participationbecause many students feel more comfortable sharing online (either because of some sense ofanonymity or because they had more time to ponder and formulate a response). Third,instructors may get more interaction with their students because they are communicating outsideof classroom hours9. Moving discussions online can also free up class time to allow for otherforms of active learning. Another benefit provided by the use of online forums as an active learning strategy is theability they provide students to access help outside-of-class. It is common for most STEMstudents, especially those engaged in mathematics, to seek help when working on homeworkassignments or attempting to master conceptual understanding10. By implementing onlineforums
University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He is Co-Director of the IUPUI STEM Education Research Institute (SERI) and serves as Interim Chair for the TLC department. He received the Bachelor of Science degree in Radio and Television from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and the Masters of Science in Secondary Education from Indiana University. His doctorate is from the University of Louisville in Educational Administration with a cognate in urban education. Dr. Feldhaus spent 20 years as a classroom teacher, principal and district administrator in public education. His research interests include P-12 STEM education, STEM workforce education, post-secondary STEM education discipline based research, engineering technology
& B. The rubrics specify in detail what the EDP logs should include for various levels ofproficiency. It is important to note that the EDP log is designed for student growth; it is notintended to be mastered in a single use. Examples of some of the tabs filled out by 8th gradestudents are provided in the Results section.In the next section, we review the data collected from both the teachers and students regardingEDP log usage, successes, challenges, and assessment.Data Sources Teacher Interviews: To examine the use of engineering logs, four Middle School (MS)and two High School (HS) technology & engineering teachers were interviewed at the end of thefall semester, 2015. Two MS and one HS teachers had prior experience
%) were pursuing biomedical engineering majors;other academic areas of study included civil, electrical/computer, industrial, and mechanicalengineering. Sixteen students participated in-class (26%) and 45 participated online. In the twosummer sessions, all students completed the course asynchronously. However, even in-classstudents completed the bulk of their classwork online. The primary distinction between the in-class and online groups is that the former participated in a weekly lecture/discussion periodwhereas the latter did not. Additionally, most of the online students were enrolled in aprofessional masters degree program, while most of the in-class students were enrolled indoctorate degree programs. Table 3 provides an overview of the
, but he told me about it. I looked into it and I registered to take the first class. [semi-structured interview]Around that time, Frank spoke with Nathaniel about the program and spurred his interest inparticipating. Nathaniel explained how, Well in high school and actually a friend of mine, we didn't go to the same high school, we went to the same martial arts school and we both became instructors and we learned to kind of teach and interact with people in that way. So we're both here…now and he actually pointed out that there is this program towards the end of my masters and he was saying he was trying to get in to the class because at the time it was by, there were only a certain number of
success,however, will be dependent upon strong and committed male faculty willing to learn enoughabout gender issues and solutions to effectively lead this group, nurture its growth, and championits initiatives.West Virginia UniversityWest Virginia University is the flagship land-grant, doctoral degree-granting research universityin the state, consisting of 15 colleges and schools offering 191 bachelors, masters, doctoral, andprofessional degree programs serving approximately 30,000 students, undergraduate, graduateand professional students. The majority of West Virginia University’s students are nonresidents(51%), male (52%), and white (83%). West Virginia University is located in a small collegetown (i.e., 30,293 residents). As the only state
the proportion of women earning masters and doctoral level degrees has increased inengineering, the proportion of women earning bachelor’s degrees has not. Within computerscience, the rate of women earning bachelor’s degrees actually declined between 1989 and2008.2 Within the academy, the percentage of women with science and engineering doctorateswho are employed as full-time full professors has substantially increased between 1979 to 2008(from 5% to 21%). However, the number and percentage of women at the rank of full professorremains smaller than the number and rank of female faculty at the assistant professor level.2 Inthe science and engineering workforce beyond the academy, NSF data indicates that men andwomen with science and
institution1 0.121 *** 0.145 *** 0.138 *** 0.100 ** Masters institution1 -0.023 0.012 0.015 0.009 Large institution2 -0.223 *** -0.243 *** -0.223 *** -0.112 *** Medium institution2 -0.171 *** -0.156 *** -0.144 *** -0.060 * Biomedical/bioengineering3 -0.003 -0.011 -0.015 -0.029 Chemical engineering3 -0.040 -0.054 -0.048 -0.035 Civil engineering3 0.013 -0.003 0.005 0.010 Electrical engineering -0.045 -0.059 -0.041 -0.033 General engineering3 0.007 -0.015 0.043 0.155 *** Industrial engineering3
phase, (6)lesson plans and student materials for the Share phase, and (7) a final copy of all deliverableswhich are then posted on an online STEM repository that is accessible to all alumni of theprogram. Throughout the Authoring Phase, teachers attended five live synchronous webinars, aone full day workshop, and received authoring feedback from a master teacher who hadpreviously completed the program and received additional training in the program’s ProductDevelopment Education model.B. Teacher RecruitmentThe professional development program staff recruited teachers to join the summer 2014 cohortusing emails, network newsletters, and conference workshops. Twenty-six teachers registered forthe program. Teachers were invited to participate in
Paper ID #11839Using Phenomenography: Reflections on Key Considerations for Making Method-ological DecisionsEmily Dringenberg, Purdue University, West Lafayette Emily Dringenberg is a PhD Candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Kansas State ’08) and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (Purdue ’14). Her current dissertation research focuses on using qualitative methods to ex- plore the experiences of students engaging with engineering design problems. Additionally, her research interests include transfer of learning, personal epistemology
Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Michigan. He teaches a number of alternative energy courses at Lawrence Tech. Dr. Fletcher and his student research team is focusing on energy usage and efficiencies of several traditional and alternative energy systems. Page 26.1691.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Using undergraduate engineering students to develop practical methods forreducing energy costs at a grain receiving, storage and transfer facility based on an energy study in the State of MichiganABSTRACT
and moving forward. Alternatively, the script at the start of each sectionseems forced and somewhat unnatural, and continues to feel that way as we progress with ourinterviews. A few bulleted phrases about the next series of questions might be best, though I do notfeel pressured to use the script. The one piece of the interview that continues to be difficult toeffectively capture during the interview is “Translating the Reflective Activity.” While the“experience” and “meaning” are readily articulated, the other three sections (features, lens andaction) are reflective activities for the interviewer and take practice to formulate by the end of theinterview. I have not mastered this portion of the interview and prefer to take time after the
sense of ownership for the project among the teammates, but alsogives the project a greater probability of success if any one contributing member does notperform as expected. With the problem statement addressed on multiple fronts by the differentdevelopment teams, mentors could better maintain focus on system-level coordination.Mentors identified potential topics based on applicant resumes that could be used to organizethree subsidiary development teams: programming the master control system as well as theancillary embedded sensors, smart load characterization and incorporation of renewable energy,and construction of the testbed. Some tasks, such as load characterization, were estimated to takeless time or be perceived as less desirable to the
Paper ID #16102Fostering Learning Principles of Engineering DesignMr. Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma Jackson Autrey is a Master of Science student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and currently is involved with research into design-based engineering education. After completion of his Master’s degree, Jackson plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering.Prof. Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma Farrokh’s passion is to have fun in providing an opportunity for highly
engineering design professors do with their students while doing engineering education research in 1989-92 and completing my MS there. Teachers were not noticing naive designer behaviors and habits of mind when they showed up in their students’ actions and comments. I wanted to help teachers, most who were neither engineering designers nor designteachers, build the “professional vision”25 that would enable them to notice what master designteachers took note of when working with beginning design students. I started formulating a paper-based observation tool for teachers that they could carry around with them while visiting designteams. This 1-Pager, which eventually became a centerpiece figure of the 2012 JEE paper24 (pp.748-749
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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Systematic Review of Sustainability Assessments in ASEE ProceedingsAbstractEngineers are increasingly called upon to develop innovative solutions while balancingcompeting economic, environmental, and social design constraints. Consequently, manyeducators and professional organizations are calling for improvements in
Projects were the first time I’ve gotten to research and test something on that scaleand of my own interest. Though the math was difficult, I know this is the class that I will remember the mostfrom conceptually. Coming into UD I didn’t know where I wanted to take my Mechanical EngineeringDegree, however through my journey I have learned that I am extremely interested in aerospace and thisclass just increased my desire to go into aerospace engineering. Though it is going to be extremely difficult,I hope to eventually get my masters in this field. Thank you for the great semester.” - Eric I Page 16 of
include the unit that supports online learning. Theymay have resources to help you create your own videos, or they might be able to connect youwith colleagues who have found videos you could leverage in your course.How do I develop in-class activities for the flip?Anna – Start with the learning objectives for the individual session: what measurable skills andknowledge and even attitudes must students have as a result of that session? Look for activitiesthat will allow students to engage with that course material in an active rather than passive way,and that will provide feedback to you and to them about how well they have mastered material(formative assessment). Some CTLs have lending libraries, and staff there are happy torecommend resources or
of student involvement and motivation actsagainst their learning skills and that graduates often lack an understanding of the complexity ofreal industry related projects [6]. According to [5], knowledge-acquisition approaches are oftenout of alignment with professional practice. Students are more focused on obtaining short-termrewards as exams and passing grades than in knowledge discovery. Commonly, to excel in theserewards they usually rely on memorization which leads to poor long-term retention. Moreover,by the use of these methods, students are being trained to seek the one correct solution instead offinding alternatives [6]. Learning requires feedback, and students are able to really master theoryuntil they can apply their knowledge [5
Paper ID #25283Analyzing Successful Teaching Practices in Middle School Science and MathClassrooms when using Robotics (Fundamental)Mrs. Veena Jayasree Krishnan, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Veena Jayasree Krishnan received a Master of Technology (M. Tech.) degree in Mechatronics from Vel- lore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India in 2012. She has two years of research experience at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. She is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She is serving as a research assistant under an NSF-funded DR K-12 re- search project to
V P1Y |V P2| V P2X V P2Y 50 -42.0735 27.01512 50 -42.0735 27.01512 Indicates Data Pulled from a Previous Tab Figure 10. Properly formatted submission of a spreadsheet realization.Example student realizations / Interpreted script form7 students of 30 in the cohort attempted to produce script files to accomplish the semesterproject. Of these, all save one attempted to use the computation console detailed in the projectinstructions, the OCTAVE / MATLAB environment. An example block of MATLAB code issupplied in Appendix 1.One student chose to use a computing environment mastered outside the Mechanical Engineeringcurriculum as a development