Paper ID #41422When Is It Relevant? A Collaborative Autoethnographic Study by EngineeringStudents on Statistical VariabilityLeslie Bostwick, Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringAlex George, Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringTrinity Lee, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Trinity Lee is an undergraduate engineering student at Olin College of Engineering pursuing a B.S. in Engineering with a concentration in Computing. She has always been passionate about engineering education and has been part of multiple research labs investigating engineering education and research. At Olin, she has worked with The Kern
identity differbetween students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. We first ran bivariatetests (t-tests) to see if the values of our four dependent variables differed by LGBQ status, TGNCstatus, and STEM major. We then ran a multivariate regression to test all of these threeindependent variables together, controlling for a set of college experiences known to relate toscience and engineering identity. The first four t-tests compared the four dependent variables—interest, recognition as ascientist, recognition as an engineer, and performance/competence—by whether students areSTEM majors. T-test results are presented in the following table. Keep in mind that interest andperformance/competence were adapted to accommodate
significantpotential for developing, testing, applying theoretical and conceptual frameworks in the realm ofgame-based learning in engineering education, and sample demographics.Keywords: engineering design process; first-year engineering; game-based learning; game-basedlearning in engineeringIntroductionBefore the introduction of computers or even early digital games seen in arcades, games were anessential part of society to evade boredom and interact with others as people whether it be physicalor mental games. Games not only provide a fun and interactive way of stimulating the mind butalso encourage players to make decisions and prioritize their goals to solve difficulties [1]. Playersare forced to figure out solutions by using real-world knowledge
students. Matthew has been nominated for numerous teacher awards including Early Excellence in Teaching, Innovation in Teaching, and Honored Instructor. His kind nature and consideration brings connection, community, and ongoing mentorship for his students.Michael I. Swart, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Michael is an artist and musician masquerading as an academic, honored with the opportunity to research and design educational technologies that engage the body and the mind to make learning fun. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Engineering Students’ Multimodal Discourse: How Speech and Gesture Reveal Emerging Epistemologies When Reasoning About Mechanics of Materials
single definition. However, it is generally agreed that wellbeing is amultidimensional concept that encompasses positive emotions and effective functioning amongmany other context specific aspects of the studied population.Within engineering education there has been an increased focus on exploring students'psychological state of mind in recent years. While more studies have focused on undergraduatestudents and investigated their mental health [12], [13] and subjective well-being [14], fewerstudies have focused on graduate engineering students [15]. However, studies conducted outsideof engineering on graduate students indicate that graduate students suffer from mental healthconditions like depression and anxiety at a rate much higher than the
cultural meanings associated with the profession. Understanding thesecultural nuances is key to understanding who enters the field and the perceptions of students asthey enter our classrooms.IntroductionWhen you think of an engineer, what is the first image that comes to mind? Is it a man in a hardhat standing over a set of engineering drawings, a computer programmer, or a solitary personworking on math problems? Whatever the image may be, it has likely been shaped by theportrayals of engineers within popular media. From Dilbert to Howard Wolowitz to Tony Stark,depictions of engineers cultivated in popular media reinforce cultural narratives about whatengineers do and who engineers are. These narratives impact not only public perceptions
Paper ID #42007Validity Evidence for the Sophomore Engineering Experiences SurveyMiss Fanyi Zhang, Purdue University Fanyi is a third-year Ph.D. student at Purdue University. She majors in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and works as a Graduate Research Assistant for the Women in Engineering program. Her area of interest focuses on conceptualizing and promoting flourishing and understanding the dynamics of positive relationships. Her current research agenda includes developing a mentor support framework and promoting the effective design of mentor training.Dr. Beth M. Holloway, Purdue University Beth Holloway is
transcripts using a dual approach that incorporates bothChatGPT and traditional human analysis techniques.Data AnalysisThe research team created the ARM Development Guidelines to streamline the quick ARMmethod-based analysis as follows: Write a short (~1-2 pages) Analytic Research Memo (ARM) about any noteworthy codes that emerged from your coding. Potential things to keep in mind as you write your ARM include: • Who is this interviewee? How do they self-identify (both with regards to their engineering identities and their non-engineering identities)? • How do they explain or justify their identities? • How do they perceive engineering? Does this perception relate to how they see themselves as engineers (or not see themselves as
quality of a leader, one might question if the person has the self-awareness neededto be effective. However, leaders often do not begin as great leaders often receiving performancefeedback that prompts them to engage in conscious self-reflection and self-evaluation of theirinfluence on those around them [12], [13]. Self-evaluation and self-regulation make up twodimensions of self-awareness that have been evaluated under the OSA theory, but there are otheraspects or contributors of self-awareness have been examined such as emotional intelligence[14], self-insight [15], motivation [5], [16], self-reflection [13], [17], [18], and mindfulness [19]. In this paper, the researchers queried graduate student engineering mentors to assess theirself
studies were based on engineering subjects and that many ofthe studies lacked “mean scores, standard deviations, and number of observations required for ameta-analysis” [19]. This – along with other information missing from a number of the 55 reports– means that these findings may not be representative of the outcome of implementing a flippedclassroom [19]. Additionally, their 55 studies were focused on articles from 2013-2016 [19]. Thus,with online learning being more commonly used and the problems with conducting a meta-analysisof this type, newer research should be conducted on this topic, keeping in mind these literaturereviews recommendations for future tests [19], [23].The other systematic review analyzed 32 articles and found that few
participants.More than 85 percent of the respondents were undergraduate engineering students andapproximately 60 percent of the overall participants were male. The participants’ self-reportedrace/ethnicity included White, Asian, Hispanic or LatinX, Black or African American, AmericanIndian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. The respondents werefrom twelve different engineering majors.FindingsIn this section, we present the findings for each of the four questions. For every question, theanalysis is presented with a brief description of themes and the participants' excerpts are alsoprovided as evidence to support the explanation.Q1. Describe the different words (as many as you can) that come to your mind when you thinkabout
knowledge-intensive era, preparing young minds in university tobecome all-set contributors for current and future challenges is essential [17]. Therefore, successin university education is fundamental in producing holistic talents who can apply subjectknowledge to design and innovate to address the challenges Singapore faces as they graduate andenter the workforce.Gender differences in engineering education have gained increasing attention as more womenchoose to take a career path as an engineer. Ohland et al. [18] indicated that gender differences inmultiple measures of success for engineering students are enormously surpassed by radialdifferences and institutional differences. Specifically for motivation, a study conducted by Kilgoreet al. [19
educational contexts. Future research should focus ondeveloping strategies to enhance AI's interpretability, especially in complex subject areas likeengineering, and to mitigate misinformation generated by AI. There is also a need for studies thatexamine the efficacy of AI in understanding nuanced academic content and that investigate howto balance AI tools with traditional educational methods to maintain the development of criticalthinking and problem-solving skills in students.Practice ImplicationsThe practice implications drawn from the studies by [18] and [19] highlight that educators need tobe mindful of AI's limitations in educational settings. [18] project-based learning approach fordeep learning in multidisciplinary engineering underscores
innovation, and the tension between design engineering and business management cognitive styles. To encourage these thinking patterns in young engineers, Mark has developed a Scenario Based Learning curriculum that attempts to blend core engineering concepts with selected business ideas. Mark is also researches empathy and mindfulness and its impact on gender participation in engineering education. He is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and teaches the course ME310x Product Management and ME305 Statistics for Design Researchers. Mark has extensive background in consumer products management, having managed more than 50 consumer driven businesses over a 25-year career with The Procter &
engineering at a major universitythat likely did not have many Appalachian attendees, earned their engineering degree and arenow working in the field as engineers. On the campuses of major universities, Central Appalachian students are oftenmarginalized because these educational spaces were not created with their needs and experiencesin mind. The primary research question is, “What types of cultural capital did CentralAppalachian engineers use to become career-ready engineers during their undergraduateengineering experience at a major university?” This study seeks to provide pilot data for afuture phenomenographic study, with the outcome space being stories of success to provide pathsforward for tomorrow’s engineering students from the Central
factors contributing to mental health issues among college students, thereis a notable gap in the literature regarding international undergraduates in engineering.International students, with their different beliefs, values, and expectations related to mentalhealth, may have different coping strategies, help-seeking preferences, and service utilizationpatterns. Among various factors, religiosity may influence their approach to coping, seekingassistance, and utilizing services. With this in mind, this study investigates the impact ofreligiosity on the mental health, help-seeking behavior, and service utilization of internationalundergraduate engineering students in the United States.Purpose/Hypothesis: This study explores the relationship between
the acknowledgement of implicit bias (Isaaac et al., 2023),understanding of microaggressions (Kim & Meister, 2023; Masta et al., 2022), and fostering asense of belonging through open communication (Sedgwick & Yonge, 2008; Campbell & Klotz,2021). Non-Cognitive development (Khine & Areepattamannil, 2016) includes factors such as aperson’s sense of belonging (Hoffman et al., 2002), their engineering identity development(Godwin et al., 2016; Rodriguez et al., 2022), their meaning and purpose, motivation (Schell &Husman, 2008; Kirn & Benson, 2015), mindset (Dweck, 2016), and social skills such as self-control (Maloney et al., 2012), patience (Schnitker, 2012), and mindfulness (Van Dam et al.,2010).What does it mean to
engineeringeducation, to examine the use of intuition in engineering problem solving. CTA is a class ofobservational protocols that surface tacit knowledge through engaging experts with a task(Crandall, 2006). The purpose of CTA is to capture how the mind works through three primaryaspects: knowledge elicitation, data analysis, and knowledge representation. Many methods ofCTA exist, and best practices call for a combination of CTA methods. In this study we are usingtwo methods: 1) the Critical Decision Method (CDM), which assesses individuals decisionmaking in non-routine incidents through a set of cognitive probes (Klein, 1989), and 2) theKnowledge Audit Method (KAM), which we use to guide our probing questions and identifytypes of knowledge used, or not
(WEEF-GEDC), 23-27 Oct. 2023 2023, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1109/WEEF- GEDC59520.2023.10343627.[12] M. Whitwer, S. Wilson, and J. Hammer, "Engineering Student Mental Health and Help Seeking: Analysis of National Data from the Healthy Minds Study," in 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2023: IEEE, pp. 1-7.[13] S. K. Lipson, S. Zhou, B. Wagner, K. Beck, and D. Eisenberg, "Major Differences: Variations in Undergraduate and Graduate Student Mental Health and Treatment Utilization Across Academic Disciplines," Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 23-41, 2016/01/02 2016, doi: 10.1080/87568225.2016.1105657.[14] M. L. Sanchez-Pena and C. Otis, "Comparing wellbeing indicators
engineering students. These professionals can help students acquire copingskills. Strategies for burnout, stress, and anxiety, improving their mental health [5]. Additionally,practicing stress-reduction techniques like yoga, meditation, or mindfulness exercises can improvemental health and significantly reduce stress [6]. Maintaining mental health requires havinghealthy relationships with friends and family, and social support is crucial in this aspect [7]. Toavoid feelings of loneliness and isolation, which may have a detrimental effect on mental health,engineering students need to actively seek out chances for social contact and engagement inextracurricular activities.A SLR has been carried out to explore research on mental health in engineering
hopes future researchwill develop additional approaches that explicitly assess the affective and psychomotor domain[20]. A third paper was found that recognizes this lack of classes developed with affective learning,and it discusses the importance of having classes developed with affective learning in mind [26].With this as a background, our research study focuses on qualitatively investigating engineeringstudents understanding and perceptions on their learning through the affective domain of learning,as well as provide further evidence to the existing body of research on this topic.MethodThis research aims at investigating students’ responses about their affective connections towardslearning engineering concepts. To achieve this objective the
climatedimensions in research and academic environments. Furthermore, the creative climatedimensions that were explicitly mentioned across interviews provide insight into the dimensionswith a strong influence over the creative climate in graduate-level engineering education.6.1. Creative Personal IdentitiesEach participant was asked to define creativity in their own words. These definitions were uniqueto each participant with little overlap among the responses, which ranged from generating ideas,exploring different perspectives and connections with an open mind, and expressing themselveswhile bringing their own visions to life. Participants were also asked to define what it means tobe an engineer. Unlike the creativity definitions, these responses were
participate in WIL experiences do notexpect the amount of complexity of the problems they were facing as engineers on the job [20].Further recognition of the affective domain’s importance, and in particular work self-efficacydevelopment, over the course of WIL experiences will alleviate some of those issues. There arestrong reasons to suggest that these affective ways of operating are crucial for harnessingengineering students’ cognitive skills [16]. Educators who use WIL should consider linkingexplicitly the cognitive and affective domains for greater student engagement and learning inWIL and for subsequent work readiness/employment [16]. With these ideas in mind, we nowturn to our own exploratory investigation of student experience of design in a
Paper ID #41854The Effects of COVID-19 on the Development of Expertise, Decision-Making,and Engineering IntuitionMadeline Roth, Bucknell University Madeline (Maddi) Roth is an undergraduate student with majors in Neuroscience and Psychology and a minor in Education.Miss Joselyn Elisabeth Busato, Bucknell University Joselyn Busato is an undergraduate student at Bucknell University, majoring in creative writing and biology.Dr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskioglu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. ˘ in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa
Paper ID #44329Appreciative Inquiry as an Intervention for Equity-Centered EngineeringEducation Research and PraxisAnn Shivers-McNair, University of Arizona Ann Shivers-McNair is associate professor and director of professional and technical writing in the Department of English and affiliated faculty in the School of Information at the University of Arizona, on the lands of the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui.Gimantha N. Perera, North Carolina State University Gimantha Perera is a Sri Lankan born researcher and educator from NC State University. He was inspired to be an engineer by his maternal grandfather Anil, who
Paper ID #42209REU Program Evaluation: A Valuable Tool for Studying UndergraduateSocialization in EngineeringDr. Caitlin D. Wylie, University of Virginia Caitlin D. Wylie is an associate professor of Science, Technology and Society in the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.Mr. Kent A. Wayland, University of Virginia Kent earned his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Virginia and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Society, School of Engineering and Applied Science, at the University of VirginiaMr. Andy Wang, University of Virginia Andy Wang is an
Paper ID #42338Designing and Conducting Research Using an Ethnographic Approach toIdentify Pedagogical Practices in Engineering EducationDr. Hye Yeon Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyProf. Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology Joe Le Doux is the Executive Director for Learning and Training in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Dr. Le Doux’s research interests include narrative and inclusive pedagogies and practices. ©American Society for
instructions and applying what we have been taught.”- Machu PichuHe also stressed the unique importance of hands-on projects as a form of assessment. They providea platform for the development and application of data skills that align with the practical demandsof the engineering field. MAE students also appreciated the opportunity that experiential learningbrought as collaborative assessments allowed them to work and learn from others. Theyenthusiastically endorsed bouncing ideas off peers, valuing how it sparked new insights andunearthed blind spots invisible to a single mind. The camaraderie and support within learningcommunities also served as a powerful counterweight to the pressure of demanding projects.However, most students also harbored
asresearchers to understand departmental transformations and their impacts. The first author is anundergraduate researcher, the second author is an engineering education scholar and the PARmentor in this study, and the third author is the principal investigator of the larger study. Byactively experiencing what they also researched, the first author used the participation to askquestions relevant to the student community. With that in mind, this research was designed toaddress the need to assess the effectiveness of the PFE courses in achieving its goals ofequipping students with professional and problem-solving competencies. We present this work-in-progress study by qualitatively investigating the experiences of current EE students andalumni who are
expected.”Participants intended to apply what they had learned from the conference in many ways. Specificcontent from individual sessions was referenced in comments, such as K-12 outreach: “WISE hasK-12 outreach programs.”; student identity: “Group work dynamics based on culture was veryuseful. Student identity, ways to develop it and the importance of that longterm for students.Those are the top of my mind now, but there was more that I incorporated after I came back.”;engineering storytelling: “Storytelling in engineering curricula is exciting, useful, andapproachable”, and artificial intelligence: “How to be more open-minded with new generations,how to use AI and other technologies” and competency-based learning. Other participants wrotehow