1986-1987 fiscal biennium.38 A shift towards research hadalready occurred during the retrenchment during the second half of the 1970s (in no small partbecause Texas had reached peak oil in 1972), but this latest economic turn prompted the state toplace even greater emphasis on research, and a “high tech” economy modeled after SiliconValley and Route 128. It was said that educated minds would become “the oil and gas” of Texas’future economy.39The state’s most concerted bid to enter into the high tech era occurred through its successful bidto bring the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) to Austin. MCCwas the nation’s first research consortium, said to be the U.S. response to the Japanese “FifthGeneration Project” in
´orio de Sistemas Integr´aveis (LSI) of EP-USP since 1988, where she is a principal investigator of the Interactive Electronic Media research group (which includes research in computer graphics, digital image processing, techniques and devices for human-computer interaction, virtual reality and augmented reality). She coordinates research projects in the area of Interactive Elec- tronic Media, with emphasis on applications related to Education and Health. She coordinates scientific dissemination initiatives and projects aimed at identifying and developing talents in Science and Engi- neering. She was responsible for the design and feasibility of Febrace (Brazilian Fair of Science and Engineering), the biggest
active learning, Page 24.1207.4 4) Gives prompt feedback, and 7) Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.A more thorough discussion of the student-centered theoretical framework behind the invertedclassroom can be found in a recent review paper by J. Bishop and M. Verleger 7.Research Project DescriptionThis paper reports on one of the research questions associated with a two-year study on theinverted classroom approach conducted at the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at theUniversity of Toronto, which is a large research-intensive public university. The study comparesthe relative perception and performances of two cohorts, one
Page 24.1357.6solution steps while explanations and commentary may be more efficiently conveyed by voiceinstead of by writing or projecting them on the screen. While the absence of voice narrationfrom a screencast may not impede student learning, do students consider voice narration asadded value when it comes to their learning?When asked about the importance of including explanatory narration in the screencasts and thecompleteness of this narration, the students rated these aspects as being important to theirlearning. According to the survey results in Figure 4, the students almost unanimously (56students, or 97%) agreed that including some level of narration is important to their learning,with 71% (40) of these students rating narration as
. Due to the hands-on nature of educational strategy, the laboratorycomponent is an integral part of any course offered in the SoT, and the EM course is noexception. Every week, the course enrolled students have an opportunity to apply the knowledgethey gain in the classroom to the industrial equipment. By the end of the course, students have atleast 33 hours of hands-on activities. The knowledge gained via theoretical and practicalexercises is reinforced by the computer projects utilizing MATLAB simulation software.In 2009, the first attempt at converting the existing traditional model of the EM course into theblended version has been made. Utilizing the hybrid methodology, several lectures wereconverted into the online format and gradually
education that is situated in a realistic and comparable environment commonly seenin project-based learning (PBL) courses. A common example of these types of learningenvironments is represented in design courses, both at the first-year and senior levels. Thesetypes of courses require students to exhibit a high level of motivation and advanced cognitivedevelopment, representative of an adult learner, in order to successfully meet the requirements ofthe course.Studies have acknowledged that in order to develop critical thinkers and capable problemsolvers, teachers must understand the needs of today’s engineering student and design instructionto meet those needs. The development of students in undergraduate curriculum varies widely asundergraduates
is an Assistant Professor of Computer Graphics Technology and Computer and Information Technology. Dr. Whittinghill’ s research focuses on simulation, gaming and computer pro- gramming and how these technologies can more effectively address outstanding issues in health, educa- tion, and society in general. Dr. Whittinghill leads projects in pediatric physical therapy, sustainable energy simulation, phobia treat- ment, cancer care simulation, and games as a tool for improving educational outcomes. Dr. Whittinghill is the director of GamesTherapy.org. Prior to joining Purdue he was a senior software engineer in the research industry focused upon the fields of visualization, games, agent-based modeling, digital
of the classroom from mere teaching and learning topromoting a learning environment where students are able to develop the relevant metacognitiveskills necessary to become independent and critical thinkers.In a study conducted in a science class with the use of personal response systems, commonlycalled “clickers”, it was reported that students’ conceptual understanding of the conceptspresented in the class increased after they were allowed to have discussions with their peers [26].In the classroom students were presented with a question and required to use the “clicker” toindicate their answer choice. A histogram was used to the project the responses to the class.Following the projection of response, the students were allowed to discuss in
encyclopedia,Wikipedia. It can be used to engage students in authentic collaborative writing activities.Forte and Bruckman45 have given guidelines to develop curricula to support learning amongstudent authors in the Wikipedia environment. Moy, et al. 46 have successfully used Wikipediato enable students to work collaboratively, explore advanced concepts in Chemistry, and learncommunicating science to a diverse audience, including the public. Cole 47 has reported herfailed experiment at a graduate-level class project that was centered on editing Chemistry-related entries in Wikipedia. She inferred that in an educational context, social technologiesare perceived differently as compared with ordinary personal use which may have caused thefailure.While we
the more densely populated East Coast. This form ofrepresentation was selected for a concise visual presentation of a large data set. Page 24.441.4 Figure 1. SaGE students' hometowns in the contiguous United States 22,23.The quantitative data used in this study were drawn from the Sustainability and Gender inEngineering (SaGE) project (http://www.clemson.edu/~gpotvin/SaGE.pdf ) which is comprisedof a large-scale study of students enrolled in introductory English courses at 2- and 4-yearcolleges across the U.S. (NSF GSE 1036617 and NSF GRF 0751278). The quantitative data are asample of college students enrolled in introductory
, and 9 students for method 3. These students came from two sectionstaught by the same faculty instructor. The control group consisted of 187 students from threesections taught by a different instructor. The TAs of these students received only the basictraining provided to all TAs of the Engineering Models course and were unaware of the teachingmethods being implemented by the 6 TAs in the experimental group.The final data presented is the final percentages achieved by the students in the two sections.These grades take into account the lab assignments (20%), homework assignments (20%),midterm exam (20%), final exam (20%), final project (10%), and attendance/quizzes (10%). Labassignments are scored out of 50 points, and the data presented is
paper and project: A term paper presenting a case study of sustainable concrete buildingdesign will be required. Students will also submit two term projects. The first will compare a Page 24.477.10conventional reinforced concrete to a sustainable reinforced concrete from the perspective ofstructural design. The second will do the same yet from mixed design perspective.Poster presentations: Students in teams will present posters on special application of sustainableconcrete. Topics will be coordinated in order to cover several concretes. Each poster will includedescription, implementations, manufacturing, proportioning, and construction and will
class, which we currently administer using BlackBoard. Infuture work, we will interface this system to our circuit generation, solution generation, andgraphics generation software in VB6 (running on a web server) so that it can fully control thestructure of tutorial sequences.3. Classroom Usage and Survey ResultsA major recent focus of our project has been expanding usage of our software to a large numberof students in a variety of institutions of different types. The use of the software is generallymade mandatory (e.g., as a required homework assignment whose completion forms part of theirgrade), as busy students do not tend to use it very often if is purely optional for them. The web-based interface described above has greatly facilitated
lower grades was the lower performanceon in-class exercises in 2013 than on homework in 2012. Higher homework scores and higherweights combined to raise course grades. There were some other factors that affected the grades,though.Three of the nine seniors in 2013 received Cs or Ds in the class. These were all students who putin little effort in the class. Their attention was focused on other classes including their capstonedesign project. There were also three academic integrity violations during the semester. Thosestudents received Ds or Fs. Page 24.616.8 Figure 1. Distribution of course grades in 2012 and 2013.4.3. Final
students’entire educational experience. Students indicated their level of satisfaction using a 4-pointLikert-type scale that ranges from 1 (“poor”) to 4 (“excellent”). Similarly, the NSSE elicitsinformation about students’ grades in college. Students reported their GPA based on an 8-pointscale ranging from 1 (“C- or lower”) to 8 (“A”).The primary independent variables assessed the frequency and nature of African American andHispanic STEM students’ engagement with faculty members and peers. This includedengagement inside classes (e.g., worked with other students on projects during class) and outsideclasses (e.g., talked about career plans with a faculty member). Specifically, five items measuredthe frequency with which students worked on a research
advantage of(and put to good use) the ability to post digital pictures of prototyping setups, provide hyperlinksto all their device datasheets, post their latest schematics and software listings for evaluation, andpost video clips of their project in action (as verification of their project success criteria).”The use of course management systems (CMS)—especially Blackboard10—for educationalapplications of ELNs was reported. CMS are web-based software packages with many functionsdesigned to facilitate the delivery of on-line course content; support the electronic interactionbetween instructors and students; serve as a repository—a dropbox—for student work; andprovide gradebook functions which allows instructors to enter grades, and students to
and at North Carolina State University by Richard M. Felder et al.1. The workperformed at Aalborg University was focused on Learning Styles of Science and Engineeringstudents in Problem and Project based education11. The First Year program was studied atAalborg University in Architecture and Design and Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Page 24.379.10Computer Engineering, Electronics, Physics, Geography, Global Business Development,Industry, Informatics, Chemistry & Bio-technology, and Software and Health Technology11. Ofthe 493 students who completed the Felder-Soloman Index of Learning Styles survey, themajority of students were
. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a CAREER award to explore the use of e- portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering. Page 24.652.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Graduate
-supported research and learning systems, hydrology, and water resources. In a major ($1M+, NSF) curriculum reform and engineering education research project from 2004 to 2009, he led a team of engineering and education faculty to reform engineering curriculum of an engineering department (Biological Systems Engineering) using Jerome Bruner’s spiral curriculum theory. Currently, Dr. Lohani leads an NSF/REU Site on ”interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering” which has already graduated 56 excellent undergraduate researchers since 2007. This Site is renewed for the third cycle which will be implemented during 2014-16. He also leads an NSF/TUES type I project in which a real-time environmental monitoring lab is being
educational institutions and industry. He also is the Principal Investigator for Project TEAM: Tech-nician Education in Additive Manufacturing. He has served on numerous community based and collegeadvisory committees and has held faculty and administrative positions at several community and technicalcolleges in the areas of Career Development, Workforce Development, Industry Liaison, Internships andCooperative Education, and grant management. Page 24.789.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 INTEGRATION OF MATERIALS INSTRUCTION IN THE FIELD OF MANUFACTURINGAbstractThis
bridges with fifth graders, Roth3 found that in over50 projects, only one group chose to abandon their current design and begin again. This isconsistent with the behavior of beginning designers described by Crismond and Adams1, some ofwhom “will not abandon their design ideas, even after running many tests and design iterationsthat clearly demonstrate a plan’s ineffectiveness” (p. 767). They attributed this trend toineffective diagnostic troubleshooting: because beginning designers do not actively look for“worrisome” patterns, they do not recognize “flawed performances,” resulting in final designsthat are “strikingly similar” to the initial plans (p. 767).Instead of continuing on with their initial idea, Marco and Vincenzo are very willing to
those activities are properly designed.BYOD in the Measurements and Analysis CourseMeasurements and Analysis with Thermal Science Application is a required junior level coursefor mechanical engineers at Northeastern University. The course consists of three lectures andone lab section per week. It covers topics such as statistical data analysis, experimental design,and measurement of engineering quantities such as pressure, temperature, strain, fluid flow, andheat transfer. Seven lab experiments are performed in teams of 3-4 students during the course ofthe term. Each team is also required to do a term project in which they design, execute, andreport on a measurement experiment of their choosing. These projects have ranged frommeasurements of
rigorously tested. Thus, another goal of our project is torigorously establish the link between students’ expectations and student resistance. We have recently been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study studentresistance to nontraditional teaching methods through a range of observations, surveys,interviews, and focus groups capturing both student and faculty perspectives. In this paper, wefocus on the insights into student resistance that can be gained by interviewing students in afocus group setting. We compare the results of focus groups conducted at two institutions usingtwo similar sets of questions. We reflect on both the different insights from two differentpopulations of students, differences in the focus group protocols
in this figure. The “Other” 90% 15.5% 16.5%reasons included sleeping in, subway delays and 100% 7.7% 13.8%commuting, and having a test on that day. Themajor difference in the “Too much work” Figure 3. Primary Reason for Missing Lecturesresponses could be due to the fact that one ofthe other courses in this term modestly reducedtheir design project requirements from 2012 to2013. However, this is likely only part of thereason given that the change was not as drasticas the data reflects. The fact that 16% of theinverted cohort chose “Too early” is likely dueto the fact that of the three lecture sections, onesection did have a 9 AM class, while for thetraditional
” that the crowd goes wild as the victor celebrates thewin while the loser’s corpse is dragged out of the ring. [Students’ eyes snap wide open as theylisten to the play-by-play, getting the idea, and yet perhaps wondering if their instructor is feelingalright.] The next most expensive alternative is sent into the ring, and combat continues until thelast project alternative standing alive is the overall choice. The students laugh, but theyremember the analogy and have better recall of the technique on exams.To illustrate the effects of this technique, results from two similar sections have been compared.The scores for each student in answering an incremental rate of return exam problem wererecorded for both sections. The Spring 2011 section was
critical of their instructors than thosewho left.The findings for co-op in this study not only lend support to those who have long asserted thatquality co-ops can enhance undergraduate retention but also demonstrate co-op’s enduringenhancement of students’ work self-efficacy.IntroductionThis study is part of a larger research project, supported by a National Science FoundationResearch on Gender in Science and Engineering program grant # 0827490, designed todetermine the effect of self-efficacy and other factors on retention, especially of women inundergraduate engineering programs. These data represent the pre-survey of the studycompleted in the 2009-2010 academic year (referred to as Time 1), a post-survey follow-up inthe 2010-2011 academic year
students build the instruments at the end of the semesterand prepare for a day out with the SeaPerch ROVs. The success of the outreach competition has beenoverwhelming and the experience our undergraduates have received has been invaluable to their success intheir senior capstone projects as well as in their job searches. Although we are just ending our second year of the implementation (this year we taught anadditional 250 students), we had over 450 students from 15 schools use some of the ROV curriculum wedeveloped to learn about STEM, and then design and build ROVs, and later use those ROVs in the secondUtah ROV Competition. Local media and STEM companies, in addition to the students, parents, teachers
constructive and developmentalfeedback. We also would like to thank former Teaching Assistants, Wenbo Shi, Anuj Mittal,and Anirudh Ramakrishna, of IE 341 Production Systems for their assistance in implementingthis project. Finally we would like to thank the Department of Industrial and ManufacturingSystems Engineering for generous support in the form of teaching assistants. References1. Hong, E., O'Neil, H. (1992), Instructional strategies to help learners build relevant mentalmodels in inferential statistics. Journal of Educational Psychology, 84, 150-159.2. Wheat, I. D. (2007), The feedback method of teaching macroeconomics: is it effective?System Dynamics Review, 23, 391-413.3. Felder, R. (2002), Learning
promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. Page 24.1387.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Work-in-Progress: Development of an Android-based Student Mobile
Hampshire, 19-22 August 2007.6. L. McLauchlan, Control of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) – Sea Fox Lab Assignment for the SeniorCourse Linear Control Systems, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 2013.7. L. McLauchlan, “Design-oriented course in microprocessor based controls,” Proc. of the 2007 ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition, AC2007-2675, Honolulu, HI, pp. 1-11, June 24-27, 2007.8. M. Prince, “Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research,” Journal of Engineering Education, pp.223-231, July 2004.9. R. Pucher, A. Mense, and H. Wahl, “How to Motivate Students in Project Based Learning,” 6th IEEE AfriconConference in Africa, vol. 1, pp. 443-446, Oct. 2-4, 2002.10. L. McLauchlan, M. Mehrubeoglu, and J. Durham, “Problem Based Learning