Collection

2020 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Johannes Weickenmeier, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

showed examples of scientific writing in preparation of defining the student’s own reports. - Peer Review Process: Peer Review is a fundamental part of any rigorous scientific process. In the workshop, we present how to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a publication with respect to properly defining the work’s objectives, the suitability of their methods, the representation of their results, and the validity of their discussion and conclusion points. We outline the impact of a supportive feedback culture in the scientific community and the relevance of considerate and inquisitive review of the work of peers.We conducted a total of four breakout sessions, 15 minutes each, and 3 students per room. In thefirst breakout room, each

Collection

2020 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Jan Cannizzo, Stevens Institute of Technology

is visible to everyone in their group. We could not rely, for instance, on students having a tablet and stylus that they could share with their peers, and we felt that a virtual whiteboard that students had to operate with a touchpad or mouse was inadequate for writing detailed calculations or drawing complex images. Asking students to write on a piece of paper and then hold their work in front of their webcams likewise felt inadequate. 2. Unlike a group of students in a physical classroom, students in an online breakout room are cut off from the rest of the class. Depending on its makeup, a group of students in an online breakout room might feel lost, or deprived of broader discussions. With the