final grade) at the beginning of a CS1 course? • Which factors affect students’ self-reported learning self-efficacy at the beginning of a CS1 course based on gender, prior programming experience, and GPA?4 Course ContextThe data used in this study comes from a two-credit introductory programming course for engi-neering students that was taught in MATLAB. This class was taught using the flipped classroommodel at an R1 research university in the US over four semesters: Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring2022, and Fall 2022. This course has multiple and varying sections, all offering an in-person classsubsection (except the Spring 2021 semester, in which the majority of students attended online dueto the pandemic). Generally, each of the
bring in their history in person?MethodsThis study presents a case where Sarah, a second-year female mechanical engineering student,(re)explores and (re)negotiates her relationships with mechanical engineering through a coursecalled “Making to Learn”.Course of focus: Making to LearnMaking to Learn is a course offered at a medium-sized private university in New England. Inspring 2022 when Sarah attended the course, the second author of this paper was the courseinstructor. The first author participated in the course as a “researcher-in-residence” - she attendedall the sessions as a student, sometimes a TA that offered students technical help while collectingdata at the same time. In the course, participants (students, the instructor, and
School of Engineeringrecognizes that there may yet be additional new opportunities, such as music and engineering.While it is too soon to determine whether this could constitute a fifth specialization, our existingIndividualized Specialization offers the mechanism to bridge these fields without having tocreate a new specialization.Innovations in Teaching Formats.The Center for Teaching and Learning at our university funded six faculty members to attend aSummer 2022 program hosted by Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Center for Project BasedLearning (PBL), which involved the departments of Mechanical Engineering, BiomedicalEngineering, Material Science and Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and theDepartment of Art and Art History
course How to Use Instructions on how to use this reward in the course Cost How much virtual money it costs Total Counts How many items are offered to the entire class4. Case StudiesThree gamification case studies were conducted at University of Wisconsin-Platteville during thefall semester of 2022. These case studies all followed the proposed gamification framework.However, they were customized for different STEM courses with slightly different objectives.4.1 A Software Engineering Course Case StudyA dragon slayer game was implemented in a junior level software engineering course (SE3730Software Quality). The course consisted of two sections with a total of 52
environmental engineering course described above (CEE 190). Courseinstructors strategically planned the mentoring groups to coordinate with project milestones andteaching assistants helped moderate the mentoring group activities in each mentorship session.“Targeted” Mentoring FrameworkIn the “targeted” mentoring framework, groups of first-year students are strategically paired withgroups of upper-level teams. Instructors or teaching assistants pair the two groups together basedon similar interests. In the case of the Fall 2022 pilot program, groups of first-year students werepaired with upper-level students researching material related to the first-year students’ projecttopic.The two groups met three times throughout the semester. Dates are
together to create aPCB board for an odometer designed and fabricated by the students in the course. In addition tolearning electronic prototyping skills such as soldering and circuit design, students created aseries of solid models using Siemens NX with established interfaces that were maintained via acustom Product Data Management (PDM) program.Due to the breadth of the project, there are many niche activities that students can participate in.For example, in the Autumn of 2022, students worked together to create an odometer to measurevehicle motion. One group of students was assigned to design and create the sensor-board,soldering integrated circuits (IC) onto a prototyping circuit board (PCB), while another groupworked on designing and
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Health Distress and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Engineering Students," in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2021.[8] S. K. Lipson, S. Zhou, B. Wagner, K. Beck, and D. Eisenberg, "Major Differences: Variations in Undergraduate and Graduate Student Mental Health and Treatment Utilization Across Academic Disciplines," Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 23-41, 2016/01/02 2016, doi: 10.1080/87568225.2016.1105657.[9] A. Danowitz and K. Beddoes, "Mental Health in Engineering Education: Identifying Population and Intersectional Variation," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 257-266, 2022.[10] K. Jensen, E. Johnson, J. Mirabelli, and
for Learning & Technology staff to better support faculty, hands-on workshops tofamiliarize novice users to the tool, and advanced training sessions for early adopters to sharebest practices and innovative uses of the tool.In the summer of 2022 three professional development opportunities were developed and offeredrelated to Gradescope. These were a basic Gradescope training workshop, and advanced usersGradescope workshop, and a “Technology in the Classroom” panel session for new facultyonboarding. The institute provided a stipend of $100 for faculty to attend either of the first twoworkshops. The instructional design team within the Learning & Technology departmentcreated the basic training workshop which would walk participants
ofmetal/ceramic coupling. Corrosion Science, 80, 191–196. doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2013.11.024[10] Chebolu, R., Nallu, R., Chanamala, R., Kumar Sharma, S., Rudrapati, R. Influence ofSiC/TiB2 Particles Addition on Corrosion Behavior of As-Cast Zn-Al-Cu Alloy HybridComposites, Journal of Engineering, vol. 2022, Article ID 3669584, 5 pages, 2022.https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3669584
Paper ID #40331Challenges in Designing Complex Engineering Problems to Meet ABETOutcome 1Dr. Bijan G Mobasseri, Villanova UniveristyMs. Liesl Klein, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Liesl Krause-Klein is a assistant teaching professor at Villanova University in their electrical and computer engineering department. She graduated from Purdue University’s Polytechnic institute in 2022. Her research focused on student well-being. She is currently in charge of curriculum for capstone projects within her department.Mr. Edward Stephen Char Jr., Villanova University BS EE Villanova University 1996 MS EE Villanova
sustainability.AcknowledgementThe authors acknowledge the support of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) for workshops relatedto engineering education.References[1] B. Gagnon, R. Leduc, and L. Savard. Sustainable Development in Engineering: A Review of Principles and Definition of a Conceptual Framework. Environmental Engineering Science 2009, 26:10, 1459-1472[2] P. Glavič. Updated Principles of Sustainable Engineering. Processes 2022; 10(5):870. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10050870.[3] M.V. Fedkin. EME 807 Course: Technologies for Sustainability Systems. Penn State University. 2017. Available online: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/eme807/node/575 (accessed on 15 March 2022).[4] S.I. Rodriguez, M.S. Roman, S.C. Sturhahn, and E.H. Terry. Sustainability
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theirfinal portfolio after it had been reviewed for correctness and completeness.AnalysisIn previous iterations of the process control course, students were assigned 29 homework exercises as partof the weekly assignments, 2 large exam exercises on the midterms, and the semester-long course project.In the Spring 2022 semester with the ungrading approach, across the 14 COs, students were provided 71homework-level exercises to choose from on the foundational and intermediate scale, 11 exam-levelexercises to choose from on the advanced scale, and the course project with assessment of four componentsassociated with three COs. The significantly larger number of exercises was based on having more optionsaligned with each CO, as well as providing students
essential resourceslike online tutoring services, mentor programs, and scholarship information which should be introducedto them formally from the first day of college. For example, Oakley [ in person, Software Engineering,expected graduation Spring 2022] mentioned, Oh yeah, unfortunately. So with my personal situation, I could not receive as much FAFSA as probably a student that would apply with a parent because I don't have a parent to apply with. So a lot of my finances for the first three and a half years of my degree, I was paying out of pocket from my paychecks at work. And then this past year, unfortunately, they said that I make too much money outside of work to even get any FAFSA. So now it's my first
particular, there was a 39% increase in the number of concepts in the concept mapbetween pre-and post-experience surveys. Chang et al. (2022) conducted a bibliometric analysisand systematic review of scientific publications from 1992 to 2020 on trends, roles, andapplication of concept maps [11]. The study indicated that there were significant improvementsin learning achievements, motivations, and collaborative learning within engineering, science,and language courses due to the use of the concept maps. However, studies have seldomevaluated the efficacy of integrating problem-based learning and concept map developmentmethods in AEC education. Additionally, studies have also not assessed if the benefits of bothpedagogical approaches can be achieved in
the community collegestudents. Community college students are more likely to leave school without a degree, andresearchers could focus on how in-class active learning use could possibly lead to higher studentretention and improved student outcomes.References[1] T. Bailey, R., S. Smith Jaggars, and D. Jenkins, Redesigning America's Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success. Harvard University Press, 2015.[2] A. K. Varty, "Promoting Achievement for Community College STEM Students through Equity-Minded Practices," CBE—Life Sciences Education, vol. 21, no. 2, p. ar25, 2022, doi: 10.1187/cbe.21-09-0237.[3] X. Wang, "Pathway to a Baccalaureate in STEM Fields: Are Community Colleges a Viable Route and Does Early
, the research studentscreated examples. The research students were selected for their independence, coding ability (orwillingness to learn coding), and understanding of statics concepts. An additional grant of $2,000was provided in April 2022 to incorporate more student problems into the OER textbook. Theproject is expected to be completed by May 2023. The next section details the roles andresponsibilities of each of the researchers.Project Roles and ResponsibilitiesThe responsibilities differ for each stakeholder in the development of the OER textbook andincorporation of problems. The specific tasks are listed in Figure 1, with the correspondingstakeholder. Though most of the tasks are chronological (from top to bottom in the figure
, Excel ● Professionalism - Ethics, Teamwork, Communication ● Design - Needs identification, ideation, concept generation, iteration ● Structure - Requirements, specifications, drawings, proposals ● Multidisciplinary - Projects mix elements from electrical, mechanical, computer, and manufacturing domains ● Context - Global issues, standards, contemporary issues, customersThe project described in this paper was conducted in ENGR 200 in the Fall of 2022. It is normalfor the students in the class to have a variety of expectations, motivations, and backgrounds.Some had previous exposure to programming including platforms like the Arduinos. Others hadno experience with programming
the interest in these career opportunities, the better people will prepare themselveseducationally for succeeding in challenging career pathways (Bandura and Locke, 2003; Matonet al., 2016).Figure 1: The Bridge to the Doctorate theoretical framework. Each component has definedactions which will accomplish the goals of each domain.N.C. A&T, a member of the North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority ParticipationSTEM Pathways and Research Alliance (NC-LSAMP SPRA) — a senior alliance (founded in1992) comprised of eight University of North Carolina (UNC) system institutions—is pleased tosubmit this proposal to serve as a 2022-2024 Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) site. The largesthistorically black college and university (HBCU) in the
using SnappyXO Advanced Robotics kit (http://www.snappyxo.com) incorporatingan Arduino-based microcontroller board are shown in Fig. 8. Once students have some experience with the software, they are asked to use it for their finalcapstone robot design project, which places a heavy emphasis on mechanism design aspect. TheFall 2022 website of the project is available at https://sites.google.com/stonybrook.edu/mec101fall2022. Interested readers are welcome to make a copy of the google site and use it fortheir own classes. MotionGen Pro is also being used in other classes such as Kinematics of Machinery, Mecha- Figure 7: Wiper mechanism in the front windshield found in some Mercedes Benz models Figure 8: A few students’ mechanism
questions about their sense of belonging and connection to the community. The team tested the survey with a small group of Black students to ensure that the questions were clear and easy to understand. b. The survey was made available online in March 2022 and provided multiple reminders to encourage participation and increase response rates. Over 115 students from a total of over 330 students completed the online survey yielding a response rate of more than 35%. c. The institutional review Board’s (IRB) committee of the institution approved the research and all of the participants consented to the IRB rules. 3. Interventions and strategy forward: The
0.20 and collaboration (PLC) 1 Interest-type 3.18±0.64 3.22±0.57 0.04 0.85 epistemic curiosity (IEC) 2 Deprivation-type 2.6±0.56 2.63±0.68 0.03 0.90 epistemic curiosity (DEC) 2 * Significant difference between pretest and posttest scores.1 1-7 Likert Scale2 1-4 Likert ScaleConclusionTwo experiments were developed using the ECP: Hooke’s law, a ruler experiment, and deflection,which will be further developed. The ruler experiment was successfully customized and integratedusing mathematics, and we also integrated calculus in Hooke’s law, where we have the initial andfinal length. These data are for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022, and details are
mindsets related to their entrepreneurial self-efficacy? 3. How reliable are the Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy for Engineering Students (ESE-E) scales?MethodScale development protocol Overall, we followed Messick’s (1995) guide on scale development and validation. Sucha scale development guide was also followed by recent self-efficacy instruments for writing (Sunet al., 2022; Varier et al., 2021). We considered the development of an instrument requiresmultiple phases, such as theoretical and empirical grounding of the target construct, pilot testing,and obtaining various types of validity evidence according to the Standards for Educational andPsychological Testing (American Educational Research Association, American
a career fair each semester connecting over2,000 students with around 200 employers. [8] One hundred and twenty-six employers attendedthe career fair in the fall of 2022 looking to hire mechanical engineers. Only 1 employer self-identified as a company in the automotive industry (0.7%).Literature ReviewNew Engineers / Students’ Vision of the WorkplaceThere can be a disconnect between the practices of being and engineering student and that of aprofessional engineer. The transition from engineering student to new engineer is separated bytime, but also the constraint of a curriculum teaching technical content knowledge chunked intocourses, and the applied nature of work, less bounded by the necessities of academia. Throughstudies of these new
10.00% 200 5.00% 100 0 0.00% Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Total # of first year engineering students Calculus I Enrollment PercentageCalculus I students at our engineering school are at a wide range of preparedness levels. Manystruggle with this course and the pandemic in the past two years only exacerbated the situation.In fall 2021, 33 out of 183 students (18%) in Calculus I at our engineering school receivedD/fail
curricular requirementsand faculty resource requirements within the context of traditional higher education constructionmanagement programs.Course DeploymentThe faculty member who developed this course is a full-time faculty at the constructionmanagement program in one of the institutions in the New England region. The faculty memberpossesses a Ph.D. In a related field and applied for faculty residency for the summer of 2022.The institution, the contracting firm, and AGC approved the faculty residency application. Thefaculty and the contracting firm designed the following aspects of training during the VDCResidency program. 1. MEP coordination and clash detection 2. Site logistics and Construction Bidding 3. Drones, Laser scans, and
perceived struggles could help instructors betterunderstand student circumstances during remote learning and other times of struggle, improvingsupport both inside and outside of the classroom.References [1] C ARETHERS , J. Insights into disparities observed with COVID-19. Journal of Internal Medicine 289, 4 (2021). [2] D E S ANTOS -B ERBEL , C., H ERNANDO G ARC´I A , J. I., AND D E S ANTOS B ERBEL , L. Undergraduate Student Performance in a Structural Analysis Course: Continuous Assessment before and after the COVID-19 Outbreak. Education Sciences 12, 8 (2022). [3] D OEBLING , A., AND K AZEROUNI , A. M. Patterns of Academic Help-Seeking in Undergraduate Computing Students. Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education
, specifically the SDG 5, which aims to achieve equal rights and opportunities for womenand girls.As mentioned earlier, the low representation of women in engineering remains a concern, as theirparticipation in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) hoversaround 20%. This figure is even lower in specific engineering specialties, as reported by Zapataand Truyol (2022) [6]. According to the 2019 European Union report "She Figures”, only 15% ofwomen in STEM occupy high-ranking positions, compared to 22% of those present in highereducation [7]. This leads to an unequal representation of genders in a highly relevant space, asare Universities, where the education of future professionals takes place.A 2005 study conducted a
insights and ideas as mentioned by two of the participants:“very much so. It gave me insight into some newer things and how to implement them into myprogram” and “Yes. Was exposed to many ideas and concepts that unaware of nor had the conceptof usage in 2022.” The results as shown in Table 4 indicate that participants could nurture some ideas basedon the material to involve their students in advanced manufacturing and get them familiar withlocal industries.Table 4: Participants’ opinions on how the provided workshop material could help them as instructors. All of the information on the manufacturing industry / how many opportunities our students have if we can begin implementing coding and