Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Alexander Koromyslov, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

American Society for Engineering Education, 2019An Advanced Teaching Methodology to Improve Student Learning Outcomes in Core Discipline Content and Soft Skills AbstractThe research paper addresses the existing gap between employers’ expectations and thecompetencies of college graduates. According to recent reports, there is an increasing need toadopt new methodologies in teaching to help students improve their career readiness.Contemporary requirements to engineering workforce, besides the core discipline skills, includeproficiency in complex open-ended problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration, andmanagement and leadership skills.The proposed methodology is based on a role-play

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan B. Schuman, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

badges should be shared with students, even for soft skills. 5. The addition of mixed methods for analysis would be beneficial for a more complete picture of student attitudes.Future WorkData will continue to be collected and possibly with the addition of semi-structured interviews.If collected, the semi-structured interviews could be analyzed using thematic coding to providegreater insight to student perceptions. One other possible question I could explore is if I observea difference in motivation or attitudes with certain groups of students (based on gender, race, orbackground). Another question that I could explore is if the addition of more badges earlier inthe term would improve motivation

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hilda Cecilia Martinez Leon, Clarkson University; Michelle Crimi, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

student engagement were based on the assumption that students aremore likely to be engaged when their capstone projects as these are more realistic, and thusstudents find them more appealing, challenging, and interesting. The instructor mentorshipgreatly influences the quality of the project execution as well as the interactions students hadwith the industry-partner team members and the student’s learning on how to overcomeroadblocks. Thus, questions under the project execution construct were intended to identify themain struggles student teams faced and the value of instructor mentorship as well as instructionalsessions. In regards to professional (or “soft”) skills, we were interested in understanding thebenefits the LSS capstone project had on