introduces the core aspect of constructive alignment, thatlearning outcomes, activities, and assessments should be aligned and support one another. Biggs’development was to pair instructional alignment with a strong focus on the role of studentactivities in creating meaning, which he identified as the common core of constructivist learningtheories [1]. Biggs has periodically published updates of the model of constructive alignment in“Teaching for Quality Learning at University”, starting in 1999 and with the most recent 5thedition published in 2022 [6].Since the 1970’s, engineering education and the professional engineering field have becomeincreasingly diverse [7]. However, despite decades of concerted institutional efforts, parity in thefield
drawn arose in the 1980’s due to concerns aboutcompetitiveness of the US economy and is adapted from industrial continual quality management(CQM) methods such as ISO 9000, Six Sigma, and Kaizen which themselves have roots in 19thcentury industrialization. Another aspect of outcomes-based education is that the unit of analysisis the program or sub-elements of it. This focus on the program can emphasize the intendedcurriculum rather than the received curriculum. The intended curriculum is what programsbelieve that students learn rather than what is actually experienced (received) by students.Continual quality management (and outcomes-based education) has an implicit assumption thatquality can be defined sufficiently well to make some sort of
instrumentdesigned to identify self-determined communication in graduate education. This researchaddresses two key questions: (1) How do the adaptation steps contribute to the theoretical andpractical development of the COMM-FLOWS tool? (2) In what ways do the measures of theCOMM-FLOWS tool differ from those of the original Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction –General (BPNS-G) scale in capturing self-determined communication in graduate education?Using an adaptation framework informed by Chenel et al. (2018)’s decision-aid methodology,this study modifies the BPNS-G scale to capture the nuances of oral and written communicationin an academic setting. The adaptation process involved seven structured steps: (1) identifying ascale for adaptation, (2
, 2025 Developing a Virtual Worlds Framework for Early Childhood Safia A. Malallah, Kansas State University, safia@ksu.edu Ejiro Osiobe, dr.o@aneosiobe.org Lior Shamir, Kansas State University, lshamir@ksu.edu Allen S. David, Kansas State University, dallen@ksu.edu Joshua L. Weese, Kansas State University, weeser@ksu.edu Bean H Nathan, Kansas State University, nhbean@ksu.edu Feldhausen Russel, Kansas State University, russfeld@ksu.edu Abstract – In the past decade, there has been a significant shift from simply restricting children’s access to technology toward actively monitoring and managing their
(b) 30 m/s airflow, 10 mm deflection Figure 1: Comparison of deflection with and without airflow.In the first milestone, students familiarize themselves with aerodynamics and wind tunnel testingprinciples alongside an introduction to the wiffletrees. Wiffetrees are useful test setups forcantilevered beams and aircraft wings 8,9,10,11 . At this stage in their education, students are onlybecoming familiar with two dimensional aerodynamics so they do not yet possess anunderstanding of the complicated nature of lift on a finite wing. With a basic conceptualdiscussion, students can begin to appreciate that the lift distribution and hence the distributed loadmay be approximated by a rectangle, triangle, or trapezoid shape. This
explain how they came to that conclusion. Then, the conversation moved to CRQFS trade-offs; students were prompted to compare how two CRQFS aspects were related in the context of the yogurt cup(s). They were then asked to make a quick sketch of a mold for one of the cups. Conversation centered around the location of important features, artifacts from the manufacturing process, and reasoning behind student decisions. Lastly, instructors initiated a conversation around a specific design decision and how that related to different process capabilities and parameters.Examples are listed below: ● If I wanted to make these cups stiffer, what could I do? ○ How would that affect
tool in the aerospace industry and is used in a variety ofapplications. Early aerospace VR pioneers have been using the technology since the 80’s; onesuch pioneer is NASA, who used large VR rigs for astronaut training [3]. Another long-standingexample is use for pilot training, in which aviators can simulate flights from a digital cockpit onthe ground [4]. Modern advancements have expanded applications beyond these examples. Forinstance, VR can be used for microgravity training to potentially reduce space motion sicknesscaused by the feeling of weightlessness [5]. Engineers also utilize VR for engine design, allowingdesigners to both visualize and optimize components for turbomachinery [6]. Additionally, VR isbeing explored as a method for
,” 2023.[2] W. E. Kelly, “General Education for Civil Engineers: Sustainable Development,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 134, no. 1, pp. 75–83, 2008, doi: 10.1061/ASCE1052-39282008134:175.[3] L. White, “Engineers and the making of a new humanism,” in Dynamo and virgin reconsidered : essays in the dynamism of Western culture, 1968, pp. 143–149.[4] S. C. Florman, The Civilized Engineer, 1st ed. St Martin’s Griffin, 1987.[5] W. B. Stouffer and J. S. Russell, “Too Liberal or Not Liberal Enough: Liberal Arts, Electives, and Professional Skills,” 2003. [Online]. Available: http://soe.stanford.edu/programs/undergrad/undergrad.html[6] Y. Ben-Haim, “Why The Best
the HE Colombia ecosystem through thesectors of the Quadruple Helix – academia, government, private sector, and civil society – theinteractions among them, and the different roles that they can play in the ecosystem such asarticulator, enabler, knowledge creator, promoter, and facilitator of social appropriation ofknowledge. Participants addressed the following guiding questions:1. Which actors in each sector perform which role(s)?2. What capabilities must they have to contribute to the purpose of the HE Ecosystem?Fig 2. Virtual canvas used in workshop 2.FindingsThe methods above yielded some context- and place-specific findings, yet many of them applyacross contexts and places and can be useful to HE-type programs trying to figure out how
and problem-solving skills to prepare them for the challenges of this evolving world.Dr. Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is s Associate Director and Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC). Her research focuses on improving K-12 STEM education through research on curriculum development, teacher professional development, and student learning in integrated STEM environments. Dr. Alemdar currently serves as PI and co-PI for research on various NSF funded projects that focuses on engineering education, teacher networks and STEM learning environments. Her expertise includes program
postdoctoral research fellow at Georgia Tech Center for Education Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Computing (CEISMC). Prior to earning her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education, she taught high school mathematics for eight years. Her research interests include interdisciplinary mathematics teaching and learning, equitable teaching and learning practices in STEM, and increasing representation in advanced mathematical sciences.Dr. Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is s Associate Director and Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC). Her research focuses on improving K-12 STEM education through
Jr.’s Pro-Black engineeringeducation research framework [14],[15], and Gelles’s work on ethical mentoring [16]-[19]. Thispaper presents a novel process by which conflicts could be managed internally between engineeringlab as well as introduce new methods by which the research process can be both democratized andaffirming of the assets that underserved graduate students and their advisors bring [14].Background: Whether formally structured (i.e., advising) or informally structured (i.e., mentoring),national reports [20] point to the dire need for evidence-based practices and research in not justforming productive relationships but meaningful ones for a graduate students’ profession.Unresolved conflict resolution continues to be among
Educators Possess3.3. Culturally Relevant Engineering Design FrameworkTo situate the EDP within culturally relevant pedagogy and culturally responsive practice, weuse a Culturally Relevant Engineering Design (CRED) Framework [2] to frame engineeringeducation and instruction (see Figure 2). The CRED was developed to explicitly connect eachstage of the EDP to community, culture, and place. Adapted from Guerra et al.’s [33]engineering design process, the CRED Framework describes how each stage (Identify, Describe,Generate, Create, Finalize) embeds community-situated engineering needs and the instructionalmoves to ensure it is situated within a culturally relevant, responsive, and humanizing framework[29], [31]. For example, the identify phase, in
-efficacy [10],[11]. PSTs who were more satisfied with their partners tended to rate the project more highly[12]. PSTs’ satisfaction was often tied to their perceptions of workload, with PSTs in morebalanced relationships feeling more satisfied. Interestingly, PSTs’ satisfaction with theirengineering partner(s) did not have a direct relationship with their self-efficacy [11]. Instead, itwas mediated by their teaching roles and perceived success in teaching the fifth graders. PSTswho were satisfied with their engineering partners tended to feel supported. This supportencouraged some PSTs to embrace engineering teaching roles and develop self-efficacythroughout the project. However, other PSTs allowed supportive engineering partners todominate the
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/full/10.1080/10899995.2023.2266863[3] M. A. Pelch y D. A. McConnell, “How Does Adding an Emphasis on Socioscientific Issues Influence Student Attitudes About Science, Its Relevance, and Their Interpretations of Sustainability?”, J. Geosci. Educ., vol. 65, n.o 2, pp. 203-214, may 2017, doi: 10.5408/16-173.1. Available in: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.5408/16-173.1[4] S. C. Nyarko, G. A. Fore, y K. Licht, "The role of ethical care in the geosciences: examining the perspectives of geoscience undergraduates", J. Geosci. Educ., vol. 71, n.o 4, pp. 540-552, oct. 2023, doi: 10.1080/10899995.2023.2170621. Available in: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2023.2170621[5] A. Gerbaudo, F. Lozar, M. Lasagna, M. D
engineering students. We believe that this pioneering study will enhanceour understanding of factors influencing first-year women engineering students, enabling us todevelop targeted strategies that support their academic success, increase retention rates, andultimately improve graduation outcomes across all engineering majors.IntroductionThe U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report (2023), employment in engineering fields is projectedto grow faster than the average for other occupations and the current supply of engineeringgraduates is insufficient to meet the growing demand for engineers. The condition is not differentin Europe where the European commission has reported that this shortage of engineering talentcould adversely affect technological
assess long-term impacts and extend thetool's application across diverse institutions to evaluate its broader effectiveness. Addressingthese gaps would provide deeper insights into the role of spatial visualization tools in STEMeducation and their potential to bridge academic learning with professional demands.References[1] S. A. Sorby, “Developing 3D spatial skills for engineering students,” Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 13, no. 1, 2007, doi: 10.1080/22054952.2007.11463998.[2] G. Raju and S. Sorby, “The Role of Spatial Skills and Sketching in Engineering Design Problem Solving,” in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, USA, June 23-26, 2024, doi: 10.18260/1-2--48133[3] R
, however, is uniquely susceptible to accelerating stressors due toclimate change. The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than almost any other ocean body on theplanet. The Gulf of Maine has averaged temperature increases of 0.86°F per decade since the1980’s, nearly three times the global average.[3] Increased ocean temperatures are threateninglocal ecosystems by increasing competition by invasive species, migration of local species tocooler water, and changing currents within Maine’s coastal estuaries which alters reproductionpatterns.[4] The impact of climate change on the aquaculture industry is an important area ofscientific research with numerous National, State and local programs aiming to predict impactsand increase resiliency in the region
secretaries’ translational services, for providing the opportunity to work with thesestudents and assistance in the IRB-approval of this study.References[1] R. A. Linsenmeier and A. Saterbak, "Fifty Years of Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Education," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 48, pp. 1590–1615, 2020. doi: 10.1007/s10439-020-02494-0.[2] ABET, “2022-2023 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,” ABET, 2022. Accessed Jan. 13, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.abet.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-23-EAC-Criteria.pdf[3] L. Pruitt, E. Patten, and S. Atwood, “Body By Design: A Model For K 12 Outreach In Engineering Education,” Proc. 2010 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2010. doi
department collaborated with companies to host job fairs. Billy articulated: One student organization, [the name of a large computer science organization], has a conference they call [name]. And part of the conference is a big job fair, and they get a lot of companies to send representatives to come and recruit. Sometime[s] I see some of the representative[s] that come from companies to recruit are our former students.Bella indicated that her department’s student organization has also hosted conferences withcompanies joining and recruiting students.Third, student organizations and professional societies are popular with student populations andcan advertise events, workshops, recruitment information, and opening positions
, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to enhance students’ critical thinking skill in facing the industry 4.0,” in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Institute of Physics Publishing, May 2020. doi: 10.1088/1742- 6596/1521/4/042040. [2] M. Moayyedian, A. Alateeqi, D. Alzuabi, R. Burhama, and S. Alathari, “Solar Car Chassis Design and Optimization Using PBL and Design of Experiment,” Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 129–139, 2020, doi: 10.5278/ojs.jpblhe.v8i2.5805. [3] T. Ganesh, J. Thieken, S. Krause, and W. Taylor, “AC 2010-2280: Learning Through Engineering Design and Practice: Implementation and Impact
ethics case studies or modifyingour virtue-of-the-week modules to incorporate more decision-making opportunities for students.Additionally, we are in the process of developing more rigorous assessments to quantifyimprovements in students’ understanding of virtues, engineering ethics, and ethicaldecision-making. Furthermore, we plan to collaborate with other engineering faculty toimplement these teaching modules in their courses as well.References [1] C. S. Nair, A. Patil, and P. Mertova, “Re-engineering graduate skills–a case study,” European journal of engineering education, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 131–139, 2009. [2] R. E. McGinn, ““mind the gaps”: An empirical approach to engineering ethics, 1997–2001,” Science and Engineering Ethics, vol
learning experience which will be relevant to the localcontext in India. This approach would not only respect and leverage the cultural realities ofIndian students but also equip them to tackle the unique challenges found in theircommunities.References[1] Matindike, F., and Ramdhany, V. “Incorporating indigenous knowledge perspectives inintegrated STEM education: a systematic review” in Research in Science & TechnologicalEducation. 2024 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2024.2413675[2] S. P. Madheswari and S. D. U. Mageswari, “Changing Paradigms of EngineeringEducation - An Indian Perspective,” in Procedia Computer Science, vol. 172, Jan 2020, pp.215–224.[3] Report of the University Education Commission Ministry of
theobjective of supporting other change journeys in undergraduate engineering education. A widerange of practices were identified to be effective including developing the initiative around oneor more real, compelling problem(s), engaging stakeholders on a continuing basis tocommunicate motives for change; managing tensions and sharing successes; investing in facultyand staff development to support the desired changes; asking students to share their stories withthe broader community highlighting benefits from the initiative; institutionalizing the changeobjectives in formal plans, programs, policies, and positions within the school, and formallyevaluating the impacts of the change(s), and sharing and rewarding successes. This paper aimsto contribute to
is fed more course information.4.2.2 Qualitative DataAlong with each numerical score, the grader can leave comment(s) on the response as asupplement to the score. In the comments, the grader can either critique or complement theanswer. Across the evaluations, several key themes emerge from the comments. Some negativecomments mention lack of clarity and correctness of equations in the answers, with specificissues being messy or inconsistent formatting and terminology (e.g., “volume” instead of “area”).Graders frequently noted responses that failed to handle a poorly phrased question or questionsthat contained incorrect phrasing or assumptions. Positive comments were made about equations,wording of explanations, and alignment with the