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sophomore year, and ultimate graduation years later. The research question thatmight be addressed is: 1. How do curricular elements of a first year Cohort program impactretention of students through sophomore year and graduation? For now, while more detailedmapping of STRIDE activities to student performance and retention could be interesting,collection of aggregate performance data and reporting of Cohort activities is more practical, anduseful at this stage. It is also helpful to try and identify if there are differences in the impact onstudents from different disciplines. The present paper focuses on the impact on engineeringstudents versus that on non-engineering students.CONCLUSIONSThe engineering students in Cohort 2 of STRIDE – a First-Year
Lubbock, specializing in new media communications of science and engineering that benefit environment. His research draws from extensive professional experience in developing new media strategies supporting the role of artisanal economies in environmental sustainability and small-scale economic development in economically challenged zones.Dr. Francesco V. Donato, Texas Tech University Francesco Donato received his Ph.D. in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience from Texas Tech Uni- versity after receiving his MFA from Parsons School of Design. His research explores how the brain processes aesthetics and the resulting impact that engaging aesthetics can have on our capacity for cre- ative thinking. As an educator, his
confronting issues related to inclusion. The department undergoes annual review byexternal evaluators Inverness Research. The 2019 review revealed instances where students didnot feel included. These situations involved faculty, staff, and students. Since becoming aware ofthe situations, the department has spent considerable time addressing inclusivity. All facultyattended microaggression and inclusion training (see below). Inclusion training has been addedto the new vertically integrated design project courses (see below) that will be required of allstudents. One faculty piloted a syllabus that includes a policy on microaggressions andharassment. The Department has prompted University’s Center for Teaching and Learning tolead the establishment of a
Learning: Research and Practice, 15:2, pp.126-138, 2018.[9] R.M. Felder and R. Brent (2017) Learner-Centered Teaching: How and Why? LearningAbstracts (League for Innovation in the Community College), 20(5), May 2017[10] P. G. Koles, A. Stolfi, N. J. Borges, S. Nelson, and D. X. Parmelee, “The impact of team-based learning on medical students' academic performance.,” Acad Med, vol. 85, no. 11, pp.1739–1745, Nov. 2010.[11] M. L. Epstein and G. M. Brosvic, “Students prefer the immediate feedback assessmenttechnique,” Psychol Rep, vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 1136–1138, Jun. 2002.[12] E. Haase, B.N. Phan, and H.R. Goldberg (2017), Molecules and Cells: Team-based andMulti-modal Learning Improves Comprehension and Increases Content Retention, 2017 ASEEAnnual
-Milwaukee.Dr. April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh April Dukes (aprila@pitt.edu) is the Faculty and Future Faculty Program Director for the Engineering Educational Research Center (EERC) and the Institutional Co-leader for Pitt-CIRTL (Center for the Inte- gration of Research, Teaching, and Learning) at the University of Pittsburgh. April studied at Winthrop University, earning a BS degree in Chemistry and BA degree in Psychology in 2000. She then completed her PhD in 2007 at the University of Pittsburgh, studying oxidative stress in in vitro models of Parkinson’s disease. During her prior graduate and postdoctoral work in neurodegeneration, April mentored several undergraduate, graduate, and clinical researchers and
thermal effects, all at a scale thatstudents can see, touch, or hear the physical phenomena being investigated.Among the research questions that are being addressed several stand out: 1. Which topics have the greatest potential for enhancing educational outcomes through hands-on learning? 2. What is the impact of the experiments on student performance, on student interest and confidence in the subject matter, and on long-term retention of the knowledge? 3. Do these experiments have a positive impact on students from underrepresented groups in terms of performance, student interest, and retention? 4. Since hands-on education is often associated with collaboration and group work, what are the best practices for impromptu
research interest are student learning and persistence in higher education. Her current projects explore student motivation and success in STEM disciplines at the undergraduate and professional education levels.Mr. Harrison Douglas Lawson, Michigan State University Graduate Student at Michigan State University pursuing a M.S. in Chemical Engineering. After graduat- ing, I plan to pursue doctoral studies at Carnegie Mellon University. My research focuses are biology and education. After graduating I aspire to continue working with education programs and join a university as teaching faculty.Dr. Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is retired as an Associate Professor and Associate Director for
focuses on the development of scientific discourse among k-12 students in a context of perpetual STEM reform. He conducts sociocultural research to examine learning in science classrooms, with a particular emphasis on engaging students with histories of academic failure. He also researches teachers’ beliefs and practices regarding Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics (STEM) innovations and their impact on the youth of today. His research has demonstrated that transformative and culturally relevant pedagogy along with mobile technology, live data collection, and citizen science approaches can engage marginalized students for improved STEM expertise. Among other projects, he has investigated how engineers in higher
engineers and their projects in collaboration with space agencies.(2) Principal design challenges of microgravity and partial gravity, cosmic radiation, micrometeoroids, lunar dust, and extreme temperatures.(3) Design for extreme environments which will be useful for designing for extreme environments on earth as well.(4) Human factors in extreme environments.(5) Local materials and suitable structural systems and concepts for space.(6) Survival, well-being, and space medicine.An OSA specialization in an architecture or AE program may be best offered as a combination ofdesign studios and seminars. The teaching model would be based on intensive research on:planetary conditions, relevant architectural applications, structural systems and
objectives [1]. Overthe last year, the U.S. electricity generation from renewable resources has doubled from 19% to38% by 2050 [2]. Decreasing the overall energy consumption became a crucial goal for thebuilding industry. Researchers, developers and practitioners, dedicated to improving the builtenvironment [3]. This paper disseminates the lessons learned and best practices from a verticalcourse that focuses on Sustainable Design and the LEED initiative. Where the curriculum isaimed at advanced understanding of the theory and principles relating to design, energyconservation, and research methods applicable in different climatic regions throughout the world.The methodologies include climate responsive design, energy conservation, passive solar
projects at Cal Poly Pomona. TheREU site has so far hosted a total of 31 diverse group of students for 8-10 weeks of summer searchduring the three year period, with the projects focusing on research on the Dynamics and Controlof UAVs, Collision Detection and Avoidance System for UAVs, Artificial Intelligence, ComputerVision, Navigation in GPS-Denied Environments, and Flight Test experience. Another goal is toattract students from community colleges to STEM programs at 4-year institutions and encouragethe participants to pursue their studies for graduate degrees.The paper discusses the effectiveness of the Program in meeting its goals and objectives and onstudent success. The Program has been tracking the participants. Most of the participants are
Multnomah County Partnership for Education Research (MCPER) in the School of Education at the University of Portland in Portland, Ore- gon. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design from the University of Washington. An elementary school teacher at heart, she now teaches educational research and STEM methods to undergraduate and graduate students. Her research fo- cus involves bringing active learning strategies to STEM, best practices of research-practice partnerships, and applied research in partnership. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Implementation of real-world class activities in an
representatives through guest lectures, sitevisits, and direct mentoring as part of a case study assignment. Students all take four shortquizzes throughout the semester. Graduate students have one additional assignment, whichconsists of developing a research paper, with support throughout the semester of the courseinstructor. Table 2 highlights the software systems utilized for each teaching module.Table 2 – UT-Austin’s Teaching Modules Software SystemsTeaching Module Software System(s) Utilized(1) Model-Based Cost Estimating Assemble, Revit, RS Means Online(2) Scheduling and 4D Simulation Revit, MS Project, Navisworks, Synchro(3) Design Coordination BIM360, Navisworks(4) As-built modeling
interdisciplinary team that focuses on helping STEM instructors integrate writing into their courses, and that helps departments integrate writing across under- graduate curricula.Megan Mericle, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Megan Mericle is a PhD student in Writing Studies. She is a member of a research team focused on writing in STEM, where she works with faculty to develop and implement learning objectives for writing in undergraduate science and engineering courses. In her own work, she focuses on disciplinary identity as well as communication practices in citizen science.Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Nicole Turnipseed is a PhD candidate in the Department of English and the Center
educational leadership at the University of Portland (Oregon, USA).Dr. Nicole Ralston, University of Portland Dr. Nicole Ralston is an Assistant Professor and co-Director of the Multnomah County Partnership for Education Research (MCPER) in the School of Education at the University of Portland in Portland, Ore- gon. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design from the University of Washington. An elementary school teacher at heart, she now teaches educational research and STEM methods to undergraduate and graduate students. Her research fo- cus involves bringing active learning strategies to STEM, best practices of research-practice partnerships, and
area of educational technology. He has worked in the fields of K-12 and higher education for 18 years, and currently teaches in the Montana State University Teacher Education Program. He has experience in educational technology theory and practice in K-12 contexts and teacher education, with a focus on STEM teaching and learning, technology integration, online course design and delivery, program evaluation, and assessment. Dr. Lux’s current research agenda is STEM teaching and learning in K-12 contexts, technology integration in teacher preparation and K-12 contexts, educational gaming design and integration, and new technologies for teaching and learning. c American Society for Engineering
- zona State University. His research interests are in the modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems; computer simulation; statistical design of experiments; and sustainable production systems. His profes- sional mission is to inspire others to improve systems through simulation modeling and analysis, applied operations research, and applied statistics.Dr. George Saltsman, Lamar University Dr. George Saltsman is Research Associate Professor in the Center for Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership and currently serves as the Director of Center for Educational Innovation and Digital Learning at Lamar University. Dr. Saltsman assists UNESCO as a mobile learning policy advisor and co-chair of the Information
Microsoft [30] found that 72% of girls and young women say that it isimportant for them to have a job that directly helps the world, and over 90% describe themselvesas creative. Working on socially relevant problems is important to a range of minoritized STEMstudents including women and students of color, which has been shown by research includingstudies linking students’ personal values to their STEM trajectories [31].Effectively emphasizing creativity through engineering making has been shown to broadenparticipation when best practices of inclusion are observed [32]. Strong examples ofmakerspaces successfully broadening participation and feelings of belonging include some inacademic settings [33] and other spaces outside the academy [34]. There
, our primary research question was: is the Comm Lab succeeding inimproving clients’ work according to our own metrics of success? I.e., do sessions bring clientscloser to our standards for a given communication task, which are informed by both rhetoricalprinciples and real-world field standards? To do so, we designed a quantitative, rubric-based,pre-post evaluation of authentic writing products: drafts for graduate school and graduatefellowship applications, assessed by authentic evaluators -- a team of our own peer coaches. Inorder to build a broader picture of the client’s analytical and reflective experience, wecomplemented the quantitative core of the study by collecting qualitative reflections about thecontent of the coaching session
Resources [10], • Additively Innovative Virtual Lecture Series [11]. Although coalition members developed a number of AM best practices [12-20] the coreof this paper is the evaluation of TTS as a unique tool for AM education. Overall, TTS is alearning approach designed to give hands-on instruction to AM instructors [3-4]. Webinars andMOOCS were also used to teach content and engage with AM educators. TTS sessions were heldbefore and during the Fall of 2019 in several states. Evaluation of the TTS was ongoingthroughout their delivery. The main coverage points of TTS-based AM learning were as follows. • Build your own printer, operate it, print some entrepreneurial parts and learn the key maintenance steps
. S. Dweck, Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House Incorporated, 2006. [15] National Research Council et al., How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school: Expanded edition. National Academies Press, 2000. [16] S. Tayal, “Engineering design process,” International Journal of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, pp. 1–5, 2013. [17] T. Floyd-Smith, D. Wilson, D. C. Jones, M. Plett, R. Bates, and N. Veilleux, “Investigation of belonging for engineering and science undergraduates by year in school,” in ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education) Conference, 2012. [18] D. W. Knight, L. E. Carlson, and J. F. Sullivan, “Staying in engineering: Impact of a hands-on, team-based, first-year
x x Real-life monitoring project x x Scholarship Prizes for best designs x x Scholarship Incentive for earning A/B x x Paid working hours for project work time x Field Trips to Clean Energy Centers x Description of Methodological ApproachAcross all three cohorts, data were collected using a mixed-methods approach. The externalevaluator and the faculty coordinated with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) prior tocollecting data. This research paper is based on secondary analysis of data collected for
in Chemical Engineering organization at MIT and is a NSF Graduate Research Fellow, a Whitaker International Fellow, and an MIT Chemical Engineering Communication Lab Fellow.Kara Rodby, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kara Rodby is a third year PhD student in the Chemical Engineering Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Kara is a member of the Brushett Lab, where she researches system-level, techno-economic analysis and design of redox flow batteries for grid applications. Kara is a co-founder of the Graduate Women in Chemical Engineering group at MIT.Gurleen Kaur Singh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gurleen Kaur Singh is an Education and
Mahmoud, Wartburg College Murad is an Assistant Professor at the Engineering Science Department at Wartburg College. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Utah State University. Research interests include recruitment into STEM, diversity in STEM as well pedagogy and instruction.Prof. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education Kurt Becker is the current director for the Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER) which examines innovative and effective engineering education practices as well as classroom technologies that advance learning and teaching in engineering. He is also working on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects exploring engineering design thinking. His areas
Computing Machinery, respectively. We investigate ways to characterize theselected codes to help facilitate a choice of codes by an educator to include in his or her courses.We conclude with a brief discussion of our ongoing research and an approach to teaching andassessing student outcomes in data science ethics.2. The Role of Ethics in Curriculum ReportsIn this section, we review reports with curriculum recommendations for data science, focusingon their coverage of teaching ethics. The reports are authored by multi-disciplinary teams underthe auspices of one or more professional, education-oriented organizations. The focus is onundergraduate data science, but pre-college and graduate studies are also considered. The mainfocus of the reports is
on the unique challenges of underrepresentedstudent populations in rural parts of the U.S. Results from this study will go into furtherinforming the current mentoring model utilized in Botswana. In addition, this study will provideinsight into the best practices for facilitating a virtual-mentoring experience through the use of asoftware application in facilitating long-distance mentoring relationships. Researchers willinvestigate its viability to serve as a mentoring tool in Botswana. Finally, this research study willdevelop formative and summative evaluation tools that will help investigate the impact of theBotswana mentorship program on female students’ self-efficacy, interests, and perceptions ofSTEM careers. NC State is uniquely
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agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and Department of Education, with a role in supporting K–12 STEM education should fund research on topics relevant to the professional development of practicing and the education of prospective K–12 teachers of engineering. To the extent practicable, the efforts should take advantage of methods, such as design research, that encourage collaboration with stakeholders and existing reform efforts. Pressing issues include: • Describe the subject-matter content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge required for high-quality K–12 engineering education and how this knowledge varies across grade levels. • Describe pedagogical
Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu- dents’ identity development. She has won several awards for her research