, course drops, persistence, and graduation rates. Programs tohelp with stress and time management including support services geared toward adult studentssuch as their own orientations, academic and financial aid advisors, peer advisors, and supportstaff and faculty who understand their needs without loss of academic rigor,10 campus day care,families invited to campus events, etc.Additional research supports the hypothesis that the balance adult students face between work,school, family, and other commitments is an additional cause of stress for adult students, but thedifficulty of the coursework was also a factor. A research project in 2009 that surveyed 72 adultgraduate students at Texas State asked students an open-ended question: “_______ are
management, organizational learning/change, knowledge management, learning organization, and International HRD. As a second year international graduate student from the People’s Republic of China, he has been actively engaged in academic research. He is working on several book chapters and an independent research project on the subject of organization development/change and organizational learning. He earned a Master’s degree in HRD from Texas A&M University in 2013. He graduated from Henan University of Technology in China with a Bachelor’s degree.Prof. Michael Beyerlein, Texas A&M University Michael Beyerlein is a Professor in the Human Resource Development Graduate Program at Texas A&M University. Formerly
participate in higher-level mathematicalconcepts from an earlier age, and higher-level mathematics courses earlier in high school. Tosupport students’ exploration of a future in college, school administration, faculty, families, andcommunities should all be a part of encouraging STEM coursework and pathways in middle andhigh school. This venture should be supported by giving students opportunities to see STEM inaction, encounter college students and college faculty in STEM programs, and support through theprocess of searching, applying, and transitioning to college STEM programs. Responsibility toexpose students to these opportunities lies in the hands of all members of the low-socioeconomicsupport community. However, many low-socioeconomic students
Paper ID #6270Examining the Experiences and Perceptions of First-Year Engineering Stu-dentsIrene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering, and a Ph.D. in engineering education. Her research interests include first-year engineering and graduate student professional development.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Sarah E. Zappe is Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the En- hancement of Engineering Education at Penn State University. In her current position, Dr. Zappe is re
develop a clearer picture of how campus culture fails certain students andwhat that might mean for changing recruiting and retention practices for our campus to improvethe quality of personal and educational experience for MT’s students.Conclusions and SignificanceAstin, Pascarella and Terenzini, and others report findings indicating the importance of studentengagement with an institution and with members of a campus community to the graduation andmovement into the workplace for undergraduate students.14, 15, 16Although in the first year geekiness is important to some MT students’ satisfaction, others rejectbeing so narrowly channeled. Strikingly, some students who
Paper ID #16387Uncovering Forms of Wealth and Capital Using Asset Frameworks in Engi-neering EducationDr. Julie P. Martin, Clemson University Julie P. Martin is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. Her research interests focus on social factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of underrepresented students in engineering. Dr. Martin is a 2009 NSF CAREER awardee for her research entitled, ”Influence of Social Capital on Under-Represented Engineering Students Academic and Career Decisions.” She held an American Association for the Advancement of Science
2006-2205: WHAT’S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT PEER REVIEW OF TEACHINGPORTFOLIO COMPONENTS? AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OFPEER-REVIEW EPISODES WITHIN ETPPJennifer Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is an assistant professor in the Department of Technical Communication at the University of Washington. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her interests include engineering education, learner-centered design, user-centered design, and audience analysis. Dr. Turns is currently working on multiple NSF grants dealing with engineering education including an NSF Career award exploring the impact of portfolio construction on engineering students
affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of underrepresented students in engineering. Dr. Martin is a 2009 NSF CAREER awardee for her research entitled, ”Influence of Social Capital on Under-Represented Engineering Students Academic and Career Decisions.” She held an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowship in 2013-2014, with a placement at the National Science Foundation.Dr. George T. MacDonald, University of South Florida Dr. George MacDonald is the interim Director for the Center for Research, Evaluation, Assessment, and Measurement (CREAM) in the College of Education at the University of South Florida(USF). He is the Co-Principal
little training, students are allowed to use tools andmaterials to create objects and complete projects, both personal and for class. Theinformal learning space is the perfect place for students to explore, push themselves anddevelop their ability to struggle through ambiguity, persevere in the face of challenges,and drive towards an end result. Through active participation in the space, studentsbecome part of the SIL community and culture, allowing them to learn fromexperienced members of the space and share their work with others, as they engage in avariety of making projects.The Mobile Makerspace Redesign ChallengeThe IDC on which this study focused was to redesign and improve the university’s newlyacquired mobile makerspace, to better meet
higher rates of mental health conditions in engineeringand understand factors that influence students’ decisions to seek help. Wider scale studies andcross-institutional engineering-specific studies can provide additional evidence for understandingthe mental health issues faced by our students and how engineering education plays a role inthem and their ability to address such issues timely. Aligned with that objective, this studypresents an initial exploration of the relationship between the stigma typically associated withmental health conditions and help-seeking behavior of students. It is a first step toward a morethorough examination of the engineering culture and its effect on students’ mental health.Engineering culture and mental
that examination is to see howwell students are able to make informed decisions to stay or go in their study of engineering.Students need a welcoming environment that gives them the information they need, and theyneed learning experiences that will enable them to build their engineering knowledge andidentity as an engineer with the skills needed to succeed in the global engineering work world.Our data show that often the undergraduate experience differs greatly for different groups suchas men, women, and underrepresented minorities. The engineering education community,whether policy-makers, faculty, or researchers, must not only recognize the wide variety ofstudent pathways to an engineering degree but also encourage and support these multiple
Chairman of the Department of Computer Science at Howard University. His primary research interest is in distributed computing. Dr. Burge is also interested in Computer Science Education and Diversity, and Tech En- trepreneurship and Innovation. His work in CS Education and Diversity has primarily been focused on informal and personalized learning, and on the use of technology to aid in the socio-technical encultur- ation of underrepresented students in CS, K-12 initiatives, and diversity, equity, and inclusion beyond compliance. Dr. Burge practices design thinking as an innovative teaching methodology and promotes immersive learning and learning by doing. He co-teaches the Bison Startup and Bison Accelerate courses
find that their performance is poor may be less likely to participatein a study on thermodynamics because these students are averse to the thermodynamics context.We plan to engage partner sites directly in an effort to recruit more students in the future. Onemethod that Dillman suggests for improving response rates in through the use of rewards44. Wehave developed an incentive plan for faculty members that will help pass on information aboutthe study in an effort to reach more students.Acknowledgements We would like to thank the faculty members that helped distribute the survey and thestudents who took the survey. This paper is based on research supported by the National Science Foundation underGrant No. EEC-1150384. Any opinions
or the VBioR Laboratory Project. Biological and environmental engineering studentsgenerally choose the VBioR Laboratory Project, while chemical engineering students chooseeither the VCVD or the VBioR Laboratory Project. In this study, eight teams choose the VCVDLaboratory Project and eight teams choose the VBioR Laboratory Project, with all eight VBioRteams selecting the protein production option. The students work under the supervision of twocoaches, who are faculty members in the unit. One faculty member is the VCVD coach and theother the VBioR coach and both coaches are content experts in their respective fields.Data Collection and AnalysisThis research study is an ethnographic case study using discourse analysis.47 The data iscollected
, universities have responded to thesechallenges by adding more design content and introducing more open-ended design problemsinto their engineering curricula. Articles discussing the guarded success of these initiatives haveappeared in nearly every issue of the Journal of Engineering Education and the InternationalJournal of Engineering Education over the last 10 years. Yet the need to increase the creativepotential of graduates still persists.11 In fact, our preliminary results confirm this.Recognizing that other factors play a role as well, studies have documented (1) that peoplewhose personality types indicate high levels of creative potential are leaving engineering athigher rates than the student body average and (2) faculty teaching methods lean
education and his M.S. in electrical and computer engineering, both from Purdue University. He received his bachelor’s in computer engineering at Harding University.Mr. Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Harding University I am an undergraduate mechanical engineering major anticipating graduation in May of 2019. I am a member of the Beyond Professional Identity research group based in Harding University located in Searcy, Arkansas. I plan to further my studies in engineering education in graduate school particularly in regards to equipping students to work in development and sustainability.Dr. Stephen Secules, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Stephen received a PhD in education at the University of
Paper ID #11853Using an Instrument Blueprint to Support the Rigorous Development of NewSurveys and Assessments in Engineering EducationMs. Jessica Menold Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Jessica Menold is a second year graduate student interested in entrepreneurship, the design process, and innovativeness of engineering graduates and professionals. She is currently working as a student mentor in the Lion Launch Pad program, where she works to support student entrepreneurs. Jessica is currently conducting her graduate research with Dr. Kathryn Jablokow on a project devoted to the development of a
their challenges and contexts. The exemplar faculty advisor mustalso reflect on their practice, and deeply understand all aspects of the baccalaureate curriculum.Advising must help the student look beyond a semester-to-semester roadmap of isolatedcoursework and should help the student plan his or her trajectory through the program in terms ofacademic work, career planning, workplace engagement, and community involvement, all ofwhich are critical steps on the way to becoming an engineer. In this paper, the theoreticalframeworks for academic advising are presented; the concept of an advising syllabus isdescribed, and results from our own professional development program for engineering facultyadvisors are discussed.The Need for Improved
studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She runs the erstwhile Research in Feminist Engineer- ing (RIFE) group, now renamed the Feminist Research in Engineering Education (FREE) group, whose diverse projects and group members are described at the website http://feministengineering.org/. She can be contacted by email at apawley@purdue.edu.Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette Canek Phillips is a graduate student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University-West Lafayette and works as a graduate assistant in Dr. Alice Pawley’s Feminist Research in Engineering Ed- ucation lab. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University and an M.S. in Mechanical
, those hardcore engineering criteria.” Development real world use of skills, career Staff: “You learn through failure. Mess up! Mess up goals of students, collaboration, because you're going to learn the most from messing prototyping, decision making, up.” gaining experienceResultsBelonging and MotivationOur first guiding research question asked, In what ways do Do students working in themakerspaces convey a sense of belonging and increased motivation to learn and do in what waysdo faculty members, staff, and the director convey an expectation for students feeling a sense ofbelonging and increased motivation to learn when working within a makerspace? To answer thisresearch
of an engineering career, practicing hands-on engineering, acquiring formal and informalknowledge that eases the pathway to retention and graduation, accessing potential employers atnational and international competitions, building a stronger résumé and interview portfolio,interacting with faculty and high level institutional administrators, and potentially using thevehicle as one’s senior capstone project. These benefits accrue as a result of the capital that coremembers are able to invest in TEAM A. That capital is commitment.The students are emphatic in their perceptions of the benefits they receive from their status onTEAM A. Page
or choosing inventions to address specific concerns.From a descriptive perspective, students with low scores in academic motivation (AMO),persistence (PST), social engagement (SCE), and decision making in college major (DMA)should be referred to the academic consulting center, those who have low scores in fit withmajor/career (FIT) could lead to a consulting in the career center. Also, a low score in masterylearning goal orientation (MLG), personal achievement goal orientation (PAG), deep learningapproach (DLA), surface learning approach (SLA), and problem-solving approach (PSA) maywarrant a referral for tutoring in the major.The SASI III could be used for intervention development and research for causality-relatedconcerns from an
across the different campuses. Leadership provided by the coordinators of the effortwas critical to the acceptance of the new course format. Workshops were organized that broughttogether key faculty members from all of the campus locations to decide on the majorcompetencies to be achieved by students, and a critical decision was made to focus on achievingthese learning outcomes rather than implementing exactly the same course at all locations. Thelatter decision allowed instructors to be creative and apply their best ideas for using the facilitiesand resources available to them, while maintaining common outcomes from the courses.5, 6 For Page
whereby a standinggraduate faculty committee and an appointed Enhancing Graduate Education (EGE) committeeworked together to create a sustainable process for periodic program review that included aframework for interpreting the five new university-level graduate student learning competencies:Knowledge, Application, Context, Communication, and Leadership. Also required wasdevelopment of a methodology for assessment and continuous improvement. This approachearned a very positive 2013 MSCHE evaluation: “university assessment practices of graduateStudent Learning Outcomes [were] particularly thoughtful ...[including] the plans, examples ofimplementation [and] the support structure.The recently developed framework for graduate SLO assessment allows
this initiative with mini-grants, some TAassistance, and three faculty members in the mechanical and electrical engineering departmentsexperienced in S-L. At MIT, which had an existing initiative to support S-L campus-wide butlimited engineering experience, additional faculty support was provided by a faculty member inthe mechanical engineering (M.E.) department and an M.E. graduate student well-versed in S-L.Additional funding was set aside specifically for M.E. faculty and students applying to theexisting MIT S-L grants program.Student Research MethodologyBoth institutions used pre- and post-survey instruments for the S-L classes listed above and fivequestions were designed by the authors to be identical on attitudes toward service and
members (our department or from anotherengineering program), and often industry mentors representing the sponsoring company. Some ofthe faculty advisors are professional engineers serving as adjunct faculty. Course includes projectmanagement, team dynamics, laboratory and field tests and writing workshops. Over the courseof the two semesters, students are asked to develop of a broad range of product or service ideasthat are eventually narrowed towards a specific, well-developed, and workable prototype. This istaking place through several steps, such as: idea presentation, sketch model, mock-up review,assembly model, technical review, prototype testing and final presentation. An end-of-year seniordesign year the students display final deliverables
climate consists of influences that require outcomes-based programaccreditation, anticipated shortfalls in graduation rates, changing engineering studentdemographics and attributes, changes in engineering practices in developed countries,advances in instructional technology and cognitive sciences, and a movement towards thescholarship of teaching and learning1. These forces place a large emphasis on continuedfaculty professional development, and a diffusion of research-based practices into theclassroom as the engineering education community is increasingly recognizing theimportance of proactively helping engineering educators advance their teachingeffectiveness2. Despite this, faculty members are expected to learn how to do everythingtheir job
progress. Each CoP was assigned a mentor to helpthem implement their proposed innovations. These mentors are called Education InnovationFellows (EIFs).In response to the struggles of some CoPs to form, the messaging of SIIP has evolved to invokethe simple message of “teach like we do research.” This simple message carries several importantmessages to maintain faculty buy-in. Like research, faculty governance is respected, givingfaculty jurisdiction over how their courses are designed. Like research, improving teaching is anincremental process, in which data and peer review drive decision making and knowledgegeneration. Like research, teaching is a career-long endeavor rather than an activity engaged inonce per semester. Like research, teaching
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
and alumniperceptions might differ. Although we will also be using student surveys and focus groups in thisproject, we decided to start with program alumni as we feel they are uniquely well-positioned todiscuss their learning experience in the program with a juxtaposition to their career and graduateschool experience, and speak to the relevance of the program’s teaching and learning approachesbeyond the program itself. Comparing faculty perceptions with alumni perceptions is key indistinguishing between the intended and the enacted curriculum [19], [20].To engage in this research, we sought previous research on comparing instructor and alumniperspectives. Interestingly, despite an extensive literature review, the majority of studies focuson