awareness as well as major policy changes at the Government Level coupled with stricter application of RTI kind of mechanism – the future is for better. Diagram 8 below provides the comparison. Diagram- 8: Comparison of level of Ethics between Year 2015 & 2020 This optimistic view is also reflected in the CPI Ranking for the year 2016. The trend is in the direction of improvement and hence the optimism for year 2020 looks reasonable. Very Clean Highly Corrupt Countries Countries1,2,3,4 174,175,176
3-5 demonstrate exemplar student-produced schematics and photographs for (A) fast-acting valves, (B) muzzle velocity sensor circuits and hardware supports, and (C) velocity-corroborating backstops. We attribute the diversity in valve and backstop designs to ourintentional avoidance of prescribed designs, though some groups did follow through withprovided lecture material, as evidenced in the Supah-style9 valve implementation shown inFigure 3.Despite three sensor options provided for the muzzle velocity measurement circuits, groupsunanimously (14 groups of 14 total groups) chose infrared break-beam sensors as the definingelements of their myDAQ or Arduino Uno circuits, even despite prior use of the alternativelyoffered infrared reflectance
preferences for group work atthe board versus at tables on paper are illuminating. These show a strong majority of studentspreferring to work at the board, and noting the greater opportunity for collaboration that thismethod afforded.ConclusionThe value of group work at the board - for promoting collaboration, effectively reaching asolution with limited time, and learning something new – has been demonstrated here. However,it is important to take into account the diversity of student learning styles in a classroom, andpromote facilitation methods to engage, inspire, and accommodate the strengths of both activeand reflective learners (Felder and Silverman, 1988). While active group engagement is a centralgoal of the workshops, many students will gain
tests,students in MSE 440 use MATLAB to apply the analysis methods described in 6 and determinethe Johnson-Cook parameters for a Ti-Al-V alloy. Using these parameters, they then predict theyield strength of the alloy for a different set of experimental conditions.5. Impact of Curriculum ChangesSurveys administered in each course assessed students’ attitudes toward and reflections on thecomputational curriculum. Preliminary results derived from these surveys and an evaluation ofimpact on exam-based performance are discussed in 15;16 . Here, we describe new results obtainedfrom studying students’ perspectives on the computational curriculum and their owncomputational competency as they progressed through the undergraduate program.5.1. Students
support a topic using existing literature,develop a well-crafted research question, and design a clear research framework were alsoadded27.The students are encouraged to take the required three credit technology research course (TECH646) offered by the college during the same semester as Construction Research Fundamentals.TECH 646 prepares students to write and research using a standard university thesis format withan introduction to a variety of methodologies used in technology research. The group mentoringand peer reflection of the Construction Research Fundamentals course complements andsupports the mostly lecture activities of the college research course. Table 2 shows the basicoutline of the Construction Research Fundamentals schedule. Table
of student innovations from the first two projectsdescribed in Table 1. The creative space for the first project was a vertical farming system. Within thisspace, students had the freedom to consider any system they wished that utilized vertical space (or tiers)and was consistent with the goal of increased growing productivity with less fresh water. The scale of theprojects emerging ranged from a system mounted to a door in an apartment, to an indoor/outdoor systemthat would meet 100% of the vegetable needs of a Midwest American family, to a mass scale vertical ricefarm, and an orange tree farm in California. The diversity displayed in the systems was also reflected inthe target markets, which ranged from apartment dwellers, to suburban
project area may have a significant impacton team effectiveness. We notice that project preferences may initially impact an individualstudent’s performance. For example, in cases where we might assign a student to a projectinvolving multidisciplinary participation, some students may find it difficult to appreciate theirparticular role on a project. We find that project preferences may be a factor during the initialweeks of the semester when students are becoming acquainted with a project, however, a studyof end-of-semester reflective memos indicates that as a project progresses, other factors, beyondinitial project preferences provide much of the motivation needed for team effectiveness andsuccess [15]. This transient motivation effect appears to
, project work, and a final exam.Weekly quizzes keep students aligned with course lecture topics. The project work is assessedthrough establishment of expectations for a certain amount of effort (hours and LOC) put forthtoward the project. Students are expected to put effort toward every phase (requirements, design,implementation, testing, and maintenance), and they are required to document their effort in adigital journal. Students also are required to write a final reflection that describes theircontributions to the project and learning outcomes. The journal and reflection information isrequired to be aligned with information posted on Slack, Trello, and the code repository.4. Project DescriptionMobile applications are an excellent project
based on standardized nomenclature be developed to structurediscussions about and comparisons between higher education makerspaces. The classification systemwould succinctly indicate the purpose of the space and include indices that reflect the space’saccessibility, population, physical size, and levels of staffing. By establishing a makerspaceclassification system, similar spaces could be more easily compared. Also, the collective practices,standards and equipment within each category of space would produce meaningful metrics to compareeach space to the norm of a classification group.Identifying and Sharing Best Practices in Higher Education MakingUnderstanding the origins of making helps explain the adoption of this form of learning in
to bring more faculty andstudents together to develop novel therapeutics that can be translated to the clinic. To trainstudents on current methods and research in drug delivery for academic or industrial careers, wehave developed a new course on drug delivery systems (DDS) for juniors, seniors and graduatestudents at the University of Pennsylvania.The course is taught by engineering and medical school faculty for students in engineering,chemistry, pharmacology and other biomedical science programs. The students enrolled in theclass reflect the range of expertise of engineers and scientists working on drug delivery projectsin academia and industry. Faculty and industrial speakers involved in drug delivery researchpresent lectures in their
(c) Taking something apart to see how it works 0.50 0.41 (α = 0.75) (h) Fixing things 0.57 0.49The correlation matrix (Table 2) of the retained factors shows moderate to largerelationships across nearly all the factors. All correlations are significant at the p≤0.001level. The weakest relationships are between Tinkering and Project Management, andCollaboration. The most correlated factors reflect the problems we saw in the crossloading from the EFA. Namely Design shares a correlation of 0.60 or higher with threefactors in the model.Table 2 Pearson’s correlation matrix of retained factors from EFAFactor 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)1
, across their entire life span; (2) A great deal of science learning takes place outside school in informal environments, including everyday activity, designed spaces (such as museums), and programs (such as our museum internships); (3) Learning science in informal environments involves developing science related attitudes, emotions, and identities. Informal environments can be particularly important in this endeavor (The exhibit chosen for app development is of interest to the team); (4) Learning experiences are shaped by their cultural-historical backgrounds. This reflects a diversity of perspectives that should be recognized in designing science learning experiences (The exhibit’s content has a personal connection); (5
, and so on. The negative emotional vocabularies included tired, fatigue,boring, confused, nervous, agitated, regretful, inanimate, monotonous, whiny, exhausted, anda waste-of-time, among others.Using descriptive indexes (frequency, percentage), the positive emotional words and negativeemotional words were analyzed. With the frequency as the ordinate, practice time as abscissa,emotion changing curves have been drawn.The interview method was adopted to deeply and thoroughly study the causes of students’emotional changes. After reading and analyzing all the emotional words, this paper arrangedthe interviews on the emotional fluctuations that were reflected by the curves and thedifference between the two teams; with one teacher from every practice
, and investigate (level 3); as well as the abilities to analyze,synthesize, design, and create (level 4). Moreover, Darling-Hammond et al. state that “ifassessments are to reflect and encourage transferable abilities, a substantial majority of the itemsand tasks (at least two-thirds) should tap conceptual knowledge and abilities (level 2, 3, or 4 inthe DOK taxonomy)” (p. 5).7Assessment for LearningThe focus of the framework we have developed is on student learning. Often assessment in theclassroom is equated with exams, quizzes, and grades rather than emphasizing ways thatassessment can be useful in support of teaching and student learning. Moreover, adding to theconfusion, in higher education the term assessment has many disparate uses
the work ofAbrami, Poulsen, and Chambers23 who developed the cooperative learning implementationquestionnaire (CLIQ) to assess relationships between K-12 teacher dispositions and use ofcooperative learning.VECTERS additionally contains questions to collect respondents’ demographic information aswell as general information about the courses respondents are reflecting upon. Instructorinformation includes information such as gender, ethnicity, and years of experience. Courseinformation includes items to indicate the course-level (100 to 400), whether the course isrequired, and the number of students typically enrolled. MethodSampleAn invitation to complete the survey was sent to 19 of the 20 largest
Spring forces, Hooke’s law Estimation of spring constantpromote inquiry and discussion. Students worked in groups of 4 (Figure 6) to think about thequestions they were being asked, carried out experiments to answer the questions, and thenshared what they learned with the class. In one of the Modules, for example, students were askedto record a slow motion video (using a phone app) of a falling tennis ball. Then, the groups wereasked to use data from the slow motion video to plot position vs time for the tennis ball in biggraphing posters placed on the walls around the room (Figure 6). After students had developedthe plots, we regrouped and started a reflective discussion. Students were posed with questionssuch as: can we determine if the
researchersthat still sustain that ethical teaching and learning is assessable5. According to Self and Ellison(1998), one way to verify ethical learning is the Defining Issues Test (DIT)7. This test is aquantitative instrument that has been widely used to evaluate moral development. Another formof evaluation that differs from quantitative questionnaires is the one suggested by Shuman et al.(2004). He provided a guideline for evaluating the responses to analysis of a case study6. Thisapproach has prevailed along with reflective essays, besides other emerging methods used toaccountability on ethical understanding and multiperspective thinking5. From an institutional perspective, Finelli et al. (2012) presented the results of a study ofstudents
ETM program must take and pass as a requisite for subsequent ETMcourses. The class is taught online and is approximately 50% Microsoft Excel, 40% Access, and10% other Microsoft Office products, including PowerPoint and Visio. Database skills arenecessary for subsequent courses taught in detail using Microsoft Structured Query Language(SQL). Access® introduces the students to tables, keys, relationships, and queries which are usedin the subsequent classes.The main motivation for developing the grader was to provide detailed, timely, and objectivefeedback on a high volume of gradable material to students in a large online class. Thepromptness of the feedback was crucial, as it allowed students to reflect on their errors, takecorrective actions
game and 10for DZ-Man game) in all the cases. The significance levels are 0.0051 for 2014 DZ-Man data,0.0006 for 2015 DZ-Man data, and 0.0006 for 2015 Angry Curves data. This means the increasesof students’ understanding on the targeted concepts (reflected by the quiz scores) are statisticallysignificant. a) 2014 DZ-Man data b) 2015 DZ-Man data c) 2015 Angry Curves data Figure 7. Matched Pairs T-Tests for Different Experiments Pre/Post Scores4. Beyond the CampusAt this stage of the project, we allow users from all over the world to have access to the games.This means the users of the games will no longer be limited within campus. The players’ datawill still be collected for further research purpose. The paper
products for each session. In order to ensure apositive learning environment, STEM undergraduate and graduate students served as classroomassistants and mentors to program participants. In the summer, the mentors were on campus fortwo weeks before participants arrived, to learn how to use software tools and create a PowerPointdeck (with reflection questions) about black and Hispanic inventors. The mentors also learnedabout behavior characteristics of middle school boys and how to create a supportive interaction.They also received training from CARES Mentoring Movement, an organization dedicated tohealing African-American communities through mentoring.Academic Year ProgramDuring the academic year, activities were converted from semester-long to
practice of engineering requires the application of science, mathematics, and engineeringMathematics Knowledge (SEM) knowledge and engineering education at the K-12 level should emphasize this interdisciplinary nature. Students should be independent and reflective thinkers capable of seeking out new knowledge andEngineering Thinking (EThink) learning from failure when problems arise. Conceptions of Engineers and K-12 students not only need to participate in an engineering process, but understand what an engineer Engineering (CEE) does.Engineering Tools, Techniques, Students studying engineering need to become familiar and proficient in the processes, techniques
to students and pointed out, “it would have been good to see more interrogating of student ideas and less noting.” Formative assessment also influenced the game’s design because it provides teachers opportunities to metacognitively examine their ideas and goals, helps students reflect on their learning, and develop the agency of other students as instructional actors (e.g., through peer to peer learning) [7][8] . Teachers Students 1. The game sparks conversations that allow for a focused
, and data analysis of those focusgroups—and mixing results with the quantitative data—are ongoing. Thus far, early findingshave been disseminated at multiple conferences. 10,11,12,13,14AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1428502. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References1 Laanan, F. S., Starobin, S. S., & Eggleston, L. E. (2010). Adjustment of community college students at a four-year university: Role and relevance of transfer student capital for student retention. Journal of College Student Retention
, from merely understanding, to reflection, creation, and evaluation. Boardgames and role-playing games are formats that create community; students interact with oneanother over intellectual, enjoyable, and memorable shared experiences. When the co-authorsplay board games in their classrooms, they note 100% of students in class that day engage ingame play – anecdotally, this activity seems to engage more students than other types of activelearning strategies. And finally, board games and role-playing games are an ideal format becauseany faculty or student can easily modify them. This poster presents our project results to date andprovides recommendations and resources to adopt game design in civil engineering andconstruction courses
represents either adeep-rooted misconception or misunderstanding, or an unwillingness to use the coin distributionmethod as a reflection of one's uncertainty in knowing the answer. In either case, these studentresponses do not provide much more information than the traditional, deterministic approach foranswering multiple-choice questions. There is, however, a small population of students thatprovide some reasonable likelihood (>25 coins) that the correct answer could be correct, eventhough it was not the final selection. A threshold of 25 coins is used because that numberrepresents random selection of an answer. In other words, a student with no knowledge wouldtheoretically assign 25 coins to each one of four answer choices.Coin Distribution
3.60 1.00engineering design processHave students communicate solutions to a problem 2.60 3.60 1.00in oral formatHave students communicate solutions to a problem 1.80 2.80 1.00by formal presentationHave students reflect in a notebook or journal 1.80 3.00 1.20Have students develop a design portfolio 1.20 2.40 1.20Have students critique their own work 2.20 3.40 1.20Have students critique other students' work 1.80 3.00 1.20Have students rework solutions based on self or 1.40 3.40 2.00peer
skills needed for post-secondary coursework naturally reflect the demands of today’s information-based economy. So, those who master 21st-century skills like critical thinking, effective communicationand information literacy will be more likely to make a successful transition into universities, technicalschools and the workforce. Studies have found that up to 40 percent of students who enter U.S. collegesand technical schools need remedial coursework, which adds time and expense to their college education.Not surprisingly, these students are less likely to earn a degree or certificate than their better-preparedpeers, putting them at a significant disadvantage in the workforce.Solution: Solving real-world challengesTo build skills for success, we
helped toconfirm that they had learned from this lesson.Question 7: Using Teach Engineering was a good format for future lessons. Disagree (1-4) Neutral (5-6) Agree (7- 10) 2 6 40Analysis: Of the 48 responses received, 83% agreed that using Teach Engineering was a goodformat for future lessons.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the Research Experiences for Teachers Programunder National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1300779. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References: By The original uploader
formats for use with a variety of computer More Axes platforms. 9) Reflection and Symmetry Video how-to instructions. Additional videos 10) Cross-Sections of Solids provide step-by-step instruction for difficult concepts for several exercises, including the first isometric sketch, which can be daunting for students with weak spatial skills. Engagement tracking. Instructors can login and determine how much time students spend on each activity. This data will inform optimal design of the materials available to students. iPad sketching exercises. iPad touch-screen capability enables the development of sketching exercises that can be completed with
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