Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, San Jose State University; John R. Haughery, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #22857Failure Rates in Engineering: Does It Have to Do with Class Size?Dr. Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, San Jose State University Dr. Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf is an Assistant Professor in General Engineering at San Jose State University. She teaches structures courses and researches on new paradigms in teaching introductory solid mechanics courses with an emphasis on large enrollments. Over her years of teaching, Dr. Boylan-Ashraf has taught over 6,500 students and has been awarded numerous teaching awards by her students, department, and college.Mr. John R. Haughery, Iowa State University c

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven S Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jennifer L Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joshua David Carl, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

(no stylus capability), which are not ideal for do-ing electronic documentation. In recent years, faculty and students have moved to combinationlaptop/tablet platforms with stylii that are better suited for such documentation. This technologychange inspired me to modify the documentation requirements in my courses.The courses I teach span the junior and senior levels and range from theory-intensive courses withno laboratory component, to courses with procedural-based labs investigating a physical law, tocourses with open-ended design intensive labs. The documentation requirements are therefore dif-ferent course to course, but in general focus on instilling proper technical documentation normsalong with the technical work. Notebook entries

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

since theyare very math oriented and reluctant to recognize the importance of the topic. Butcommunication is most definitely an engineering asset that any successful engineermust have. The goal of this research is to compare the technical writingperformance of students before and after a series of changes were implemented inthe university’s technical writing course ‘Laboratory Analysis and Reports’. Thesechanges included providing more feedback to students, allowing them to resubmitassignments after an initial grading, reading assignments in front of the class,reading, summarizing and discussing technical papers in addition to otherlaboratory exercises. The results are evaluated by grading a number of student finalprojects from the pre and post

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Arjun Singh, Gradescope

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New Engineering Educators

assignmentsand as teaching assistants in the Strength of Materials laboratory. The instructor graded allexams.Rubric-Based Online Grading ToolA rubric-based online grading tool (Gradescope) was used in both course offerings to grade andgive feedback on exams. The grading tool is based on four fundamental principles of effectiveand efficient feedback: that it is prompt, equitable, flexible, and formative (Figure 2). gradescope • Graders:reducesgrading/mebyno/ngsimilar Prompt mistakesinsteadofrewri/ngcomments • Students:feedbackisprompt • Gradersandstudents:ensuresconsistentgrading Equitable