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Degree Pathways and Cocurricular Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan; Yixian Zhou

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Educational Research and Methods

that discipline,[3] and that suchparticipation results in the development of a variety of skills related to communication,[4]leadership and ethical development,[5] and design and teamwork.[6] Such increases also havevarious professional benefits. For example, students who participate in these activities get jobsafter graduation at higher rates than those who do not.[7]But the engineering curriculum is very dense, making participation in out-of-classroom and co-curricular activities challenging. Brint and co-workers [8] found that there are two separateacademic cultures of engagement, where the arts, humanities, and social sciences focus on the“interaction, participation, and interest in ideas,” and science and engineering disciplines focuson

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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

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Educational Research and Methods

the four years of theirimmersion in the engineering curriculum. We provide an analysis of the origins of students’images of engineering and what causes them to change and suggest some ways in which thisimagery affects the engineering education experience. We also discuss dominant images acrossthe four schools, showing how some images of engineering are so dominant that students who donot fit within those images must perform what we refer to as reconciling work in order to repairthreats to their engineering identity.An important part of our study has been how do students develop an identity as engineers. Our Page 13.1113.2approach to identity has

Conference Session

Retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niranjan Hemant Desai, Purdue University Northwest; George Stefanek, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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professionally, and developed teamwork, problem solving, communication, and presentationskills which are highly valued in today’s educational system and industry.Improving math skills, Introduction of hands-on work into classroom, Providing community-based support system: Erickson-Ludwig et al.19 described a summer bridge program orientedtoward women and minority students entering engineering at the College of Engineering atDrexel University to improve success and retention. The College of Engineering hosted a “pre-orientation” program that familiarized students with the engineering curriculum and preparedthem to succeed in their freshman year through community building and social activities.Program participants showed significant positive outcomes in

Conference Session

Practice I: Academic Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University

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Diversity

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and has resulted in many publications (see https://sites.google.com/view/chenderson). He is a Fulbright Scholar and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Dr. Henderson is the senior editor for the journal ”Physical Review Physics Education Research” and has served on two National Academy of Sciences Committees: Under- graduate Physics Education Research and Implementation, and Developing Indicators for Undergraduate STEM Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018A systematic literature review on improving success of UG woman engineering students in the USIntroduction Over the past three decades, women in the Unites States

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Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-917: SPECIAL SESSION: ASSESSING STUDENTS’ LEARNINGOUTCOMES DURING A COMPLEX AND REAL-WORLD PROBLEM-BASEDSERVICE LEARNING (PBSL) PROJECT IN A SOPHOMORE ENGINEERINGDESIGN COURSEOlga Pierrakos, James Madison University OLGA PIERRAKOS is an assistant professor in the new School of Engineering, which welcomed it inaugural class August 2008, at James Madison University. Dr. Pierrakos holds a B.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her interests in engineering education research center around recruitment and retention, understanding engineering students through the lens of identity theory (NSF

Conference Session

Motivation and Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John T. Solomon, Tuskegee University; Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, San Jose State University; Eric Hamilton, Pepperdine University; Chitra R. Nayak, Tuskegee University

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Educational Research and Methods

., "Research on Motivation in Education, vol. 1: Student motivation, vol. 2: The classroom milieu": Academic Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1984.[16] Nicholls, J.G.," Achievement motivation: Conceptions of ability, subjective experience, task choice, and performance", Psychological review Vol. 91, No. 3, 1984, pp. 328.[17] Hurford, A., and Hamilton, E., "Pen-based Collaborative Workspaces to Promote Learner Engagement and Flow", Supporting learning flow through integrative technologies., Tokyo: IOS Press, 2007.[18] Chen, H.L., Lattuca, L.R., and Hamilton, E.R.," Conceptualizing Engagement: Contributions of Faculty to Student Engagement in Engineering", Journal for Engineering Education Vol. 97, No. 3, 2008

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Special Session: Moving Towards the Intended, Explicit, and Authentic: Addressing Critical Misalignments in Engineering Learning within Secondary and University Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas Dean McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy K. Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Educational Experiences with Ways of Knowing Engineering (AWAKEN): How People Learn” project. She is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Engineering Professional Development and Wendt Commons: Teaching and Learning Services. Her area of research is engineering education including assessment of student learning. She taught technical communication courses to undergraduate engineering students and currently consults with faculty and teaching assistants. She earned her Ph.D. in educational administration at UW-Madison.Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin-Madison Mitchell J. Nathan, BSEE, PhD, is professor of Educational Psychology, with affiliate appointments in Curriculum & Instruction and Psychology at the

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

-enhancing first-year curriculum, which includes Self-Management and Leadership, First-Year Engineering Projects (design), Engineering Explorations through Physics, and mathematics courses. The classes are designed to immerse students in authentic engineering practices from the start of the undergraduate experience, and have evolved to feature an asset-based, capacity-building mindset instead of assuming that students are deficient or lacking in preparation and thus require remediation to succeed. Retention: GS includes an intentional focus on fostering learning communities and supporting students’ identity development as engineers and full members of a community that cares about them as whole people. Multiple methods and

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Learning and Engagement

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Charles Major, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #15061Engineering Design Self-Efficacy and Project-Based Learning: How Does Ac-tive Learning Influence Student Attitudes and Beliefs?Mr. Justin Charles Major, University of Nevada, Reno Justin Major is an Undergraduate Research Assistant in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno in the PRiDE Research Group. He is currently working towards dual Bachelors of Sci- ence degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Math Education and expects to graduate May of 2017. His research interests include students development of self-efficacy and identity in math and engi- neering, and active learning

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Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy Burack, Brandeis University; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alan Melchior, Brandeis University; Eric Morgan, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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than one course. Thirty-seven full-time engineering faculty members havetried service-learning at least once so far, just about half the faculty.Faculty were recruited via personal contacts and through workshops offered in the summer andfall of 2004. All engineering faculty were invited. The summer workshop was an all day affairwith presentations by Dwight Giles as well as community partners and breakout discussions;Dwight Giles is a well-known researcher in service-learning9 and was a consultant on the project.A second workshop was about 3 hours and focused on assessment, and again Dwight Gilespresented. A planning grant from NSF allowed faculty to develop S-L courses throughminigrants and graduate student support, and a part-time S-L

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Goldberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andreas Cangellaris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michael Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Litchfield, Univ Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

institution. At a research institution, however, a standalone program risks the segregation ofthe faculty into less prestigious undergraduate teachers and more prestigious graduate facultywho conduct research. College-wide interdisciplinary programs or institutes on undergraduateeducation provide a locus for education-oriented faculty in different departments. Separatedepartments of engineering education take this one-step further by permitting full unit status anda dedicated faculty for education research and innovation.Despite the differences in these three approaches, each of these arrangements assumes thatmodification of organizational structure is part of the answer to the question of how to reformengineering education. We agree with that

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Viktoria Zelenak, University of New Haven; Michael J. Hollis, U.S. Air Force Academy

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suchas business (with 21.4 percent of total degrees conferred) and Communication Technologies(experiencing a ten percent growth over the last decade). Engineering has actually suffered thesecond-greatest loss of students (percentage wise) over the last decade (after Education whichlost 2.3 percent) (p.297). While these percentages are small, over a ten year period (1998-2008),the country has steadily seen a decline in interest in these programs despite an increase indemand.Drawing from a broad-based talent pool, including adult undergraduate students, may aid inkeeping the United States competitive in the areas of technology and engineering. Summer 2011,President Obama called for more engineering graduates: “Today, only 14% of all

Conference Session

Motivation, Attitudes, and Beliefs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justine Chasmar, Goucher College; Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #21437Cluster Analysis Methods and Future Time Perspective Groups of Second-Year Engineering Students in a Major-Required CourseDr. Justine Chasmar, Goucher College Justine Chasmar is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Data, Mathematical, and Computational Sci- ences and the Director of the Quantitative Reasoning Center at Goucher College. Her research focuses on tutoring, student learning, motivation, and professional identity development. Through her background in learning centers, she has applied this research to undergraduate students and peer tutors. Her education includes a B.S. and M.S. in Mathematical

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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen Chen, Stanford University; Krista Donaldson, Stanford University; Ozgur Eris, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; George Toye, Stanford University

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Advancement of EngineeringEducation (CAEE) is a cross-university study that systematically examines how engineeringstudents navigate their education, and how engineering skills and identity develop during theundergraduate period. Through the collective work of the APS, two instruments have emerged –the Persistence in Engineering (PIE) survey and the Academic Pathways of People LearningEngineering Survey (APPLES). This paper describes the redesign of the longitudinal PIE surveyinstrument for the cross-sectional administrations of APPLES as informed by emerging findingsfrom other APS methods. We discuss the challenges of the evolution of PIE and APPLES whileaddressing the comparability of these instruments to each other, and outline plans for

Conference Session

Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Robert P. Loweth, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Leah Paborsky, University of Michigan; Sara L. Hoffman, University of Michigan; Steve J. Skerlos, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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from Purdue University. Her research characterizes front-end design practices across the student to practitioner continuum and studies the impact of developed front-end design tools on design success.Ms. Leah Paborsky, University of Michigan Leah is a graduate from the University of Michigan with a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering and minor in Space Sciences and Engineering. She served as an undergraduate research assistant in the Daly Design and Engineering Education Research Group focusing on engineers’ beliefs about social aspects of engineering work. She is currently pursuing a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at University of Colorado- Boulder.Dr. Sara L. Hoffman, University of Michigan Sara Hoffman

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Tawni Hoeglund, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Kimberley Breaux

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Educational Research and Methods

Research Associate Professor in Academic Affairs. Dr. Streveler holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Master of Science in Zoology from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Indiana University at Bloomington. She is co-principle investigator of three NSF-sponsored projects: Developing an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Identifying Engineering Student Misconceptions in Thermal and Transport Sciences (DUE - 0127806), Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (ESI-0227558), and Rigorous Research in Engineering Education: Creating a Community of Practice (DUE-0341127).Kimberley Breaux, KIMBERLEY R. BREAUX

Conference Session

Motivation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso; Michele Carolynn Williams, University of Texas, El Paso

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Educational Research and Methods

ofengineer: one with excellent communication skills, business acumen, and leadership abilities(www.e-lead.utep.edu).The target course for PDI implementation was the Intro to E-Lead course mentioned previously.This course is a predominantly non-technical course for which the primary goal is for students toacclimate to the E-Lead program and focus on developing their personal identity and criticalskills for success in engineering. As such, this course is a zero-credit course for incomingstudents. The assumption behind using this instructional approach in this course is that studentscan better empathize with their peers and will, therefore, better understand what incomingstudents need to know to be successful, as well as how to deliver the content

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Part 2

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ozgur Eris, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Camelia Rosca, Boston College; Larry Ludlow, Boston College; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Krista Donaldson, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

electronic portfolio pedagogy and practices in engineering education and the evaluation of eportfolios and other social software tools (wikis, weblogs, etc.) to facilitate teaching, learning, and assessment for students, faculty, departments, and institutions.Camelia Rosca, Boston College CAMELIA ROSCA is a research associate at Boston College and the director of Education Research Testing and Evaluation Consultants (ERTEC). Her work includes test development and a wide range of educational research.Larry Ludlow, Boston College LARRY LUDLOW is Professor and Chair of the Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation Department at Boston College. His research interests include faculty evaluations

Conference Session

Working in Teams: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #12565Problematizing Best Practices for Pairing in K-12 Student Design TeamsMs. Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park Gina Quan is a doctoral candidate in Physics Education Research at the University of Maryland, Col- lege Park. She graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include understanding community and identity formation, unpacking students’ re- lationships to design, and cultivating institutional change. Ms. Quan is also a founding member of the Access Network, a research-practice community dedicated to fostering supportive

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Best Paper Finalists

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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H. Ronald Clements III, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sherry Chen

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #29189”Adversary or Ally”: Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Perceptions ofFacultyMr. H. Ronald Clements III, Purdue University H. Ronald Clements is a postbaccalaureate research assistant in the STRIDE lab at Purdue University and an incumbent graduate student for Purdue’s Engineering Education department for the 2020-2021 year. He works with Dr. Allison Godwin on her NSF CAREER grant titled ”Actualizing Latent Diver- sity: Building Innovation through Engineering Students’ Identity Development,” assisting with narrative analysis and interviews and helping to understand the identity trajectories of latently

Conference Session

Design Thinking and Creativity

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Barbara G. Ryder, Virginia Tech; Margaret O'Neil Ellis, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

environments in different ways thantheir male peers altering their continued interest in computer science.Personal FactorsPersonal factors such as motivation, sense of belonging, personal fulfillment, and identity caninfluence persistence to degree. Research shows that while these personal factors are unique toeach student, educational environments can be structured or altered to influence some personalattributes in ways that positively impact retention.Motivation can impact how students face and persevere through challenging concepts and coursework. Research using project based computer game development has shown that assignmentscan be structured to facilitate student motivation and encourage them to work through difficultmaterial [13]. Motivational

Conference Session

Examining Social Ties and Networks

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Educational Research and Methods

18% Leave 2nd year Graduate 13% in <6 years 56% Leave 3rd year 6% Leave after 3rd year 6% Figure 1: Attrition Rates at Local Site, Average over 10 yearsTypically, engineering educators have focused on curricular interventions to improve the first-year experience4, 5 and have researched the development of student cognitive characteristics suchas attitudes and

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Curricula and Pathways

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; P. Scott Carney, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dipanjan Pan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Andrew Michael Smith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

freshman year10,11;one is able to succeed at a given task 3,9,10 supportive peer and mentor network to provide a “can-do” attitudeLearning: broadly, the acquisition of Formal coursework merged with skill-buildingknowledge and skills3 activities, workshops, and symposiaProfessional identity: the “feeling” that one Communities of peers, researchers,is a scientist, technologist, engineer, or entrepreneurs, and actively participating in themathematician 3,10,11,12,14,15 programProgram StructureThe CSP is designed to engage students from first semester on campus until graduation. In atraditional education, few, if any, first year students have

Conference Session

Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Janice McCain, Howard University; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington

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has recently been appointed to develop a diversity plan for CSM, and has experience in international education, corporate training and coaching, and academic editing.Janice McCain, Howard University JANICE McCAIN is a research associate at the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) at Howard University. Her areas of interest include persistence and motivation, retention of minority students in higher education, and international economic development, particularly as it relates to women in Africa.Marcus Jones, Howard University MARCUS JONES is an Educational Psychology doctoral student at Howard University. Marcus is a graduate research assistant for the Center

Conference Session

Experiences of Diverse Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Beth Rieken, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

on education and workforce development in engineering and science fields. Previous and current clients include the American Chemical Society, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, California Institute of Technology, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California State University Fullerton, the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Stanford University, the School of Medicine at Stanford University, and the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.Beth Rieken, Stanford University Beth Rieken is a PhD Candidate at Stanford University in the Mechanical Engineering Department. She is in the Designing Education Lab advised by Prof. Sheri

Conference Session

Curricular Transformation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T. Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kenneth M. Anderson, University of Colorado Boulder

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Research. His teaching interests include develop- mental psychology; sociocultural theories of communication, learning, and identity; qualitative methods; and discourse analysis.Dr. Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder Beth A. Myers is the Director of Analytics, Assessment and Accreditation at the University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a BA in biochemistry, ME in engineering management and PhD in civil engineering. Her interests are in quantitative and qualitative research and data analysis as related to equity in education. She has been involved in the new pilot Engineering Math course at CU-Boulder since the start.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder Jacquelyn Sullivan is founding co

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

to this lack of understanding, as such we argue that students constructreasons for their expected future prosperity that if they work harder now, they deserve morelater.IntroductionIt seems a universal feature of human experience to tell stories about one’s place and direction inthe world. Research on storytelling has shown that this is as true of individuals as it is of nationstates.1 Given this range, we can assume that members of cultural groups of sizes betweenindividuals and nations will share common, if never identical, narratives. In this paper, we reporton a collection of common narratives that come from a distinctive student culture, that ofundergraduate engineering education in America.Our paper reports on two related beliefs that

Conference Session

Approaches to Assessment and Student Reflection

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jes Barron, U.S. Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, U.S. Military Academy; Jakob C. Bruhl, U.S. Military Academy; John J. Case, U.S. Military Academy; John Andrew Kearby, U.S. Military Academy

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different thanpresented in class. This exercise is termed a “napkin sketch” to articulate to students the benefitsof simple sketches to communicate ideas – as is often done by engineers in practice. The purposeof the study was to investigate how this napkin sketch activity addresses three concerns ofengineering educators: creativity, visualization and communication, and knowledge retention.Specific objectives of the study were to generate conclusions regarding the activity’s ability to(1) provide an outlet for, and a means of encouraging creativity, (2) provide an opportunity forstudents to visualize and communicate what they have learned through drawings rather thanequations or writing, and (3) encourage knowledge retention by providing a

Conference Session

Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Roxana Maria Carbonell, University of Texas at Austin; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Patricia Clayton, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

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interested in improving the culture and environment of undergraduate education experience for all students, particularly those from underrepresented groups.Dr. Patricia Clayton, University of Texas at AustinDr. Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin Maura Borrego is Director of the Center for Engineering Education and Professor of Mechanical Engi- neering and STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Borrego previously served as Deputy Editor for Journal of Engineering Education, a Program Director at the National Science Foun- dation, on the board of the American Society for Engineering Education, and as an associate dean and director of interdisciplinary graduate programs. Her research awards

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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

one line of questions for another. This aspect of data analysis – that the data collectionframes the analysis through the identity of the interviewer (or, in cases with more rigid interviewprotocols, that of the protocol designer) – while acknowledged in the qualitative methodliterature,15,17,20–22 has remained opaque in much published engineering education research.We also have come to recognize through our initial analyses, as others have done e.g.,21–23 that ourinterviews with participants are also not simply transparent windows that let us see the Truth ofparticipants’ lives. Participants had stories they wanted to tell us, stories they were willing to tellus, and undoubtedly stories they did not tell us. The interviews, therefore, are