increase apprehension for students with math anxiety (e.g., arithmetic and vector operators, Cartesian and cylindrical polar coordinate systems, and sine and cosine trigonometric functions).The graphic representations in the section that follows demonstrate the manner in whichchunking breaks the above problem down into more manageable pieces that reflect the logic ofthe mathematical substructures. Initially, the chunks are labeled with appropriate mathvocabulary, temporarily hiding the numbers, variables, and symbols to deliver only the broadlandscape of the problem. This first step functions as an instructional pause button that givesstudents additional time to formulate a strategy before working memory is taxed with the detailsof the
when solving the engineering problem. Studies withpublished pre-posttest results generally show positive learning gains in science content (e.g.,[11], [14]) and practices (e.g., [15], [16]) as a result of implementing these types of curricula.However, studies that provide an in-depth look at students’ engineering design decisions havemixed results with regards to the amount and quality of students’ application of science andmathematics to the engineering challenge (e.g., [17]–[20]). Some research has shown thatstudents have difficultly justifying their design solutions with science and/or mathematics [18],though guided reflection and evaluation about benefits and trade-offs helped them thinkscientifically [17]. Other research demonstrated that
based on work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF)under Grant Number 1148666. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe NSF nor the educational institutions with which the authors are affiliated.References[1] F. Arpan, "Opportunities, Mentoring, Education, Growth, and Academics (OMEGA) Scholarship Program evaluation." Report for the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 2015.[2] F. Arpan, "Opportunities, Mentoring, Education, Growth, and Academics (OMEGA) Scholarship Program evaluation." Report for the Jerome J. Lohr College of
remote sensing were initiated by funds from Connectiv Power [7] andNASA [8] at UMES and sustained through support from the University System of Maryland(USM) by way of proposals developed by the primary author. Subsequently, the efforts have beenexpanded and integrated with agricultural automation and remote sensing with support fromNational Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA/USDA) and MDSGC/NASA. The currentframework of AIRSPACES project as outlined by the expanded form Autonomous InstrumentedRobotic Sensory Platforms to Advance Creativity and Engage Students not only reflects the earlieriteration of the project title -- with the acronym AIRSPACES2 that combined experiential learningand research efforts titled Aerial Imaging and Remote
semester a course is offered. In addition tolearning outcomes, assessments and teaching strategies in the backward design sequence, thecourse development cycle comprises of two more decision steps involving reflection and revisionas shown in Figure 3. For the flight dynamics class, a thorough review of all the formative andsummative assessments, questions asked by students from time to time during a semester andofficial student feedback at the end of the semester were utilized to better the design of the coursefor the subsequent semester. Develop learning outcomes
: 1) breakingmisconceptions of creativity, 2) understanding the link between research and creativity, and 3) theimpact on research activities. These are discussed below.Students were specifically asked how learning about the creative process impacted theirunderstanding of research. For this question, the theme of breaking misconceptions of creativityemerged in some student responses. As one student noted, he or she previously did not see researchas being related to creativity. The student’s statement reflects the frequent misconception ofcreativity as being related to art, rather than to engineering or the sciences. This student alsorecognizes that being creative in research involves a systematic process, rather than a freewheelingactivity
had been exposed to functional modeling through the engineeringprogram. To ensure inter-rater agreement, small samples of student responses for both the hairdryer and the car radiator were scored, and those scores were evaluated by a third seniorundergraduate researcher, who identified items where the two raters disagreed consistently.Group discussion was used to facilitate communication about points of disagreement and updatethe scoring rubric accordingly.For the composite scores, Cohen’s Kappa was used to evaluate inter-rater agreement. The hairdryer composite scores had a κ = 0.685 (95% CI, 0.584 to 0.786) and the car radiator had a κ =0.670 (95% CI, 0.582 to 0.773). Both of these reflect substantial agreement according to thedescriptors
the academic and socialengagement provided by peer mentoring aspects of the program may be positive predictors ofretention for first year female students in science and engineering.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.7686640. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] A. E. Bell, S. J. Spencer, E. Iserman, and C. E. R. Logel, "Stereotype threat and women's performance in engineering," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 92, pp. 307-312, 2003.[2] N. M. Else-Quest, C. C. Mineo, and A. Higgins, "Math
the freshman engineering course. The quantitative portion of this study focuses onthese students and how their involvement levels changed after completing the course.Study Two: Three-Series Interviews. Through purposive and snowball sampling, six females,all university makerspace users, participated in a three-series phenomenologically based interviewprocess; future work will interview men. Through the three interviews, the participants are askedto: 1) relay their experiences with making prior to becoming involved in the makerspace, 2)describe their current making and makerspace experiences, and 3) reflect on their making andmakerspace experiences. The interviews are each approximately ninety minutes in length basedon the recommended length
environment in andout of the classroom. By establishing expectations of classroom behavior, students gain a sense ofownership over the classroom environment and feel they are active members of the classroomcommunity rather than passive observers. Instructors involved in this research had implementedthis activity in the past and received feedback through anonymous student evaluations that thisactivity had created an inclusive environment in the classroom. On the first day of class, studentswere asked to individually reflect on their experience being a student and were asked to write downa list of classroom norms that they think is important to achieve a respectful and encouraginglearning environment throughout the quarter. Then the students were asked
printing). The second part was to create activities that were authenticand provided an opportunity for experiential learning. Experiential learning attempts to rectifywhat Kolb characterized as the “rejection” of the “real-world” by the educational establishment 1.Namely, experiential learning allows students to experience, reflect, think, and act as part of aholistic educational experience 2. Because the experiential learning model is based on a frame ofthe successive cycles between concrete and abstract concepts, a transfer from a theoreticallecture to the experiential activity or vice versa is claimed to be the sequential cycle for learning1, 3 . The students will be given the opportunity to use connected devices to collect data and
experiences of asubset of engineers from previous recent research [1], shown in Table 1, whose perspectives arethe most comprehensive understanding of uncertainty in design. They have been empowered tomake decisions in their respective companies, and are all employed in the aerospace industry,either in the US or abroad. The data on their experiences were previously collected usingqualitative naturalistic inquiry through semi-structured interviews. The participants were askedabout their experience of decision-making in design, their experience of uncertainty in design,and any reflections they had on learning about uncertainty. All of the participants in the study didso of their own volition, and their interview transcripts were de-identified to
programs will be covered.IntroductionMost degree programs that teach building engineering have design opportunities are often less thanideally constructed to reflect practical careers due to relatively few faculty members being trained, or theyhave no similar industry experience necessary to guide students [1]. Consequently in these settings, only asurface level understanding of their value is realized [2]. Many engineering students do not know how toapproach large complex systems due to their exposure to idealistic examples [3]. Additionally, they notcapable of providing critical multi-disciplinary integration of their designs due to the isolated nature oftopics in the classroom [4] [5]. Capstone courses provide a comprehensive evaluation of
team member contribution or guidance from a facilitator. Overt activities include: connect or link, reflect and self-monitor, planning, predicting outcomes, and generating hypotheses [20]. Collaborative Students’ dialogue substantively on the same self-constructed idea vocalized to the team. They engagement can accept the ideas presented to the team, little conflict is caused, and dialogue serves to continue the current course of discussion. Or, ideas are questioned or misunderstood, disequilibrium leads to students trying to bring the course of discussion to their understanding. Overt activities include: building on a team member’s contribution, argue, defend
engagement as a result of peer teaching. Theparticipant population included students enrolled in a single course offered on twodifferent college campuses (main and branch). The content, material and planning werecontrolled, but each course had a different instructor. The participants were paired ingroups of two or three students and asked to assume the leadership in preparing andconducting one 50- minute class session and at week 5 of the 10-week semester, begantheir peer teaching. The peer teachers taught their class the material and then the courseinstructor would conclude with content clarity, conclusions, thoughts, question andanswers. The peer teachers were asked to remain in the classroom to reflect on theirexperience and the effectiveness of
60 seconds, it significantly helped developing student interest inbusiness entrepreneurship (80% compared to 62% for the engineering field trip); and helpedstudents understand the connection between STEM and entrepreneurship (79% compared to 72%for the engineering field trip).Figure 4. Student responses to “Please indicate the degree the event/activity helped you in the following:” for a field trip to a fast-pitch competition in year 3Summative Results Across the years, student interest towards subjects and fields in Engineering, ComputerScience or Entrepreneurship was tracked by student self-surveys. Each field interest constructwas measured using items on a 0 to 10 scale, with 10 reflecting the highest positive
researchconducted within the ASEE community?RQ2. How does this body of research relate to, draw on, support, or expand the theoretical andpedagogical Maker-oriented frameworks established within the Learning Sciences?The Historical and Theoretical Roots of Maker Education in Learning SciencesIn this section, we will provide three lenses which emerge from the Learning Sciences’ approachto studying the Maker Movement. This set of schemas will act as both a point of departure andobject of reflection for understanding the learning-oriented research into Making conductedwithin the field of Engineering Education.Maker Education: a Technology-Powered Extension of Progressive EducationAlthough the term “Maker Education” implies that current efforts to provide
artifacts from more classrooms and conducting a similar analysiswith additional steps to establish the trustworthiness of our coding methods.AcknowledgementsSpecial thanks to our collaborating teachers and their students for their participation in this study.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1657218. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] NGSS Lead States. (2013). Next Generation Science Standards: For states, by states.Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.[2] Capobianco, B. M., Ji, H. Y., & French, B. F. (2015
experience of science in society and the workplace [1]. Consequently, central to the structureof the NGSS is an emphasis on science and engineering practices [1]. Additionally, the NGSSare designed around a unique three-dimensional approach. Dimensionone focuses on the science andengineering practices that scientistsand engineers employ in developingknowledge and solving problems.The second dimension identifies thecrosscutting concepts, or themes,that are reflected throughout alldomains of science. Dimensionthree identifies essential scientific Figure 1: NGSS structure and impacts on teaching and learning science.knowledge required for basicliteracy in science. Thisorganizational shift away from conventional
strategies for developing designs that emphasize how users interact with the final product. The course has been determined to achieve the outcomes of the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DISJ) requirement for the University core curriculum. To our knowledge, this is the only required engineering class that is also approved for satisfying a campus-wide, core curriculum diversity requirement. The new outcomes include that by the end of the course, the students will: o Have critically reflected on, compared, contrasted, and articulated their own unearned advantage (privilege) and disadvantage in relation to their immersion experience with users. o Be able to use
(NSF) as a research grant (NSF-EEC-1647928) and does not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.ReferencesBoynton, M. (2014). People not print: Exploring engineering future possible self development in rural areas of tennessee's cumberland plateau. (PhD Dissertation), Virginia Tech.Carrico, C., Matusovich, H. M., & Paretti, M. C. (2017). A qualitative analysis of career choice pathways of college-oriented rural central Appalachian high school students. Journal of Career Development. doi:10.1177/0894845317725603Carrico, C., Murzi, H., & Matusovich, H. (2016). The roles of socializers in career choice decisions for high school students in rural central appalachia: "Who's doing what
under Grant No.DRL-1657519. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions are recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation .References[1] E. Iversen, “Engineering Outreach on Campus,” Washington, DC, 2015.[2] C. Gartland, “Student ambassadors: ‘role-models’, learning practices and identities,” Br. J. Sociol. Educ., no. September, pp. 1–20, 2014.[3] A. V. Maltese and R. H. Tai, “Eyeballs in the fridge: Sources of early interest in science,” Int. J. Sci. Educ., 2010.[4] R. H. Tai, C. Q. Liu, A. V. Maltese, and X. Fan, “Planning early for careers in science,” Science. 2006.[5] M. B. Ormerod and D. Duckworth, “Pupils
-1217285 and is supported in part by funds given to the National ScienceFoundation by the Intel Foundation and the GE Foundation. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. ASEE (2012). “Going the distance: Best practices and strategies for retaining engineering, engineering technology and computing students”. American Society of Engineering Education.2. Barnett, E. A., Bork, R.H., Mayer, A.K., Pretlow, J., Wathington, H.D., and Weiss, M.J. (2012). “Bridging the gap: An impact study of eight developmental summer bridge programs in Texas”. New York; National Center for
or recommendations expressed in this material are those of theauthors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] The White House. (2014). One Decade, One Million more STEM Graduates. Available: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/12/18/one-decade-one-million-more-stem- graduates[2] L. L. Bucciarelli, "Designing Engineers," ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994.[3] National Research Council, Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century. The National Academies Press, 2005.[4] National Academy of Engineering, "Educating Engineers: Preparing 21st Century Leaders in the Context of New Modes of Learning: Summary of a Forum," Washington
asshe reflects on her time at Cal Poly, SLO. "I serve because apathy to issues of racism, poverty, sexism, transphobia, and xenophobia perpetuates them. I serve to fight for everyone's right to pursue an education. I serve to empower the most vulnerable communities in our country. I serve because the fight for justice never ends." [11].ConclusionThe connection between the S-STEM PEEPS grant and the CSU STEM AmeriCorps VISTA hasbeen mutually beneficial. The volunteers who participated contributed to the PEEPS programand the VISTAs themselves also benefits by learning about higher education and their ownpassions in a deep way.We urge other grantees to explore the possibilities at your site for this amazing resource
interaction,will be added to the module.AcknowledgementThis work was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation’s ResearchExperience for Teachers (RET) Program (Award No. 1300779). Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] http://docs.opencv.org/trunk/d9/df8/tutorial_root.html[2] YeeHui Oh, ChengYew Tan, Vishnu Monn Baskaran, "Active participant identification and tracking using depth sensing technology for video conferencing", 2013 IEEE Conference on Open Systems (ICOS), pp. 7-12, 2013.[3] Tussanai Parthornratt, Natchaphon Burapanonte, Wisarute Gunjarueg
test for reliability and validity.AcknowledgementsThe authors are very grateful for the interest and participation in our work from so manymembers of our School community – students, staff, and faculty. We also acknowledge thesupport provided by the National Science Foundation through grant EEC 1519467. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] M. Koretsky, M. Bothwell, S.B. Nolen, D. Montfort and J. Sweeney. “Shifting departmental culture to re-situate learning.” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. New Orleans, LA, 2016, 10.18260/p.26183.[2] J
, closeattention should be paid to which resources are being used the most to ensure that resources donot run out and equipment is always in operating condition. Having a staff that is knowledgeablein what the makerspace has to offer can ensure that the space remains operable, and thereforaccessible. Lastly, keep in mind that the needs of the students may change, and the makerspaceneeds to be prepared to adapt in order to survive 5.AcknowledgementsThis work is supported by the National Science Foundation through Award No. DUE 1431721,1432107 and 1431923. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NationalScience Foundation.References1. Barrett, T
performance. This IR report has been renamed from “Student Success Engineering” to “Students Attending Success Center Sites” to reflect adaption by other academic units on campus, including the tutoring centers of Mathematics, Physics and Statistics; and the Bronco Study Zone. Our STEP project has benefited from this collaboration because we can now see if CEAS students use any of the student success sites across campus, not just those offered by CEAS-STEP. Our academic advisors and faculty mentors can also view data via the tracking website, which helps when meeting with students who may be struggling academically.G. Maintain Regular Communication with Campus Collaborators – It is sometimes easy to stay out of contact with
. The physical system is successfullyimplemented and tested with entry-level Intel and Xilinx prototyping boards.7. Acknowledgments Part of this material is based upon work supported by the IUSE program of the Division ofUndergraduate Education of the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 504030. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Thephotos in Figure 3(a) and Figure 3(b) are courtesy of Intel and Xilinx, respectively.Figure 3. FPGA prototyping boardsReferences[1]. Altera, Avalon Interface Specifications, Intel Corp., 2017.[2]. Altera, MAX10 FPGA User Guides, Intel Corp., 2017.[3]. Altera