engineering majors.T-SITE: A UMBC COMMUNITY OF TRANSFER SCHOLARS 2T-SITE is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program and managed by the Center for Women inTechnology (CWIT) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). CWIT hasimplemented three S-STEM Scholars programs since 2007. The first, “Scholarships in IT &Engineering (SITE)” (DUE-0630952) served 30 students through spring 2011, 50% of whom werewomen or underrepresented minorities. CWIT’s second and third S-STEM projects are titled, “ACommunity of Transfer Students in Information Technology and Engineering (T-SITE)” (DUE-1154300) and “A
necessary as sometimes we are interested inless information. The Routh Table allows us to quickly find out if there are roots in the right hand side of the s-plane and, if there are, how many. This indicates stability or instability of the closed loop system.The following steps show how to obtain the Routh Table for our specific example. 50 1+ 2 =0 𝑠(1 + 𝑠⁄20) The equation can be rewritten as: 2 𝑠(1 + 𝑠⁄20) + 50 = 0 1 1 𝑠3
careers to solvesocietal challenges that mitigate and prepare for climate change and its global implications forsustainability. Attached below is the survey instrument developed and currently undergoing validatingand reliability testing.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1635534. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material arethose of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.ReferencesABET. (2013). Criteria for accrediting engineering programs, 2014 - 2015. Retrieved from http://www.abet.org/eac-criteria-2014-2015/Allenby, B., Murphy, C., Allen, D., & Davidson, C. (2009
the linkograph for Team 2’s design episode, while Table 3 summarizes of thedata taken from the linkography analysis for all three teams. The link index is the ratio betweenthe number of links and the number of moves that generate them. The link index, together withthe critical moves serve as an indication of the amount of linking activity and is used inevaluating the effectiveness of a design session (Kan & Gero, 2007).Figure 1: Linkograph for Team 2Table 3: Quantitative results of linkography analysis Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Total moves 61 125 202 Total links 122 209
is applicable across CAD software packages and independent of instructorbackground.BackgroundA Concept Inventory is a tool that uses a multiple choice assessment with carefully chosendistractors. These distractors are typically influenced by student responses to find commonlymisconceived concepts. The engineering graphics CI is framed around 10 main conceptsidentified by a Delphi study comprised of graphics professionals [2]. More information regardingthe origin of this particular CI and the Delphi study can be found in Sadowski, M and Sorby, S.2013 and 2014.Solid modeling constructs were identified as important by the Delphi panel [3] but the pilot studyof the CI using the original CAD-related questions developed by the researchers did not
and teaching, 21st century learning skills, using technologyin the classroom, and STEM career awareness (The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation,2012b). The Teaching Design, Engineering and Technology (DET) survey measures teacherperceptions and familiarity with these subjects and perceived barriers to teaching these topics.The DET survey has 40 questions using a 5 point Likert scale (Tao, Purzer, & Cardella, 2011).TRAILS students are being surveyed to assess interest and confidence in learning STEMsubjects as measured by the Students Attitudes Toward STEM Survey (S-STEM) for middle andhigh school students (Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, 2012a). Student participantsare surveyed in both the experimental and comparison
educational partners; 2. Consideration of applicant’s letter(s) of recommendation; 3. Consideration of applicant’s statement describing the reason for his/her interest in participation in this program, in addition to his/her commitment to seeing this program through the summer and into the classrooms; 4. Consideration of applicant’s mentoring history in the classroom, including developing innovative teaching methods in STEM fields, leadership in after-school STEM activities, encouragement of students to participate in external outreach programs (for in-service teachers only). 5. Additional consideration of GPA (>3.0) for pre-service teachers, their extracurricular
academic performance. Thepercentile of students from each academic program participating in the honors program isshown in Table 1.In light of the above success, a second program using a similar model was established. TheSchool of Engineering has an S-STEM grant which is currently in its final year ofadministration to support scholarships for females, minorities and economically challengedstudents. The activities produced for this cohort have been singled out by the students andthrough program assessment as being impactful for student success to aid them in maintainingthe grade point averages to keep their scholarships (> 2.5 for freshman; >3.0 all years after). Table 1. Percentage of Honors Students in Each Discipline from 2006-20161
mentoringprimarily suited to only one of their multiple hats. Given their limited resources, this is also aconcern for formal faculty development programs. In this section, we will show how the primaryskill sets from Arreola et al.'s "Meta-Profession" project [12] are orthogonal to and illustratesome of the available sources of faculty mentoring and faculty development programs across themultiple hats faculty wear. Part of our choice of the Meta-Profession project is rooted in itsorigins: the concept grew out of the need to define the role of teaching in a comprehensivefaculty evaluation program [13]. As such, the skills sets described below are formed for use asmentoring/development prompts, a part of faculty evaluation, and a means to supporting
Materials Science Engineering from Alfred University, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both from Tufts University, in Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. Dr. Carberry was previously an employee of the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education & Outreach and manager of the Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP).Dr. Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Trevor S. Harding is Professor of Materials Engineering at California Polytechnic State University where he teaches courses in materials design, biopolymers, and nanocomposites. Dr. Harding has served as PI of a multiinstitutional effort to develop psychological models of the ethical decision making of
Empirical Study. Paper presented at the International Conference of Design Research Society.Anderson, E. (2003). A place on the corner (2nd Edition ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.Atman, C. J., Adams, R. S., Cardella, M. E., Turns, J., Mosborg, S., & Saleem, J. (2007). Engineering design processes: A comparison of students and expert practitioners. Journal of Engineering Education, 96(4), 359-379.Brown, G. S., & Strange, C. (1981). The Relationship of Academic Major and Career Choice Status to Anxiety Among College Freshmen. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 19(3), 328-334. doi:10.1016/0001-8791(81)90067-1Crismond, D. P., & Adams, R. S. (2012). The Informed Design Teaching and Learning
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fostering supportive communities in undergraduate physics departments.Dr. Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park Chandra Turpen is a Research Assistant Professor in the Physics Education Research Group at the Uni- versity of Maryland, College Park”s Department of Physics. She completed her PhD in Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder specializing in Physics Education Research. Chandra’s work involves designing and researching contexts for learning within higher education. In her research, Chandra draws from the perspectives of anthropology, cultural psychology, and the learning sciences. Through in-situ studies of classroom and institutional practice, Chandra focuses on the role of culture
: Student feedback rubric for laboratory notebooks PointsSection Requirements PossibleTitle & Objective Clearly captures the daily goal(s) of the lab 3Materials & Methods Descriptions of experiments & materials clearly provided 4Results & Discussion All data, graphs, & relevant discussion is documented 4Observations, Notes Observations, errors, & future improvements are detailed 3Presentation Notebook is neat, organized, & has labeled tables/figures
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% 20% 10% 0% S T E M ET Overall Percentage 26% 10% 56% 2% 6% Figure 4. Engineering Technology Majors vs. STEM MajorsFigure 5 shows the ethnic diversity within STEM majors, noting overall percentages within eachSTEM category. Relative to one another, white students are most prevalent in STEM with aslightly higher percentage of black students in Technology as compared to the other STEMmajors. 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00
economic analysis after it has been implemented. As many of ourpartners implement and utilize the capstone projects, it is important for our students tounderstand how the projects are evaluated so that they can conduct a better analysis of theprojects in the beginning. As we continue to look at our courses and implement projects, we willcontinue to bring more examples into the course.References1. Anwar, S., & Ford, P. (2001). Use of a case study approach to teach engineering technology students. International journal of electrical engineering education, 38(1), 1-10.2. Dixon, G., & Wilck, J. (2014). Integrating Economic Analysis into Capstone Course. 121st ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Indianapolis: American Society
, repeatable learning activities, particularly in introductory courses. This might include wikis, discussion forums, task trackers, and source repositories that can be cloned to provide sandbox environments for students to practice and develop skills before work with actual HFOSS communities.AcknowledgementsThis material is based on work supported by US National Science Foundation grantsDUE-1225688, 1225708, and 1225738 (OpenFE), and DUE-1524877, 1524898, and 1525039(OpenPath).References 1. H.J.C. Ellis, G.W. Hislop, S. Jackson, and L. Postner. Team project experiences in Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS). ACM Trans. on Computing Education, 15, 4, Article 18 (December 2015), 23 pages. DOI=http
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, since the impact of the policy changes in this preliminarystudy differed based on student group. The initial results of this study provide some insight intoinstructional policies that have a positive impact on reducing DFW proportions for Calculus I.These findings support the larger effort of addressing issues causing introductory calculus to be abarrier to success for many STEM majors.ReferencesBeichner, R. J., Saul, J. M., Abbott, D. S., Morse, J. J., Deardorff, D., Allain, R. J., … Risley, J. S. (2007). The student-centered activities for large enrollment undergraduate programs (SCALE-UP) project. Research-Based Reform of University Physics, 1(1), 2–39.Benson, L., Moss, W., Biggers, S., Schiff, S. D., Orr, M. K., & Ohland, M. W
-learning version of a course s/he had taught previously in a face-to-faceformat. Notably, the distance-learning version also included active learning components (e.g.,questions embedded in lecture videos).Despite the integral role the GTAs played in undergraduate teaching, these students noted thatthey did not receive extensive preparation to serve as GTAs. Some of them completed a trainingat the beginning of their program, while others did not, as department-level training was notprovided on a regular basis. In addition, the GTAs reported that, before joining the SIMPLEgroup, they did not often have opportunities to interact with fellow GTAs and faculty membersto talk about teaching. Some of the courses they were teaching had weekly meetings with
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Definition M Empowerment How in control a student feels about his or her own learning experience. U Usefulness How useful a student thinks course material is to them. S Success The student’s belief in their ability to do well in the course. I Interest How fun or interesting course material is to the student. C Caring Whether the student feels that course instructors are empathetic towards how they experience the courseThe constructs of the MUSIC model are geared towards course-level motivation. Collectively, they helpto tell a story about how
Software: Evolution and Process.Dr. James D Kiper, Miami University James Kiper is Chair and Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Miami University. He teaches a variety of courses across the CS and SE curricula. His research is in the areas of software testing, software risk assessment, design rationale, and computer science and software engineering teaching and learning.Dr. Gursimran Singh Walia Gursimran S. Walia is an associate professor of Computer Science at North Dakota State University. His main research interests include empirical software engineering, software engineering education, human factors in software engineering, and software quality. He is a member of the IEEE
success, where a team cannot experience overall success unless each individualmember on the team experiences success. We expand upon this concept by making explicit therelationship between facilitating individual success and valuing each team member, where astudent can experience more success when s/he is valued. Arguably, creating opportunities forstudents to engage in robust teamwork can be facilitated when educators increase students’awareness about the benefits of valuing all team members, a construct that is often implied butnot explicitly discussed in teamwork literature.Creating an environment free of discrimination and bias is the second construct we address in theInclusive Behaviors scale. According to Cooper (2009), teams function
retake the quiz The grade should be greater than Second attempt or equal 80% (B), If not, the 0.80*grade student should retake the quiz Third attempt N/A 0.65*gradeEach mastery quiz involves 10-14 multiple choice questions. The quizzes are administeredonline using a learning management system – Canvas in this case. The students are given a 48-hour window to take each quiz but once the student starts the quiz, s/he will have a limited timeto finish it (between 1 and 1.5hours). The quizzes are not administered in a classroom and theycan be taken anywhere, anytime within the 48-hour
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laboratory motivation,documentation and technical communication skills. We are currently analyzing preliminaryresults from an anonymous online survey (Qualtrics) administered to all current junior andsenior-level BME students who were enrolled in one or more domain laboratory courses duringthe 2015-2016 academic year when paper-based notebooks were required, and/or during 2016-2017 academic year when ELNs were introduced. The survey responses placed the students intoone of two sub-categories, those who 1) had completed at least one domain lab course usingpaper-based notebooks and at least one domain lab course using electronic-based notebookkeeping methods; and 2) had completed domain lab course(s) with electronic-based notebookkeeping methods only
WSU STARS faculty and staff want to thank the University of Colorado Boulder’sAssociate Dean of Inclusive Excellence Jacquelyn Sullivan and GoldShirt Program DirectorTanya Ennis for their guidance and encouragement throughout the development of theWashington STARS in Engineering Program.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate 10K+STEP Grant under Grant No. 1317246 and 1317349.Any opinion, finding, and conclusion or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.ReferencesAndrade, H. G. (2000). Using Rubrics to Promote Thinking and Learning. Educational Leadership, 57(5), 13-18.Arter, J. A. (2007
: • Heterogeneously grouped students excitedly discussing how to make an earthquake resistant building • s out of spaghetti and marshmallows. • A girl using persuasive rhetoric to convince group members that her idea for a landing pad is the best to keep an egg from breaking. • A boy who hardly rarely participates, drawing his plan for a second iteration of a design and explaining to his group the benefits of his plan.You can hear conversations with a purpose, focused on the task at hand.I lament the lack of time that the elementary curriculum allows to such practical, worthwhile,inquiry-based learning. Neurodiversity and ADHD exist in all classrooms. Elementary students,regardless of their exceptionalities, need to feel that they can