Paper ID #12011Teaching Assistant Professional Development through Design: Why TheyParticipate and How They BenefitDr. Kathleen A Harper, Ohio State University Kathleen A. Harper is a senior lecturer in the Engineering Education Innovation Center at The Ohio State University. She received her M. S. in physics and B. S. in electrical engineering and applied physics from Case Western Reserve University, and her Ph. D. in physics from The Ohio State University. She has been on the staff of Ohio State’s University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, in addition to teaching in both the physics department and college of
Page 26.1512.4themselves while earning engineering degrees in various disciplines were compared to those ofstudents earning degrees in physics, chemistry, math, economics and psychology at the sameinstitution. Inclusion of these degrees was informed by the University of Colorado Boulder (CUBoulder)’s 20-year historical trends of the degrees students earn when they leave the College ofEngineering and Applied Science (CEAS), but continue on to earn university degrees. The topmajors of those students who earn degrees outside of the CEAS, who were in the college at sometime are: 1. economics, 2. finance, 3. psychology, 4. integrative physiology, 5. biochemistry, and6. math. Of those, economics and psychology were chosen for the study because they
Page 26.1559.15 – Average age for nursing homes - 84As we chronologically age, our life demands for shelter, transportation, food and clothing allchange. These many changes are a reflection in large part to our changing family makeup atdistinct periods in time. From above, it can be construed our U.S. populace generally getmarried in their 20’s. The 30’s are typically a time for the collection of material possessions(cars, homes, furniture, appliances, etc.) Our late-40’s reflect an empty nester’s phase, where ourchildren become, theoretically, independent and move out onto their own; whether this becollege or simply moving away from home to begin working. During our 50’s, we begin tonotice the changes of primary ageing; that is
particularcomputational processes were inherent, which may have introduced leading questions and biasedanswers. Moderator acceptance bias may have also been present, whereby interviewees provideanswers to please the moderator. Respondents might interpret what they believe the moderatorwants to hear and answer accordingly. All instances of bias were noted during coding process.Acknowledgment This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) underaward 0939065. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.References[1] Vergara, C. E., Urban-Lurain, M., Dresen, C., Coxen, T., MacFarlane, T., Frazier, K., et al
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control. Dr. Rodriguez has given over 70 invited presentations - 13 plenary - at international and national forums, conferences and corporations. Since 1994, he has directed an extensive engineering mentoring-research academic success and professional development (ASAP) program that has served over 500 students. These efforts have been supported by NSF STEP, S-STEM, and CSEM grants as well as industry. Dr. Rodriguez’ research inter- ests include: control of nonlinear distributed parameter, and sampled-data systems; modeling, simulation, animation, and real-time control (MoSART) of Flexible Autonomous Machines operating in an uncertain Environment (FAME); design and control of micro-air vehicles (MAVs), control of bio
Initiative, American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference, 2014.[5] E.M. Kim, T.F.S. Jr., F.G. Jacobitz, Student Peer Teaching in Engineering LaboratorySituations, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2014.[6] M.A. Munoz-Garcıa, G.P. Moreda, N. Hernandez-Sanchez, V. Valino, Student ReciprocalPeer Teaching as a Method for Active Learning: An Experience in an ElectrotechnicalLaboratory, J Sci Educ Technol, 22 (2013) 729–734.[7] D. Borrelli, S. Masten, Empowering Engineering Students in the Educational Process,American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2008.[8] L. Fiorella, R.E. Mayer, The relative benefits of learning by teaching and teachingexpectancy, Contemp. Educ. Psychol., 38 (2013) 281
asking students to vote for a favorite among the fivepresentations that they have reviewed. We suggest that it could be even more valuable to askstudents to grade those five presentations based on the assessment criteria that they receivedbefore recording their own videos. This grading exercise could be included in the peer feedbackexercise.Take-home essay exam with open-ended question(s). Group II argued that it is not necessary toassess student learning of individual ILOs since the ILOs are inseparable from each other – if astudent achieves one of them, he/she will achieve others as well. One of the group memberssuggested that the teacher should “simply ask students to address such a big, complex problem”.The group suggested that examination
to the following for their contributions to the learning modules: KimWoodrow and members of the Woodrow lab, Suzie Pun, Barry Lutz, Rahil Jain, and IanAndrews.Bibliography1. Yilmaz, M., Garcia, C., Guillen, T. & Ramirez, D. (2011). A K-12 Advanced Research Camp for Engineeringand Science Disciplines. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference 2011, Vancouver, Page 26.283.14Canada, 2011. 2. Yilmaz, M., Ren, J., Ramirez, D., Custer, S. & Coleman, J. (2010). An Improved K-12 Outreach Camp
misconceptions.23AcknowledgementsWe thank the National Science Foundation for funding this work through grant NSF 0918531,0918436, 0918552, and 0920242. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Page 26.404.11NSF. 1 Hestenes, D., Wells, M., & Swackhamer, G. (1992). Force concept inventory. The Physics Teacher, 30, 141–166.2 Steif, P. S. & Dantzler, J. A. (2005). A statics concept inventory: Development and psychometric
produce marginal impacts;on the other hand, activities requiring more effort may be more difficult to replicate, yet producepotentially stronger impacts. By implementing experimental activities that require a combinationof moderately easy effort and more intensive effort, we aim to create larger impacts on thedevelopment of inclusive engineering identities among freshmen participants. The followingactivities are listed in order of perceived expenditure of effort, from least to most.Student trading cards. Barker, O’Neill, & Kazim2 suggest printing trading cards of students thatinclude their pictures and names. At the beginning of each period, the professor will shuffle thecard deck. Whenever s/he poses a question to the class, the professor
various as solving ill-defined problems, systems thinking, technological challenges,interdisciplinary learning, and innovation. The context, which can affect the specific aspects of thephenomenon that are available for participants to experience, also differs from study to study.The nature of the phenomenon and the context(s) in which the phenomenon is experienced haveserious implications for a study. When the nature of the phenomenon is more concrete (such assolving a particular physics problem) and the context is limited (such as experiencing thisproblem-solving in the same middle school science class), the types of variation uncovered may belimited in scope but they will also be cohesive. In other words, the researchers can be
applied to the REU program is included inTable 1. In general, the percentage of applicants who were female and from underrepresentedgroups was similar to the typical representation of such students at the bachelor’s degree level inengineering overall 13. Page 26.1243.6Table 1. Demographic Information of Applicants to the Chemical Engineering REU Program Number of % CE/E/S AverageYear % Female % URM % Fr/So/Ju/Se Applicants Major Cumulative GPA2014 70 36 20* 91/7/2 3.44
it with common mechanicscalculations to determine an experimental parameter.Depending on the nature of the flex period, the class may meet in the regular classroom oranother facility such as a specialized classroom intended to facilitate group work, or adepartment laboratory. Depending on the activity, students may work individually or morefrequently, in groups of varying sizes. Page 26.780.5 Table 3 – Flex Period Schedule for Semester Flex Meeting Exercise/Activity Topic(s) Period #a # 1 3 Small group work including simple Engineering Measurements and
, community,or other source, contextual listening has a broader meaning. It refers to A multidimensional, integrated understanding of the listening process wherein listening facilitates meaning making, enhances human potential, and helps foster community-supported change. In this form of listening, information such as cost, weight, technical specs, desirable functions, and timeline acquires meaning only when the context of the person(s) making the requirements (their history, political agendas, desires, forms of knowledge, etc.) is fully understood [19, p. 125].Although students in IFCS did not engage with an actual community, the posing of the tankproblem underscored the value of listening to a community to
of the fourinstitutions. These styles are characterized by the student’s desire to begin a task alone and thenevolve into a different mode of studying as the task progresses toward completion. We call thefirst of these two Start alone styles: Start alone, End together. This pattern of studying tends tofocus on a formal agreement among students to come together at a preset time(s) to discussdifficulties, compare answers, and engage in other benefits of collective effort. The secondvariation, Start alone, End almost together, while similar in philosophy to Start alone, Endtogether, tends to be more casual and less structured. In this pattern of studying, studentstypically agree with a group of other students to begin a task on their own, and
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study, we are defining “informal engineering programs” as activities, resources, andevents that occur outside of a school setting, which children can engage in alone or with others,on their own time outside of school. Such programs may be self-regulated, assisted by a parent,or led by an informal educator (e.g., a camp counselor).The Informal Pathways to Engineering StudyTo answer our research questions, we created a longitudinal study following 60 middle schoolstudents in two states. 10 of these students are not traditionally schooled. 8 students are currentlyhomeschooled by their parent(s) and 2 students attend virtual public schools and have instructorswho are not their parents. (We defined homeschool students as students who do not attend
communication as their 1particular mode of autopoietic reproduction” (p. 3) As leading systems theorists Capra andLuisi[9] described: [Because] communications recur in multiple feedback loops, they produce a shared system of beliefs, explanations, and values – a common context of meaning – that is continually sustained by further communications (p. 308).Applying this theory to systems of higher learning, we argue that the social life (or “culture(s)”)of engineering colleges and departments is maintained by a network of communications fromwhich messages or stories emerge that reflect this “common context of meaning”. What, then,are these
experience,perception, cognition, and behavior.1 For this model to be successful the learner must: activelybe involved in that experience (concrete experience), reflect on that experience (reflectiveobservation), conceptualize the experience (abstract conceptualization), and apply what waslearned to new experiences (active experimentation).1Experiential learning is a component of education that “emphasize[s] the central role thatexperience play in the learning process.”1 As explained by Hey, Van Pelt, Agogino, andBeckman, some areas, such as practical and teamwork skills that are important in engineeringdesign education, are best taught through experience instead of through formal lectures.5In that regard, experiential learning has many benefits
efforts to change instruction in STEM education.Acknowledgements This paper is based on research funded by the National Science Foundation under Awardnumber DUE 1245194. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.This research is conducted under our university IRB protocol 4532.References[1] Association of American Universities (AAU). (2006). National Defense Education and Innovative Initiative: Meeting America’s Economic and Security Challenges of the 21st Century. Washington, DC.[2] Beach, A., Henderson, C., & Finkelstein, N. (2012). Facilitating change in undergraduate STEM education
Theysuggested alternative, non-linear models whose chief merit would be the opportunity to regaincontrol over assigning meaning and value to one’s career, on one’s own terms, not theorganization’s.21 The question emerges, then, of what career socialization looks like given theincreased personal agency advocated by Buzzanell and Goldzwig in the face of the broadchanges identified by Sullivan and others.16One avenue for answering this question is to explore the discourses surrounding mentoring. Inher review of the literature, Jacobi defined mentoring as a personal, reciprocal relationshipbetween a protégé and someone of greater experience or accomplishment who helps the protégétoward some achievement(s) by providing psychological/emotional support
and finalize the document.Assessment HistoryThe assessment of proposals and reports has evolved significantly over the past two decades.During the first few years of the program, the proposals and reports were reviewed by the faculty Page 26.1747.3advisor alone. The advisor gave feedback to the team on areas to improve. The designcoordinator reviewed all proposals for consistency and major flaws. No rubric was available forassessment. Course grades were subjective and decided by the faculty advisor and the designcoordinator.In early 1990’s the engineering department faculty members developed a document with the helpof an English department
arebelow: Best Practices in Recruiting International Students that emerged from Özturgut (2013)’s study on international student recruitment are: 1. Providing academic support and utilizing campus resources; 2. Attending and participating in international education fairs and recruitment events; 3. Partnering with other organizations for recruiting (colleges and universities, non-profit and governmental institutions, high schools, for-profit organizations); 4. Passive Marketing such as web advertising- online, brochures and booklets, and others; 5. Utilizing staff and faculty; 6. Utilizing alumni; 7. Utilizing agents; and 8. Snowballing or word-of-mouth [3]. Best Practices in Retaining International Students that emerged from the