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Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 287had little knowledge regarding water quality and the potential contaminants that could be presentin tasteless and odorless waters.Student reflections. The engineering students reflected upon their experiences surveying the CalPoly community, and after analyzing the collected data. Sample statements as written in theengineering reports are shown below.“Questions were mostly answered among agree, neutral, or disagree, showing that Cal Polystudents were not fully confident in their answers.”“The combination of our interviews and survey data showed that

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CMACN are publishers of the Design of Masonry ReinforcedStructures5 – a textbook that is appropriate for the classroom and used as a reference bypracticing engineers. Included in the book are several practical design examples and aids. Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 362The partnering was able to address the issue that the real world rarely reflects the “perfect”examples used in the theory of academia. It was agreed that it is best for the student to beintroduced to a topic using the “perfect

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making the transition from student to independent scholar12.Compounding the apparently common composition anxiety among graduate students in general,there is a prevalent stereotype that engineers are poor communicators. A very pervasive culturalbelief related to communication skills, particularly written communication, exists amongengineers; this is reflected in a currently popular T-shirt, as shown in Figure 1. Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 532 Figure 1. A popular T-shirt reflecting a

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Hasmik Gharibyan

other hand, it allows the instructor to provide more help and give more attention tostudents, since there are fewer entities to oversee. Also, from the academic administration’spoint of view, pair programming is cost-efficient, since it makes it possible to increase thenumber of students in each class without major impact on student learning.In introductory programming courses, lab scores are usually included in the overall gradecalculation and thus become a component of student assessment. However, lab scores may notaccurately reflect student knowledge. It is important to note that in pair programming theevaluation of individual student’s performance is not straightforward and has some challenges4,9.The common practice in introductory courses

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active participants in their own education. Students learn far more by doingsomething active rather than by simply watching and listening2. Therefore, to take advantage ofthe studio-laboratory format of the course proposed in the new curriculum, the faculty waschallenged with developing experiential learning experiences to enhance student learning.Experiential LearningExperiential learning is learning through reflection on doing, which is often contrasted withdidactic learning. Experiential learning is related to, but not synonymous with, experientialeducation, action learning, adventure learning, free choice learning, cooperative learning, andservice learning. While there are relationships and connections between all these theories ofeducation

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Lucie Alidieres-Dumonceaud; Chantal Charnet

also broughtforth other variables in distance learning that were not necessarily taken into account before :(1) the inability to travel, (2) copyrights and intellectual property rights, (3) the developmentof a meta-language, of instructions and of content.Situational and educational constraints play into the dynamics in the implementation ofdistance learning lessons. In order to adapt best to specific cases, a larger reflection mustoccur on the type of scenario-building that should be put into place. We can now askourselves how the modifications made in resources for student-inmates can benefit otherstudents. Distance learning that occurs in a learning context without Internet access is a motorfor the development of scenario-building of course

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Eric J. White; George Jing; Sandrine Fischer

. To illustrate this, we consider the TIPP classification mentioned inthe Introduction. TIPP classifies exercises by knowledge type (information and mentalprocedures), which are further divided into six increasingly reflective processes. Homeworkexercises were selected from one chapter of an introductory physics textbook5 used at a largepolytechnic state university. Exercises were classified by two students and one instructoraffiliated with the phiMap project. Figure 6 displays the frequency of exercises per TIPPcategory for this chapter. For this sample audit, we consider only the first three cognitiveprocesses, which in the figure correspond to retrieval (1a–b), comprehension (2a–b), and analysis(3a–e). Note that higher levels (knowledge

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Sandrine Fischer; Kelli Yogi; Eric J. White

the problem goal9. In comparison, experts would applyan equation to the information given in the statement of the problem and see if that strategyrealizes the goal. Along these lines, one can expect students to fixate on physics quantitiesdifferently than would experts.The trace of a problem formed in one’s memory reflects the attention allocation and strategiesdeployed during its solving. Verbal protocol analyses have revealed novices’ representation ofproblems to be detailed and less thematic than that of field experts7. According to recognitiontests, novices remember more features of a problem diagram, even those that are non-meaningfuland less thematically relevant10. This raises the concern that problems excessive in content maylead

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Gregg L. Fiegel; Nephi Derbidge

formative and summative assessments. We believe the daily quiz approachprovides a valuable and efficient means for assessing student performance. We presentassessment results showing correlations between student quiz performance, midterm examperformance, final exam performance, and overall course performance. Finally, we discussstudent opinions regarding this approach to course instruction and assessment, and we reflect onthe benefits of using this approach in our classes.IntroductionThe following paper describes our experiences using daily quizzes to assess student performancein a third-year civil engineering course on geotechnical engineering. The lead author hasassigned daily quizzes in this course for over 10 years. The paper's co-author

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alternativeusing the incremental benefit cost method.Project Report and Peer EvaluationsUpon completion of the project, each group submitted a project report on their group’scomponent. Report elements included an executive summary, review of the group’s work thatincluded a reflection on strengths and areas for improvement, recommendations for this group ifthe project was to be repeated, and general and specific lessons learned. Report appendicesvaried slightly among the groups depending on their tasks. Groups appended elements thatwould be useful for future organizers to review such as meeting minutes, samples of documentsand tools developed for the project, e.g., waiver forms and donation request letters, andinformation on suppliers and costs.Previous

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Ranjan K Sen

Curricula project [3].Also, the curriculum must reflect the relationship of IT to other computing disciplines as theydepend on materials covered in other computing disciplines. The curriculum must reflect theaspects that set IT apart from other computing disciplines. The overview report of the ComputingCurricula 2005 was augmented as necessary and organized into a form acceptable to theComputing Curricula Series, which is a guideline for four-year undergraduate degree programsin IT from ACM and IEEE in 2008.IT as an academic discipline is concerned with issues related to advocating for users and meetingtheir needs within an organizational and societal context through the selection, creation,application, integration and administration of computing

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Laith Al Any; Jodi Reeves; Carl Josephson

traditionally non-engineeringindustries and activities, such as medicine, physics, and astronomy.Progress in industry and technology in the last decade has changed a lot of the concepts andthoughts in engineering in both theory and application, and that is now reflected in all thecurricula used by engineering schools and training centers. Most refugee engineers came fromcountries with different (generally more basic) technical needs than the United States. Mostrefugee engineers need to change their approaches, standards, and perceptions as a first step, andthey need to understand where they are on the new engineering map of employmentopportunities. The road map has to have educational classes and workshops designed byacademics and industrial

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format, they must reflect on their course objectives and teaching styles. Many of the qualities that make a successful online facilitator are also tremendously effective in the traditional classroom.Cons of an Online Education: Technology issues – Before any online program can hope to succeed, it must have students who are able to access the online learning environment. Lack of access whether it be for economical or logistics reasons will exclude otherwise eligible students from the course. For some students, the cost and geographical location can be a deterrent to access online programs. Also, sometimes, students with computer or Internet problems will be unable to complete their assignments or exams on time. Security

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Jing Pang

thinking skills7. In the Introductionto Civil Engineering course, carefully designed reflective writing assignments were provided tostudents to stimulate critical thinking8. Moreover, business professors developed interactivethinking and discussion games to improve students’ critical thinking skills9. In general, educatorsfrom different fields tried to use appropriate methodology to facilitate critical thinking based ondifferent course contents.Understanding the internal architecture of microcomputers is crucial for undergraduate studentsin the advancement of their study and work in the field of computer engineering. At CaliforniaState University, Sacramento (CSUS), the Computer Hardware Design course is required upperdivision computer engineering

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Tania Martinez; Amado Flores-Renteria; Jasmine Flores; Jolani Chun; Cheng Chen; Hezareigh Ryan; Wenshen Pong; Nilgun Ozer; Hamid Shahnasser; Hamid Mahmoodi; Amelito G. Enriquez; Albert Cheng; Kwok-Siong Teh; Xiaorong Zhang

FranciscoState University. Any opinions, findings, and recommendations expressed in this paper are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the sponsors.Bibliography1. California Community Colleges Student Success Task Force (CCCSSTF). (2012). Advancing student success in California community colleges. Retrieved from http://www.californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/Portals/0/StudentSuccessTaskForce/SSTF_FinalReport_We b_010312.pdf Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education

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departments at ABET creditedundergraduate universities. The Integrated Teaching and Learning Lab at the College ofEngineering and Applied Science in the University of Colorado at Boulder is probably a pioneerin formally practicing the method and publishing scientific educational reports on the results1-4.Other examples of the established programs over the past two decades are the InformationEngineering Technology (IET) program at the Northern New Mexico College, the University ofTexas at Austin Project Centered Education (PROCEED), and reflection-in-action softwareengineering courses at the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology4. ThePROCEED program of UT Austin for instance was initially started in the department of Proceedings

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Bhaskar R. Sinha; Pradip P. Dey; Gordon W. Romney; Mohammad N. Amin; Debra A. Bowen

. Project requirements are real and usually involve multiple disciplines like engineering, technology, and business. This provides the students a valuable opportunity to understand that a project involves many actors (developer, administration, customer, etc.) and all converge together with their specific requirements.B. Ensure the Project Meets all PLOs: It is imperative that the capstone project meets all the PLOs required by the program. The NU BS-ITM program is a professional curriculum based on modern Information Technologies (IT) and IT management techniques. It facilitates students to learn analysis, problem solving techniques, advanced IT design, and IT management. The mission of the program is reflected in the PLOs as

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the text book?Figure 10/Q57: Would you want pre-configured labs that map to your current textbook(s)?Commentary: A summary of Figures 7 through 10 can be stated as: Faculty has primaryresponsibility for creating lab assignments. They are creative in defining labs that reflect theirindividual viewpoint on the learning objectives which benefit from hands-on experience. Thelab assignments currently being created by a faculty are independent of text books. Text bookpublishers have an opportunity to provide pre-configured labs which map to the text. One likelyreason that faculty has this unsatisfied desire/need is that it would reduce its work load.It is interesting to note that many traditional science degree programs like biology, chemistry

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Rose-Margaret Itua; Sharnnia Artis

Sustainability ManufacturingManufacturing is an unlikely first choice for a profession among college students. Nevertheless,in the 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama gave a blueprint for an economy that isbuilt to last based on American manufacturing.16 The manufacturing sector has drivenknowledge production and innovation in the U.S. by supporting two-thirds of private sectorresearch and development and by employing scientists, engineers, and technicians to invent newproducts and introduce innovations in existing industries17. After several decades of decline,early signs of manufacturing returning to the U.S. reflect the changing of conditions.18,19,20Resurgence will only be realized with sustained cost competitiveness and innovation

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