Conference Session

Improving Presentation Skills Through Summer Research and Ambassador Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Necia Werner, Carnegie Mellon University; Joanna Dickert, Carnegie Mellon University; Nisha Shanmugaraj, Carnegie Mellon University ; Kevin G. Monahan, Carnegie Mellon University; Stephanie Wallach, Carnegie Mellon University; Jennifer Keating, Carnegie Mellon University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-engineering studentsshared similar beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions regarding the role of communication in theirrespective fields. However, observations of patterns of student engagement in each sessionsuggest that students in the “Speak Up!” pilot program may not have utilized this commonground to achieve interdisciplinary engagement. Student attendees tended to enter the sessionswith members of their research groups and sit with the same group. This resulted in interactivesession activities often being completed with peers in their own discipline. In future iterations ofthe program, we plan to experiment with randomization of seat assignments which would furtherour goal of encouraging students to practice communicating with people outside their

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

SDGs “… seek tobuild on the [previous] Millennium Development Goals and complete what they did not achieve(United Nations General Assembly 2015).” In launching the SDGs in 2015, the GeneralAssembly of the United Nations “recognize[s] that eradicating poverty in all its forms anddimensions (including extreme poverty) is the greatest global challenge and an indispensablerequirement for sustainable development (United Nations General Assembly 2015).” To thatend, the SDGs represent “a plan of action for people, planet, and prosperity,” which in additionto peace and partnership, define the five “P’s” of the mission of the SDGs. To accomplish thatmission, there needs to be a “balance [between] the three dimensions of sustainabledevelopment: the

Conference Session

Computing Technology Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petr Johanes, Stanford University; Larry Lagerstrom, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

-income students tended to perform less well in online learning and/or blended learning environments. [45] In these ALMAP studies, however, their performance was equal to other students. • Instructor Satisfaction. Instructor perceptions and satisfaction varied. Overall, 74% of instructors reported they were satisfied with the project, and they especially appreciated the real-time dashboards that tracked student progress. There was a divide, however, between those teaching developmental (remedial) courses and general education gateway courses. While 67% of the developmental course instructors planned to use the adaptive courseware in the future, only 49% of the gateway course instructors did. A major

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

and the work underway to refine and validate thismodel. The initial analyses offer preliminary insight into the data used to validate and refine theproposed engineering leadership identity development model. While these results indicate agreater proportion of engineering students involved in leadership activities than expected, aconsiderable amount of work, including more complex statistical testing currently underway,remains to understand the impact of these roles and how engineering educators might betterprepare engineers who are ready to lead. The following section outlines key aspects of theproject planned for the next several years.Future WorkThe complete research plan outlined in this work will be executed over the next three years

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Gerri Cole, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

MechanicalEngineering major; and Vanessa Davalos, a Civil Engineering major) to inspire students fromdisadvantaged communities (low income students not considering STEM careers or with lack ofconfidence or motivation to pursue STEM professions) to pursue STEM fields. The E-Girl eventwas planned to be the culmination of the academic year and the conclusion of the CPP- K-12community development experience. The EGR 299 S course allowed CPP and K-12 students toget to know each other, and allowed the development of a pleasant working environment. E-Girlwas scheduled in the spring quarter of the academic year, and after at least four visits to the K-12classrooms by the EGR 299 S course students had taken placed. While the course was offeredthree times in the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Todd DeLong, University of Virginia

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Electrical and Computer

, andwe have incorporated that as an essential element of all of our Fundamentals courses.8 Ourcourses also incorporate active learning techniques that have been shown to increase the depth ofstudent conceptual understanding.9 Furthermore, all three courses include a printed circuit designproject that naturally teaches the students the importance of external standards, constraints,developing test plans, and the importance of learning new tools, a goal of ABET accreditation.10In the first semester, students design a simple signal generator circuit, in the second a LED-basedmusic visualizer is designed, and in the final semester, an ECG system is the project.6 Note thatthe projects in each semester are progressively more complex, both in the

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Geoff Knowles, Purdue University; Todd Kelley, Purdue University; Euisuk Sung, Purdue University; Jongseong Choi, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

students: Teachers 1. How confident are science and technology teachers in teaching an integrated STEM lessons and design activities? a. Does their confidence increase with TRAILS professional development? 2. What challenges do science and technology teacher identify when planning integrated STEM activities in rural school settings? Students 3. To what degree do students demonstrate learning of STEM content knowledge embedded within TRAILS lessons? 4. To what degree do students use 21st century skills when engaged in TRAILS lessons? 5. Does students’ confidence in learning STEM subjects increase after engaging in TRAILS lessons? 6. Does students’ interest in STEM careers change

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Mueller, Tufts University; David Alsdorf, Tufts University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

   the   role that   constraints   played   in   their   creation.   They   said   “we   didn’t   have   the   materials   or   the   time   to   do that   so   .  .  .  we   could   only   make   the   upper   floor.”   They   also   included   this   on   the   list   of   prioritized features   for   their   design   on   a  planning   sheet   (Figure   2c).   Our   research   methodology   was   not rigorous   enough   to   speculate   if   the   game   directly   influenced   the   engineering   thinking   observed, but   it   was   clear   that   the   game   allowed   for   detailed   discussions   of   engineering   concepts,   and   that all   groups   touched   upon   these   in   their   presentations.  V.   Conclusions   and   Future

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin; Arturo A Fuentes, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Patricia A. Nava P.E., University of Texas, El Paso; Valarie E. Taylor, Texas A&M University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in undergraduate education.6 Myers, B., Starobin, S. S., Laanan, F. S., & Russell, D. (2012). Examining student engagement and transfer intentions among community college STEM students. The OCCRP Research Brief, 6. Series on STEM Student Success Literacy Project. Ames, IA: Office of Community College Research and Policy.7 Johnson, J. D., Starobin, S. S., Laanan, F. S., & Russell, D. (2012). The influence of self- Efficacy on student academic success, student degree aspirations, and transfer planning. The OCCRP Research Brief, 7. Series on STEM Student Success Literacy Project. Ames, IA: Office of Community College Research and Policy.8 Laanan, F. S., & Hernández, I. (2011). Transfer student

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University

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Manufacturing

: a plan for developing, launching, and managing on-campus MakerSpaces,” ASEE Fall 2015 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference, Lewisburg, PA, September 18-19, 2015.26. Tan, E., Calabrese Barton, A., Kang, H., & O'Neill, T. (2013), “Desiring a career in stem-related fields: How middle school girls articulate and negotiate identities-in-practice in science,” Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 50(10), 1143- 1179.27. Calabrese Barton, A. & Tan. E. (2010), “We be burnin: Agency, identity and learning in a green energy program,” Journal of the Learning Sciences, 19(2): 187-229.28. Bevan, B., Gutwill, J. P., Petrich, M., & Wilkinson, K. (2015), “Learning through stem-rich tinkering: Findings from a jointly

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Heeter; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

-00DR-D Click PLC 1 = $68.00 24 VDC Power Supply 1 = $30.00 12 gage Wire 10’ BLK &v10’ 20’ = $ 3.40 White Total $198.18Procedure: Time Planning:  Schedule this activity to take about 4 to 5, 90 minute class periods spread over a week. The first day of the project includes an introduction and assignment of the design project, and the last day is for student presentations. The three periods between are class time for student groups to work on the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Tania Jarosewich, Censeo Group ; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

fingertips or a stylus instead of pencil and paper. Alpha versions for sketching exercise have been developed.35 Planned enhancements include a feedback mechanism to provide faculty automated feedback regarding students’ sketches. The workbook pages with sketching exercises will also be available as pdf files for students who do not have an iPad. In this project, we will test both methods of delivering sketching exercises and compare the results obtained through each.IV. Implementing Curriculum at Participating InstitutionsBenefits of an online format include the ability to accommodate complex student schedules andimplement the course with a lower level of resources. That said, the study is monitoringoutcomes and assessing whether an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Lewis Rickli, Wayne State University; Yinlun Huang, Wayne State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

relationships duringthe summer program.Pre-flection and SURE III survey results indicated that three 2016 participants that had notconsidered graduate education were considering or planning on a Ph.D. in a science field afterthe Summer Academy in Sustainable Manufacturing. All students were mildly to very satisfiedwith the experience, while 80% indicated they were likely to choose another undergraduateresearch experience. The full pre-flection and SURE III survey results are considerably moreextensive and can be discussed upon request from interested parties. The Grinnell Collegeundergraduate research survey for the 2016 site participants is not yet complete and will befinished once the Follow-Up survey is completed. Sample responses from the exit

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research; William Henderson III, University of Kentucky

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

educational initiatives designed to increase and broaden participation in STEM fields.Mr. William Henderson III, University of Kentucky Mr. William Henderson III is the co-director of the mentoring program as well as the Director for Di- versity Programs and Diversity/Out-of State recruitment for the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Engineering. Originally from Lexington, Kentucky, William obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Math Education and Secondary Math Education, respectively, from UK. He has performed a number of functions at UK including: grant writing, strategic planning for the university in general and for diversity in particular, coordinating student affairs, advising, and outreach programming

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret E. Beier, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Megan McSpedon; Michael Wolf, Rice University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

STEMattrition compared to peers. For example, some Scholars did not have access to calculus in highschool, while many of their non-RESP peers completed rigorous AP BC calculus courses. Thisweak math background creates a challenge for many Scholars whose degree plans requirecalculus and calculus-based physics courses to be taken simultaneously in the first year.As described elsewhere, RESP is not a remedial program [6]. Instead, the summer portion ofRESP prepares Scholars for the pace, rigor, and depth of the STEM curriculum by focusing onthe most challenging concepts covered in the first-year STEM curriculum. Taught almostentirely by Rice faculty, Scholars complete non-credit coursework in calculus, chemistry andphysics. Scholars attend classes five

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge A. Piña, Baltimore City Community College; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

traffic at all. Traffic light The Smart PLC Traffic Light system using a Click PLC controller was developed to solve the problems identified in the old traffic light cycle system. At the 1999 Annual International EMME/2 Conference of Chicago,Illinois, a paper on improving reliability of Traffic using intersection delay was presented byAashtiani et al.. Delay estimation at intersections was determined with or without signals. Thisdetailed research really highlights the needs of improving traffic light control and also thechallenges that we are facing.The objective of this lesson plan is to develop a Smart PLC Controller logic based traffic lightsimulator system

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

species or actors.   Interaction linked by flows of resources and information   Interactions range widely in outcome (mutualism, commensalism,   predation). Nestedness confers more resiliency.   Specialized and generalized actors or species interact frequently.   Bottom-up interactions drive system.   Top-down interactions drive system.   Planning for the future.   Competition is always harmful

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pong P. Chu, Cleveland State University; Chansu Yu, Cleveland State University; Karla R Hamlen, Cleveland State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

revisedcurriculum is more effective for student learning, student interest, and whether students andinstructors feel it is a more effective method as well as the adequacy of lab materials. Thecontrol group for the evaluation consists of students taking courses in current curriculum and theexperimental group consists of the students taking courses in the enhanced spiral curriculum.The evaluation plan is a mixed-methods approach consisting of a quasi-experimental design withadditional qualitative data to support findings. A student interest and opinion survey was givenat the beginning and end of the semester, in which they reported their level of agreement withseveral items. The survey given in this study was based off the Science Motivation QuestionnaireII

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathleen Meehan, University of Glasgow; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

increases from 300pages to 600 pages.ConclusionsThe online workshop format, with participant-produced videos viewed and commented on beforethe meetings, worked very well and is a cost-efficient method for collaborating anddisseminating ideas. Everyone got a good idea of what other active practitioners were doing anddiscussions were lively and far-ranging. An archive of the participants’ videos and commentsremains accessible on YouTube and can reach a wider audience of educators. More workshopsare being planned for 2017 and will address issues identified by the participants. While theindividual workshops were focused on specific classes of portable learning platforms, nearly allparticipants use more than one type and many use several. There is a

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Posters: Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Jonte R. Douglas; Li-Shiang Tsay; Dewayne Randolph Brown

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

, college life could beconsidered the “training wheels” of life. It is the time period when you leave home and yourresponsibilities gradually increase until you a fully responsible for yourself. During that timeperiod, especially if you are living on campus you are exposed to living and learning with otherstudents training for life as well. When receiving a traditional education, the actual collegeexperience includes meal plans, Greek life, sporting events, festivities, etc. [7]Another benefit of receiving a traditional education is the networking. The environment iscomprised of students, faculty and professionals in all degree areas. Prior to graduating, thenetworking students gained can come from the career center, previous professors, or

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne W. Dietrich, Arizona State University; Don Goelman, Villanova University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

areformative assessment opportunities that both students and instructors appreciate. The preliminaryevaluation of the checkpoints presented in this paper were based on a student’s perspective oftheir usefulness. The anticipation is that the checkpoint feature will support evidence-basedpedagogy, such as a flipped classroom. Future research plans also include the evaluation of pre-and post- assessment data to further examine the effect of the checkpoints on student learning.As stated earlier, this project is ongoing. Since the study presented in this paper, a thirdanimation, DesignDB, has been released. This animation introduces students to the conceptualmodeling of data and how that visual design can be mapped to a relational schema for the storageand

Conference Session

Developing New Engineering Educators

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Karlin, University of Southern Maine; Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech

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New Engineering Educators

issufficiently broad to provide the foundation skills necessary while also pointing to disciplinesthat may supplement the faculty member’s current skill set and/or suggest potential mentors ortraining opportunities in other disciplines.Sample Implications for Faculty Leaders and MentorsFaculty leaders and mentors have significant roles both at the person level, mentoring andsupporting the development of individual faculty, and at the organizational level, influencingand/or implementing the policies and procedures of the organization that form one set ofconstraints to the faculty career. As we think about the best ways to mentor junior faculty inparticular, how can we design mentoring plans that provide space and encouragement to honeboth base and meta

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois, Chicago; Joel Alejandro Mejia, Angelo State University; Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

highlight the diversity within this group. Only then willresearch be able to clearly inform purposeful and directed practice to address underrepresentationat a systemic level. ReferencesAguirre-Covarrubias, S., Arellano, E., & Espinoza, P. (2015). “A pesar de todo”(Despite Everything): The Persistence of Latina Graduate Engineering Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. New Directions for Higher Education, 2015(172), 49–57.Andersen, L., & Ward, T. J. (2014). Expectancy-Value Models for the STEM Persistence Plans of Ninth-Grade, High-Ability Students: A Comparison between Black, Hispanic, and White Students. Science Education, 98(2), 216–242.Aschbacher, P. R., Li, E., & Roth, E. J

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2: Curriculum and the Classroom

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Murzi, The University of Queenslad; Jurij Karlovsek, The University of Queensland; Bianey Ruiz, University of Táchira - Venezuela; Lilianny Virguez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; omar perez

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

. engineering students teams without thetraining) in order to determine if the training experience in the course was the one causing thechanges of perceptions regarding the constructs.Another limitation of this study is participant bias. Participants were actively trained inteamwork and its constructs, therefore it is possible that students who choose to participate inthe post-test were very aware of the importance of our experiment, and their responses couldbe influenced by the training, and the expectation of receiving some reward from the teachingteam.For future work, we will continue conducting this experiment next semester and morequantitative data will be collected. Specifically, we plan to do an experiment having a controland experimental group

Conference Session

Reflection

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristine R. Csavina, Colorado School of Mines; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

,” which includes processing prior experiences to direct future choices.Schön and Rose’s definitions enumerate on the temporal aim of reflection. This study will focuson this temporal aim of reflection as it is closely tied to individual’s values of reflection.Our current work is framed by Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT) (Wigfield & Eccles 2000,Eccles & Wigfield 2002) focusing specifically on how individuals value their current reflectionactivities. Task value is influenced by utility value, attainment value, intrinsic value, and cost.Utility value refers to the perceived usefulness of the task towards achieving an individual’sfuture plans or goals. Attainment value refers to the importance of doing well on a particulartask. Intrinsic value

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Lee Tinnell, University of Louisville; Jaqi C. McNeil, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

semesters) of anengineering degree program. Engineering is a complex degree program because many studentshave to start preparing for this degree while in high school by building up their mathematics andscience knowledge. For engineering students to start an engineering degree program, they startwith calculus, and are considered behind schedule starting with a lower level mathematicscourse. Although high school students may start planning for an engineering degree programduring their freshman to senior years, many students do not know what the different disciplinesof engineering are and what they do. In Changing the Conversation 1, they show that many highschool students do not have a realistic comprehension of the practice of engineering

Conference Session

Teaming & Collaborative Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Soo Jeoung Han, Texas A&M University; Michael Beyerlein, Texas A&M University; Jill Zarestky, Colorado State Univeristy; Lei Xie, Texas A&M University; Khalil M. Dirani, Texas A&M University; Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

support, and moving to the whiteboard to show initiative.We will also conduct post-event focus group interviews with the three winning teams and askteams to provide additional insight regarding the collected video data. We will choose five toseven critical moments of teams captured in the video and ask participants to explain or elaborateon their experience, thought processes, and interactions. In this way, we plan to explore someways that deep-level diversity attributes impact participants’ micro-level behaviors that buildcollaboration, transcending individual differences. The matching focus group data with videodata will aid in identifying critical patterns of behavior.Our research team expects to develop insights about team learning processes

Conference Session

Studies in Faculty Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Barlow, Utah State University; Jacek Uziak, University of Botswana; Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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Continuing Professional Development

, with a combination of asynchronousand synchronous instruction.The proposed certificate program includes plans for four online courses: Engineering CourseDesign, Assessing Learning and Teaching in Engineering, Principles of Engineering Teachingand Learning, and E-learning Course and Training Development in Engineering. Besides thecoursework, the online certificate program will also incorporate a Teaching Internship course,which should give students the opportunity to put their engineering education knowledge intopractical application.IntroductionTo become a professor, instructor, or trainer in engineering, whether in academia or in industry,an individual is only required to have a degree in engineering. In academia, this is generally aPhD (for

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky; Janet K. Lumpp, University of Kentucky

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First-Year Programs

referred to as “going rogue.” Within our program, we allow significantdeviation to incorporate individual teaching styles while still requiring a core set of exercises tobe accomplished by every course section. Starting in 2013, the Dean and Associate Dean for Academics in the College ofEngineering visited established FYE programs and began planning implementation of a programsuited to our own college. Improving student retention was the primary goal and the secondarygoal was to reduce changes of major within the college to help students choose an appropriatemajor and pursue it to graduation. This phenomenon is not endemic to our program and has beendocumented by others (Froyd & Ohland, 2005) Initial discussions with a working

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Its Impact on Faculty and Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Lopez, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, California State University, Fullerton; Bethany B. Smith, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University, Department of Physics; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University

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Continuing Professional Development

, Materials, and Practice; 6. Motivation Theory and Content Relevance andFuture Value to Students; 7. Two-Way Formative Feedback and Reflective Practice by Students andInstructors; 8. Web-Enabled Tools and Resources for More Effective and Efficient Teaching andLearning; 9. Planning for Classroom Innovation in an Upcoming Course”1. Assessment of theimplementation of these principles is conducted through the Reformed-Teaching ObservationProtocol (RTOP), which is an instrument “designed to constructively critique details of classroompractice,” such as cooperative learning and interactive engagement3. This instrument allows for ameasure of effectiveness and faculty fidelity to student-centered teaching in the classroom. TheRTOP evaluation assesses the