assumptions tosimplify problems, choose equations and solution methods, break complex problems down intocomponent parts, link component parts together to form solutions for complex engineeringsystems, and reflect on the results of the analysis and associated design they learn engineering.Throughout this learning process, formative assessment and feedback effectively guides studentstoward mastery of learning objectives [1], [2]. The engineering instructor learns to identifyproblems that will provide students with the necessary skills to be successful in their course.For years, chapter-end problems and solution manuals have provided instructors a helpful tool forassigning and assessing students work as part of this learning process. Over time, students
• computer searches of databases such as PubMedJournal management platform ScholarOne includes their “Reviewer Locator” [7] to offer upnames, but the underlying process for how those names are identified is unknown. This system isused by ASEE’s Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Lisa Benson [8], current editor ofJEE, offers the following guidance for Associate Editors (AEs): In general, reviewers should be chosen to reflect the broad, growing, global field of engineering education, including content domain experts and experts in education and the learning sciences. Also, well-qualified graduate students may be invited to review manuscripts. Consider choosing reviewers for their expertise in the methodology used by
thepassion these students found in their project, even though it was not hands-on, led them to amuch deeper and expanded understanding of their potential responsibilities as engineers in thefuture. Most students shied away from describe their work as contributing to social justice as itwas too politically charged and ambiguous. Some had taken an Engineering and Social Justicecourse, so the term came up, but was not actively used with a broad audience in their finalpresentations.Progress to dateEach PBL intervention has preliminary indications, anecdotal and through reflections, thatstudents were able to consider social responsibility and social justice issues in context withengineering problems in both technical and non-technical offerings.In the
response that reflected the student’s good-faith effort to becorrect [25].The final course grade was assigned based on how many assignments earned a passing score andhow many “E” scores were earned on quizzes. Table 2 describes the requirements to earn aparticular base letter grade (A, B, C, etc.). All requirements for a grade had to be met in order toearn that grade. A course grade of “F” was earned if the requirements for a “D” were not met. Agrade checklist was also provided to students to help them track their progress.Table 2: Course Grade Requirements To earn Accomplish the following: this grade: A Earn passing scores on 15 quizzes, including at least 11 "E" scores, AND earn passing scores on project report
other words, thresholdconcepts support the goals of interdisciplinarity and portability by giving instructors and studentsa common language for identifying and building communication skills.In the sections that follow, we first describe the process we used to map TC across thecurriculum, including soliciting feedback from faculty about how well the flowchart reflects thepractices and goals of the department. Then, using memos as a test case, we suggest thresholdconcepts that could be used to scaffold memo writing across the curriculum. This test casedemonstrates the potential applications of the flowchart and threshold concepts to theinterdisciplinary teaching of TC. Finally, we outline the next steps for implementation with thegoal of
Lead the Way? o If yes, would you please list the name of the training?• In what areas do you currently hold a teaching endorsement? (Select all that apply) o Physics; Chemistry; Physical Science; Technology and Engineering; Earth Sciences; Environmental Science; Geography; Middle Level Science; Biological Science; Other.• Would you be willing to attend sponsored and funded professional development training at Utah State University to learn and develop engineering curriculum to enhance your existing science curriculum and to address the new engineering standards?• What is your current gender identity?• What permanent population estimate best reflects the area of the school you teach in
engineering andengineering technology programs. This was a sophomore level course, students are usually notquite familiar with airplane components and reflect difficulty in understanding and applying thetheoretical knowledge of statics. In order to strength instruction, tours of adjacent aircrafthangars were conducted to expose students to real aircraft components. Integrating hangar tourswith theoretical instruction and computer-aided analysis is expected to assist students to betterunderstanding theoretical static knowledge and applications in real aerospace environment.Therefore, students would have better understanding of relevant theoretical knowledge and thefuture application environment of theory, as well as the coursework
]ducation must be conceived as a continuing reconstruction of experience… the process andgoal of education are one and the same thing” [10] . Kolb states that learning is best supportedwhen students are engaged in a process that draws their beliefs and ideas about a topic so thatthey can be examined, tested, and integrated with new and more refined ideas [11]. Kolbdescribes learning as a four-stage process: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstractconceptualization and active experimentation. He contents that immediate experience is the basisfor observation and reflection, which is assimilated to abstract concepts, where new ideas andactions can be generated [12].The Skope applications leverage affordances of AR and VR technologies to
Model (PSRDM) created by Canneyand Bielefeldt [4]. The model seeks to gauge “the development of personal andprofessional responsibility in [students]” and merges these two dimensions togetherfor the professional connectedness realm [4]. The personal social awareness piecerelates to the development of one’s feeling “a moral or social obligation to help1This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantNo. 1635554. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. 1others” while
accountability, each student is thenasked to formulate a discussion question and be prepared to lead a 10-15 minute in-class groupdiscussion. This approach was successfully used in a senior-level course on digitalcommunications [11]. The accountability requires student reflection to provide a productivelearning experience when the students meet in a group setting. The professor can then randomlyselect or solicit a student volunteer to lead the discussion.The F2F learning is a more expensive mode of communication when compared to onlinecommunication. F2F learning requires both instructor and students to be physically together. Ina F2F environment, learners must work together at the same time and place, to reach a commonunderstanding of what is to be
Web-basedMultimediaPre-labs Figure1.Atheoreticalframeworkforthedevelopmentofweb-basedmultimediapre-labs.Content: explanation of related theoriesStudents require adequate time for interaction and reflection in order to enable meaningfullearning [21]. However, when executing an experiment, students have to carry out many taskswithin a set limited time, leaving no time for reflection [23], [31]. One method to overcome thislimitation is to prepare students conceptually through pre-labs before they attend the laboratory.Thus, pre-labs should focus on theory in addition to procedure by explaining the related theory,connecting theory to procedural steps, providing a rational for each step, and explaining what
, we found that the patterns by gender reflect themesidentified in the literature for major preferences by gender. Zafar, for example, found that collegeaged women favored degree programs emphasized social responsibility, a concern for people andthe environment [15].Table 2: Analysis of students’ academic standing in the year following their departure fromengineeringColumn1 Women Men Count % Count %Not enrolled 205 16% 1733 20%Good Standing ProbationRemoved or Reinstated 28 14% 286 17%Switched Non Stem 92 7
journal article and five conference publications connected to this project.Data CollectionThe primary source of data were interviews conducted in dyads with collaborating engineeringand education faculty members. Semi-structured interviews lasting approximately 60 to 90minutes were designed and implemented to elicit understandings about futures, values, systems,and strategic thinking and how these ways of thinking were used by the engineer-educator teams.Dyads were first asked to describe their collaborative projects followed by a moment to reflectindividually. The individual reflection involved writing about their thinking related to theirengineering-education collaboration. This activity was used to prepare participants forverbalization of
, therelationship of the stakeholder with infrastructure, and if they thought the stakeholder would bein favor, against, or unsure of adopting EVs. Instructors followed the student activity with adiscussion of the results. After class, the students had to reflect on the activity through an onlinequestionnaire (Table 2). Instructors led Day 2 with a short introduction to autonomous vehicles (AVs) and thestatus of the technology. Students were asked to answer four questions individually so that theycould start the thought process. Students were then placed in groups of 3-5 where they discussedtheir individual answers with each other. After this short discussion, students were instructed toread two articles that described several social issues related
specifications into material andgeometric forms. Table 1 shows the complete module list.Table 1: CAD+Design Modules Module1 ThinkOutsidetheBox 1.5hours Module2 FailFast–CommandHunt 1hour Module3 Early-StageDivergence 2-3hours Module4 PivotingandPlussing 1hour Module5 User-CenteredDesign 2hours Module6 Research-DrivenIdeation 3hoursModules 2 through 6 all center around a unique “design problem” that requires students to learnand experiment with command and strategic-level CAD affordances. These affordances are then“epistemically contextualized” through written reflections, group discussion, and collaborative,real-time design iteration. For example, Module 3, “Early Stage Divergence,” featurescomputationally aided
3.69 (.947) 3.92 (.862) complex issues Perceive relations and patterns 3.85 (.899) 3.92 (.862) Recognize conflicting points of view and 3.77 (1.013) 3.77 (.832) move beyond to an independent point of view Synthesize from different ways of knowing, 3.85 (.689) 4.00 (.226) bodies of knowledge, and tools for learning Tolerate ambiguity and paradox 3.15 (.899) 3.31 (.947) Reflect constructively on your experiences 4.08 (.760) 4.00 (.707) and knowledge Employ a range of intellectual tools 3.85 (.987) 3.92 (.862) Solve problems and work through situations 3.92 (.862) 4.15 (.222) Connect in and out of classroom work 4.00 (.913) 4.23 (.599
included as part of each course unit (i.e.,Appendix 1, below).As shown in Table 1, in the Spring 2016 offering only 2 students were enrolled via distance,while approximately 1/3 of the class was enrolled via distance in Spring 2017 and 2018. Thischange in enrollment for, “Public Health for Environmental Engineers,” corresponds to anoverall trend in enrollment observed at the institution, which reflects an increase in the numberof total students enrolled via distance.As shown in Table 1, the majority of students from each offering held Senior status (i.e,. 19, 20,and 26 individuals in Spring 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively), and were enrolled in, “PublicHealth for Environmental Engineers,” in their final semester of baccalaureate studies
in online socialcollaborative learning. The instructor set up a learning environment via the Facebook platform toenable students to discuss their Engineering Science topic at anytime, anywhere within theperiod of the lesson plan. Subsequently, the distribution of roles, learning tasks andmetacognitive learning activities to promote and enhance the students’ flexibility and constructknowledge through reflection and metacognition occurred through online learning. Salmon [3]revealed that the instructor has to develop relevant activities that can promote interaction andreflective thinking in the classroom in order to enhance the growth of students’ subjectknowledge via online learning.2.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDYThis paper describes the methods
that the metaphors we speak reflect the “metaphors we live by” (i.e. howwe formulate thoughts and perform actions) has become the dominant thinking among cognitivescientists, linguists, psychologists, philosophers, literary critics, and composition and rhetoricscholars [3], [23]–[26]. Indeed the understanding of metaphor as more than an aesthetic tool canbe traced back to Aristotle, who remarked in Rhetoric, “Midway between the unintelligible andthe commonplace, it is metaphor which most produces knowledge” [27] ctd. in [26].In the seminal book, Metaphors We Live By, cognitive linguist George Lakoff and philosopherMark Johnson describe “conceptual metaphors” that are so embedded in our culture andconsciousness that they are “reflected in our
quantify the degree of active learning and other interactive practices.The assessment plan consists of a host of methods, including 1) pre, midterm, and post-coursesurveys, 2) an end-of-term focus group, 3) a project presentation with a panel of judges, and 4)midterm and end-of-term student written reflections on their application of the design thinkingprocess. The post-course survey included questions from the StRIP (Student Response toInstructional Practices) survey, a new rigorously-developed survey for measuring students’perspectives on and responses to active learning. Rubrics and measurement matrices from theliterature were adapted to guide assessment of the students’ presentations and design solutions,including the Oral Communications VALUE
also tellingly—May 16, 2010 saw the space shuttleEndeavor take off on its last mission, which was also the second to last shuttle launch before theend of the space shuttle program. We hypothesize that these phenomena reflect a change in thecreative and aspirational energies of the United States. To some extent, at least in the U.S.context, entrepreneurship seemed to be becoming the frontier that had previously been occupiedby the space program.These hypotheses are supported by further evidence that 2009-2010 saw the emergence of whatmight be called the “cult of the entrepreneur,” a phenomenon in which entrepreneurship andentrepreneurs are viewed not only as the leading figures in business innovation, but also as Deleted
uses the theoretical stances for life-historyinterviewing [21] combined with focused, in-depth, interviewing rooted in phenomenology [22].This approach includes the participants engaging in three separate 90-minute interviews. In theseinterviews, the participants describe and reflect on their past and current experiences. This allowsparticipant experiences, in the specified domain (e.g., makerspaces, making activities), to beunderstood through the context of their lives and allows meaning to be distilled from experience[23]. Through the three-interview series, developed by Schuman [24], participants describe thecontext, articulate the details, and mull over the meaning of their experiences. A 90-minuteinterview structure is suggested to
the weekly meetings, the participantswere divided into groups of 4-5 where each group was issued several discussion prompts. Theinitial peer grouping of participants was more methodical with freshmen being equally pairedwith sophomores and juniors, or purely homogenous groups, while the later groupings of peerswere more organic in their formations, containing a mix of demographics. The individual groupswould report to the larger group at the mid-point of the sessions, where larger group discussionswould follow. The four program directors and graduate assistants also participated in thediscussions by sharing their viewpoints and knowledge.Outside-group journaling was used to encourage the participants to reflect on group discussions.A series
industry. Yet, key components of mentoring that havebeen identified in the literature are often unfamiliar at the level of practice. The intent ofmentoring is that mentees, in our case the engineering student, arrive at their own solutionsthrough a process of reflection facilitated by their mentor.In designing the mentoring trial, we used a five-factor mentoring framework, drawing on theeducation literature. 1. The first factor is building rapport. Rapport is at the heart of mentoring [18]. Rapport is when the student and their industry partner feel comfortable communicating. Mentors and students can build rapport by learning a little about the other; mentors can encourage rapport by being attentive to body language and adopting a
the ways in which this identity is influenced by stu- dents’ academic relationships, events, and experiences. Dr. Groen holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures
that the population in the United States is nolonger as diverse as it once was[5]. As people have emigrated from all parts of the world,cultural groups are represented in much different percentages than 10 years ago. Over the lastcentury much of the diversity evident in the early 1900’s has assimilated into what is referred toas a melting pot, constantly changing. However, universities do not reflect the type and level ofdiversity of the current population[2, 3]. Both of the engineering and engineering technologyprograms, despite higher levels of one underrepresented group or another, still has much higherlevels of white students. Thus the general population that was once in the minority are moving toa more balanced number as related to the
20258 which states that civil engineers are “Entrustedby society to create a sustainable world and enhance the global quality of life, civil engineersserve competently, collaboratively, and ethically…”9. The CIVIL Department adopted thefollowing Student Outcome in response:Student Outcome #15: Apply standard of professional and ethical responsibility to determine anappropriate course of action.With this student learning outcome in place, it was easy to incorporate the requirements of theQEP into the existing curricular design. The curriculum design is as follows: 1. Freshmen – describe the ASCE and the NSPE ethical canons and reflect on them using a vignette. 2. Sophomores – explain the ASCE and the NSPE ethical canons; description of
Paper ID #23465Faculty Perceptions of the Teaching and Learning Experience in Fundamen-tal Mechanical Engineering CoursesMs. Michelle Soledad, Virginia Tech, Ateneo de Davao University Michelle Soledad is a PhD candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her research interests include faculty development and data-informed reflective practice. Ms. Soledad has degrees in Electrical Engineering (BS, ME) from the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) in Davao City, Philippines, where she continues to be a faculty member of the Electrical Engineering Department. She also served as Department Chair and was
, phone call), appreciating the differences amonggenerations. The conversation then turned to key attributes for leaders, and this groups stated,keywords such as consistent (stable), fair, open-minded, willing to question everything, and tocorrect errors early (which requires courage & trust), and recognize mistakes. This groupsuggested that to teach these attributes, the team needs to meet often and debrief after a project –take time to reflect on the process and make suggestions for improvements. Instructors couldcomplete this process through role-playing at the undergraduate level.A partner at a construction firm quickly mentioned the importance of self-awareness and socialawareness as key attributes of new hires as well as seasoned
Each CourseFaculty were divided into three math focus groups (leaving College Algebra for the end) wherethey specifically addressed main learning outcomes for the course, the core ideas upon whicheach course is grounded, and the supporting concepts that make up the core idea(s). Thisapproach builds upon a theoretical framework resulting from the work of numerous groups (i.e.,Mathematical Association of America - [MAA]) and individuals, such as Bransford et al., (2000)who, in his National Research Council commissioned book, How People Learn, providedrecommendations based on extensive work addressing learning and teaching in mathematics.Guiding their discussions were a series of questions such as (a) does the course outline reflect thedesired