traditional scoring approaches?Graphic Design Project Assessment Many students are new to the idea that design is a continuous process of iteration and thatimplementing design projects in problem-based learning scenarios requires students to gothrough a process of reflection, critique and revision (Larmer, Boss, & Mergendoller, 2015). Inthis research we specifically introduced students to the concept of re-iteration using ACJ as atool for peer and self-assessment. We wanted to investigate if ACJ would allow students toexperience this continuum formatively through ranking their own, and their peers’, designs.After each ACJ-session, and the accompanying receipt of peer-feedback, students had anadditional week to revise their designs before
address some ofthese concerns. The program is intended to be a support to new instructors to ensure they areintroduced to the College on-line systems and to support their pedagogy as well. It has made fora more positive experience for both instructors and their students alike.ConclusionSystematic planning that considerers all aspects of the program as a single system, has allowedus to gain success in student recruitment, retention and job placement. Industry involvement inthe program has helped to create a program with content and structure that fulfills industry needsand supports student success. Student success in the program is reflected in the high level of jobplacement we have seen.This material is based upon work supported by the National
measures. In this way, teachers maximize studentengagement and creation of physics knowledge, building on what was learned in previousclasses. The purpose of this method is to allow students to play with applying physics knowledgein new relatable ways. The small groupsreport on their work by answeringdiscussion questions designed to guidetheir reflection on both the process and thelearning they acquired (Figure 2). In thefinal phase, which may occur in afollowing class period if the cohort needsmore time during the session for their teamwork, the teacher facilitates a large-groupdiscussion of the outcomes, generating Figure 1: Facilitating the discussion on student-based contexts
properly Work Results are correct. results are incorrect. described and results are incorrect. Conclusions All results match. Some information is Conclusions are Convergence with respect missing. Results have a vague. to the increment in the larger error than expected. Student doesn’t number of DOF was reflect understanding identified. Describe of the topics covered advantages and in
, funding DMPs were not covered in theclassroom. Thielen et al. developed and taught a for credit course on Data Management for graduatestudents in climate and space sciences.[5] For this course, students had weekly assignments towrite a section of a DMP based on that week’s classroom activities. The final project thenconsisted of combining these sections in a comprehensive DMP. This student assignment is anexample of the project DMP. The authors note that: 1) the DMP “was not tied to any fundingagency requirement”, and 2) the assignment may be revised in the future and limit the DMP totwo pages to “more accurately reflect federal funding agency requirements”.[5] Thus, theauthors acknowledge the funding DMP (i.e., a desire to limit the DMP
grades.Survey ResultsTo understand the students’ perception on the usefulness of the intervention, students in theexperimental group were asked to reflect on the modules in terms of their complexity, theireffectiveness as a learning tool and the ease of use of the step-by-step manual associated witheach module. A five-point Likert scale was used to measure the student responses on the threedimensions (Figure 4, n=103).When asked if the modules displayed an appropriate level of complexity, 62% of the studentsagreed or strongly agreed, 22% of the students responded in a neutral manner and 16% of thestudents disagreed or strongly disagreed. While these results suggest that complexity could beincreased in the available modules, it is important to note that
Incorrect Partially Correct CorrectFigure 3. Results from midterm and final exams when students were asked to describe twomethods of removing water hardnessPost-exam student feedbackIn a follow-up survey, conducted after the semester ended. Students provided reflections onwhether or not the activity helped them better understand the concept of water hardness. Theyalso were asked to provide their input on how to improve the activity in the future.Representative quotes are provided below:“I really like hands on experiments in class because they help me better understand the materialtaught in class and apply it to real world scenarios. During the water experiment, I realized that[College Name] has pretty hard water. I was then able to tie together
, etc. e) Complexity of topic, i.e. whether the topic is too simple or too complex. f) Scientific integrity and depth of analysis, i.e. how good are the technical aspect and analysis of the project outcome.Implementations of new techniquesThe new techniques implemented in the post-changes case are based on having the students bewriters, readers and reviewers while providing them as much feedback as possible. Thefollowing is a list of the changes that were applied and their justifications. I. Provide more feedback more often: This is a key issue and is reflected in most of the changes implemented. Unlike most of the traditional problems in engineering where a numerical answer is often the result of
formteams with entrepreneurs who learn Lean Startup in concert. This paper describes theexperiences and observations while adopting the Tech Startup model in its first two academicterms. We summarize how the Tech Startup model is applied to a Software Engineering courseand reflect on the lessons learned. We supplement the instructors’ observations with datacollected from surveys on students’ attitudes and experiences. We also describe a formativeevaluation and compare how our adaptations to the courses’ implementation of the Tech Startupmodel affected students’ learning experiences. Finally, we recommend best practices andadditional learning activities based on our findings.Background. Active learning pedagogy contrasts with traditional
theUniversity of Texas at San Antonio, funded and supported by National Science Foundation(#1525345).References[1] F. Martin and J. C. Whitmer, "Applying learning analytics to investigate timed release in online learning," Technology, Knowledge and Learning, vol. 21, pp. 59-74, 2016.[2] J. Mott, "Envisioning the post-LMS era: The open learning network," Educause Quarterly, vol. 33, pp. 1-9, 2010.[3] Y. Xie, F. Ke, and P. Sharma, "The effect of peer feedback for blogging on college students' reflective learning processes," The Internet and Higher Education, vol. 11, pp. 18-25, 2008.[4] P. Black, C. Harrison, C. Lee, B. Marshall, and D. Wiliam, "Working inside the black box: Assessment for learning in the
opportunities. In “reflexivity”, individuals observe social andeconomic arrangements in the environment, and through reflection, they are able see possibilitiesof new and creative social realities. They thus create opportunities rather than discover them. Despite calls for more qualitative research and specifically exploring the stories ofentrepreneurs to generate theories, there have been virtually no studies within engineeringentrepreneurship education that focus on analyzing the narratives of engineering studententrepreneurs. There is one qualitative study that looks at engineering students perceptions ofstudying entrepreneurship during a specific course or program (Taks, Tynjala, Toding,Kukemelk, & Venesaar, 2014). This study adopted a
component idea will be used to displaythe score/messege board (a table) containing all users name, score, and related messages in thelabs component. Not only does this provide for enhanced responsiveness, but it helps keep theapplication code organized and in small pieces. For instance, if the above mentioned table needsto have its HTML or CSS edited, there is just one place to go: the table component. Likewise, ifthe navigation component needs to be modified or debugged, there is just one place to applythese changes and the changes reflect everywhere the navigation component is displayed.Another feature of Angular 5 are *ngIf directives, which are used to dynamically place extralinks on the navigation bar, such as account and logout, once the user
]. Firms established in theU.S. have decided to keep manufacturing here in North America (N.A.), and countries in Europehave decided to move to U.S. manufacturing organizations. In N.A. there is a return ofmanufacturing, though not strong. The reshoring pattern does not reflect the reported trend bythe media and politicians, but this may indicate increased decisions to not send existingproduction to offshore facilities. Manufacturing organizations should take an active role in improving their workforcethrough P-20 life-long learning approaches [8]. Manufacturing organizations are facing an agingsociety. Countries with aging workforces will have employees needing lifelong learningopportunities as their companies will need to retrain and
public community college. Theprimary mission of community colleges has not changed greatly, but there has been refinementthrough the years to serve the changing population and economy (Cohen et al., 2014; Hoffman etal., 2010). Community colleges are more agile and responsive to market demands on a locallevel, which can be seen by evaluating the technical degree landscape.Community college students are reflective of the region in which the college is located due tomost community colleges being commuter campuses. Further, a greater number of minority andlower socioeconomic students (SES) attend community colleges (Costello, 2012; Horn & Nevill,2006). Carnevale and Strohl (2010) report that bottom quartile SES outnumber top quartile SESby
noticed a higher level of responsibility entrusted to male students thanto female students. These hostile experiences often caused female students to question if theywould ever be taken seriously in the workforce or valued as an engineer. When reflecting ontheir working experiences, these women identified moments of extreme self-doubt that stand insharp contrast to the growing confidence and career satisfaction their male peers recounted (Case& Jawitz, 2004; Seron et al., 2016).It is important to note that while some accounts of this mistreatment in the workplace occurred instudies during the early 2000s, two were published in 2016, indicating this culture is consistentthroughout time and still relevant to women in engineering today
to be more generalizable. Finally, we did not analyze anystudent data, including their audio or written artifacts. Future work could include comparingstudent use of scientific and spontaneous engineering terminology throughout an engineeringdesign-based unit with that of the teacher in order to ultimately determine how a teacher’s use ofengineering terminology affects student conceptions about engineering.AcknowledgementsThis work is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number NSF DRL-1238140. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations conveyed in this studyare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] T. J. Moore, K. M. Tank, A. W
also very promising.Participants were given the opportunity to add their reflections on the studio workshops. Askedabout what they liked the most about the workshop, a recurrent comment was that they enjoyedthe opportunity to interact with educators from other institutions and professionals in the field ofAM. Another major highlight was the usefulness of the hands-on aspect of the workshops,including the process of putting together the 3D Printers as well as the chance to design an objectof interest.When asked what they would recommend changing about the workshops, a few participantssuggested to (i) allocate more time towards the hands-on activities (ii) reduce the number of “talks”by presenters, and (iii) add a component of training related
=Agree, 5 = Strongly Agree, 6 = Not Sure) for participants to rate their opinion of experiences inSTEM majors at their HBCU. Survey items were developed to reflect the common reasons forstudent departure as outlined in the published text Talking About Leaving and the experiences ofsenior leaders on the project from STEM fields and at HBCUs [4]. To ensure the survey focusedon the intended areas and that the researchers engaged in a comprehensive approach, each surveyitem was aligned with a research thrust area and compared with the theoretical framework. Toaccount for differences in demographic information needed, two parallel surveys were createdfor each group (Group 1 and 2).Data Collection Data were collected from students (Group 1
. This change has resulted in a 200%increase in feedback responses received. This is a critical factor in the program’s success ascontinuous improvement of the system would not be possible with insufficient data.DisclaimerThe views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy orposition of the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.References[1] N. J. Gladwell and G. E. White, “Mentoring 101,” [Online] Available: National Recreation and Park Association, https://www.nrpa.org/parks-recreation-magazine/2016/may/mentoring-101/. [Accessed July 2017].[2] C. Klinge, “A Conceptual Framework for Mentoring in a Learning Organization,” Adult Learning, vo1
learningexperiences and not increase anxiety and competition [3]. Low-stakes and high-stakes writing areforms of assessment that can provide information about student learning beyond traditionalexams [3]. Low-stakes writing is generally informal and likely to be ungraded or informallygraded. Examples of low-stakes writing include in-class reflections of reading or homework,journals, or discussion boards. Some benefits of low-stakes writing provide students anopportunity to put topics in their own language, allows students to focus on the content, andprovide students the opportunity to practice before a high-stakes writing assignment [3].High-stakes writing assignments are used for assessment and are a factor into the course grade.Some examples of high-stakes
, EV3).The robot obots’ components include: motors, Laser Gun, IR Ball, and Sensors such as Touch, Ultrasonic, Color, Light, Sound, Compass, IR Seeker, Gyro.SROBOT-STEM & ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN VN HIGH SCHOOLS 8 Figure 2: The SRobot simulation environmentSoftware. As mentioned earlier, thanks to the governmental encouragement reflected throughthe strategies, programming has become the official unit in education for high schools across thecountry. During the first days, the government chose Pascal as a good language for high schoolstudents to enter the world of programming due to its
cataloging YouTube problems is appreciated. This material is based uponwork supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE 1712186. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. This workwas completed within the framework of University of Toledo IRB protocol 202214.Bibliography1. Zax, D., Learning in 140-Characters Bities. ASEE PRISM, 2009: p. 1-3.2. Bullard, L.G., The case against the use of solution manuals. Chemical Engineering Education, 2013. 47: p. 73.3. Lang, J.M., Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning. 2016: John Wiley & Sons.4
Purdue University The slowness of approval processes within the institution and the disbursement of funds The limited time available to participating faculty and staffConclusionAll in all, much was accomplished during the first year of work on this grant and the PIgratefully acknowledges the invaluable support of the National Science Foundation (NSF) andthat of the Co-PIs, all participating faculty, staff, university administrators, and organizations inNortheastern Indiana.Note: This work is supported by NSF through NSF Award #1565066. However, the opinionsexpressed in this document are those of the author and do not, necessarily, reflect those ofthe National Science Foundation (NSF).References [1]Talent Wave. http
of innovative research methods in addition to data [13, 14,15].In targeting institutions to join MIDFIELD, we are aiming to reflect variability in geographicregion, institution size as determined by the number of engineering graduates per year, andinstitutional control (public or private). Institutions are also targeted that excel or fail atgraduating under-represented minorities – plans include adding 5 Historically Black Collegesand Universities (HBCUs), 7 Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), 5 institutions with highNative American populations, and 7 universities with high Asian/Pacific Islander populations.Whereas the project is designed to recruit a stratified sample of US institutions with engineeringprograms, institutions interested
they formed themselves, meet more frequentlywith the tutor and seek counseling from the STEM faculty and staff. The importance of closemonitoring, frequent counseling, cordial relationship building with the students, and patience arethe most important lessons learned in the first three years of the S-STEM scholarship program. Appendix A: Self-Assessment Worksheet (Prepared by the Office of Advising and Academic Success in the College of Engineering and Computer Science)Please take time to reflect on the questions below. Your advisor is there to assist you to findresources.Name____________________________________ UMID__________________________Challenges – In your own
addition, the LED ICs were daisy-chained together allowing data frames to be transmitted sequentially and received by consecutiveICs. Once this was mastered, the students moved on to the more creative aspect of the project. a) APA102C RGB Full Color LED Control IC b) TM1000Q Tilt Switch Figure 6: Bicycle Safety Vest ComponentsThe students had great fun designing the jacket and embedding the electronics in the fabric.Groups used hot glue, sewing thread and reflective tape to secure the electronics. On oneprototype, the LEDs were arranged in the shape of two arrows that flashed to indicate the turndirection. This prototype can be seen in Figure 7a. On another prototype, the LEDs werecreatively arranged in the
our undergraduate students who plan to take thecourse discussed in this paper as an elective.The main goals of the course are (1) to teach students the fundamental concepts in the 4 areasmentioned before and (2) to clearly illustrate the way in which advanced FPGA-based systemsare designed on PYNQ platform, using computer aided design (CAD) tools. During the lecturesession of the course, the first 90 minutes are used to present the theory materials in the form ofpower-point slides and journal articles to not only reflect the current trends in FPGA-basedembedded system design but also enforce the basic concepts needed by the engineering and thecomputer science students. During the remaining 90 minutes of the lecture session, students
the data. There is no indication that language andcommunication skills and the acquisition of knowledge in fundamentals of engineering are related.NCEES does not publish a passing score for the FE exam, although opinions and estimates aboundin this subject. However, it can be argued that in general, institutions of higher education offeringengineering and technology programs have lowered their threshold from C (70% or above) to D(60% or above) to pass a class, along with grade inflationary pressures [15].It is important to notice that on average the perception of poor performance by internationalstudents is not reflected in course grades between the two groups, meaning that eventualinstructor’s bias is not resulting in lower grades when
presented as a simulation. Both the computer simulations and physical experiments began with a description of aphysical situation and asked students to predict what would happen in that circumstance.Students then either used the computer simulations or engaged in physical experiments. Eachinvolved discrepant events, something participants holding certain misconceptions would nothave expected. Finally, learners were asked to answer a group of reflection questions that hadthem reconsider their original ideas and revise them based on what had occurred. Assessment Changes in conceptual understanding were assessed using the Heat and Energy ConceptInventory (HECI) [21], [22] and two of its sub-tests: Rate versus Amount (8 questions
Practice through Collaborative Inquiry. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2011.[7] A. Childre, J. R. Sands, and S. T. Pope, “Backward Design: Targeting Depth of Understanding for All Learners,” Teaching Exceptional Children, vol. 41, issue 5, pp. 6-14, 2009.[8] K. DiRanna, E. Osmundson, J. Topps, L. Barakos, M. Gearhart, K. Cerwin, D. Carnahan, and C. Strang, Assessment-Centered Teaching: A Reflective Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2008.[9] W. Cerbin and B. Kopp, “Lesson Study as a Model for Building Pedagogical Knowledge and Improving Teaching,” International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, vol. 18, issue 3, pp. 250-257, 2006.[10] J. McTighe and J. L. Brown, “Differentiated Instruction and Educational