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Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

-changes cases. The final project is an extensivereport on a fictitious experiment the students have designed and supposedlyexecuted. The idea is not to have them execute the experiment, but write effectivelyabout it. Grading is done without the grader knowing whether the student is from aclass where these changes were implemented or not. The assessment was doneusing six criteria that include: (a) document structure (b) objectives and conclusion,(c) grammar and spelling, (d) quality of writing, (e) depth of analysis and (f)scientific integrity. The results obtained show increases of 8% for categories (a),(c) and (d) , 14% for category (b), 7% for category (f) and a decrease of 3% forcategory (e). These results suggest that the changes implemented

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Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Northwest

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New Engineering Educators

) Brief Brief Scale: 1. Strongly Disagree, 2. Disagree, 3. Neither Average Score Average Score Agree/Disagree, 4. Agree, 5. Strongly Agree (Online Class) (Face-to-Face Class) 1. A creative title for the project/problem- is important in 4.0 4.26 promoting creative problem solving. 2. Background information on the project/problem- is 4.6 4.65 important in promoting creative problem solving. 3. The “Problem as Stated”- is important in promoting creative 3.75 4.18 problem solving. 4. The “Problem as Understood”- is important in promoting 4.15 4.43 creative problem solving. 5. The creative solution (best solution) to the

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

, 2018 A Review of Electronic Engineering Logbooks Throughout the Electrical Engineering Curriculum Abstract Successful engineers must be well versed in communication skills, particularly with respect to written documentation in engineering logbooks. Such logs provide technical records that facilitate the day-to-day work of individual engineers, as well as enable continuity when projects are transferred to other engineers. Due to changes in technology and patent law, as well as the promise of simple archiving and sharing of technical work, many practicing engineers have moved away from traditional bound paper engineering notebooks and

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Anant Sahai, University of California, Berkeley; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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for many faculty in improvingundergraduate teaching.IntroductionProviding students with rich and inclusive education is at the heart of any institution. Even inhighly intensive research institutions, the goal of research is arguably to push the boundariesof knowledge and educate others about what is found. As a part of this mission, a major partof student learning is the opportunity to learn. Learning is a process that is active1-3, builds onprior knowledge4, occurs within a social environment5-7, and requires cognitive engagementin the process itself8. Research shows that assessing students in more in-depth ways improvesstudent learning outcomes9; however, assigning a design project or holistic portfolio as anoutcome rather than a scannable

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Allen Hayden Ph.D., Indiana State University; Randell W. Peters, Indiana State University

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New Engineering Educators

often used to determine and state a completePI.Table 1. Performance Indicator Factors. Behavior Factors Comments Focus or intent What exactly is the desired behavior? To make a project plan for a thing, to design the thing, to create the thing, to evaluate … Centrality or primacy You might be primarily interested in the student creating a truss, but to the intent in whole or part you have the student answer a multiple choice question about trusses. Answering is an observable and measureable action verb but it might be secondary (but as close as you can get) to the primary

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Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, San Jose State University; John T. Solomon, Tuskegee University

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New Engineering Educators

X Animated short videos X Hands-on activities X X Demonstrations X Problem solving in class X X Group work X Peer mentoring X Semester-long project X X Active learning X

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Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaela Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Jonathan Mark Gallimore, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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influencesstudents’ learning relative to a more “traditional” classroom. In an earlier study, we examinedstudent performance across two sections of an upper-level space mechanics course where onesection was flipped, and the other section was a traditional structure.20 Here, we continue thatstudy with two additional sections of an upper-level space mechanics course with a flippedclassroom design taught in the fall of 2017 by the same instructor. By extending this project foranother semester, we can determine if our previous study was a coincidence, and we can providestrong evidence to support the effectiveness of the flipped class design.MethodsThe previous study was conducted in the spring 2017 semester with two sections of an upper-level space mechanics

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Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

. In fact, implicit biases can directly conflict with our explicitly held beliefs.This makes implicit bias a sensitive subject by nature.To introduce students to common implicit biases and spark reflection on their own potentialimplicit biases, each student takes an online Implicit Bias Assessment from Project Implicitdesigned at Harvard University [15]. This is done in class, and each student is given an implicitbias worksheet to guide their reflection and keep them engaged in the process. This worksheetincludes questions such as: (1) What assessment did you choose to take?; (2) Without sharingyour results [to protect student privacy and avoid discomfort on this sensitive topic], did yourresults surprise you at all?; (3) Based on your

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

,and striving to form symbiotic partnerships between local industry and academiathrough: capstone projects, theses work with practical overtones, and applied researchprojects in selected domains, is extremely desirable and beneficial. Today, with theengineering profession undergoing dramatic changes on many fronts - there is realneed for faculty and students, to become involved with practical problems and toshare in providing solutions. We owe it to our students to prepare them to meet thechallenges ahead by focusing on real issues derived from tangible situations. Thesurest road to having a working college-industry relation is to come to a mutualunderstanding that both parties would gain from such a relationship.The discussion noted above may

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Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Matthew Walker, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

groundsdoes the accumulation of some threshold number of points constitute mastery of the topic athand? Is such a numerical marker valuable to a learner in reflecting on their progress andaccumulated knowledge? The broad answer to such questions is that points are largely arbitrary,varying wildly in meaning across institutions, courses, or even across assignments.Trends in pedagogy have shifted strongly in the direction of more experiential, authentic learningactivities such as project-based and active learning. As the nature of the classroom activity haschanged, important questions have been raised about the efficacy of traditional grading schemes.Separation has been observed between course objectives and assessment practices, and theability of the

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Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Jennifer Retherford P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth

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., University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dr. Retherford is an alumna of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and received her graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University. She currently teaches a variety of courses supporting the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Among many structural engineer- ing courses, Dr. Retherford manages the Senior Design Project course for all undergraduate seniors.Dr. David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth David Saftner is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from the United States Military Academy and MS and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University; Heechang Bae, Eastern Washington University; N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

homeworkassignments enables students to develop greater cognitive level problem solving skills. Homework is a very valuable tool in learning engineering. Therefore, we are concernedwith our students whether they are copying the homework solutions available in internet and/orother sources. This has become especially evident when a student gets a perfect or near perfectoverall score for their homework grade, yet their test scores are very low. A study by Wichita StateUniversity [3] mentions that approximately 70% of students in the U.S. were involved directly orindirectly in cheating during exams, homework, term projects, reports, papers and presentationsusing different techniques. According to a paper [4] entitled, “The Theory of Planned Behavioras a

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

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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

hour in the classroom,engineering courses require an estimated 4 hours. Although the systems in place that run manyengineering colleges around the country work fairly well for the traditional engineering student –the teenager who shows up on campus ready to dedicate the next four years of their lives toschool, a chunk of undergraduates in commuter schools, such as SJSU, do not fit this profile.These students are juggling classes and a job or family or both. Most of our education system isnot built to cater to their needs, and its results are extremely wasteful. This paper presents initial results of a research project on failure rates in the college ofengineering at SJSU, where 40% of our students work more than 10 hours per week while

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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New Engineering Educators

and monitor grader reliability.An SBG CourseSBG was initiated in a large (N = 1500-1650) first-year engineering (FYE) course at a Mid-western U.S. university in Spring 2013 and has undergone revision since. The FYE course in thisexample was required for all engineering students. In this course, students learned how to useMATLAB to solve engineering problems as well as represent and model data. For the first two-thirds of the semester, students completed weekly problem sets. For the remaining third of thesemester, the students completed weekly milestones associated with a team-based data analysisand modeling project. Students met twice a week for 110 minutes in a classroom designed foractive learning.The organizational structure of the course