ofways)5. In them, we encourage individual students to focus on skill mastery (or, more likely,focus on remediating their failure to master)7. And finally, we choose to believe that oncemastered – despite all our first-hand experience and research findings to the contrary – thatindividual skill will be completely serviceable4.Most scholars of language and language use and especially those who study language learningand teaching would repudiate such an approach and would summarily reject all the assumptionslisted above8, 9. Yet the communications curricula that embody these assumptions not onlypersist, they are the norm. The obvious question is “why?” The short and admittedly over-simplified answer is that once assumptions are embodied in an
background material becamecumbersome. As a result, each major block of instruction started with introductory concepts toprovide the students with a common engineering language and a set of tools to facilitatediscussion of the case study topics.Just-in-time teaching (JITT) presents material in such a format that the distractions to cognitivelearning are minimized by reducing the amount of theoretical models necessary to master newtopics to an absolute minimum.9 Using real-world case studies as a means of generating interestand just-in-time teaching as a means of reducing distractions has been demonstrated to be apotent combination in the undergraduate classroom particularly in the thermal-fluid sciencesrealm.8The end result of the careful process of
in two-semester sequences with a corresponding laboratory (e.g., thermal-fluids, mechanics andmaterials, etc.). The teaching of design has been integrated to the curriculum by devoting acertain fraction of the coursework or labs to open-ended design problems. Likewise, formalintroduction to the engineering design method is made at the sophomore level in two courses:Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Tools. These coursesintroduce the design cycle, and expose students to design concepts by using problems withinreach at the sophomore level (e.g., statics, simple material selections, etc.). The tools courseintroduces the students to the machine shop and to the software packages they need to master inorder to
expectation of experiencing resultssimilar to those reported should be aware of the practical limitations of educational studies. Ingeneral., educational studies tell us what worked, on average, for the populations examined andlearning theories suggest why this might be so. However, claiming that faculty who adopt aspecific method will experience similar results in their own classrooms is simply not possible.Even if faculty master the new instructional method, they can not control all other variables thataffect learning. There are conditions where a teacher may have to “go with the odds.” The moreextensive the results supporting a new method, and the more the instructor’s students resemblethe reported test population, the better the odds are that the
this was the sole factor behind the problem. Items 5 and 6 appear to be software problemswith both the Tandberg and the NetOp products with no obvious pattern associated with theiroccurrence.The Tech-Prep grant project was considered a success by the ENTC department, the high school,the college and by the TBR. The main successes gained from the project are listed below.The following successes were gained:1) The remote students mastered the same material with comparable grades as the local students and as compared to previous classes;2) Each senior of the remote student group went on to enroll in college after graduation; and,3) Remote classroom software interaction proven to work in the engineering technology
questions students pose after a lecture on reflexagents in AI. The assessment was done on one of the components of Computational thinkingproposed as logical reasoning ability.Cruz Castro, Magana, Douglas, & Boutin [34], used formative assessment, conformed by multipleartifacts such as exams and homework graded at the learning objective level, to evaluate theprogression of students in CT practices. In this study, the researchers used the framework proposedby Weintrop [5], arguing its closeness to engineering needs. They concluded that some practiceshave a high impact on student performance, such as troubleshooting and debugging, which needto be mastered to acquire more complex skills.Mendoza Diaz, Meier, Trytten, & Yoon [35], developed their
out.Interestingly, one of her classmates also referred to pacing as an issue, but shared the oppositeview that the pacing could be too slow, particularly when working at their own pace on designchallenges resulted in boredom for groups who completed design challenges earlier than others. In addition to frustrations related to pacing, some students shared examples of activitiesthat they found exceedingly difficult and were not able to master. Several 6th grade studentsshared negative attitudes toward the 3-D figure drawing exercises in the 6th grade curriculum,referring to their belief that they “can’t draw”. For example, one 6th grade student noted, “I’m nota person that likes to draw, so when it was ‘you’ve got to do this specific step’, it
Learning Studio Modules,” 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, OH, June 2017.19 Notaros, B. N., S.B. Manic, and A.A. Maciejewski, “Introducing MATLAB-Based Instruction and Learning in the Creativity Thread of a Novel Integrated Approach to ECE Education,” 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, OH, June 2017.20 Chen, T. W., A. A. Maciejewski, B.M. Notaros, A. Pezeshki, and M. D. Reese, “Mastering the Core Competencies of Electrical Engineering through Knowledge Integration,” 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, June 2016.21 Chen, T. W., B. M. Notaros, A. Pezeshki, S. Roy, A. A. Maciejewski, and M. D. Reese, “Knowledge Integration to Understand Why,” 2017 ASEE Annual
and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Dr. Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Ertekin received his BS degree in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University. He received MS degree in Production Management from Istanbul University. After working for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey as a project engineer, he received dual MS degrees in engi- neering management and mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T), formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. He worked for Toyota
-Berkeley, UCLA, Columbia and CMU in the USA, at Strathclyde and Loughborough in the UK, at INSA-Lyon and Provence in France and at EPFL in Switzerland.Dr. Ting Song, South Puget Sound Community College Ting Song is professor in Department of CAD/BIM in South Puget Sound Community College. Ting holds a bachelor degree in Environmental Engineering. In addition, she holds a master and a doctoral degree in Engineering Education from Utah State University. Ting’s research interests include areas in engineering design and design thinking. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Decomposition/Recomposition Design Behavior of Student and Professional Engineers: A Pilot
Advanced General Aviation • Pattern Recognition of Biological Pho-tomicrographs Using Coherent Optical Techniques Nick also received his four masters; in AerospaceEngineering, Civil Engineering, Operation Research, and Mechanical Engineering all from PrincetonUniversity during the years from 1973 through 1976. He received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanicalengineering, with minor in Mathematics from Michigan State. Nick has served and held positions inAdministration (Civil, Chemical, Computer Engineering, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Manu-facturing, Bioengineering, Material Science), and as Faculty in the engineering department for the pasttwenty seven years.Industry experience: Consulting; since 1987; Had major or partial role in: I
as a group are more highly represented than lecturersin our sample.Distribution of responses by age is shown in figure 3.The gender division in the sample is shown in figure 4. Not unexpectedly women constituteonly thirty percent of the sample. This is not unusual in higher education in science andtechnology in Western countries, where women have traditionally been under-represented.The option of no answer/other was added in the 2012 survey.Respondents identified the levels of the courses they normally taught. A good cross sectionof teachers teaching at all year levels from first year to PhD courses responded both in 2009and 2012. Only about 20% of the respondents primarily teach at just one level of courses,such as master level. Most
ideas of existence (that something physically existsin the world) and essence (the underlying rationale for a thing’s state of being) have becomedecoupled. This decoupling, i.e. disconnect of artefacts from the natural world, has led tomeans being separated from ends leading to a crisis for civilization (MacIntyre, 2009). Itmay be that our disconnect from the essence of existence triggers a need for control that isexpressed through mastering technology. Feenberg framed technology dialectically on twoaxes: (1) whether technology reflects or stands separate from human values, and (2) whethertechnological developments can be managed by humans or are ultimately incontrollable(Feenberg, 2006; Mitcham, 1994). Mapping definitions to these axes
(2011-2014), she worked in the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education on research and evaluation projects related to the use of technology in STEM education. Dr. London masters mixed methods and computational tools to address complex problems, including: science policy issues surrounding STEM learning in cyberlearning envi- ronments; evaluation and impact analysis of federal investments in R&D; and applications of simulation & modeling tools to evaluate programs.Dr. Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Edward Berger is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, joining Purdue in August 2014
andsocial life of the NSF STEM scholars. We are pleased to report, from the first two cohorts thatwent through this NSF STEM program, the following accomplishments so far: - One student accepted at a medical school - One scholar accepted in a physician assistant program - One accepted in the Masters in Health Administration - Two scholars preparing to take the Medical College Admission Tests - One scholar secured a high profile internship in J.P. Morgan Bank in information technology - Another one secured a sought-after internship in Exxon Mobil - Others secured well-paying jobs in engineering firmsThe current cohorts are involved in a variety of activities such as REU summer research andvarious internships
the impact of operationalizing culturally responsive teaching in the STEM classroom. As executive director of the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research, she collaborates on various state and national STEM education programs and is PI on major grant initiatives through NASA MUREP and NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education and NSF DUE . Araceli holds Engineering degrees from The University of Michigan and Kettering University. She holds a Masters degree in Education from Michigan State and a PhD in Engineering Education from Tufts University.Dr. Laura Rodriguez Amaya, Texas State UniversityDr. Hiroko Kawaguchi Warshauer, Texas State University Dr. Hiroko Kawaguchi Warshauer received her Ph.D. in
skill of the ringer does not show reduction in thevariability of the scores however (Table 3 rows 3 and 4). This may be due to what Vygotskysuggests is the “zone of proximal development” (ZPD) within which a student is capable ofcomprehending new material. For instance, a student may be struggling to comprehend loops,where the ringer has long mastered that skill and forgotten what it was like to struggle withloops. If a student’s and the ringer’s ZPD do not overlap enough, then the student will bemissing out on the benefits of working with an MKO as the ringer cannot relate. On the flipside, if the team’s ZPDs overlap too much, the ringer can only stretch the team so far. Vygotskymight suggest that a team must be formed so that the ZPD of each
management, Hangzhou Dianzi University 2007-2012 Associate Pro- fessor, School of management, Hangzhou Dianzi University 2005-2007 Assistant Professor, School of management, Hangzhou Dianzi UniversityMiss Yuexin Jiang, Zhejiang University Master degree candidate in School of Public Affairs in Zhejiang University. Research direction: Educa- tional Economy and Management.Dr. Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University Xiaofeng Tang is a postdoctoral fellow in engineering ethics at Penn State University. He received his Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 University Innovation & Entrepreneurship
practices in engineering education since 2003 (at Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. She is currently engaged in course development and instruction for the junior design sequence (ENGR 331 and 332) and the freshman design experience, along with coordinating junior capstone at JMU. In addition to the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Dr. Barrella holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (Transportation) from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University.Dr. Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel Dr. Mary Katherine Watson is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel
participate in a meaningful transformation of reality. Audre Lorde,for instance, emphasized eroticism as an internal source of power for women, by which they canovercome the fear resulting from systematic suppression. The erotic, Lorde argues, providesenergy for liberatory change and movement.51Solidarity is another crucial constituent of liberation. The process of liberation cannot happen inisolation. There is a need to move from the notion of individualism to one that enjoins theoppressed to labor together, fostering new and resilient relationships in the liberation struggle.47Dussel criticizes European philosophy in relation to the notion of “master-servant domination”and emphasized the importance of person-person relationships in the process of
- ucational reports and papers. Some of these products/reports have already been launched/completed and are now in use. Others are in their development stages. Dr. Darabi’s research group uses Big Data, process mining, data mining, Operations Research, high performance computing, and visualization techniques to achieve its research and educational goals.Ms. Elnaz Douzali, University of Illinois, Chicago Elnaz Douzali is a graduate student and researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a part of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department and will receive her Masters of Science degree in Industrial Engineering in May 2018. Her research interests include Educational Data Mining, Process Mining, and
in Two Courses of Expertise[6], where the adaptive expert is juxtaposed to the routine expert, a master of efficiency andskills necessary to develop solutions on preconceived ideas. Other thinkers on adaptive expertise[7] define those that design with both efficiency and innovation. Figure 1 below maps theadaptive expert against other design thinkers: Figure 1: Schwarz, Bransford and Sears’ Two dimensions of learning in design [7]The core characteristics of an expert in the context of design thinking are based in theirsuccessfulness in generating effective, long-lasting solutions in each of the design dimensions.Learning and design thinking is performed in both dimensions by the adaptive expert, enablingholistic solutions. Razzouk and
practicing engineers. In addition, she conducts studies of new engineering pedagogy that help to improve student engagement and understanding.Dr. Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Cheryl Carrico is a Postdoctoral Research faculty member for Virginia Tech. Her current research fo- cus relates to STEM career pathways (K-12 through early career) and conceptual understanding of core engineering principles. Dr. Carrico owns a research and consulting company specializing in research evaluations and industry consulting. Dr. Carrico received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech, Masters of Engineering from North Carolina State University, MBA from King University, and PhD in
Paper ID #17761Metal Cutting and Manufacturing Economics Project for FreshmenDr. Huseyin Sarper, Old Dominion University H¨useyin Sarper, Ph.D., P.E. is a master lecturer in the Engineering Fundamentals Division and the Me- chanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a professor of engineering and director of the graduate programs at Colorado State University – Pueblo in Pueblo, Col. until 2013. He was also an associate director of Colorado’s NASA Space Grant Consortium between 2007 and 2013. His degrees, all in industrial engineering, are from the Pennsylvania
relevant to problems in the physical and socialsciences. While cutting away all theory may render the sequence intellectually barren, it will enablestudents to appreciate and master with greater facility physics, economics, and other disciplinesmaking use of the techniques of differentiation and integration. The math department must realizethat it is toward this end that most students in the A-sequence take calculus. The B-sequence, too, ought to be more practical. If somewhat fewer topics were covered,problem solving techniques could be added without sacrifice of rigor and theoretical sophistication.The orientation might then place the sequence somewhere between the present A and B tracks. Both tenured faculty and Joseph Fels Ritt
Paper ID #18100Open Educational Engineering Resources: Adoption and Development byFaculty and InstructorsChelsea Leachman, Washington State University Chelsea Leachman is the engineering librarian at Washington State University. She obtained here Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2011. She has a background in science and engineering. She received her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with a minor in geology from the University of Idaho 2007.Ms. Talea Anderson, Washington State University Talea Anderson works as Scholarly Communication Librarian in the Center
consideration (required) as well as commentary onwhether the obtained results resemble the expected results (to establish whether the studentsunderstand what they are looking for). Further commentary would explain what factorsinfluenced the results to be non-ideal (which would indicate understanding of both the systemunder study and the data collection system at issue in the lab). Grading reflects mastery of theexperimental system—the more the student explains, the better the mark.As the students master the details of project set-up, we shift to more formal reporting, with shortreports that ask for project motivation, goals and methods as well as results, and we support thisby providing examples and by providing lectures on the structure of and
Paper ID #19163Practicing What we Preach: A Multi-Disciplinary Team Teaching Multi-DisciplinaryTeamworkDr. Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo Ada Hurst is a Lecturer in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. She has taught and coordinated the capstone design project course for the Management Engineering program since 2011. She also teaches courses in organizational behavior, theory, and technology. She received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering, followed by Master of Applied Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Management Sciences, all from the University of
J. Culbertson is an Associate Professor of Physics. Currently, he teaches introductory mechanics and electrodynamics for physics majors and a course in musical acoustics, which was specifically de- signed for elementary education majors. He is director of the ASU Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) Project, which strives to produce more and better high school physics teachers. He is also director of Master of Natural Science degree program, a graduate program designed for in-service science teachers. He works on improving persistence of students in STEM majors, especially under-prepared students and students from under-represented groups. c American Society for Engineering
community, we should consider the responsible development of thesetechnologies.” [1] Such a vision for engineering is not new. In Engineers for Change: CompetingVisions of Technology in 1960s America, Matthew Wisnioski presents the struggle of engineersand the profession to define their purpose and identity [2]. Charles Vest, former NAE President,wrote: “The social and intellectual unrest of the 1960s forced engineers, long the masters ofhow, to confront why. The struggle to establish a socio-technical framework for engineering,university curricula to imbue it, and a popular understanding of it remain largely unmet today.”Wisnioski notes that “calls to make engineers more humane had a familiar ring” and elaborateson numerous efforts by ASEE, NAE