lecture or lab collegiality and peer review. Mid instructional elements, e.g., the text book, how much lecture vs lab, web or on campus, where or when taught, who teaches it Micro instructional elements, e.g., specific teaching and learning activities, evaluating students, class managementFigure 2. ABET Objectives Hierarchy These are broad statements that Describe what describe what graduates are
Engineering EducationSymposium. This paper reports the methods and results of this three-day event.High School Engineering Education Symposium The High School Engineering Education Symposium provided a platform to completetwo crucial AEEE project goals; (1) Stakeholder and expert revisions of the TaxonometricStructure for Secondary Engineering Programs and (2) establish writing teams and preliminarydrafts of the Progressions of Learning in Engineering. To accomplish these goals, thesymposium brought together 40 experts from the education, engineering education, technologyeducation and engineering communities. Experts were invited based on participation frompreceding Delphi study and recommendations from various stakeholders with an interest in
STEM (ExPERTS) program. During her tenure at Drexel University, Ms. Ward has successfully coordinated with multiple faculty members in the submission of approximately 600 grant proposals, including co-writing, editing and serving as the Pro- gram Manager for 8 awarded STEM education grants totaling more than $13M. She has collaborated with University offices, faculty and staff in the facilitation of recruitment strategies to increase the quality and quantity of undergraduate and graduate enrollment in STEM programs. Ms. Ward now manages the day- to-day operations of the DragonsTeach and ExPERTS programs, including supporting the development of programs of study, student and teacher recruitment, fundraising and grant
that requires the creation of a revolved feature and a pattern, and having students write and sketch the modeling strategy they would choose to create the part. The strategies are collected, some of them are chosen for discussion, followed by a short Creo demo that walks step by step through creating the model of the sample figure. The model is already finished, but the features are shown and discussed one at a time as shown in Figure 2, steps A thru D, with each feature’s modeling strategy being the focus of the discussion, not how specifically to draw the profiles, locate the holes, and so on. All example problems are from the Bertoline [4] text. Figure 1 – Lecture
math high schoolcourses taken between the male and female STEM students. Female STEM students reported avery slight higher rate of taking biology and chemistry courses. Fifty percent of the male STEMstudents took physics in high school but only thirty-two percent of the female STEM studentstook physics. (Fifty percent of the female STEM students took college writing portfolio whileonly thirty-three percent of the male STEM students took the same course). (Detailed data can beseen in Figure 1).Figure 1: Differences in Skills Perceived as “Missing” !The encouragement to pursue college and pursue their major, like the general population, wasprimarily driven by various family members and in particular, parents. The students reported awider
judgments and exercise ethical practices.With funding from the National Science Foundation’s Cultivating Cultures of Ethical STEMprogram (Award 1540298), the research team has been integrating CSR content into targetedcourses in petroleum engineering, mining engineering, design, and the liberal arts at theColorado School of Mines, Marietta College, and Virginia Tech. As described in greater depthbelow, those modules range from single assignments and lectures to a course-long, scaffoldedcase study. The material for the modules draws from existing peer-reviewed literature as well asthe researchers’ ongoing ethnographic research with engineers who practice in the mining and oiland gas industries. One of the common findings from interviews and
formation as engineersand non-engineers work together. While we understand this study to be limited in scope, thefeedback provides preliminary evidence for collaborative research across disciplines and howprofessional skills are fostered in the classroom.IntroductionUndergraduate engineering students are often trained in disciplinary concepts and techniques oftheir specializations, but are rarely given opportunities to work with collaborators from differentdisciplines. In Gary Lee Downey’s words, the very educational processes “producing engineersas outcomes” [1] may neglect key professional skills that those engineers need.Skills that relate to collaborating with peers in different disciplines are increasingly necessary forpracticing engineers
the research team each rated 19 to 35 teaching examples. This resulted in aminimum of eight ratings for each teaching example. These ratings often had wide disparities.For example, ten cases had ratings for novelty across the full spectrum from 1 to 4,demonstrating a lack of consensus. The write-in comments provided insights into differences inwhat raters perceived as novel, transferable, or likely to impact students’ learning. Given thedisparities in opinions, it would be useful to develop and implement a standard assessmentmethod for ethics teaching modalities to better delineate what constitutes an exemplar.IntroductionThere have been a number of calls to improve the education of engineering students on ethicsand societal impact issues
skills were assessed with in-class quizzes and exams. The material was divided into 7units, and each unit was covered in roughly two weeks. A unit quiz was given one week, and a unit exam the nextweek, so that there was a quiz or exam every week. Each of the seven units had 8-11 unit objectives and 15-20homework problems. Homework was collected each week on the day of the quiz or exam.Classes were held in a large auditorium, and DyKnow was used to deliver the basic course notes to students.DyKnow is an interactive classroom management software. In DyKnow, instructors can share content with students(sharing prepared slides and/or writing on tablets during class), and the notes are projected both to the front of theroom as well as onto students
. Figure 3. IDEAS StagesAfter the proposal is approved, the groups start working in a literature review to develop a betterunderstanding about their research topic. The students then produce an abstract (Figure 3 b),which is submitted online by the deadline, to be peer reviewed by the course’s teachingassistants. The groups prepare their physical model(s) and experimental set-up (Figure 3 c) to betested according to their experiment design (Figure 3d). Once the laboratory results, handcalculations, and simulations are completed, the groups write and submit a paper according to theprovided template and guidelines (Figure 3f). The students also create a poster (examples areprovided) which is presented at the showcase along with the model(s), video(s
forewarned by their peers about thedifficulty of the courses and the drudgery they’re about to endure. Another objective inintroducing cartoons was to lighten the classroom mood. Described later when discussing thecharacter creation, Sir Isaac Newton is purposefully drawn to appear friendly and a little goofy tomake him more relatable than the stuffy portrait with a powered wig seen in Figure 2. Wettedand Vapes are characters who act as somewhat mischievous and silly mascots for the class. Apotential hazard here is to come off as childish and thereby turn off some students who mightfeel the cartoons were beneath them.In addition to the mnemonic nudge for breaking a Socratic question stalemate, students areencouraged to question the cartoons, even
Arkansas, Fayetteville. Before joining the U of A faculty in 1996, he served in the US Army as an engineer officer for 24 years. During his military career Dennis had the unique opportunity to build roads, airfields and other facilities on five different continents and spend over 11 years as a member of the faculty at the US Military Academy. His current research interests include laboratory and field determination of geotechnical material properties for transportation systems and the use of remote sensing techniques to categorize geohazards. He has published over 85 peer reviewed articles relating to his research and educational activities. Dennis holds BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of
that inform the research studyare not parts of the class requirements. Students were informed that their participation orresponses would have no implications on the course grade or outcomes.Written reflectionsThe written reflections were collected across five days (from day 2 - day 6) on-site, throughoutthe service-learning experience. Differing prompts were given to the students to direct thewritten reflections, using the prompts as follows: • Day 2-3: How has this experience helped me grow? How does this experience serve my education? • Day 4-5: No prompt, write freely. • On day 6: How does this experience impact empathy in engineering?The written reflection data collected was transcribed into the NVivo 11 software. Each
summer internship position or taking summer courses to ensure their timelytransfer.The ASPIRES Summer Group Internship Program is a ten-week program for sophomorestudents who have no previous research experience and have at least one more year of courses tocomplete at Cañada College before transferring to a four-year university. In addition to allowingstudents to participate in the program as part-time interns, the group setting wherein studentswork with their peers and faculty they know will give students the supportive learningenvironment needed to succeed in their first internship experience. A collaborative learningenvironment has been shown to positively impact minority students—improving cognitivedevelopment2 and reducing students’ feeling
collection development plan is implemented, mentoring of the subject liaison librarian isincreasingly more important to be aware of resources such as ASEE-ELD. Davidson andMiddleton [9] found that “sci-tech librarians consider professional associations invaluable toprofessional growth and continued learning in the field.” In addition, “ASEE-ELD membersappear to be the most engaged as mentors and mentees.” However, in the dean’s experience itwas difficult for a new engineering librarian to know of the professional associations forengineering librarians and hard to find the time to commit to exploring options in-depth.Connecting and networking with peers is the best way to learn the field but this can be difficultwhen other duties are so pressing and
CodingBat and supports C/C++, Java, Python, and Ruby.Python Classroom Response System: Another example of utilizing a web-based codingenvironment is the Python Classroom Response System (PCRS) described in [13]. The idea andmotivation behind the tool is to facilitate the method of Peer Instruction in a programming class.The instructor can create programming assignments and test cases built around expectedmisconceptions in order to observe student problems during class in real time so as to directly beable to address these. PCRS is written in Python and is designed for the Python programminglanguage. A support for C has been established and a support for Java and SQL are indevelopment.BlueJ: The BlueJ system [6] is a free, integrated Java
. I. Ward Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Hartford. Her current research interests are audio and speech signal processing, promoting critical thinking through the engineering curriculum, promoting diversity and inclusion in the academic environment, and teaching with new educational methods, including peer instruction, personal response systems, video games, and state-of-the-art CAD tools. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Promoting critical thinking through troubleshooting exercises in fundamental electric circuits labsAbstractThis paper presents a study conducted in the fall semester of 2017 that aimed to
), thecommunications instructor had earned a master’s degree in writing, taught writing andcommunication courses at the university and community college level, and earned a doctor ofphilosophy degree in higher education program development, including transformative andexperiential education pedagogies. The technical instructor had earned a master’s of engineeringand completed some coursework in engineering education. Together, they began working tocreate a curriculum that challenges engineering students to develop critical thinking skills inorder to engage in technical problem solving, to consider what it means to be an engineer, tochallenge their own assumptions and perspectives, and to prepare to enter into a community ofprofessional engineers. This
. Experimental testing of the mathematical model is anessential component of the learning process, and allows the students to collect data and perform astatistical analysis of their model. At first, the process of making assumptions, writing equations,developing an experimental protocol to test the model, and analyzing the results is daunting. Bythe final independent project, 88% of students felt exploring their own topic was an “excellent”or “good” learning experience and valued presenting their results at a final poster session. Notonly do the freshmen benefit from the course, but the upperclassmen lab managers believe theyhave gained valuable leadership and professional skills, such as providing constructive feedbackand public
audittrail available in the tools used for these activities—Github/git, Trello, and Slack, respectively. Inaddition to peer evaluations that are done mid-project and end-of-project, the instructor uses thisevidence to make individual positive or negative adjustments to team grades based on anindividual student's contribution. The mid-project peer evaluations are mostly consideredformative and do not affect the student's grade immediately. The instructor provides feedback toeach student individually at that point. After the end-of-project peer evaluation, the instructorwill compute the individual adjustment factor for each student, if needed, and apply it to theentire project grade for the student. Our experience is that after the first peer
students, and havingmutual respect and admiration for the academic engagement of their traditionally aged peers orfriends.” Adult students across campuses felt socially excluded due to life commitments andchallenges relating to traditional students. While class performance improved with theproportion of adult students, these students graduate at a lower rate than traditional students.Social integration was identified as a key to retention since anxiety leads to questioning abilitiesand thus stunted performance. Interviews revealed that Adult learners viewed themselves asmore experienced, more career focused, and less interested in social activities than the traditionalstudents. The authors conclude by encouraging educators to be cognizant of the
existingliteratures between 2000 and 2017 and perform in-depth analyses of their approaches. Threesteps were taken to achieve these goals: (1) the distribution of the utilized teaching methodsfrom 2000 to 2017 was identified, and (2) the implemented effectiveness assessment methodsfor the five identified teaching methods were determined for the past 17 years, and (3)identify the learning objectives associated with each stated teaching method. The results ofthis study will significantly address the potential challenges associated with learners and helpinstructors and professors select the most effective teaching methods based on the learningobjectives for their courses.Research MethodologyTo fulfil the objectives of this study, more than 2,000 peer-reviewed
toparticipate in community service. Through collaboration with the Community LearningCenter at the authors’ institution and instructors for the course University Success 100,students from selected sessions of the course were required to identify any problems that existand need to be solved at their community service site, and then propose innovative solutionsto the problems. They were also required to write a process journal and final project report todescribe their reflection on their self-regulated learning and creative problem solving processand their final solutions to the problems. They were also provided with the process model ofSelf-Regulated Learning and Creative Problem Solving [13, 14] and scaffolding throughquestion prompts to facilitate
thesematerials. It is primarily a call to consider how students engage in their college experience,and to search for proper tools that can be deployed to stimulate learning.In moving forward, there are numerous tools available to select from, including the modelspredicated on cooperation; i.e., working together to accomplish shared goals. Withincooperative activities, individuals seek outcomes that are beneficial to them and also benefitall other group members. (2, 3) Cooperative learning researchers and practitioners have shownthat positive peer relations are essential to success in college. The positive interpersonalrelationships promoted through cooperative learning are regarded by most as crucial totoday’s learning communities. They increase the
transmission of basicinformation. The flipped course design also allows for strategies like active learning that help allstudents to succeed.4 Thus, students encounter foundational information in structured, guidedwork done while they are away from the professor. When they are in the group learning spacewith access to peers and the instructor, students engage in activities that require them to engagein higher-order cognitive processes, like application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.Because the instructor is present during the most difficult parts, students get help moving pastdisciplinary bottlenecks, support and structure when they are frustrated or unmotivated, andtimely guidance and feedback to help them avoid developing bad habits or
at College of Engineering Pune (COEP) as the founder head of the innovation Center. Dr Waychal earned his Ph D in the area of developing Innovation Competencies in Information System Organizations from IIT Bombay and M Tech in Control Engineering from IIT Delhi. He has presented keynote / invited talks in many high prole international conferences and has published papers in peer- reviewed journals. He / his teams have won awards in Engineering Education, Innovation, Six Sigma, and Knowledge Management at international events. His current research interests are engineering edu- cation, software engineering, and developing innovative entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. He was chosen as one of the five outstanding
whichraises student‟s motivational level to stimulate thinking and go beyond facts and details (Brody 2009). Withrespect to active learning, there are many interrelated vocabulary, e.g. collaborative learning, cooperativelearning, problem-based learning (PBL). Collaborative learning and peer tutoring in the university environmentcan positively influence students to maintain a constant motivation and affection towards their study (Concetta2018). Collaborative learning and cooperative learning are different, for they have distinct historicaldevelopments and different philosophical roots (Bruffee,1995). The most common model of cooperativelearning found in the engineering literature is that of the book: „Active Learning: Cooperation in the
narratives from ad-hoc data. Before starting writing persona narratives, wedecided to transition from a physical data clustering process (via sticky notes) to an electronicdata clustering process. While we had catalogued images of our clustered sticky note data, weneeded an electronic means of clustering data when using the “real” data that was already inelectronic form (i.e., interview transcripts, survey results, textual form posts). After a bit ofbrainstorming, we decided to transfer our ad-hoc, sticky note data into a free for educational useconcept mapping software called Cmap (https://cmap.ihmc.us). By constructing a separateconcept map for each data category (i.e., needs, wants, behaviors, and scenarios) in Cmap andentering each piece of
, ethnicity, ornationality, or from more narrowly focused occupational, peer-to-peer, and family roles [28]. Anengaging social climate that fosters positive interactions among peers and faculty can help [29].Students’ sense of belonging, in turn, influences their motivation and achievement in STEM[30]. Individuals who develop a strong sense of belonging in a particular group have awarenessof implicit and explicit expectations or cultural-historical “repertoires of practice” that influencesocial interactions, social roles and social norms within that group [31]. Making connectionswithin social networks and accruing different forms of “social capital” [32] valued by groupmembers is accomplished through positive social interactions with existing group
every five minutes, at the initiation of a given interval. First, the number of studentsexhibiting disengaged behavior were tabulated, which could include, but was not limited to,unrelated electronic device usage, off-topic discussion with peers, or physical disengagement.Second, the class activity was categorized according to the nature of the instructional activity(i.e. content-oriented lecture, storytelling, group work, challenge problem solving, studentpresentations, routine example solving, instructional transition) and any relevant teaching-toolsemployed (i.e. board writing, electronic media). Regression analysis of observation data,collected for the accelerated abroad course only, provided insight into the impact of in-classactivities