leadingthem to construct and organize patterns of ideas (logico-mathematical knowledge) and throughsocial experiences (social-conventional knowledge; Piaget, Henriques, & Ascher, 1992). Theactivities utilizing design in engineering education serve as a potential context for providing thekinds of experiences Piaget alluded to in his research, as these experiences allow the learner toactively engage in his or her own learning process, reflect on the use of existing structures ofknowledge, and benefit from scaffolded learning in an environment that values participation andinteraction among students, teachers, and other resources (deMiranda, 2004; Loewenberg Ball,2010).Engineering Problem Solving & Design as Context Curricular units and
aerospaceinfrastructure. These include the incorporation of multiple new UAS/aerospace academiccourses, implementation of several research projects for undergraduate and graduate students,and creating a new aerospace engineering minor (beginning AY2015-2016). Each of theseefforts has proven popular with students and has brought positive awareness to UAF programs.MotivationAs is broadly reflected in societal trends, UAF is also experiencing a huge increase in demandfor UAS-related courses, training, and activities. UAS are currently in demand within virtuallyall sectors of society – federal, state, and local agencies, industry, small business, andentrepreneurs – all have growing interest in the application of UAS to their missions. Forstudents and our education
interdisciplinary model for engineering education in ZJU is reflected in ACEE (Advanced HonorClass of Engineering Education. Through integrating interdisciplinary general education,professional education, and comprehensive innovation education, ACEE prepares professionallycompetent engineering leaders who are capable of organizing and leading projects in key areas ofengineering and technological innovations, and has been recognized as a national “ExperimentalZone for Paradigm Innovation in Educating Comprehensive Engineering Talents.” ACEE emphaseson “fundamentals, design, and creation,” aiming to educate comprehensive engineering talents whoare solidly grounded in the natural sciences, have strong ethical principles, and display command ofengineering
students’ difficulties. An effective practice is to rephrase andrepeat questions at the end of a lecture or the start of the next lecture. The technique of adaptivequestioning is effective at addressing common persistent misunderstandings. Examples of thesequence of questions are described. Student feedback shows the use of frequent and persistentquestions which focus on fundamental concepts are effective at improving student mastery offundamental concepts.IntroductionMany engineering students have difficulty explaining the fundamental concepts used in solvingengineering problems. They succeed at algorithmic problem solving but have difficulty explainingthe physical systems being described. This is reflected in low scores on concept inventoryexams
debate case study to reflect the increasing level of difficulty oftopics and the decreasing amount of information provided by the instructor. The students wereprovided with a scored points outline (see Appendix B) attached to their written research papersso they were aware of the strengths and weaknesses of their research and debate preparation foreach case study.Summary and Lessons LearnedThe legal course was taught two times with the same text book before introduction of debates inthe course. The reason for introduction of the debates was not to improve overall course grades,which were in the 83% to 85% overall for those two semesters, but in the hopes of improvingstudent participation, motivation for learning the materials, and understanding
semester, we believe there is great value in students working with the two new subjects(Capital Budgeting and VBA) over time and within the same context (the simulation).Development work is distributed throughout the first two-thirds of the semester to create a senseof flow in relation to the topics of the course. After development, students use the remainder ofthe semester to examine peer-reviewed literature in order to find other methods for ranking andselecting projects, to design new or novel approaches to project selection, and to modify thesimulation model to better reflect real-world operating environments. Students then use thesimulation model to perform experiments and test hypotheses related to research objectives theydefine.Of course
introduction to the instructors’view of WReSTT-CyLE, one (1) session on using DLOs in WReSTT-CyLE, two (2) sessions on de-signing and conducting a research study, and two (2) sessions on using software testing tools in theclassroom. Additional details of the workshops can be found at http://wrestt.cis.fiu.edu/events.On average for each WISTPC workshops held at FIU, there were 19 applications for the work-shops, 14 applicants attended the workshops, 27 total attendees (including PIs and students) at-tended the workshops, and 18 institutions were represented at the workshops. Based on the surveysconducted at the workshops the attendees found the workshops to be very helpful, relevant to theircourses and interesting. This was reflected in attendees
redesign. The practice of engineering requires the application of Apply Science, Engineering, science, mathematics, and engineering knowledge and Mathematics Knowledge engineering education at the K-12 level should emphasize (SEM) this interdisciplinary nature. Students should be independent and reflective thinkers Engineering Thinking capable of seeking out new knowledge and learning from
-engineering majors.This reflects the fact that the interdisciplinary disciplines are essential to develop recent cuttingedge technology. These results can be seen in Figure 9. 83% Engineering 62% No 38% Majors Experience Experience in MDP in MDP 17% Non-Engineering
resources, lab materials (questions templatesand manual), operating systems, software applications and programs are required at least everytwo years. Due to the continuous advancement of technology, the different resources, systems andtools used to implement the network security lab environment must be regularly reviewed to ensurethat the lab environment reflects the current technology used in industry.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. In section two a background about the lab modelincluding lab structure, components, lab support system and the tools used are presented. Sectionthree demonstrates the evaluation methodology. Analysis of the student survey, and feed-backregarding their lab experience during the course and the lessons
engineeringundergraduates. To accomplish this, it has chosen a method which lies mid-way between the twoextremes found in typical engineering curricula, namely self-learning and explicit courseinstruction. In the selected model, the cost to a specific course, or academic term, is small, andthe distributed nature of the modules (once per term for the first three years of the program)enhances their impact by keeping teamwork always “front of mind” for students.Upon reflection, the success of the team’s initiative can be largely attributed to the team’scharacteristics as a well-functioning team, made up of people with complementary expertisewhich covers the broad spectrum required to teach teamwork skills to engineering students whilenavigating significant and varied
of Peer Designed Instruction? 2. Does Peer Designed Instruction increase student motivation when compared to other courses students have taken at the University of Texas at El Paso? 3. Does motivation in this context change based on gender? 4. Does motivation in this context change based on the student having been a Student Instructor?To answer these questions, a mixed-methods approach was used to collect student feedback via athree-part survey. In the first part, a series of multiple choice and open-ended questions wereincluded to allow students the opportunity to reflect on their experience. Questions one throughten are a set of introductory open-ended questions related to the
communicate their role as co-learners, or stifle both. It suggests that today’sstudents are interested in small group workspaces, access to tutors and faculty, table space thatsupports a variety of learning tools (books, laptops, projects), integrated lab facilities, ITintegrated into learning spaces, availability of labs/equipment, accessible facilities, sharedcommunication spaces, and workgroup facilitation. Moreover, research on learning theorysuggests that supportive spaces should reflect flexibility, comfort, sensory stimulation,technology support and decenteredness.4 There are numerous initiatives which have restructuredclassroom spaces to support active learning. Some programs have also used a studio design toteach courses with some lab
. For many, the ambassador rolebegins during a large, multi-institution workshop. Post-event surveys reveal high levels ofability, confidence, and preparedness to create and deliver outreach presentations. Post-workshopinterviews reveal that the training offers a platform for role identity development. Theambassador role aligns career-related motivations, resonance with messages contained in theNational Academy of Engineering’s Changing the Conversation report, beliefs about the missionof the EAN, and plans for fulfilling the Network’s mission. After the initial training, students’role identities reflect an integration of their undergraduate engineering student role with the newrole of ambassador, with the intermediary role of an effective
, a student will typicallyexperience a new project and team although occasionally, projects and teams may be continuedfrom a previous semester. In design, students are assessed on their ability to complete the designprocess and develop a solution that meets specifications. In addition to three design credits,students enroll in three professionalism credits. In professionalism, students are assessed on allthe aspects of the design project that are not design (e.g., communicating with the client,conducting a personal review, reflecting on the design process, working in teams, andunderstanding engineering ethics). Furthermore, each student enrolls in a one-credit seminarcourse where they learn and practice design and professionalism
professional relationshipsamong engineers who are actively building the infrastructure that makes possible modernhuman civilization (i.e., engineering for diplomacy). Oerther elaborated on the value ofintegrating engineering and diplomacy in his reflection on the 70th anniversary of theFulbright program.10 Because engineers are required to employ a systems orientation andthe recognition of design constraints, engineering for diplomacy can focus upon therealities needed to address the fourteen grand challenges facing global humanity – fromadvanced personal learning to engineering the tools of scientific discovery.11By establishing partnerships between the DoS and U.S. colleges and universities, DipLabprovides students with a mechanism to participate in
State University’s 2000-2005 Strategic Plan, which reflected an expanded mission with a focus on research. From itsinitial founding, the ECE department had significant collaborations with local industry and inparticular from two major technology corporations that surrounded it. As the program grew andexpanded, the need for a doctoral program was seen as a natural next step in the progress of theuniversity and critical to serving the needs of local industry.Since this would be the first doctoral program in engineering and only the third at the university,several challenges existed. The first was the high cost associated with such a program, thesecond was resistance to the university in moving from a comprehensive institution to a
traditional gasoline or as its own alternative fuel in newer technologyvehicles. The Gracilaria grown in the IMTA tank is commonly referred to as a nuisance alga sinceit readily forms pervasive blooms around the Mid-Atlantic region. .Fortunately, from a biofuelsperspective, the seaweed is comprised of quantities of easily fermentable sugars. It is this sugarthat the participants made use of in this lab, by simply macerating the alga and then treating it withbasic baker’s yeast and allowing the medium to culture over a 24- hour period. Thereafter, themedium was filtered of solids and distilled to reveal the small amount of crude ethanol liberatedby the process. In a retrospective discussion, participants were given the opportunity to reflect onthe
. At Stanford she has served a chair of the faculty senate, and recently served as Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education.Dr. Helen L. Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is a research scientist in the Designing Education Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of ePortfolio Initiatives in the Office of the Registrar at Stanford University. Chen earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her Ph.D. in Communication with a minor in Psychology from Stanford University in 1998. Her current research interests include: 1) engineering and entrepreneurship education; 2) the pedagogy of ePortfolios and reflective practice in higher education; and 3) reimagining the traditional academic
the total activity time and total lecture time on a specific concept. From Figure9(b), we observe that the basics concept had the highest weight in the exam. However, the pointsallocated to exam questions on conditions and functions does not align well with the timeallocated for class time. Conditions, which has the least class time, accounted for 9.17% of theexam grade, whereas functions accounted only for 5.42%, despite devoting the highest amount ofclass time. This analysis empowers instructors to design fair exams based on their in-class timeallocation or adjust the in-class activities to reflect the exam expectations.Preceptor SurveyTo measure the overhead of the FEAL form administration and its impact on the preceptors’ability to
engineeringdesign and problem solving. Both coding word sets identified these points.Looking back, what part of the program was most rewarding for you?“It was incredibly rewarding we finished building the prototype, tested it, and got very promising results! Thefact that we had designed and built a functioning device from nothing was impressive.“Providing students with the opportunity to develop their own solutions from design to prototypingallows them to develop a personal investment in the project. Creating a functional prototype for ahumanitarian client can be incredibly rewarding for students as they reflect on not only the skillsthey have developed but the lives they can improve. This personal investment significantly boostsstudent motivation and
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wereimportant in helping them decide their major. Self-led exploration of the engineering disciplineswas the top occurrence, followed by advice from people not at Purdue, advice from other Purduestudents, and several others. Interviews with students confirmed the survey results. Students’own research and initiative to talk to others helped them identify which pathway to take. In aseparate survey, students answered the question “Did activities help you decide whichprofessional school to enter? Explain.” Course presentations were, by far, listed most often. Thisis similar to the results of the study presented in this paper.Continuous RefinementThere are numerous ways to support students in reflecting upon their interests and goals.Students were given the
learning. This research needs to continue in otherengineering courses, including upper-level undergraduate courses, to understand similarities anddifferences in this established framework.AcknowledgmentThis work was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF EEC1227110). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.Bibliography1. Zawojewski, J. S., Diefes-Dux, H. A., & Bowman, K. J. (Eds.) (2008). Models and modeling in engineering education: designing experiences for all students. The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. (change 10 to 1, add 1 up to 10 to all so would be 12)2
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downstream courses does not reflect as many students as captured inthe upstream data.With this caveat in mind, the data for ME 320 (Dynamics) are presented in Figure 4 and Figure5. Figure 4 shows the grade distributions for ME 682 (downstream course) as a function ofwhether students in ME 682 took ME 320 with or without UGTFs. It can be seen that theaddition of UGTFs to the ME 320 classroom in Spring 2016 correlated with a reducedpercentage of students getting a D or F in the downstream course by 5.4%, and increasedthe percentage of students earning a C (8% compared to 1.8%), but did not improve thepercentage of students scoring an A or B.This data may be further parsed by examining Figure 5, which shows grades between ME 320and ME 682 correlated
they need technical support. It isinteresting to note that these findings were consistent among students regardless of their levels ofexperience with online and face-to-face course formats. We might conclude that these aregenerally universal needs for all students, and thus, issues of prompt communication andfeedback may merit solid attention from course designers and faculty members.Value for instructor roles related to technologyOverwhelmingly student responses to the question “What can your instructor do with technologyto better support your academic success?” requested more use of technology. This reflects apositive outlook for the use of technologies to increase learning. Because students saw greatopportunities to enhance their success
transformed into themental model, and the author believe that virtual and physical laboratory sessions are strongeducational tools for facilitating this transformation. Moreover, those laboratory sessions alsohelp completing the optimal learning path consisting of Concrete Experience, ReflectiveObservation, Abstract Conceptualization, and Active Experimentation [14]. To cite an instance,providing the students second chance to improve their grades might set an example for reflectiveobservation, where the student might observe himself/herself based on already received grade,and reflects and improves their standing by actually improving the answers based on the finaldiscussion. It has been indicated that this scheme is supported by the students, and
of two entangled beams of photons aimed at asubstance and measure the interference pattern in the reflected beams. The use of entanglementsignificantly increases the information content gathered as the measurement of one photon willgive you information about the other. This technology has a great potential in medical use wherenon-invasive, real-time imaging of a living organism is desirable. [17] Similar techniques inastronomy are expected to improve the performance of interferometers in astronomy. Forinstance, while LIGO finally detected gravitational waves from colliding black holes in 2015using Michelson interferometers, entanglement enhanced interferometry can help detect weakergravitational waves. [18]2. Quantum Communications &