Paper ID #6142Enhancing Peer-Learning Using Smart DevicesProf. Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma Dr. Siddique is currently a professor at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering of Uni- versity of Oklahoma. His research interests are in areas of product design, product platform design, and engineering education. He is the faculty advisor of the Sooner Racing Team (FSAE) and coordinator of the Mechanical Engineering Capstone program.Dr. Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee UniversityDr. Gul E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. G¨ul E. Okudan Kremer is an associate professor of Engineering
- tor of Counseling, she was responsible for coordinating retention efforts for all programs and coordinated necessary efforts and interventions to retain students in jeopardy of leaving the university. Additionally, Dr. Roudkovski has served on the Institutional Review Board at LeTourneau and regularly provides con- sultations for doctoral candidates seeking assistance with methodologies and statistical analyses involved in dissertation writing. She is also experienced in designing instruments used for assessing various situ- ations and behaviors. Dr. Roudkovski has presented such personally designed instruments at numerous professional conferences
student outcomes in introductory materials engineering Page 23.1204.2courses. The project is multifaceted and includes several interwoven components, all ofwhich are founded upon literature based best practices in STEM education research. Theproject components include: a detailed study of pre-course knowledge andmisperceptions, an investigation of student preparation influencing course outcomes, ananalysis of Index of Learning Styles (ILS) data, a switch to inductive teaching practiceswhich include collaborative, active learning modules and concept/peer learningopportunities, collaborative writing of research papers, low stakes quizzing, thedevelopment
difference between popular, textbook, and peer reviewed literature,reading and analyzing scholarly articles, laboratory notebooks, responsible conduct of research,intellectual property rights, effective presentations, writing a literature review, and careeropportunities.The semester long seminar (SLS) is adapted from work done by The University of Wisconsin [1]as part of their Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) activities while theweek-long faculty led boot camp (FLBC) was developed at Washington State University (WSU)[2] and the 2½ day peer mentor led short course (PMSC) was developed at the University of Page
. The images shown in this paper were acquired with a Zeiss EVO-50 scanningelectron microscope and an Asylum Research MFP-3D atomic force microscope.Bridges between the classroom and undergraduate researchBridge 1 – Students learn to read and comprehend technical papers from theprimary literature through a novel writing assignment – the NanoTracts paperThe process of reading and acquiring an in-depth understanding of peer-reviewed articlesfrom the scientific literature is an essential research skill that is out of the comfort zone ofmost undergraduate students. These skills are developed with time and practice, andproficiency ameliorates potential for success with research endeavors over their futurecareers. A term project has been incorporated
scale.Regarding the impact of S-L on their learning, the mean answers of the students were positive (atthe 5% statistical level); in particular the students valued the team work experience that S-Lprovides, and agree that service should be an expected part of the engineering profession.The final analysis focuses on the quality of the learning mechanisms as expressed by thestudents. We build the analysis on the students’ optional comments, classifying them as positive,neutral or negative. We relate the comments’ tone to learning mechanisms, e.g. in-classdiscussions, presentations, journal writing, report writing, and other type of writing. Studentsengaged in no formal assessment exercises report no positive comments. The exercises whichlead to more
was used to help students makeprogress in their projects. These weekly consultation meetings gave the students more time withthe course staff and their peers, increasing their sense of relatedness, and allowed them to receivemore personalized and faster feedback than the previous model of grading, increasing their senseof competence. By trading grading hours for weekly consultation hours, we also did not increasethe TAs’ time commitment in teaching the course. To further support students’ autonomy, we also developed a formal petition process Page 23.347.8through which students could petition to change any component of the course. A few
of minority students [8]. Different from typical PBLsetting, CPBL is more focused on the creation of a friendly learning environment that is lessintimidating to minority students. The key features of CPBL include: 1) A series of small in-classprojects that are simple enough for students with limited background knowledge but collectivelyserve as a ladder to build up the students’ design skills progressively; 2) Fostered peer-collaboration to help build up students’ confidence to complete the projects; 3) Timely help andimmediate feedback from the instructors. Since the peer collaboration and student-professorinteraction are key to the success of CPBL, the projects are typically conducted in the class
-tech)that have been specifically designed to facilitate active learning. During the fall 2014 offering weare planning modifications to accommodate the larger number of students, but we are committedto maintaining an active learning environment with minimal lecturing. The active learningclassroom is being used to test a variety of new PBL activities that we are planning to scale-up.Learning ProposalsTo empower students to become self-directed learners, especially in the field of ethics, they arerequired to write a “learning proposal” at the beginning of the semester, which includes anexplanation of why they are taking the course, an outline of what they hope to gain from theexperience, a list of objectives, and a list of ethical questions or
future energy Page 23.871.4alternatives and conservation methods.At Stanford University, around 100-170 students enroll per year in two courses on energy and itssustainability taught consecutive quarters. In the first course, an engineering problem-solvingapproach has been implemented to analyze the existing energy landscape and guide designs forfuture energy supply. Students complete a group project, write a report, present their finalprojects, and answer questions from their peers in the first course. In the second course, studentsexamine alternative energy processes, such as, renewables and nuclear energy, with the potentialfor low carbon
, students attend weekly seminars on emerging research in engineeringfields, enrichment and academic development activities, and social events. Students concludethe program with research presentations to their peers and faculty and graduate student mentors.During the past twenty years, 502 students participated in the program. These students wereselected from a pool of 2,554 applicants. A comprehensive assessment program for SURE hasbeen developed and implemented. The assessment process is driven by the overall programobjective to provide participants a meaningful research experience and to increase the likelihoodthat participants will attend graduate school in engineering. This model identifies three cohortsfrom which data is collected. Each data
, international, peer-reviewed journals. She is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the Biophysical Society (BPS) and the Society of Woman Engineers (SWE). Page 23.732.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Incorporating Engineering into the High School Chemistry Classroom Lisa Arnold, Ze Zhang, Tolga Kaya, Bingbing Li, Qin HuAbstract A unique experience is provided to pre-service and in-service teachers to participate in aresearch project via a grant won from the
research involves cognitive/social psychology studies of science and engineering problem solving and creativity. His educational research and design work focuses on K-12 urban education in writing, science, technol- ogy, engineering, and mathematics—both in isolation and in various combinations.Birdy Reynolds, University of PittsburghMs. Shelly Renee Brown MEd, The Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center; University ofPittsburgh Shelly Brown, M.Ed. is an education and outreach coordinator for the QoLT Center at the Human En- gineering Research Laboratories and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology. Ms. Brown is responsible for all K-12 outreach projects and
regarding the pros and cons of various energysources. Succeeding in this role requires that the player understand and apply the knowledgeabout power and energy systems learned in both the classroom and the game environment,together with the writing skills to collect appropriate evidence and compose a persuasive piece ofwriting. In fact, the game is designed in the way that automatically composes a final report forthe player by using every justification the player provides in the question prompts (Fig. 1b) atdifferent game stages.Fig. 1: (a) Chat with Mayor for the assignment; (b) a question prompt after a player visited the Mayor's roomAfter players exit the city hall, they must talk to different power system experts located in officesspread
heavilysubsidized tuition), the combination of participation in (a) a scholarship program and (b)academic support services resulted in higher academic achievement and retention for females(but both males and females used support services and peer advising at higher rates) compared togroups of students who participated in either (a) or (b) but not both. In the book Talking AboutLeaving, Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences, 3 it is stated that nationally 40 percent ofundergraduate students leave engineering programs, 50 percent leave the physical and biologicalsciences programs, and 60 percent leave mathematics programs to pursue other non-STEMprograms.Recent findings from the Academic Pathways Study (APS) have shown that among the factorsthat predict the
, electrical properties of materials, therapeutic applications of electromagnetic fields, and software engineering and development. She has authored/co-authored 26 journal papers and several conference papers published in prestigious, international, peer-reviewed journals. She is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the Biophysical Society (BPS) and a member of the Society of Woman Engineers (SWE).Dr. Shaopeng Cheng, Central Michigan University Dr. Shaopeng Cheng received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1995. He is currently an associate professor in the School of Engineering and Technology at Central Michigan University. Dr. Cheng teaches
wrong— that teaching, yes, is a part of it, but it’s doing me a better service to write a paper instead of revamping my class. So there’s a little less motivation, at least at the junior level, to do it. … but as it is, you know, if you’re a big shot researcher, you’re important. And if you’re not a big shot researcher, you’re not.Knowledge and Skills of Effective TeachingAccess to information about effective teaching practices I would appreciate if I could learn more about those tools that are out there, because I don’t think I’m fully informed. So that is, I think, a personal interest. Understanding, you know, lowering the barrier to personal understanding of what’s the right thing to do
homeworkincludes reading assignments, analytical problems and software based questions.Examples are as follows: 1. Write a 700-1000 word synopsis of the article given below demonstrating your understanding of the article. You do not have to get into mathematical details. The synopsis should show your conceptual understanding. Article [15]: Amin Fazel and Shantanu Chakrabartty, An Overview of Statistical Pattern Techniques for Speaker Verification, IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, June 2011. 2. Write a MATLAB program that implements the LBG algorithm with the following inputs and outputs: Input: Training data vectors of any finite dimension, desired codebook size equal to a power of 2
CREATE Renewable Energy Network; • Collaborate and write section of paper for inclusion in a peer-reviewed paper; • Participate in at least two online virtual learning community meetings; and • Provide feedback and formal evaluation information to CREATE on the impact of the Renewable Energy Network on teaching and learning (including student assessment and demographic information). Name: ____________________________________________________________________ Signature: _____________________________________ Date: _______________________Chancellor/President’s Certification: I have reviewed [insert name ________________________'s] application to the CREATE US- Australia Renewable Energy Learning Exchange and Network and fully support
intervention theory. Psychological Bulletin, 119(2), 254–284.11. Bangert-Drowns, R.L., C.C. Kulik, J.A. Kulik, & M.T. Morgan. (1991). The instruction effect of feedback in test-like events. Review of Educational Research, 61(2), 218–238.12. Kulhavy, R.W., & W.A. Stock. (1989). Feedback in written instruction: The place of response certitude. Educational Psychology Review, 1(4), 279–308.13. Nelson, M.M. & C.D. Schunn. (2009). The nature of feedback: how different types of peer feedback affect writing performance. Instructional Science, 37(4), 375–401.14. Bjorklund, S.A., J.M. Parente, & D. Sathianathan. (2002). Effects of faculty interaction and feedback on gains in student skills. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(2
instructional methods and classroom conditions. Moreover, writing competitivegrant proposals requires assessment of envisioned project impacts to obtain initial funding and toargue for subsequent funding. A major obstacle to each of these assessment challenges islocating the correct instruments for the situation at hand and the outcomes to be measured. Thispaper describes the development of a web-based aid for locating desired instruments while alsogrowing the assessment capacity of engineering educators using an online search tool: theAppraisal System for Superior Engineering Education Evaluation-Instrument Sharing andScholarship (ASSESS).ASSESSThe ASSESS project is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Transforming UndergraduateEducation in STEM (TUES
to those of their peers on campus11.They also address the needs of students with motion disability. Simulated experiments are moreaccessible to learners who often find it difficult or unsafe to use a real laboratory.An issue of major concern is the recruitment of female and minority students12. Being portable,recruiting professors will be able to take the VL with them when going on recruiting trips.Steps in the Development of Virtual LaboratoryThe virtual laboratory development is composed of several phases as described in Figure 1. Theseare: I. Development of lab modules II. Instructor training III. Dissemination IV. AssessmentThese tasks are interrelated and feedback was used regularly to improve the lab
faculty develop the strategiesand understanding of the learning process that are necessary to develop a learning centered-classroom. 28 The program offered introductory and advanced workshops and on-goingbiweekly meetings. It reflected the belief that faculty needed to experience learning in alearning-centered atmosphere and to practice in their own classrooms with continued supportfrom their peers. Evaluation data showed that workshop participants that attend the regularmeetings (i. e., became part of the community) reported changes is classroom behavior; whilethose that did not reported marginal or no progress in implementing changes in their classrooms,emphasizing the importance of continued interactions.An extensive bioengineering curriculum
. Students are also exposed to Chinese culture through all kinds of arranged cultureexchange activities. In this paper we will discuss some of the experience that we gained fromorganizing this international research program over the past 3 years. Some of the planning,logistics, procedures and outcomes will be described and analyzed based on the results fromprogram survey. Some suggestions to keep the sustainability of the program will be alsoprovided. This type of information will be useful for peers who seek to run a similar program.Application and RecruitingThe program ran for eight weeks in each summer of 2010-2012, starting in middle of May andending in early July. Nine months before the program started, the NSF IRES flyer was preparedand was
using theframework, and the results of the coding from that iteration were compared and discussed. Tofacilitate the content analysis of the standards documents, a detailed coding protocol for eachiteration of the Framework was developed. This coding protocol was designed to guide theresearch team and to ensure the validity and reliability of the review process. The iterations ofthe framework were also evaluated through peer and expert review at key times within the designresearch cycles. These research cycles will be described in detail in each of the correspondingsections below.Presentation of the FrameworkWe begin by presenting the Framework for Quality K-12 Engineering Education in its final form.The Framework has 12 key indicators that
ability to control. Consequently, they intend to share their knowledge with other students. However, Tohidinia and Mosakhani [8] contend that knowledge sharing involves both knowledge collection and donation. Entering students seem more willing to collect knowledge from their peers than donate to it. This situation represents a potential opportunity to target learning activities towards building knowledge sharing skills and confidence. Survey of the motivational design of the assignments themselves. Keller [9-12] contends that effective instruction employs a motivational design that (1) attracts and maintains student attention; (2) demonstrates the relevance of what students learn to important personal goals
Page 23.342.7approach. 6During the community service learning process, students were required to learn the strategiesfor creative problem solving, and participate in self-evaluation surveys and mini-tests toevaluate their knowledge on the introduced strategies and their performance in applying theknowledge. They were also required to write community service project journals to record theirthinking and reflection on the process of identifying problems, obtaining relevant knowledge,and creating innovative solutions. Finally, they were required to present and report theirprojects. At the end of the community service, they were required to submit
- sylvania State University. Her research focuses on decision analysis and design theory applied to im- provement of products and systems. She has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers to date and received several best paper awards. She has been also a National Research Council-US AFRL Summer Faculty Fellow of the Human Effectiveness Directorate for 2002, 2003 and 2004, and a Fulbright Scholar (2010-2011).Dr. Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkProf. Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkDr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah E. Zappe is director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of