Conference Session

Pay It Forward: Critical Thinking, Reflection and Faculty Engagement Promote Success in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R Goldberg, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology; Rory A. Cooper, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Ding, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology; Alicia Koontz, Human Engineering Research Laboratories

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Laboratories Page 22.1615.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using Experiential Learning to Inspire, Educate, and Empower Underrepresented Undergraduates in STEMAbstractThe vision of the Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center (QoLT ERC) is totransform the lives of people with reduced functional capabilities due to aging or disabilitythrough intelligent devices and systems. Through the ERC mechanism, a comprehensiveeducation and outreach program has been developed to inspire, educate, and empower

Conference Session

Workplace Concerns, Realities, and Intangibles

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

surveys of these incoming freshmen finds some startlingrevelations. Comments range from, “I will never have to write again,” to “I’m going to be anengineer and that means NO English!” We realize that with a little thought from thesestudents on the reality of life in the world of engineering will ultimately change thisperspective. But it is an incoming group that sees engineering in a different light from thefaculty and academic staff. It is important, therefore, to make every effort to juxtapositionthe teaching of the necessary technical material with those skills that will make an engineerboth suited for the real world technically and fully capable of communicating his or herengineering expertise to a waiting public.Obviously it is important to

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald H. Brown, Marquette University; Thomas F. Quinn, Marquette University; George Corliss, Marquette University; Jay R. Goldberg, Marquette University; Mark Nagurka, Marquette University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Wooster (Ohio) and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Michigan State University. He has taught and worked at the Uni- versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), Compuware Corp., and Mar- quette University, as well as in several industrial and consulting positions. His research interests include scientific computation and mathematical modeling, guaranteed enclosures of the solutions of ordinary differential equations, industrial applications of mathematics and scientific computation, numerical opti- mization, automatic differentiation, and software engineering. He teaches courses in

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

described by a three-pillar model. Figure 1: Three-pillar modelPraxis-oriented learning includes project and problem based learning, as well as a focus on theapplication of theories and methods learned in core engineering subjects (i.e. mathematics,mechanics, electrics). The main challenges are the coordination of the lectures with regard tocontent and timing, and lecturers’ motivation. Furthermore, project and problem basedlearning demands much more time in terms of supervision than standard lectures. Involvingstudents in industrial projects is not without risks and we have to ensure that such projects arecompleted to the satisfaction of our partners in industry.All departmental staff who teaches engineering

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

reformation in general, and to the use of modern pedagogicalskills in particular. The paper also argues that any meaningful change in Region’s classroompractices today (dominated by traditional lecture-based methods) must be mandated andsupported by the university administration. What is necessary to create a change, is for thedepartment or college, to have a comprehensive and integrated set of components: clearlyarticulated expectations, opportunities for faculty to learn about new pedagogies, and anequitable reward system.Introduction“To teach is to engage students in learning.” This quote, from Education for Judgment byChristenson et al, (1) captures the meaning of the art and practice of pedagogies ofengagement. The theme advocated here is that

Conference Session

Outcomes of Cooperative Education Assignments

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

sound educational approach. The college has along history of using a learn-by-doing approach to engineering education. Indeed, it is embodiedin the motto of the university “Discere Faciendo”, to learn by doing. Through this pedagogicalapproach, understanding theory is facilitated and enhanced by demonstrating its application tothe real world situations. This learning and teaching paradigm has allowed the colleges graduatesto be more productive ab initio in their professional careers than their counterparts with a lessrigorous laboratory and project based exposure. As evidenced by the growth of the “learn-by-doing” approach to education in the United States and the rest of the world, project basedlearning has been accepted as a valuable

Conference Session

Stops and Starts in the Development of Cooperative Education Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

classroom environment of engineering colleges in the Arab GulfRegion. At the start, the paper provides an overview of relevant benchmarks of engineeringeducation in the Region. Then, relates author’s preliminary findings on teaching/learningpractices in engineering colleges of the Region, sheds light on the pros and cons of the lectureformat, and examines the literature on meanings and substance of different active learningprotocols focusing on cooperative engagement strategies. The paper, also, sheds light on:theoretical roots, research support, current practices, and suggestions for redesigning classes-ifneed be- to stimulate interaction and help break the traditional lecture dominant pattern whencooperative learning protocols are deployed. The

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weican Xiao, Michigan Technological University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Computer Engineering Department HeadsAssociation, Mousavinezhad et al. started a workshop series for developing educational andresearch programs in a critical area of power and energy systems with the support of the NationalScience Foundation 3. Many recent efforts have been devoted to improve the teaching throughsimulation 4-7; nevertheless, few have been devoted to enhance hands-on skills. Recently Farhadiand Mohammed designed a Laboratory-Scale Hybrid DC power System to address that issue8.However, it requires tremendous effort from the instructors and a great amount of sourcefunding, which is hard to duplicate in most of the schools. In addition, the DC power system issparsely used in power industry as the AC power system is still dominant due

Conference Session

Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-2762: ASSESSMENT OF SERVICE LEARNINGMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a senior member of IEEE and is a member of

Conference Session

Post Graduate Experiential Programs and Insights

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David W Schmueser, Altair Engineering Inc.; Charbel Philippe Saleh, Altair Engineering Inc.; Prakash C. Shrivastava, Oakland University; Lori Lin Crose, Oakland University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

, higher education certification courses, and sponsorship of engineering team competitions. Schmueser joined Altair in 2007, after working for the Research Laboratories and Advanced Product De- velopment Divisions of General Motors and at the Battelle Columbus Laboratories. He has published numerous papers on CAE applications to lightweight structures, composite materials, and vehicle joint design. Dr. Schmueser has been an Adjunct Graduate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Depart- ment at Wayne State University since 1993. Schmueser holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Applied Mechanics from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and a doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the

Conference Session

Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tylisha Baber, Michigan State University; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

integratecooperative education based learning within their teaching practices. Contomanolis[2] conducteda study of engineering faculty at the six largest engineering cooperative education programs inthe United States (Georgia Institute of Technology, Kettering University, Drexel University,University of Cincinnati, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Northeastern University) toassess their views concerning the academic value of cooperative education and the extent towhich they utilized teaching activities to incorporate student co-op experiences into theclassroom learning environment. The survey instrument used in the study was a questionnairethat allowed faculty respondents to use a five-point Likert scale to report their attitudes on theacademic value of

Conference Session

Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Andreeva-Moschen, FH Joanneum University of Applied Science, Graz; Adrian J. Millward-Sadler, FH Joanneum University of Applied Science, Graz

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-1864: DESIGNING A NEW EVENLY BALANCED CURRICU-LUM FOR A CO-OP AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING BACHELOR’S DE-GREE PROGRAMEmilia Andreeva-Moschen, FH Joanneum, University of Applied Sciences Emilia Andreeva-Moschen is head of the Department of Vehicle Technologies (Automotive and Railway Engineering) and teaches Electrics, Electronics and Methods of Signal Processing at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum in Graz (Austria). She is also a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Transport of the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria). She graduated with a degree in Medical Electronics as well in Technical Journalism from the Technical University of Sofia and received her PhD from the Technical University of Graz

Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Patrick kinnicutt, Central Michigan University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

teams of students work on structured tasks (e.g., homeworkassignments, laboratory experiments, or design projects) under conditions that meet five criteria:positive interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-face interaction, appropriate use ofcollaborative skills, and regular self-assessment of team functioning. Many studies have shownthat when correctly implemented, cooperative learning improves information acquisition andretention, higher-level thinking skills, interpersonal and communication skills, and self-confidence.” [6].Regardless of the subject matter, research has shown that active/cooperative learning is aneffective teaching technique compared to using traditional instruction alone such as lectures. Byusing Active

Conference Session

Preparing and Retaining Engineering Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Margaret Nowicki, United States Military Academy; Elizabeth Bristow, United States Military Academy

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

accomplished duringthe summer. This, however, is sufficient time to allow the students to be exposed to, work on,and sometimes solve an engineering problem. The Army Material Command (AMC) and UnitedStates Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) sponsor most of the AIADs, but there are sponsorsfrom private engineering organizations, NASA, the national labs, and other Department ofDefense activities. This paper describes the AIAD program and discusses how it attracts andretains engineering majors. Additionally, feedback from the project sponsors can be used tomeasure student progress and assess the curriculum.Introduction “My sponsor and others at the Laboratory took time to talk with me not just about math and science but also the politics and

Conference Session

Developing Tomorrow's Leaders through Co-op Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Millward-Sadler, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

degree award) can be written in English, in which case, the student receives similarlanguage support as they would during an internship.There are many different methodologies, which can be and often are utilized in language instruction.Since the 1970s there has been much research into the modernization of traditional teaching ideas,including for example Allwright’s assertion in 1977 that ‘if the language teacher’s managementactivities are directed exclusively at involving the learners in solving communication problems in thetarget language, then language learning will take care of itself’.2 This paper does not intend to go intodetail regarding the exact nature of these changes, but will build on the concept of communicationproblems in a target

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Maggie Varga, SOCHE; Sean J. Creighton, SOCHE; Derrick Langley, Air Force Institute of Technology; Diana Lynn Cahill, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard K. Martin, The Air Force Institute of Technology

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

program has received over $2M in funding and utilizes close to 40faculty members that teach students Cyber Defense, Cyber Warfare, and Cyber Operations thatthey will implement in jobs that are greatly helpful to our country's national defense. Since itsinception, the Scholarship for Service program has had a near perfect job placement rate atagencies including the CIA, NSA, NASIC, and MIT Lincoln Laboratories. In addition, severalstudents have enrolled in PhD programs at different universities around the United States tocontinue their graduate studies.Introduction of Component #2: Student Cohorts through Social Activities and STEM-based gamesThe second component that we introduced in the 2013 Summer Research Program is Student Cohorts.This

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of Cincinnati; Maureen G. Schomaker, University of Cincinnati

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Schomaker is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Professional Practice and Experiential Learning (ProPEL) at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Ohio. Professor Schomaker holds a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Instructional Design and Technology and has been teaching in higher education since 1999. Professor Schomaker has been advising cooperative education students since 2008 and currently advises Civil Engineering co-op students at the University of Cincinnati. Professor Schomaker is an official site reviewer for the Accreditation Council for Cooperative Education. In addition Maureen is Co- Chair of ProPEL’s Program Assessment Committee and a member of the Curriculum

Conference Session

Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University; Emma M. Allain, Louisiana State University; Harald Thomas Leder, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-694: ENCOUNTER ENGINEERING IN EUROPE, EQUIPPINGSTUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE GLOBAL MARKET PLACEPaige Davis, Louisiana State University Paige Davis has 20 years experience as an Instructor in the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University. In addition to teaching she assists with the STEP program. She received her baccalaureate degree in Engineering Technology and her master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Louisiana State University.Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University Ms Dann is the Project Manager for the College of Engineering’s STEP program. She has her Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and worked for industry for 9 years prior to returning to academia.Emma M

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen M. Short, University of the District of Columbia- CC, Workforce Development and Lifelong Learning ; Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Tech; Christine Marie Fiori P.E., Virginia Tech; Tanyel Bulbul, Virginia Tech; Andrew McCoy, Virginia Tech

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Inter-Disciplinary, Mulit-Cultural Teams: Lessons from the Field.”Construction Research Congress 2012, Construction Institute of ASCE, West LaFayette, IN.6 Yates, H.N. (2010), op cit.7 Caine, R.N. & Caine, G. (1991). Making connections: Teaching and the human brain. Association for Supervisionand Curriculum Development, Addison Wesley, Alexandria, VA, 80- 87.8 Learning Point Associates (LPA). (2010). “Constructivist teaching and learning models.” North Central RegionalEducational Laboratory, (August 22, 2010).9 Monson, C. (2011). “Concepts of inquiry, constructivist learning, and the potentials of studio in constructioneducation.” 47th ASC Annual International Conference Proceedings, Associated Schools of Construction, Omaha,NE.10

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Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Farris, Grand Valley State University; Paul Merritt Lane, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-418: INTERNATIONAL CO-OP EXPERIENCE AT THE BASEOF THE ECONOMIC PYRAMID FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTSJohn Farris, Grand Valley State University John Farris is currently an associate Professor in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at Grand Valley State University (GVSU). He earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees at Lehigh University and his Doctorate at the University of Rhode Island. He has 12 years of college engineering teaching experience as well as 3 years of industrial design experience. His teaching interests lie in the product design, first year design, design for manufacture and assembly and manufacturing processes. Dr. Farris is also involved in the development and delivery of a new

Conference Session

Educating Students for the 21st Century: History, Reflection, and Outcomes

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swaminathan Balachandran, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-275: STUDENT REFLECTION IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNINGPROJECTSSwaminathan Balachandran, University of Wisconsin - Platteville Bala has more than 35 years of teaching, five years of industrial and about 10,000 hours of consulting experience. He is a fellow of IIE and senior member of SME, ASQ, APICS, HFES, INFORMS, INFOMS, ASEE, and IIE. He is a life member of Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Pi Mu, and SME. He was the chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering at UW Platteville from 1986 to 1995, established the IE laboratory facilities and secured the accreditation of the program by EAC of ABET in 1987 and 1993. He serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Production Planning and control. He is a

Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

ROBERT GRAY, Penn State Erie

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

with a local industry.Perceived Shortcomings to Traditional Systems Design CurriculumBefore I began a career in academia as a professor of (electrical) engineering, I worked inindustry for nearly 20 years. A major part of my career was in the military performing duties asan avionics maintenance technician, a flight crewmember in remote operations in Alaska, anavionics systems engineer for the F-16 aircraft, and researcher for guidance and controls systemsin an avionics laboratory. Once in front of the classroom, it did not take long before I noticedthat my senior students had a good grasp of the individual subjects (circuits, digital electronics,microprocessors, mathematics, physics, etc.), but they lacked a solid understanding of how

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Lynn Ogletree, San Jacinto College; Anthony Zippay, Arizona State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Students”. Kimberly Kendricks and AnthonyArment. Ohio State University, Journal of College and Science Teaching Vol. 24, 2011.“National Science Foundation-Sponsored Colloquy on Minority Males in STEM”. NormanFortenberry, Catherine Didion, Beth Cady, Wei Jing, Simil Raghavan. Journal of AfricanAmerican Males in Education Feb/Mar 2011 – Vol. 2 Issue 1Boyer Commission in Educating Undergraduates in the Research Laboratory. (1998).Reinventing undergraduate Education: A blueprint for Americas research universities”. MenloPark, CA: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Page 25.523.10

Conference Session

Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet; Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University, Calumet; Opal McFarlane, Purdue University, Calumet

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-933: CREATIVITY AND WORKPLACE SAFETY: PROACTIVESAFETY PRACTICES ARE VITAL IN PREVENTING EMPLOYEE IN-JURIESRalph Ocon, Purdue University CalumetShoji Nakayama, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech) Shoji Nakayama, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership and Supervision in the Department of Construction Science and Organizational Leadership at Purdue University Calumet. In this position, he teaches safety and health related courses, as well as improving Safety, Health, and En- vironmental Management curriculum through Academic Advisory Committees. Professor Nakayama has safety related experience in automotive, airline, regulatory agency and printing industries. He recently worked as an

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

. Most commonly, this is accomplished through assessment of somecourse-related activity including homework assignments, exams, laboratories, and projects.However, some of the learning outcomes are not easy to assess in a typical classroom setting. Inparticular, professional skills and their related outcomes are the most challenging to assess, likestudent learning outcome „f‟ which states that by the time a student graduates, they must have anunderstanding of the professional and ethical responsibility.[1] Multiple challenges have beenreported in the literature regarding educating students, and assessing the mastery level of thisparticular outcome.[2, 3] Some of these challenges are common to all engineering programs,including limitations to

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nashwan Younis, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

have been written about important assessment tools such as alumni feedback,employer surveys, constituents input, etc., with much emphasis on surveys. On the other hand,faculty assesses the outcomes in their classes and are very creative in developing assessmentmethods. However, traditional assessment techniques are not always adequate to measurestudent learning. Rover2 lists many important questions for educators to ask and answerregarding what to teach, how to teach it and, becoming increasingly more important, when toteach it. Therefore, HEI must keep up with pace changes in the “real world” through non-traditional assessment tools. One of them is the interaction with industry through the co-op sitevisit.This paper deals improvements related

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session: High-Impact Makerspaces, Transitioning from Co-op to School and Service Research

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education; Brian Yoder, American Society for Engineering Education; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Rossen Tsanov, American Society for Engineering Education

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

and share their skills and creations (para. 14). One ofthe main places where Makers can collaborate and share processes and products is a Makerspace.Makerspaces can be located in a wide variety of spaces, including libraries, art galleries,museums, laboratories, and workshops. Although makerspaces can vary greatly, Davee, et. aldefined them “fundamentally [as] places to design, explore, and create” (2015, p. 3).Making gained significant visibility due to President Obama’s support for the Maker Movement,culminating in the 2014 White House Maker Faire, a newly established National Week ofMaking, and the Nation of Makers Initiative. The Nation of Makers Initiative was a call tofederal agencies, companies, organizations, and schools to pledge

Conference Session

Comparing Different Aspects of the Cooperative Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Jann Joseph, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

preparation and supervisory activities by faculty as worthy assignments within faculty teaching loads.Since introduction of the blueprint for success that more visibly identifies career planning andexperiential learning as significant educational landmarks, participation in experiential educationjumped from historical levels of 45 – 48% of juniors and seniors enrolled in credit bearingexperiences to 52 – 56%. Over the same five year period, graduation rates increased from under50% to nearly 61%.The expansion in student participation in experiential education did not occur in isolation. Thus,it is not possible to establish a direct cause and effect relationship between the two. Anecdotalevidence indicates however that well prepared participation

Conference Session

Pay It Forward: Critical Thinking, Reflection and Faculty Engagement Promote Success in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Mallory Donawa, Independent Consultant

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

cognitive connections needed19 (Stark &Lattuca, 1997).Purpose The researcher was motivated to conduct the research study as a result of her work withhigher order thinking skills (HOTS) 25 years ago at a regional educational laboratory in Chicago,Illinois. The purpose of this research study was to examine whether a critical thinkingintervention would increase students’ critical thinking skills. This study was conducted over athree-year period as a mixed methods, quasi–experimental design examining STEM students’critical thinking skills at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). A standardizedcritical thinking test, the Cornell Critical Thinking Test, was administered to students enteringthe Pre-Freshmen Accelerated Curriculum

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Timothy Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

“catch up” to the competition. Investing in the future has always been a challenge we have faced and conquered in the United States as we continuously move forward with innovative ways to teach math and science such that young students will embrace the excitement of laboratory and other hand-on teaching methods in math and science; leading to their interest and pursuit of engineering as a career in the future. This paper will not discuss STEM Education or the many efforts being invested in to grow our engineers and scientist base of the future; rather it will present a solution to how one company manages to provide a cohesive and inclusive “development programs” structure including opportunities available during the engineering student’s