CAREER award in 2010 and is working on a study to characterize practicing engineers’ understand- ings of core engineering concepts. Page 26.980.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Instructor Concerns and Use of Resources in the Development of Course MaterialsIntroductionA national push to reform engineering education has been in effect to enable the United States tostay globally competitive1. In doing so, the field of engineering education has grown rapidlywhich has led to the development of new research-based innovations2. An innovation
not relate the learned class material to other classes (Table 8). Instead, students frompublic universities often relate class material to their future careers. Page 26.1172.10Table 9: Sample t-test and Variance Analysis of Public and Private University Students Levene's Test for t-test for Equality of Means Equality of Variances
-regulation. The results are discussed with respect to their implications for instruction in engineering education. Keywords: active learning; hands-on learning; motivation; cooperative learning IntroductionVarious reports published within the past decade highlight a wide range of problems withengineering curricula, especially the lecture-dominated form of transmitting core engineeringconcepts to students [1-5]. These reports also show- that students’ motivation in learningengineering concepts continues to wane resulting in reduced interest in engineering careers andlow student-retention in engineering programs. Researchers have proposed different approachesto tackling this problem [6-7
Paper ID #23518Toward the Development of a Revised Decision-Making Competency Instru-mentDr. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Ms. Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University Katherine M. Ehlert is a
demand for graduates who have hands-on experience with ERP software has increasedsignificantly [14]. More so, graduates who have completed ERP coursework have seen a nearly a$4,000 higher average salary than their peers who have no ERP experience [10]. This iscomparable to previous research that has shown career success regarding salaries and promotionsfor students related to performance on simulations [8].An effective set of simulations to develop student knowledge of business process and ERPsystems has been developed by the ERPsim Lab at HEC Montreal https://erpsim.hec.ca/en. TheERPsim Lab has a suite of business simulations using a live SAP ERP software environmentaccessed through the SAP University Alliance (UA). The SAP UA has over 3,200
impact of mathematics identity on the choice of engineering careers for male and female students. Proceedings of the 41st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Rapid City, SD, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2011.6142881[22] T. Fernandez, A. Godwin, J. Doyle, D. Verdín, H. Boone, A. Kirn, L. Benson, and G. Potvin, “More Comprehensive and Inclusive Approaches to Demographic Data Collection,” presented at the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016.[23] H. Perkins, M. Bahnson, M. A. Tsugawa-Nieves, B. Miller, A. Kirn, and C. Cass,, “Development and Testing of an Instrument to Understand Engineering Doctoral Students’ Identities and Motivations
P.Eng., University of Calgary Kyle O’Keefe is the associate head of undergraduate studies in Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He has worked in positioning and navigation research since 1996. His major research interests are GNSS system simulation and assessment and local, indoor, and vehicular navigation with ground based ranging systems and other sensors. He has been a supporter of quality science and engineering education throughout his career. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 WIP: Decoding a discipline – towards identifying threshold concepts in geomatics engineeringAbstractThis paper presents a
Paper ID #25714A Connected Course Approach for Introduction to Engineering Problem Solv-ingDr. Anthony Ferrar, Temple University Tony Ferrar is obsessed with student success. He focuses on preparing students for rewarding careers through pedagogical innovation and incorporating professional development into educational experiences. Anthony received his BS, MS, and PhD in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech, where his research revolved around air-breathing propulsion. As a graduate student he contributed to Virginia Tech’s Gradu- ate Education Development Institute, Faculty Development Institute, and Networked Learning
perspective of various GPA systems and their impact onpassion, interest and motivation, surveys were distributed to undergraduate engineering students.The distribution of this survey consisted of both public and private channels such as email andclass announcements. The survey (Appendix I) consisted of questions on their opinions andattitudes of the various grade systems currently in place and the proposed continuous GPAscheme. In addition to multiple choice questions that asked if students believed that theircumulative GPA was an adequate representation of their academic competency, and if theirmotivation increased or decreased through their academic career, short response questions werealso introduced, allowing them to justify their answers to the
a recipient of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Early Career Researcher Award as well as several awards at Alfaisal University for distinction in teaching and research.Prof. Kok-Lim Alvin Yau, Sunway University KoK-Lim Alvin Yau received the B.Eng. degree (Hons.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia, in 2005, the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree in Network Engineering from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, in 2010. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Com- puting and Information Systems, Sunway University, Malaysia. He teaches
high levels of academicmotivation despite the academic stresses they encounter [4].The students of certain disciplines (e.g., nursing and engineering career) are more susceptible toencountering very high levels of academic stress that daunts their resolution to persist in degreeprograms [5, 6]. Such academic stress may be due to the demanding nature of the learning tasksthat students are required to complete within such disciplines. For example, some first-yearengineering students need the ability to negotiate and overcome the initial setbacks they encounterin foundational engineering courses if they hope to endure and complete their undergraduatedegree programs. Despite the importance of resilience in academic environments [7] andengineering
engineering curricula.Many students who matriculate in engineering do so because of the promise of high startingsalaries or family pressures or simply having done well in high school science and math, and notbecause of a particular interest in or aptitude for engineering. Not everyone would be happy in anengineering career, and the best thing that could happen to some students is to drop out ofengineering and switch to a curriculum that would lead to more enjoyable and fulfilling careers.The goal for the first engineering course should be to provide a realistic and well-taughtintroduction to the discipline, so that all students with the ability and interest needed to do wellas engineers have an experience that motivates them to remain in engineering
context, increase the non-technical aspect,develop soft and management skills, consider the international challenge, and use new learningstrategies to help engineers update their knowledge during their entire career (2). It was evidentthat a cultural change was necessary to switch from “sink or swim” culture to a less competitiveand collaboration-based environment. In fact, we need a change of paradigm from a teacher-centered to a student-centered pedagogy (4).StructureThe road to success for this project requires everyone’s contribution and involvement. Eachperson’s opinion and contribution must be requested and valued. What is especially important isto avoid giving people the impression that changes are imposed upon them. In the same way
learning strategies trait is a welcomed one(Table 2), although it is disappointing that students did not develop in all lifelong learning orautonomous learner traits. It can be argued that adaptable learning strategies, along withapplying appropriate knowledge and skills, are more practiced and emphasized in mostengineering curricula than the other lifelong learning traits. The fact that the other four lifelonglearning traits showed no significant gains throughout a student’s academic career may indicatethat either these traits were well developed before students enter college or, sadly, they are notbeing developed during college.The fact that no significant differences were found for the students’ year-of-study for eithersubscale of the ALS is
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 23.324.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Conceptual Change in Mechanics of MaterialsAbstract Conceptual change theories rely on data from disciplines outside of engineering,such as
teachers voluntarily attended a career development workshop onintegrating engineering into curriculum. A survey previously developed was administered tothe group before the beginning of the workshop to assess their perceptions of and familiarityof design, engineering, and technology (DET). Quantitative analysis showed that the teachersthought DET was importance while rated their familiarity low. ANOVA found significantdifferences in how teachers with different levels of teaching experience rated the importanceof DET and their familiarity with DET. The implications on teacher professional developmentare discussed.Introduction and PurposeEngineering education at the K-12 level is important. From a societal importance point ofview, there is a need to
your professional career?5. How would you define productive Aims at faculty perception of productiveconflict? conflict. Table 1.Faculty interview questionsFor example, when faculty responded to question 2 that “some students just didn’t pulltheir weight (Instructor A in EDC)” we categorized that as different levels of Page 15.309.4commitment. Other conflict categories were different skill-sets, different ideas about theproject direction, different personalities, and different working styles. These conflictcategories would then be implemented into a forced-choice question that
information as Page 24.312.2recognition for their efforts. The award they are interested.” [7, 9] was an effort to initiate and spread an appreciation for this work with the intent of ultimatelyshifting the engineering educational environment from one that did not appear to support orreward the efforts of these faculty members who developed and used courseware to one that did.[15] Results from the first phase of this research project indicate that the award holds someprestige and that winning the award has helped shape the careers of young faculty members andgraduate students who were award
rank question, as nearly half of the respondents werefull professors. Our sample had considerably less experience working in industry, working onaverage less than four years either before or during their faculty career (e.g., as a consultant).Variables and AnalysesWe imputed missing data based on procedures recommended by Dempster, Laird, and Rubin51and Graham52 using the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm of the Statistical Package forthe Social Sciences (SPSS) software (v.18). To reduce data from several survey questions intofewer scales, a principal axis analysis (Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization rotation) wascompleted. Items were assigned to a scale based on the magnitude of the factor loading, theeffect of including an item on the
potential to improve engineering education across the nation.Bibliography1. DOD (U.S. Department of Defense) Roadmap for National Security: Imperative for Change. Phase III Report of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 2001.2. NAE (National Academy of Engineering). 2005. Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.3. Tobias, Sheila. They're Not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier. Research Corporation, Tucson, 1990.4. Felder, Richard, "Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science Education." J. College Science Teaching, 23(5), 286-290 (1993).5
their careers. In this study, we describequalities that are essential to innovative design and determine which of these qualities first-yearengineering students emphasize in their design ideas.Model of InnovationInnovation is often listed synonymously with creativity3, with common definitions of bothsuggesting elements of novelty and usefulness4, 5, 6. While some distinguish the two bydescribing innovation as the output of creativity (e.g., Ferrari and colleagues3), this distinctionalone is insufficient. Novelty and usefulness are essential components of innovation solutions—an innovative solution must in some way differ from existing solutions and must also solve a
garnered over $70 million in federal funding since 2003 for educational research, in addition to working with faculty who received individual technical awards, such as the NSF CAREER. Dr. Kimball has a B.B.A. and M.B.A. from Texas A&I University and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Educational Administration (Dissertation: A Study of Engineering Student Attributes and Time to Completion of First-Year Required Course at Texas A&M University). She was with the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University, Kingsville, a Hispanic Serving Institution, for eight years before her employment with TEES. While there she was a Principal Investigator and held a number of leadership positions on projects
learning in sophomore engineering courses, and investigation of the career motivations of women and men as they relate to engineering.Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa C. Benson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Bioengineering. Dr. Benson teaches first year engineering, undergraduate research methods, and graduate engineering education courses. Her research interests include student-centered active learning in undergraduate engineering, assessment of motivation, and how motivation affects student learning. She is also involved in projects that utilize Tablet PCs to enhance
of empirical evidence in this area of study. Both Group I and Group II studies indicated that there is a positive relationship between cognition and undergraduate engineering student outcomes. There was not enough evidence to suggest a trend between procedural characteristics and cognitive characteristics to student outcomes in undergraduate student outcomes.IntroductionEngineering education has, in the past, typically referred to those educational programs leadingto a professional degree in engineering. A number of degrees are offered in this career fieldincluding Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. Lately a number ofdegree programs have been developed at the Associate of Science
AC 2010-543: AN INITIAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WHILELEARNING ENGINEERING VIA VIDEO GAMEBrianno Coller, Northern Illinois University Brianno Coller is an Associate Professor of Mechanical engineering. He started his research career applying fairly deep mathematical ideas to gain insight into how complex physical and engineering systems work. His work was theoretical and somewhat abstract. Since then, his research has evolved toward studying a different type of complex system: how students learn and become excited about engineering. In this endeavor, Dr. Coller is mostly a "nuts & bolts" practitioner, an engineer, and an experimentalist.David Shernoff, Northern Illinois University
AC 2011-2439: ANALYZING THE TRANSFORMATIVE NATURE OF EN-GINEERING EDUCATION PROPOSALSStephanie M Gillespie, University of Miami Stephanie Gillespie is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida studying electrical engineering with a concentration in audio. Expected to graduate in May 2012, her career goals include to obtain her Ph.D and teach engineering at the collegiate level. Her research interests include engineering education as well as signal processing for audio applications. In addition to her academic pursuits, Stephanie is currently president of the student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers at the University of Miami. Her research for this paper was
where she led a university team to successfully launch their first virtual campus. She began her career working as a computer analyst for the Department of Defense. Dr. Scales presents regularly to the American Society of Engineering Education and serves on Ph.D. graduate committees. She is an affiliate faculty member with the Department of Engineering Education and publishes in the area of instructional technology and distance learning. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Instructional Technology from Virginia Tech, a M.S. in Applied Behavioral Science from Johns Hopkins and a B.S. in Computer Science from Old Dominion University
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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.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia TechDr. Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ruth A. Streveler is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Streveler has been the Principle Investigator or co-Principle Investigator of ten grants funded by the US National Science Foundation. She has published articles in the
Assistant Pro- fessor of psychology at Pennsylvania State University, Beaver, She has previously served as an assistant professor and program director, or psychologist and international student services and career coordinator at universities. She has had presentations in teaching and learning, prevention, and multicultural coun- seling and teaching. Clinically, she has provided individual, group, career, and couples therapy to clients age ranging from 3 to 74 at counseling centers, community mental health agencies, and group and private practices.Kris McLain, Pennsylvania State University Kris McLain is a dual-title PhD candidate in Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her research lies at the