positive expectations. B10. My instructor used visual images. B11. Instructor gave timely/accurate feedback. B12. Instructor was available outside classroom. B13. Grading practices are fair/reflect performance. B14. The Exam's were fair and relevant
also includes physicsbased dynamics that mimic inertial and gravitational aspects of a model. The Demo3D package includes a wide variety of materials handling components built in.Though these are potentially interesting from a safety standpoint, they only reflect a very smallportion of the broader range of machines to be considered. Other components may be importedfrom a variety of solid modeling sources. Options include traditional solid modeling and CADpackages, but also include Google’s freely distributed Sketchup software(http://sketchup.google.com).For exploring this software as a possible teaching instrument, the Sketchup software was chosen.Though the interface for Sketchup is unconventional and not necessarily appropriate for
Labor by the National Center for O*NET Development.[5] www.transana.org[6] Committee on the Engineer of 2020, Educating the engineer of 2020: Adapting engineering education to the new century. National Academy Press: Washington, DC, 2005.[7] Educating Engineers: Designing for the future of the field. The Carneige Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 2008.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under award 0722221. Anyopinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF