experiences for students. Indeed, althoughmost institutions have not yet found a way of integrating STEM and humanities learning within asingle course, a surprising number of these experiments have been tried [26, 16, 11, 12, 3, 4, 27],including in the first-year curriculum [28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33]. In spite of the richly varied examplesof integrative learning, assessments have been much more scarce. It is not a difficult matter toassess disciplinary content within an integrative course; in our case, we had disciplinary expertsassess the discipline-specific student work within disciplinary and interdisciplinary assignments. It1 One intriguing exception [5] considers the inherently integrative “problem-based learning” in amedical program, controlling
, signal and power integrity analysis of electronic packages, and uncertainty quantification of microwave/ RF circuits. Dr. Roy is a recipient of the Vice-Chancellors Gold Medal at the undergraduate level in 2006, the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology in 2012, and the Ontario Graduate Schol- arship in 2012. He currently serves as the reviewer for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS, PACKAGING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPAT- IBILITY and IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I: REGULAR PAPERS. He also serves as an associate editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS, PACKAGING AND
) believed thathaving a research-oriented project in their undergraduate curriculum enhanced theirundergraduate experience which additionally supports the integration of research-orientedprojects into courses.Grade AnalysisThe percentage scores for each student’s course project that used a research-oriented topic in thespring 2017 CNIT 350 Object-Oriented Programming course and fall 2017 ITS 245 IntegrativeProgramming course are shown in Table 3. The percentage scores for each student’s course projectthat did not use a research-oriented topic in the spring 2015 and spring 2016 CNIT 350 Object-Oriented Programming courses are shown in Table 4. The ITS 245 Integrative Programmingcourse was not available prior to fall of 2017.The same research-oriented
a recent process of curriculum reformin an undergraduate engineering program. Curriculum continues to hold a prominent spacein discussions around engineering education, yet there are limited exemplars of full scalecurriculum reform around the globe. At the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa,the design of the new chemical engineering curriculum drew on contemporary shifts inthinking about the engineering profession [1, 2], as well as a focus on widening access to thedegree and coupling this with success. Furthermore, engaging with current deliberations onthe problem-based curriculum, this design took on a problem-centered focus [3]. Thiscurriculum design demanded a far more integrated mode of course delivery than is typical ina
Paper ID #21816Transforming an Institution by Engineering LearningDr. Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Spiegel is the Director of the Trefny Innovative Instruction Center at the Colorado School of Mines. He previously served as Chair of the Disciplinary Literacy in Science Team at the Institute for Learning (IFL) and Associate Director of Outreach and Development for the Swanson School of Engineering’s Engineering Education Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining the University of Pittsburgh, he was a science educator at Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). Dr. Spiegel also
ResultsEach of the four stated goals was achieved to some degree. A survey was given to bothparticipants and volunteers. The survey in winter 2017 had a 95% response rate. The survey inspring 2017 had a very low response rate (~10%) because we tried waiting until the subsequentterm to see how reaction results were affected by the increase in time and the perspective itbrings. The low response rate was an unintended side effect of this delay. Survey results aresummarized in Table 1.Indirect measures indicate that the students and volunteers believe that ECE Design Daysallowed participants to integrate knowledge from across their curriculum. The ECE Design Daysvolunteers consisted of upper-year students, faculty, and staff. The student participants
students that are effective and authentic to the discipline. Much of this work has been centered on model-based inquiry and the integration of scientific practices in a supportive and structured way. He has been funded by NSF and other agencies to conduct research on preservice teacher education, undergraduate engineering education, and community partnerships in secondary education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018The Challenges and Affordances of Engineering Identity as an Analytic LensAbstractIn this theory paper, we seek to review recent scholarship on the construct of engineering identityto help identify the challenges and affordances of its use in engineering education research
additionalscenarios was demonstrated by a student defining the problem as, ‘providing electricitywhenever and wherever electricity is not available’. This empirical evidence was collectedthrough content analysis, and cognitive processes of experts, as heuristics are based on collectedpast experiences and difficult to verbalize.Heuristics in instructional designFrom an instructional and curriculum design perspective, the use of heuristics can prove valuableas behavioral research shows that experts utilize heuristics effectively, which distinguishes themfrom novices23. Evidence suggests that expert instructional designers use heuristics whendesigning new or revising instructional systems5,24,25. A Delphi study conducted by York andErtmer5 examined previous
setting of this study was the redesign of a second-year embedded systems course that wasrequired for electrical, computer, and software engineering students. The redesign effort was partof a federally-funded initiative to facilitate change in the Electrical and Computer EngineeringDepartment at a large university in the Midwest United States8. The course redesign effort wasone several such efforts in the initiative tasked with helping to shift the departmental paradigmtoward student-centered teaching and learning practices and greater integration of professionalformation throughout the curriculum, in a bottom-up fashion9. As an established course in thedepartment, the course had undergone revisions in the past, but as part of the
integrating local institutional and/ordepartmental practices with disciplinary norms to transform student experiences.5. Conclusions and future workThis exploratory study sought to better understand local variations in the broad characterizationsof engineering teaching and learning culture across both disciplinary and institutional lines.Because an academic department serves as a site of enculturation for students entering theirchosen field, we explored the ways in which students engaged and interpreted departmentalcourses through semi-structured interviews. Our findings revealed that across threethemes - approaches to learning, perceptions of teaching, and perceptions of disciplinaryvalues - a complex relationship exists among disciplinary
practices of experienced educators in wellestablished undergraduate engineering design courses. Our research seeks to answer questions about how instruction is adjusted throughout the duration of an engineering design course to help students sequence an array of engineering design activities into coherent engineering design practices. Our research adopts the informed design teaching and learning matrix as a lens for viewing design activities [1], [2]. This WIP paper is limited to exploring teaching strategies targeting a single focal engineering design pattern – troubleshooting – within a cornerstone engineering design course. Using interview data and classroom observations, we seek to provide rich descriptions of how teaching strategies
facilitated the emergence of faculty-driven affinity groups that will serve as onevehicle for increasing pedagogical risk-taking among faculty. The development of othermechanisms to spur additive innovation and pedagogical risk-taking are also underway.At Colorado State University (CSU), a team of educators are working to overcome the failings ofthe current engineering educational system by reimagining the roles that faculty play in theteaching and learning environment within the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE). The team is implementing a new pedagogical and organizational modelwhere the curriculum is no longer treated as a set of disparate courses taught in unconnectedpieces, but as an integrated system that fosters
University, graduating in 2013. His re- search interests include veterans in engineering, veterans with service-connected disability, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and human sex trafficking.Dr. Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of En- gineering at Arizona State University. He teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI
and focuses on systems integration. And IS fulfills an organizationalneed, but mostly from the management side.Of the five computing disciplines, computer engineering is the least closely related to IT. SE issmall in size nationwide and BYU doesn’t even have an SE program. For these reasons, this studyfocused on CS, IS, and IT.1.1 Research questions • How strong is the correlation between AC−CE and AE−RO, and major GPA among CS, IS, and IT students? • How strong is the correlation between AC−CE and AE−RO, and student satisfaction among CS, IS, and IT students? • Is there a correlation between major GPA and student satisfaction? • What is the best multiple regression model to fit these correlations?1.2
Paper ID #21123Exploring Factors Influencing the Continued Interest in a Computer ScienceMajorDr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech Dr. Amelink is Assistant Vice Provost for Learning Systems Innovation and Effectiveness, Virginia Tech. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the Departments of Engineering Education and Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech.Ms. Kirsten Davis, Virginia Tech Kirsten Davis is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also completed her master’s degree in Higher Education. She is the graduate assistant for the Rising
Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Ph.D., serves as a Director of the Research Institute for Experiential Learning Science (RIELS) at Northeastern University and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. She earned her B.S. degree in Physics from Yale University in 1995 and her Ph. D. degree in Biological Physics from MIT in 2001. Dr. Zastavker’s research interests lie in the field of STEM education with specific emphasis on innovative pedagogical and curricular practices at the intersection with the issues of gender and diversity. Dr. Zastavker is currently working with Dr. Stolk on an NSF-supported project to understand students’ motivational attitudes in a variety of educational
management, sustainability, lean manufacturing, and ERP system integration in curriculum.Dr. Mark Angolia, East Carolina University Mark G. Angolia is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Distribution and Logistics in the College of Engi- neering and Technology at East Carolina University. Entering academia after 20 years in the automotive supply chain, his research interests include ERP systems, technology management applications for distri- bution and logistics, and higher education pedagogy. He holds a PhD in Technology Management from Indiana State University, a Master of Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, professional cer- tifications of CPIM and CSCP from APICS, and a PMP from PMI. Dr. Angolia also
), and Rockwell International. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering at Texas A&M University.Dr. Jill Zarestky, Colorado State University Jill Zarestky, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Adult Education and Training in the School of Education at Colorado State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Engagement in Practice: Engaging Undergraduate Students in a Multidisciplinary Service-Learning EnvironmentBackground and motivationIn today’s integrated society, professionals and students alike rarely work solely with membersof their own discipline and must learn to work collaboratively with others to solve
) Announcing and reemphasizingthe new learning goal; (II) Lectures on SE, Physics, and Mathematical models; (III)Small-scale classwork including innovative ideas developing through mind-mappingor SCAMPER, group-function practice, math problem-solving, individual andcollaborative experiments/labs of SE, and quizzes; (IIII) Mid-term and finalexaminations containing proportions of alternative and traditional formats; and (IV) Agroup project aiming to integrate concepts and skills of SE with an ill-structuredformat to allow innovation.During a semester, there are four cyclical processes of project-based learning(depicted in the central column of Fig. 1): (1) Lecture guidance from teacher; (2)Students’ inquiry with support from teacher and TAs; (3
Curriculum Study (BSCS). Dr. Spiegel also served as Director of Research & Development for a multimedia development company and as founding Director of the Center for Integrating Research & Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University. Under Dr. Spiegel’s leadership, the CIRL matured into a thriving Center recognized as one of the leading National Science Foundation Laboratories for activities to pro- mote science, mathematics, and technology (STEM) education. While at Florida State University, Dr. Spiegel also directed an award winning teacher enhancement program for middle grades science teachers, entitled Science For Early Adolescence Teachers (Science FEAT). His
compare with other countries, the conceptions and attitudes about chemicalengineering and chemical engineering technology contribute to making visible the differencesand similarities between these concepts related to the sociocultural and historical approach.Additionally, it is an opportunity to set up undergraduate curriculums and policies aboutengineering education taking into account the context in which they are developed.Background and PurposeThe biggest challenge that diverse educational institutions have in Colombia is to build curriculawhich include the experience, knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of different actors. Highereducation institutions should not be outside to these characteristics because they allow moremeaningful learning [1
Materials (GLAM) summer camp for high school girls at UIUC.Dong San Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dong San Choi is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Univer- sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; choi88@illinois.edu.Dr. Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Geoffrey L. Herman is a teaching assistant professor with the Deprartment of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also has a courtesy appointment as a research assis- tant professor with the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a
Paper ID #21981All Games Are Not Created Equally: How Different Games Contribute toLearning Differently in EngineeringMr. John Ray Morelock, Virginia Tech John Morelock is a doctoral candidate at Virginia Tech and a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. His research interests include student motivation, game-based teaching and learning, and gamified classrooms.Dr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study
integration than a materials scientist investigating electron transport intopological insulators. This claim that materials scientists and engineers integrate other disciplines– and that this is a core skill in this community – is the lynchpin of this paper and the launchingpoint for the upcoming sections.Integration-based AssessmentIf integrating diverse sciences to explore, explain, and engineer complex phenomena is a core skill– and really the core – of the discipline, then how do we prepare students for it? Consequently,how do we assess for this skill?At a high (read: curriculum) level, recognizing and teaching with the awareness of the diverseepistemologies at play in materials science and engineering can already be a major step in thisdirection
practice as well as exploring students’ conceptions of diversity and its importance within engineering fields.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed
for engineering19.College Experience – Academic and Social Integration We divide the academic and social integration solutions in two areas; instructionalenvironment and contextual support.Instructional Environment Four solutions covered the college instructional environment. They are, 1) removinginstructional bias towards women, 2) using student-centered pedagogical methods that involvemore interactions with faculty and peers, 3) having curriculum that supports diversity, and 4)developing identity and agency beliefs. For women to be successful in engineering, instructional environments must removebiases towards them. To do so, Felder et al.22 support several measures, such as being careful notto use gender-sensitive
of undergraduate researchaccording to the students. In addition, developing relationship with the faculty mentor and thegraduate student mentor is another positive outcome of the undergraduate research.Haddad and Kalaani [5] presented an undergraduate research model to integrate research into alecture- based curriculum through summer workshops, research-designated courses, andundergraduate research grants. The proposed model included establishing an Office ofUndergraduate Research, developing a research-integrated curriculum, and instituting arecognition system as an incentive to encourage participation. A set of minimum requirementswere set for undergraduate students participating in the research to achieve the status ofundergraduate
been extensively used to understand student emotions in other STEM fields[11]. However, this theory has not been used extensively in the context of computerprogramming. A better understanding of student emotions may help educators designcurriculum and pedagogy to mitigate the effects of negative emotions, and to promote positiveemotions. This improved curriculum and pedagogy may eventually help students maximize theirlearning and performance in programming courses.2. Research QuestionsThe overarching objective of this study is to understand the emotions experienced by first-yearengineering students as they work on programming problems. Specifically, I ask the followingresearch questions: 1. What emotions do first-year engineering students
multidisciplinary teams to convert customer needs to commercially viable products and services. Rogers co-led the development of an ABET-approved year-long Capstone design experience. With a focus on providing students with a broader experience base, the multidisciplinary program applies teams of engineers, business, design, and other students to work with companies to help them be more competitive. Rogers expanded this one-year program to a four-year Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE) honors program. Rogers earned his Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, focused on mechanical engineering and manufacturingDr. Denny C. Davis, Ohio State University Dr. Davis is Visiting Professor in the Engineering
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