Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Guilford, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

found that course evaluations were improved, thatstudents better connect learning to skills, and that students appreciated the opportunity to developa uniform skill set by the end of the semester. This is in contrast to a project-based class whereskills development was not uniform between or within teams, and students did not connectlearning to skills development. We further assessed this pedagogical approach by measuring thepsychological construct engineering design self-efficacy at the beginning and end of thesemester, since there are prior reports of gains in the confidence of students in their fabricationskills as a result of immersive design-build projects [10], [11]. We found that students’ belief intheir abilities improved significantly

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

other courses includingvideo content and be less resistant to this form of instruction.To get insight into the effects of the courses focus on learning and applying design theory, aninstrument was used to measure participant engineering design self-efficacy. The instrumentwas designed and validated by Carberry et al [20]. The tool measures individual’s self-efficacytowards engineering design tasks. Self-efficacy is an individual’s belief in their ability tocomplete a specific task [21]. This instrument examines four aspects of an individual’s self-efficacy: 1) Confidence, 2) Motivation, 3) Expectation of Success and 4) Anxiety towardscompleting engineering design [20]. The instrument was administered at the beginning and endof the Hybrid2

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Dukart, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. This finding is consequential to policy makerslooking at the implications for practice and will be discussed later in the paper.2. EPBEL as an Effective Tool for Increasing Self-Efficacy and MotivationEPBEL provides a particularly engaging experience for students, but another important questionis how it develops self-efficacy. Bandura describes self-efficacy as the measure of “convictionthat one can successfully execute the behavior required to produce the outcomes” desired. 31 TheAcademic Pathways of People Learning Engineering Survey (APPLES) found that high levels ofmotivation and confidence are important indicators for success in engineering and that studentswho participate in extracurricular activities are more likely to have high levels

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University; Denny C. Davis, The Ohio State University; Sarah Winfree, The Ohio State University ; Kaycee Ash, The Ohio State University; Lin Ding, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

9 3 9 3 Consistent 3 9 9 1 9 9 9 9 9 TOTAL SCORE 189 161 149 89 96 120 108 120Step 3: Construct for OutcomeMotivation learning has multiple dimensions and progresses through successive stages ofdevelopment or levels of achievement. Motivation in higher education is often described by goalorientation, task value, and self-efficacy [14]. Self-determination is also important to studentmotivation [15]. Assuming that motivation is best described as affective in nature, a construct isderived from an affective

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin M. Gray, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Terri S. Krause, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, as they worked concurrently on group projects and began to frame and build theirunderstanding of individual, year-long projects. Themes include both cognitive, design-relatedchallenges, such as scoping and problem framing, and personal capabilities representingstudents’ self-efficacy, such as time management and maturation. In addition, we noted theimportance of the students’ self-monitoring of their own ability, and the ways in which thisemerged in group and individual work.Scoping and Problem FramingOne of the fundamental challenges in addressing ill-structured problems is the negotiation of anappropriate problem frame, which describes the scope of work and allows the designer tounderstand the dimensions of the solution space16,24. While