Conference Session

Examining "Big" Data

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

-time-in-college students matriculating in any major at participatinginstitutions.[41, 42] The first cut of data began with 137,071 first-time-in-college (FTIC) studentswho ever matriculated in engineering at one of nine of our MIDFIELD institutions in 1988 andlater. The data for these students is complete, in other words we have everything that the registrarhas for these students. The students were further delimited to a set of students who repeated aparticular course (receiving zero credits at their home institution). We finally, we had 161,456grades for instances of where students who sometime in their careers declared an engineeringmajor took one of three introductory courses. The students’ sections for each course are counted, and

Conference Session

Student Success III: Affect and Attitudes

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan R. Senkpeil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

. Implications for student support in those differentclassroom contexts are described.1. IntroductionMany engineering programs recruit from the upper echelon of high school students, meaning thatmost incoming engineering students begin their college careers with strong academic credentials.Given the high GPAs and standardized test scores (cognitive factors) of the majority of incomingstudents, it seems clear that these students have the cognitive capacity to succeed at theuniversity. However, what we see instead is a large number of students not performing to theirpotential, or worse yet failing courses and being forced to drop out or change majors. Thisobservation suggests a number of unmeasured non-cognitive factors that play an important rolein

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

survey. Response options were oneof the following: Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D), or Strongly Disagree (SD).The portion of the survey related to the Rube Goldberg projects and the compiled responses aregiven in Table 2, with the original question numbers preserved and questions grouped accordingto subject. Survey items were typically phrased with assent indicating a positive outcome. It canbe seen that students generally had positive perceptions of the project sequence. Items 4 and 6deal with students’ overall perception of the process and the broad likelihood of a positiveimpact of these activities on their future careers. These items show that the majority of studentshad a positive view of the process. Indeed, only one student

Conference Session

Design Thinking and Creativity

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Eyerman, Fairhaven Research and Evaluation; Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder; Emily McLeod; Tania Tauer, Techbridge Girls

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

engineeringeducation to more girls. That nonprofit, Techbridge, seeks particularly to serve girls of color andgirls in lower-income neighborhoods with a goal of inspiring girls to discover their passion forscience, engineering, and technology (SET). The major goal of Techbridge is to help girls seeSET careers as a possibility for their own futures because the girls know they have the ability tosucceed in those fields. To accomplish this, Techbridge helps girls learn some technical skills inSET fields, gauge their interest in a variety of areas, and have up-close experiences interactingwith SET professionals in their workplaces. In Techbridge’s afterschool programs, girls fromgrades 4 through 12 learn technical skills in science, engineering, and technology

Conference Session

Understanding Student Behavior and Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nancy Nelson, University of Calgary; Robert William Brennan, University of Calgary

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Educational Research and Methods

, satisfaction with thelearning experience, acquisition of skills and competencies, persistence, attainment of learningobjectives, and career success [5]. These components can be used to define tangible goals forstudent success initiatives within dedicated student success departments, faculties, and individualclassrooms.Moving to the far end of the student success spectrum, a series of interviews with studentssuggests success is “not just of good grades and steady progress toward graduation, but a holisticsense of fulfillment. They want to become strong candidates for careers in their chosen fields,emerge as competent and trustworthy adults, look back on their time without regrets, and maketheir mentors and family members proud” [6]. This means

Conference Session

Student Perceptions of Self-efficacy, Success, and Identity

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Louis Nadelson, University of Central Arkansas; Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University; Estefany Soto, University of Central Arkansas ; Cindy Ann Lenhart, Oregon State University; Kate Youmans, Utah State University; Yoon Ha Choi, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

served as the Vice President for Community College Relations for Achieving the Dream, Inc., managing the Working Students Success Network, Engaging Adjunct Faculty, and other funded initiatives as well as leading Achieving the Dream’s teaching and learning programs and network-engagement activities. Prior to joining Achieving the Dream, Cindy served for more than 20 years in community colleges as an associate vice president for instruction, a department chair, and a faculty member. Cindy holds a B.S and M.S in education and began her career as a middle and high school teacher.Kate Youmans, Utah State University Kate Youmans is a PhD candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mike Pennotti, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

research at Stevens in systems engineering and intelligent / adaptive online learning systems. As the primary author of this paper, please address all related communications to her at: asquires@stevens.edu. Early in her career Alice focused on engineering hardware design and related software development, followed by technical management and operations management, with a more recent focus on systems engineering and online education and training. She has over twenty years of experience in engineering project management and technical management primarily in the defense sector. She has worked directly for several large defense companies including General Dynamics

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Miller, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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Educational Research and Methods

the challenges ofpractical application.Sometime around a student’s sophomore or junior year, they realize that engineering is not anexact science. Conditions surrounding the choice of theories and/or equations are often the mostdifficult to judge. During their academic studies, they are helped in the decision-making by thesectioning of material but once they begin their professional career they suffer from doubt,uncertainty and the loss of the answers in the back of the book. The challenge then forengineering and engineering technology professors is in preparing students to apply classroommaterial to “real life” situations while still supplying them with the essential fundamentals.This paper discusses a class assignment that inspires students

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hillary Hart, University of Texas-Austin; Christy Moore, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

by accreditation requirements5 and other factors, faculty have better definedthe need, developed materials, and introduced these topics to undergraduate engineering studentsacross the United States. Much less material, however, is available to assist in developing anengineering graduate student’s understanding of “academic” ethics involved in teaching andresearch.Researchers, such as Steneck,6 stress the importance of including topics of engineering ethics incourses across the curriculum, but few researchers have outlined specific suggestions forincluding ethics at the graduate level (there are exceptions – see Vollmer and Hall’s work7). Yet,graduate students, who stand at the doorway to future careers as high-level engineers andresearchers

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-220: EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS OF DOCTORALINSTITUTION FACULTY COLLABORATING ACROSS DISCIPLINESMaura Borrego, Virginia Tech MAURA BORREGO is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and 2005 Rigorous Research in Engineering Education evaluator. Dr. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and engineering education, including studies of the collaborative relationships between engineers and education researchers. She was recently awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study interdisciplinarity in engineering graduate

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng); Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng)

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Educational Research and Methods

seem a little more prepared. I think in the beginning, when we asked the kids what their interest was in science or what they wanted to pursue, a couple of them said it really wasn’t a science career. But like you said, I think the kids were a little bit cooler. They put up a little bit of a wall, but as the week went on, they kind of dropped that wall. They believed in some of the things that we were doing and looked at it from a different standpoint. One of the girls said, “You know what, I never really like science, but this camp is making me think about it. I can’t really compare the two groups, but since I was a camper last year, I can agree with what they were saying about not being

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Eric Pappas, James Madison University

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Educational Research and Methods

BRIGE grant), advancing problem based learning methodologies (NSF CCLI grant), assessing student learning, as well as understanding and integrating complex problem solving in undergraduate engineering education (NSF CAREER grant). Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability research, and K-12 engineering outreach.Eric Pappas, James Madison University ERIC PAPPAS is an associate professor in the School of Engineering and the Department of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University. Page 15.1082.1© American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia L. Frye, Washington State University; Devlin Montfort, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

has six years of experience designing water and wastewater treatment facilities in central California. He was the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2011. Dr. Brown’s research interests are in conceptual change, epistemology, and social or situated cognition. Specifically, his research focuses on theoretical approaches to understanding why some engineering concepts are harder to learn than others, including the role of language and context in the learning process. Page 23.963.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Personal Epistemology and Sophomore Civil

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Grant. She also was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow for her work on female empowerment in engineering which won the National Association for Research in

Conference Session

Alternatives to Traditional Assessment

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Richard T. Mangum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

. She graduated from Purdue University with a PhD in Aeronautical and Astronau- tical Engineering and is interested in increasing classroom engagement and student learning.Prof. Richard T. Mangum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Richard T. Mangum is an assistant professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Campus. He is a PhD candidate in Texas Tech University’s Technical Communication and Rhetoric program. He is interested in helping engineering students discover the relevancy of technical communication in their academic pursuits and future career paths.Dr. Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology Cristi L. Bell-Huff, PhD is a Lecturer in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Daniel Amos, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. I mean, the most successful people, they’re in the industry, and the ones who will, um, be noticed for their work and who will advance in their careers the fastest are not necessarily the ones who, um, are-are the best, um, fundamental engineers. (Darrell, SPRI, Year 3).Darrell noted that the engineers who were successful were not necessarily those who had themost excellent mathematical abilities, but rather those who possessed skills such as working withothers, communication, and the ability to present one’s work. That is, it is not primarily anunderstanding of science that enables one to be successful in engineering, but also, and morecentrally, abilities that have to do with conditions of working with others, such

Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Kejun Xu, University of Washington; Matt Eliot, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

working on this project - and produced a successful Stirling engine. (1B)The following annotation does not include any first person statements, which makes it difficultfor the reader to necessarily know what the student is claiming that they know. CONCURRENT ENGINEERING Many mechanical engineers will design and create products for a career. By using concurrent engineering, the time and cost of manufacturing can be reduced along with improving the quality of the part. This is done by considering how the product will be manufactured when designing the product, which is concurrent engineering. During the designing process, mechanical engineers should consider what materials are available, how easy it is to form the product

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, there is nothing I can do about the problems of the world. (1, -) 19. I put the needs of others above my own personal wants. (2b) 20. Designers should only consider local constraints when creating a solution. (2a, -) 21. I feel confident in my understanding of metrics for measuring the sustainability of a project or solution. (1) 22. Designers must consider the effect of their decisions both locally and internationally. (2a) 23. I am confident in my ability to create environmentally sustainable solutions in my field. (1) 24. Design decisions will always have social implications. (2b) 21. I feel confident in my ability to create socially just solutions in my career. (1) 22. Designers must think about the kind of world

Conference Session

Diffusion and Adoption of Teaching Practices

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and spokespeople for science7. In return,these teachers often experience a higher status than some of their counterparts. Affiliation tosubject matter is critical to a science teacher’s formation of their professional identity20, and thisneeds to be taken into consideration when training teachers or faculty members for STSE.Although engineering is absent from the discussion of STSE in the literature, the themes arehighly relevant to engineering education, particularly given calls for engineering curricula thatare relevant to the lives and careers of students and connected to the needs and issues of thebroader community, and education that includes the use of experiential activities;interdisciplinary perspectives; focus on problem-solving

Conference Session

System 1 in Engineering Education and Research

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Scheidt, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ryan R. Senkpeil, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Julianna Sun Ge, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); John Chen P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and

Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

degree awarded can be a poorindicator of a graduate’s actual abilities”10. Employers expressed “a need for enhancingcourses in terms of their development of practical skills but not at the cost of losing a strongtheoretical base”.There are other signs pointing to the need to rethink the objectives of engineering education.In a recent visit to a representative sample of leading engineering education institutions inIndia I learned that very few of their graduates enter engineering careers: most are employedby IT firms producing software (and associated services). The apparent driver is salary levels:IT firms pay 50,000 Indian rupees/month. (~US$16,000/yr). In engineering companiesgraduates earn about one third as much. Labor market theory tells us

Conference Session

Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

three personas have been developed using the 2020 application pool. While thetarget personas used for the rubrics were developed using the process noted above, thesepersonas were developed using the student responses to the applications. For a more in-depthdiscussion of the method used, see our prior work [19].General Applicant Persona: Mark JohnsonMark is from North Carolina. He didn’t attend a community college before coming to thisuniversity. Both of his parents are college graduates. Mark is a second-year student in themechanical engineering concentration. Making the leap from an easy high school career to amuch more difficult undergraduate engineering career and learning how to effectively study isthe biggest academic challenge Mark has

Conference Session

The Role of Peers in Promoting Learning and Persistence

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Neha Kardam, University of Washington; Shruti Misra, University of Washington; Morgan Anderson, University of Washington; Ziyan Bai, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

degree to which students perceiverespect from peers in their classes is positively and significantly correlated to satisfaction withtheir chosen engineering major and their long-term interest in pursuing and remaining in anengineering career [13]. Through the personal validation that strong peer support provides,students are better able to cope in college [14], which in turn results in improved academicoutcomes [15].Peer Support is a multi-faceted ConstructExisting research underscores the importance of studying how students perceive support fromtheir peers rather than only measuring time spent with them. However, Thompson and Mazer[16] delved further into perceived peer support by developing four different scales from 15 totalpeer support items

Conference Session

Assessing Hard-to-Measure Constructs in Engineering Education: Assessment Design and Validation Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daiki Hiramori, University of Washington; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

theother four. Studies like this show the academic significance of examining diversity in the use ofCCW among students from systemically marginalized racial/ethnic groups. In particular, weargue that it is useful to focus on STEM students in this study because, while students who areracially and ethnically marginalized in STEM fields are as likely to enter STEM majors as theirwhite counterparts [6], the proportions of Hispanic, Pacific Islander, American Indian/AlaskaNative, and Black students awarded STEM bachelor’s degrees are lower than that of Asian andwhite students [7]. Moreover, racial and ethnic inequality in persistence to STEM degrees ismore pronounced than in non-STEM fields [8]. Research shows that careers in STEM fields havethe

Conference Session

Academic Success and Retention

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Danika M. Dorris, North Carolina State University; Julie L. Swann, North Carolina State University; Julie Ivy, North Carolina State University

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Educational Research and Methods

features of the dropout population and to extractsignificant predictors of eventual dropout using student information systems (SIS) data collectedearly on in a student’s academic career. This framework is built on a three-phase approachinvolving (i) statistical testing for comparisons, (ii) cluster analysis, and (iii) logistic regressionpredictions, where the earlier analyses inform the later ones. Specifically, we first identifysignificant differences between graduate and dropout populations with hypothesis testing. Then,we use clustering to identify subgroups within the cohort and categorize each group according toa set of defining characteristics. Lastly, significant predictors are extracted from a set of logisticregression models predicting

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research Practices and Community

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

for these projects. Emaazelaborated, But when it comes to external funding for education research, there are few agencies or opportunities for us to get funding, get connected to the network of engineering education research… such as ... that is a real challenge. This is one thing [Emaaz].Hiring professors with EER background was a challenge and hence most Indian universitiescollaborate with international universities in conducting EER however these collaborations are notvery fruitful considering the accessibility of the international experts is limited. Emaaz explainedthis, career progression when I refer to in my institution how many people can my institution afford to have in engineering education research? Is a question of

Conference Session

Service Learning Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cher Cornett, East Tennessee State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 12.109.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Service-Learning Project in Digital Media Designed to Develop Professional SkillsAbstractIn well-developed instructional programs, professional skills such as business writing, teamorganization, project management, and oral presentation skills are built into courseworkthroughout the curriculum. Because of limitations of the classroom environment, theseexperiences only simulate those encountered in the field, making it difficult for students toappreciate the importance of these skills in their career preparation. In the Digital Media (DIGM)program at East Tennessee State University (ETSU), students often see professional skillsaspects of

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-1468: TEACHING 101: INITIAL CONVERSATIONSElizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland Elizabeth Godfrey is currently the Associate Dean Undergraduate at the School of Engineering at the University of Auckland after a career that has included university lecturing, teaching and 10 years as an advocate for Women in Science and Engineering. She has been a contributor to Engineering Education conferences, and an advocate for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning since the early 1990s, and is currently a member of the Australasian Association of Engineering Education executive.Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland Gerard Rowe completed the degrees of BE, ME and PhD at the University of

Conference Session

Qualitative Research Methods

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hye Sun You, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

pursue STEM as a major and career is a significant concern1,2 for educators, scholars,and policymakers. The prevailing situation suggests a need for reform-oriented teaching practices(RTPs) in K-12 STEM education. The Next Generation Science Standards3 (NGSS) and the NRCFramework for K-12 Science Education4 emphasize the necessity of RTPs that enhance studentunderstanding of the nature of science and practices of engineering. The Common Core StateStandards of Mathematics5 (CCSSM) also describe their reform efforts on how teachers need totransform their teaching style from the traditional instructional methods to more reform-orientedmethods.Recent research suggests that effective technology integration has the potential to promote STEMlearning