: ● helping students establish new relationships with other incoming STEM students, and enhancing students’ feelings of social belonging through peer mentoring ● fostering faculty interaction ● acclimating students to the campus environment ● helping students develop study and life skills to support academic goals and persistence through their first year and beyond Table 1. Overview of Program Changes By Year Program Year Overview of Program Structure Notable Changes/Circumstances 2015 STEM Summer Adventure (outdoor program) and LSAMP Bridge Day (on-campus program) were separate programs (data shown here only reflect participants in
completed an internship (n=23) and current students aided in surveyrecruitment. The IRB-approved survey discussed in this paper was administered after studentscompleted the TWC course and had time to reflect on the content of the course. Data wascaptured both online and through paper copy responses to the survey, depending on studentavailability and convenience. The questions essentially gaged the students’ perception of theirprofessional skills after the course.Using a standard five-level Likert scale with response levels indicating “strongly agree” through“strongly disagree,” the survey asked participates to indicate to what degree they agreed with asurvey statement. We believed in this way we could get a more accurate range on the
defined for all academic programs offered by Tecnologico de Monterrey.Faculty must reflect on the results of their classes to identify good practices that must bemaintained and areas of opportunity in which he or she must work to improve the results for thefollowing semester. As a result, improvement actions are defined and uploaded into SAEP eachsemester. At the end of the two-semester cycle a meeting with all faculty of each department isheld in which the results of the cycle are presented and discussed. The outcome of the meeting isa list of good practices shared by the faculty and a list of actions for improvement that will beconducted the following cycle. Also, the need for technological or laboratory infrastructure areidentified. In
a Bill of Materials to determine what to buy, quantities, sizes, etc. 10. Construct final model 11. Host exhibition of learning in front of an audience of peers and an invited audience 12. Reflect on the session including personal progress and skills learnedSince the students are at different stages of core skills (Math, Reading, English, etc.), theopen-ended aspect of the project parameters enables the students to learn much moreindividualized engineering skills. Students take the initiative to learn skills necessary to completethe projects they have designed. The instructors then help the students learn these skills and helpmanage safety during the process. However, the design process being followed is consistentacross all ages
throughexperiencing things and reflecting on those experiences. The core elements of theconstructivist approach are (a) knowledge is not passively received but actively built up bythe cognizing subject and (b) the function of cognition is adaptive and serves the organizationof the experiential world [16]. The constructivist theory is built on the concept that learning issomething the learner does, not that it is imposed on the learner, and emphasizes that thelearner actively constructs his knowledge [1]. In this process the student should be given theopportunity to explore in finding a design solution and learn or construct his/her knowledgein the process.Facilitating the constructivist learning relates to the choice of learning experience and refersto
physical distancebetween a university and its partner. UIC Local (%Local) measures the percentage of UICpublications of a university collaborating with industry within a 100-km radius from the centerof the city in which the university (or its main campus) is located. This indicator can reflect therelative propensity to engage with partners nearby or within the same urban agglomeration.The UIC Foreign (%Foreign) is the percentage of UIC publications that involve a partnerlocated abroad, which reflects the internationalization of a university in its collaborations.The 2018 data cover 148 universities in China, 308 in the EU, and 175 in the U.S. The publicationsare classified into five broad fields: “Biomedical and Health Sciences,” “Life and Earth
Engineering Despite the country’s growing diversification, engagement in STEM is not reflecting thischange [2]. Understanding the still-present underrepresented racial minority students (URMs) iscomplex, as there are numerous barriers present in both secondary and post-secondaryeducational institutions such as deficits in academic advising, uninviting environments resultingfrom adverse stereotypes, inadequate access to information about college preparation [1], andlack of family, faculty, and peer support [3]. In addition to underrepresented racial minorities,women continue to be underrepresented in engineering fields and experience many of the samebarriers [4]. While navigating these barriers, underrepresented students additionally
, BME has been recognized as an engineering discipline unique in itspurpose and practice. Early on, BME was recognized for being more deeply aligned withtraditional science, biology in particular, than other engineering disciplines [4]. BME’s uniqueposition is illustrated in the varied structures of BME programs at institutions around the world.BME programs stem from electrical, mechanical, and materials engineering departments andmany programs partner with medical schools [1]. Across different institutions, BME career pathsvary, ranging from medical school, graduate school, the medical device industry, thepharmaceutical industry, and more. The broad interpretation of a BME degree is also reflected instudents’ perceptions of BME. When asked
. communities where it is in the project. 2) Each team member presents a final reflection where they discuss the reality of our society in terms of the problems detected and the intervention that as professionals through the construction industry, can have to improve the quality of life of the same. Bibliography Identify the origin of the data and information. (5%) Format Present the report in a professional and organized way. (5%) Teamwork Bring an individual feedback to your team members Teamwork; resilience. rubrics about their participation and performance in the (5%) development of the project.4.0 Case
toengineering by placing them in teams and asking them to build and customize the design of anunderwater remotely operated vehicle (U-ROV). Students were also tasked with competing withthe U-ROV in a timed obstacle course at the end of the program. In this study we examined howstudents participated in and built intra-team working relationships within the EAP using anembedded graduate student researcher, who simultaneously functioned as a team member, and anapproach informed by ethnographic research methods. Data were generated by the graduatestudent researcher through a reflective journaling practice, design artifacts detailing materialsproduced by students, as well as debriefings conducted with program mentors and directors. Inaccordance with an
means to identify FoI in both child and adult populations.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Research in theFormation of Engineers program under Grant Number EEC- 1916673. Any opinions, findings,and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] Esteban-Guitart, M. & Moll, L. C. (2014). Funds of identity: A new concept based on funds of knowledge approach. Culture & Psychology, 20(1), 31-48.[2] Moll, L. C., Amanti, C., Neff, D., & Gonzalez, N. (1992). Funds of knowledge for teaching: Using a qualitative approach to connect homes and
plotted with error bars representing standard deviation.The qualitative survey results indicated student perceptions on intervention related activities andtheir overall confidence in knowledge gained. For the survey statement “Completion of theequipment specific worksheet helped me feel more confident in equipment specific expertisenecessary to troubleshoot the associated device”, 73% of the students agreed or strongly agreedon its utility (Figure 2). Overall, majority of students recognized the effect of tear down activitiesin improving confidence as reflected by survey results (Figure 2).Because this data is representative of 3 males and 12 females, additional data needs to becollected before any statistically significant difference can be
transcribedand coded using Dedoose software. A coding scheme was developed inductively based oncommonly occurring themes and themes relevant to existing literature. The aim of this study wasto identify factors contributing to persistence of women in engineering, so particular attention waspaid to respondents’ reflections on both supports received and barriers faced in their pursuit ofengineering at a community college. Detailed demographic characteristics of interviewrespondents are reported in Appendix B.FindingsMotivation to study engineering and choice of majorResearch indicates that about 70% of students who complete bachelor’s degrees in engineeringintended to do so as early as their senior year in high school and motivations for
was based on the work ofLutz & Paretti [18], which reflected the kinds of learning that newcomers reported as necessaryon-the-job. A priori codes consisted of four categories of engineering activity: “Teamwork andCommunication,” “Self-Directed Learning,” “Engineering Design,” and “Engineering Identity.”In coding the interview data, new codes were allowed to emerge from an inductive approach, andthe codebook underwent changes. A new activity category, “Adulting,” was added, “EngineeringDesign” was changed to “Technical work,” and within each category, subcodes were developedto describe the specifics of that genre of activity (such as “Interpersonal - Manager” under“Teamwork and Communication,” or “Time Management” under “Self-Directed
respectively and partially wires several components for use in the labs: An externalLED supplements the onboard LED and highlights the need for a current-limiting resistor. Theonboard LED cannot be modulated so the external LED is also used to provide visual feedback(dimming) when studying Pulse-Width-Modulated (PWM) signals. Two external pushbuttonssupplement the onboard pushbuttons and are used to provide digital inputs or to generate edge-triggered hardware interrupts. A Reflective Light Sensor (RLS) acts either as a binary objectdetection sensor, or as an analog input measurement of reflected light. Analog inputs are alsogenerated using a 10K potentiometer to provide a fraction of the 3.3 V power supply. Atransistor together with a flyback diode
engineeringcurriculum in fundamental ways. Among advantages of the capstone course sequence and serviceoriented learning are the enhancement of communication skills and a promotion of deeperlearning over surface learning. Success for tomorrow’s engineers necessitates the design ofengineering curricula that promote awareness of the broader impacts of engineering, enhancessystems thinking, reflects sustainable engineering practices, and helps prepare students to makean impact in the global community. The projects provide students with a context for learning.They give them a reason to see why and how the fundamental principles of science, math andengineering can be utilized to solve practical design problems. The development of well-rounded, multi-skilled
requires reflecting on what has been done[6,7]. To achieve this, students must not only practice a substantial quantity of assignments, they mustreceive feedback and then reflect on the experience. The value of feedback is well accepted. Theauthors of [8] state that prompt feedback is essential for students to improve their models and makesolid modeling more of an engineering design task and less of an art project; while both [2] and [4]contend that without feedback to remedy their models, students develop and perpetuate poor modelingstrategies. In spite of the obvious value, traditionally there is a significant time lag between theintroduction of a concept and the receipt of feedback by the student. In some instances, weeks mayelapse before a
drawing to reflect the change. 4 2) Your road must start at the top of the highest point on the mountains and AT LEAST 50% of your road must be on the mountains. 3) Your road must include AT LEAST 3 TURNS (a loop around the mountain can count as 2 turns) AND 1 UPHILL section. 4) Your vehicle (marble) must not leave the road or stop during the drive down the mountain. 5) Your vehicle (marble) must land safely in the cup at the end of the road. 6) You may use UP TO 3 LENGTHS of road material. You may use the other materials provided responsibly and cooperatively as needed. 7) You will have 30 MINUTES TOTAL to build
the additive innovation cycle. Participants were selected to create a coherentcommunity of uniform rank and shared perspective on the importance of teaching. Data werecollected from each participant in multiple forms: teaching artifacts they created, surveys,reflective interviews, and videos of stories about the experience. Details about each stage of theadditive innovation cycle, including collected data, are provided in [3].Overview of case study researchCharacteristics and advantages of case study researchCase study research has been used ubiquitously in psychology [9], sociology [10], politicalscience [11], social work [12], business [13], and community planning [14]. Case study researchis suitable when research questions ask about the
conceptualapplications. By the end of the class, an instructor would hope that the students have obtainedfundamental new knowledge, have the ability to transfer this to other contexts, and have initiatedan underlying interest and confidence in their abilities required to pursue a path of life-longlearning throughout their careers.Research and case studies have shown collaborative learning activities to be a very effectivemodel for teaching [6,8-12]. The effectiveness often relates to the amount of active learning [6,7,8,11,13], and the time for reflection on material during the activities [6, 7, 8]. At the same time,for groups to be effective they must have dynamics which are conducive to learning [14] andassignments must have sufficient complexity to make the
discussing alternative ideas. The major goals of using labatorials in introductory physics labs are to improve theoverall student experience in the lab and to help students: (1) gain a better understanding ofphysics concepts; (2) investigate applications of physics principles in real life; (3) evaluate theirpreconceptions and compare them with their observation; and (4) interact with their peers and thelab instructor in a collaborative learning environment. The impact of labatorials in conjunction with reflective writing [11], an activity thatallows students to metacognitively examine textual material, on students’ epistemological beliefswas also explored by Author [12], and it was found that such a combination of interventions
, Serving others, persistence, resilience, Achievement the box thinking, overcoming question, reflection, barriers, persistence, resilience / research, self-authorship, tenacity, question, research, breakdown barriers, Reflection, self-authorship, intentions breakdown-barriers, intentionsStep 5: Adjustment and Final Category ListAll three authors met and discussed each of the categories and concept distributions and madeiterative changes until consensus was reached. In total, we identified 237 distinct concepts in24 categories that help describe EM, including those
pointsConstructability considerations* _______/ 5 pointRubric:5 points: Outstanding discussion of considerations; reflected critical thought andanalysis; evidence of some outside research; innovative and deep discussion; evidence oforiginal thought; came up with points that the instructor had not considered4 points: Good discussion of considerations; reasonable level of thought; relevant points;articulate presentation of ideas3 points: Reasonable discussion of considerations; shallow level of thought; left outsome obvious considerations;2 points: Poor discussion of considerations; Listed a few but did not discuss at all;pattern matching from instructor examples;1 point: Minimum level of effort; little to no thought; just
collaborative relationship with theEngineering Ambassadors Network and located other engineering ambassador programs aroundthe country that focus on broadening the participation of underserved groups in engineering.Fifty stakeholders participated in 30-45 minute interviews.Phase Two: Research Agenda Meeting (March 2019 – August 2019)During this phase, the steering committee is co-planning the research agenda meeting informedby the initial interview findings. The meeting will take place in September 2019.Phase Three: Research Agenda Proposal (September 2019 – March 2020)During this phase, we will create an iterative process of synthesis which allows for stakeholdersto reflect on, respond to, and otherwise inform the findings of the proposal writing
onmany different levels. Active learning and other evidence-based learning strategies promote adeeper understanding of complex material because students are forced to think about the materialand apply fresh concepts to new situations [1]-[4]. Hands-on learning is a particular form ofactive learning where students engage in a topic in several different ways including sight, sound,and tactile sensory input [5]-[8]. While engaging multiple senses, students can interact with otherstudents and reflect on how their understanding of some topic can be used to explain a particularphenomenon. When the hands-on experiences are well-designed, students can go beyond thelecture material and observe how theory is manifested in the real world. Unfortunately
coursecoordinator. After hiring, a coordinator reflects with the UGTAs regarding their efficacy andhow they might improve on a weekly basis.Research Methods and Data CollectionThe study followed a sequential explanatory mixed method design with emphasis on thequalitative phase as showed in Fig 1. This approach was followed as it was necessary tounderstand in depth different perspectives of the topic under study [12]. The purpose of using anexplanatory mixed methods design is to allow one dataset to build on the results from other dataset. Here, students’ perceptions about whether the UGTAs are valuable were collected throughquantitative surveys. The survey research method was used as helps identify the perceptions of alarge group of participants. The
exactly as it comes to mind. • Change any statements into questions.As they think about these rules, learners should reflect on what might be challenging aboutfollowing them as well as how it may differ from the way they typically formulate questions.Learners will hold themselves and others accountable for following these rules as they respond tothe QFocus for a set amount of time (usually about 4-7 minutes).As a part of the second element, learners begin to work with and improve their questions. Theylearn about two different types of questions—closed-ended questions which can be answeredwith “yes”, “no”, or with one word; and open-ended questions which cannot be answered in suchmanner, as they require more of an explanation. Learners then
Regulation IP Market like more of this AccessDiscussion: Results indicate that the expert office hours model was a scalable way to achieveeffective and efficient project-specific guidance in the domains of IP, regulation and marketaccess. The positive impact of personalized feedback from industry experts wasqualitatively reflected in the quality of domain strategy discussion during team check-ins.Intimate team meetings with domain experts also resulted in continued deeper relationships withexperts that were maintained after the course ended. The opt-in nature of this model allowedteams that were ready access to just-in-time guidance during office hours. Opt-in rates varied bydomain, with
signify the unification of cognitive elements of self-motivation, self-direction, self-reflection, self-regulation, and self-correction.and interactive virtual environments (VEs) [17],[33],[34]. Thereby multiple approaches may becombined to enhance the user experience and increase the learning success. For example, asituation-based gaming environment may allow learners to explore content on their own, thus,increasing their sense of autonomy and progress control, factors identified as important to learnerself-regulation and responsibility [11],[13],[24],[29],[35].Through VEs users can be immersed in specific environments in order to elicit tasks under whatis perceived as realistic circumstances. Thus, fidelity as “a measure of the degree to which
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) emphasized the critical nature ofempowered, autonomous individuals and work teams as success factors in global aviation safetyand process standardization [60], [61] applicable to all of the aviation industry [6], [61]. Self-responsibility and proactive problem-solving expectations are likewise modeled by the FAA inits relationship with industry in safety and quality management of daily processes [4]. Problem-based learning in engineering was consistently emphasized in preparing engineering graduates,and development of collaborative teamwork, self-directed, independent learning and problemsolving based upon critical self-reflection were considered “crucial competencies” in addition totechnical degree