Paper ID #23185Personal Epistemology: The Impact of Project-based LearningMiss Rongrong LiuDr. Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Jiabin Zhu is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni- versity. Her primary research interests relate to the assessment of teaching and learning in engineering, cognitive development of graduate and undergraduate students, and global engineering. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University in 2013. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Personal Epistemology: The
on creating diverse teams and allowing self andpeer evaluations [2]. Teamwork skills in our study are defined and measured as the dimensionsof teamwork in the CATME.CATME includes five common measures of teamwork behavior on which team members areasked to rate themselves and their teammates using a behaviorally anchored rating scale on eachdimension. These teamwork dimensions fall into 5 categories: Contributing (C) to the Team’s Work is being able to add value to a team’s work/project. Team members are rated on how well they meet their commitments, do their share of the work, and help their teammates. Interacting (I) with Teammates refers to how individuals communicate within their teams. It
in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Cultivating the Next Generation: Outcomes from a Learning Assistant Program in EngineeringIntroductionA growing tension in higher education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) disciplines is the need to produce a greater number of STEM graduates [1] whilemaintaining learning effectiveness in the resulting large-enrollment STEM courses. One way tomitigate this tension is to create
on Pine Ridge Reservation and ethnographic research on Rosebud Reservation. That reservation research is part of an ongoing National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored Pre-Engineering Education Collabora- tive led by Oglala Lakota College (a tribal college) in cooperation with South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and SDSU. She has recently served as a principal investigator for a South Dakota Space Grant Consortium project designed to create interest in STEM education and careers among high school girls at Flandreau Indian School. She has publications in peer-reviewed regional conference proceedings and international journals and has recently co-edited a book about bringing engineering to Native Hawai
conducted research into heavy metals concentrations in plants and soils on Pine Ridge Reservation and ethnographic research on Rosebud Reservation. That reservation research is part of an ongoing National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored Pre-Engineering Education Collabora- tive led by Oglala Lakota College (a tribal college) in cooperation with South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and SDSU. She has recently served as a principal investigator for a South Dakota Space Grant Consortium project designed to create interest in STEM education and careers among high school girls at Flandreau Indian School. She has publications in peer-reviewed regional conference proceedings and international journals and has recently
Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. He holds a BSE from Duke University and an MSME and PhD from Georgia Tech, all in mechanical engineering. His professional interests include engineering design, engineering education, and the environment. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Influences of Variability on Perceptions of Behavior on Student Engineering Project TeamsIntroductionWithin an engineering student project team, there are many interpersonal dynamics at play.Clashes between group members, even on a small scale, seem inevitable in nearly everygroup. Perceptions held by individuals about other team member’s contributions to theproject are
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 in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The Two Worlds of Engineering Student TeamsIntroductionOne common critique of the engineering curriculum is that students leave unprepared to connectthe knowledge they learned in the classroom to the messy, open
: Alan H. Yorkdale Memorial Award, 2014. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Integration of Research Topics into Undergraduate Information Technology Courses and ProjectsIntroductionUndergraduate information technology, computer science and software engineering courses oftenrequire that software projects be completed in courses that allow students to gain experienceworking on real-world-like problems. Senior technology projects (Capstone projects) requirestudents to work on real-world projects that may require collaborating with companies. Research[1], [2], [3] has shown the advantages of using real-world-like projects in courses. Courseprojects, however, can also
University of Alabama. She has experi- ence working with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution etc. on transportation and operations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to
Paper ID #21738Motivational Attitudes and Behaviors in Capstone Projects: QuantitativeValidation of Assessment InstrumentsBashirah Ibrahim, Ohio State University Bashirah Ibrahim is a postdoctoral researcher in engineering education at the Ohio State University.Dr. Peter Rogers, Ohio State University Dr. Peter Rogers is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education The Ohio State University. He joined the university in October 2008 bringing with him 35 years of industrial experience. His career includes senior leadership roles in engineering, sales, and manufacturing developing products using
Paper ID #22404WIP: Curricular Renewal for System Engineering: Project-based CapstoneFramework to Hatch Autonomy and CreativityDr. Chao-Yang Cheng, National Chiao Tung University Chao-Yang Cheng is a postdoctoral researcher from the Institute of Electrical and Control Engineering of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He majored in educational psychology and minor in multi- level linear models. Flow theory, daily reconstruction method, classroom experience, immediate process feedback module, capstone teaching and learning, and engineering education are central to his area of study.Prof. Yu-Lun Huang, National Chiao
Paper ID #23607To Map or to Model: Evaluating Dynamism in Organically Evolving FacultyDevelopmentDr. Lori C. Bland, George Mason University Lori C. Bland, Ph.D. teaches courses in educational assessment, program evaluation, and data-driven decision-making. Bland received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia. Her current work focuses on evaluating programs in higher education, STEM education, and gifted ed- ucation, assessing learning and professional outcomes in formal and informal learning environments in higher education and the workforce; with a focus on project- and problem-based
assess designthinking, 102 interviews with girls were videotaped across elementary and middle schoolprograms in two cities. The interviews called on youth to give a guided, narrative description oftheir work on a design project accomplished in their engineering-focused, girls-only afterschoolprogram. Interviews were augmented with programmatic observations, so the analysts couldtriangulate evidence from interviews with observations of girls engaged in the projects. Incollaboration with the curriculum development team, a rubric was developed to measure theextent to which girls communicated effective engineering design, specifically: a) understandingof the design challenge, b) evaluation of design strengths and weaknesses, and c) evidence
of Arkansas. He received his BS and PhD in Mechan- ical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and National University of Singapore respectively. He has published more than 60 papers in refereed journals and international conferences and contributed to books, and been involved in several internal and external funded research projects in these areas. He has received numerous research awards including ’Best Paper Award - ICAMT 2016’, ’Best Paper Award - ATMAE 2014’, ’Outstanding Paper Award – NAMRC 2012,’ ’A.M. Stickland Best Paper Award – IMechE, 2010,’ and ’Most Downloaded Paper – Elsevier, 2010.’Ms. Shahnaz J. Aly, Western Kentucky University Shahnaz Aly, OAA, LEED AP, M. Arch, is a
often designed and used by electrical and mechanical engineering students. Likewise,the analyses of the data can be confusing and difficult to perform. Regardless of students’apprehension, instrumentation use grows because these tools can be used to validate importantdesign assumptions and monitor performance as the design is built. This is especially true insituations when unknown design parameters must be verified and workers safety may becompromised, such as a large earthwork and shoring projects. The experience CE students gainin instrumentation is non-existent or scant in many undergraduate and graduate programsthroughout the U.S. The holistic approach to this course includes; instrumentation selection, datacollection, data analyses, data
. Three engineering-education collaborators were interviewed in dyads tounderstand conceptualizations of futures, values, systems, and strategic thinking in relation totheir joint research project(s). All three dyads provided specific examples of different ways ofthinking from their shared research efforts. Preliminary findings suggest that a ‘ways of thinking’framework could provide a useful guideline for engineering and education faculty planning tocollaborate for interdisciplinary research as well as the overall EER community.OverviewThe world today faces complex problems ranging from climate change to health issues.Numerous calls by prominent organizations have been made in light of these global,sociotechnical problems to transform
Education. He served as 2004 chair of the ASEE ChE Division, has served as an ABET program evaluator and on the AIChE/ABET Education & Accreditation Committee. He has also served as Assessment Coordinator in WPI’s Interdis- ciplinary and Global Studies Division and as Director of WPI’s Washington DC Project Center. He was secretary/treasurer of the new Education Division of AIChE. In 2009 he was awarded the rank of Fellow in the ASEE, and in 2013 was awarded the rank of Fellow in AIChE.Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Kristin Boudreau is Paris Fletcher Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Worcester Polytechnic In- stitute, where she also serves as Head of the Department of Humanities and Arts
among the RED teams and to study the processesfollowed by RED teams. This work in progress provides a brief overview of the program andcurrent progress of some projects. We highlight the diversity of current RED projects throughupdates from eight projects across the three cohorts: four from Cohort 1: Arizona StateUniversity, Colorado State University, Oregon State University, and the University of SanDiego, three from Cohort 2: Boise State University, Rowan University, Virginia Tech, and onefrom Cohort 3: Georgia Tech. Updates are also included from the REDPAR team about theRED Consortium (REDCON) and research that crosses the consortium. We hope that this paperwill help the engineering education community to learn how these projects are
other methodologies in engineering education research and theopportunities for using this methodology in engineering education research. As a result of theNational Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) and I-Corps for Learning initiatives,the Lean LaunchPad®/Customer Discovery methodology has grown in popularity withinacademic institutions, particularly in business and entrepreneurship education. In addition, theLean LaunchPad®/Customer Discovery approach has helped startups, individuals, academics,and students test the potential of an idea, make important decisions about the structure, value,and implementation of their projects, and develop a minimum viable product, service, oroffering. While the Lean LaunchPad®/Customer Discovery
tools have been disseminated through twohands-on summer workshops held at RMU in 2015 and 2016. In addition, several ASEE andother conference posters, papers, presentations, and journal papers have been published over thepast three years. This NSF-funded project has been implemented and assessed and is nowcomplete, however the author continues the disseminate the outcomes of this projectThe basic objectives of developing the ALTs are to improve student engagement and interest insoftware education, and to make the education well aligned with academic research as well asindustry best practices. The ALTs developed in this work are designed to impart knowledge ofseveral important themes in S/W V&V education such as requirements engineering
on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?,” and is a Co-PI on the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments grant ”Additive Innovation: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking.” He was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014, and received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Obama in 2017.Dr. Micah Lande, Arizona State University Micah Lande, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering pro- grams and Tooker Professor at the
, and AAAI.Dr. Elizabeth Ingraham, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Elizabeth Ingraham is Associate Professor in the School of Art, Art History & Design at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A Fellow of the Center for Great Plains Studies, she teaches design and computational creativity at UNL and received the Sorensen Award for excellence in humanities teaching. A sculptor whose work gives form and voice to lived experience, she won the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Award for Creativity for her series of life-size sewn fabric ”skins” sculptures. Her recent solo exhibition at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum showcased the result of more than 9,000 miles of travel across Nebraska for her project
design, design thinking, and design innovation project courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply design thinking and making processes to their work. He is interested in the intersection of designerly epis- temic identities and vocational pathways. Dr. Lande received his B.S in Engineering (Product Design), M.A. in Education (Learning, Design and Technology) and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Design Education) from Stanford University.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
become well acquainted. Teaching assistants are not provided.A predominantly traditional approach to engineering education was the established pedagogy untilthe early 2000s. Group work was usually disconnected from technical engineering content andtended not to include engineering project work. Little formative assessment of the learning processexisted and the predominant approach relied upon summative assessments (e.g., individual end-of-semester written examinations). During the mid-2000s, some transformation in engineeringeducation occurred, with change manifested though the implementation of problem- or project-based learning (PBL) wherein the traditional curriculum began to include several ‘islands’ of PBL.For the academic year 2009/10, a
she teaches introductory design, materials science, and manufacturing-focused courses. Sarah’s research interests include aspects of project-based learning and enhancing 21st century skills in undergraduate engineering students.Dr. Louis Nadelson, Colorado Mesa University Louis S. Nadelson has a BS from Colorado State University, a BA from the Evergreen State College, a MEd from Western Washington University, and a PhD in educational psychology from UNLV. His scholarly interests include all areas of STEM teaching and learning, inservice and preservice teacher pro- fessional development, program evaluation, multidisciplinary research, and conceptual change. Nadelson uses his over 20 years of high school and college
. • Stories must be devised that have significant design implications.And it is developed in 3 steps (Figure 1): • A conversation with the user types (or their surrogates) concerning the story • A note card-sized written description—the story • Criteria for confirmation or success. (Jeffries, 2001)For a comprehensive studio course—the project to house a local theatre company—themethodology of user stories was combined with an algorithm written in Grasshopper andvisualized in Rhino to test design solutions for seating arrangements in the thrust theatre box.First, students were tasked to interview theatre staff and patrons to develop their user stories.While each story itself is qualitative, the success criteria should be written in such a
. 2012.[4] C. L. Dym and P. Little, Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction, 3rd ed. Wiley, 2008.[5] D. L. Butler and S. C. Cartier, “Multiple Complementary Methods for Understanding Self-Regulated Learning as Situated in Context,” in American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting, 2005, pp. 11–15.[6] O. Lawanto, W. H. Goodridge, and H. B. Santoso, “Task Interpretation and Self- Regulating Strategies in Engineering Design Project: an Exploratory Study,” in 118th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2011.[7] S. C. Cartier and D. L. Butler, “Elaboration and validation of questionnaires and plan for analysis,” in Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for The Study of Education
. As a result, in 200-level programming classes, faculty membersspent lots of time reviewing fundamental programming concepts that had already been taught inthe introductory course. Another observation is that students often procrastinated taking theirhigher-level programming courses because of unfavorable experiences in the introductory course.Based on the above observations, the goals of this project were to: (1) improve students’performance, (2) help students retain their programming knowledge/skills, (3) motivate studentsin learning programming, (4) improve classroom engagement, and (5) give students a betterprogramming experience in the introductory course so that they will not defer enrolling in 200-level programming classes.Research
regardingengineering. The research questions that drive this in-depth study of one K-12 outreach activityare:1. What instructional moves do afterschool youth educators use to support successfulengineering design with elementary youth? And2. What evidence suggested students did (or did not) come to understand scientific concepts asthey related to balloon-powered car design?Context of the studyThis study is part of a five-year research project with a non-profit organization called TechbridgeGirls, focused on the design, development, and deployment of engineering activities in all-girlsafterschool settings. In a Techbridge afterschool program, a series of activities takes place overan extended time-period, at least 12 weeks, with the same group of girls
Paper ID #22497Work in Progress: A Markov Chain Method for Modeling Student BehaviorsDr. Corey T. Schimpf, The Concord Consortium Corey Schimpf is a Learning Analytics Scientist with interest in design research, learning analytics, re- search methods and under-representation in engineering, A major strand of his work focuses on develop- ing and analyzing learning analytics that model students’ cognitive states or strategies through fine-grained computer-logged data from open-ended technology-centered science and engineering projects. His disser- tation research explored the use of Minecraft to teach early engineering