Conference Session

Engineering Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul J. Thomas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tugba Karabiyik, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Viranga Perera, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

the impact of cooperative learning during the Spring2020 semester by studying team retrospectives written by students enrolled in a system analysisand design course.The pedagogical foundation for the system analysis and design course was cooperative learning.The course required students to work in teams to develop a software prototype. The project wasdivided into four milestones and each team was required to submit a team retrospective detailingoverall planning, task allocation, group processes, and strategies for improvement. The first twomilestones were completed during face-to-face instruction, while teams met online for the lasttwo milestones due to the shift to online instruction. To investigate team effectiveness, a rubricbased on the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Students' Professional Skills and Reflection

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abolfazl Amin, Utah Valley University; Abdennour C. Seibi, Utah Valley University; Israd Hakim Jaafar, Utah Valley University

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Educational Research and Methods

however, WEdoes not imply “writing intensive.” Certified WE courses are not meant to be “writing classes;”instead, writing should be one of several instructional focuses, as required by the new WEinitiative.Since this new initiative is taking effect in Fall 2021, the WE Committee has not established thefinal assessment criteria. The plan is to have each program submit an assessment processregarding the WE related learning outcomes.Literature Review:Writing is an important skill that all engineers should have. Its importance is reflected in ABETaccreditation criterion 3 for student outcomes, “an ability to communicate effectively with arange of audiences.”Wheeler and McDonald [1] stated that writing is a useful tool in engineering if developed

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William E. Genereux, Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus

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caused a loss ofproject data, and six mentioned needing to improve their skills with using a computer and/or theediting software. One student offered: I spent eight hours on my project, and I lost my flash drive. So I learned to back it up. I have an external hard drive now so I can back up to it. When you said to make a backup in the lab, I just made a copy on the same flash drive. I never thought of losing my flash- drive.In terms of demonstrating communication skills, seven of the nine students interviewed haddeveloped a planning document to assist with the organization and planning of the video project.While such a document was recommended for completing the project, there was no requiredtemplate or format assigned

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cardella, Center for the Advancement of Scholarships on Engineering Education (CASEE); Cynthia Atman, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

Definition/DescriptionKnowledge Base Cognitive Resources: Mathematical Content KnowledgeProblem Solving Strategies Global or local strategies learned from mathematics coursesUse of Resources Social Resource: Peers, Experts Material Resources: textbooks, time, computers Use of Resources: metacognitive processes such as planning and monitoringBeliefs and Affects Beliefs about mathematics and one’s mathematical ability, Feelings towards mathematics, Emotions or feelings experiencedMathematical Practices Activities or actions that mathematicians engage in

Conference Session

Student Engagement and Motivation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Howard, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

throughout the academic term. First, the timing of the three Reflections was Page 13.1099.5adjusted slightly. During the Fall 2006 semester, Reflections were completed at roughly weeks 4,8, and 12 of the 16-week semester. During the Spring 2007 semester, the due date for the firstReflection was adjusted from week 4 to week 5, so that it coincided with the completion of teamproject plans. This was because it had been noted by team instructors that many students wereunable to effectively answer questions about their projects until after they had at least started towrite a specific plan for the work they were going to do. Second, the timing of the

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura E. Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University; Ravisha Mathur, San Jose State University; Andrew Hale Feinstein, San Jose State University

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Educational Research and Methods

concern for young, probationary faculty. Another challenge is using the flipped approach in large-lecture classrooms. Manygateway STEM courses are larger lectures, which opposes some of the core tenets of the flippedclassroom. Faculty teaching larger STEM courses have reported difficulties in maintaining activelearning with 80 or more students (that it creates a chaotic learning environment). Althoughresearch has shown effective use of the flipped approach in larger classrooms, greater discussionwithin the FLCs is planned to delineate more effective in-class activities for larger class formats. A third challenge is maintaining communication in the discipline-specific FLCs. Thefaculty who teach these gateway STEM courses are feeling

Conference Session

Changing the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacie I. Ringleb, Old Dominion University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Kidd, Old Dominion University

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Educational Research and Methods

S 3.54 3. The reviews I received helped F 3.49 F 3.72 me understand what I needed to S 3.77 S 3.51 change about my work. 4. I trust the feedback I received. F 3.53 F 3.65 S 3.63 S 3.37 5.I plan to change (or already F 3.75 F 3.77 changed) my work based on the S 3.91 S 3.71 review process. 6. I felt comfortable giving F 3.84 F 3.70 feedback to my peers. S 4.02 S 3.88 7. I felt

Conference Session

Cognitive Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petr Johanes, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

linkages between knowing, learning, and analytics, andthat knowing is not an objectively defined or agreed-upon term [14].Since the main thrust of this paper is about designing navigating and planning instructional andassessment activities, the knowledge-learning-instruction (KLI) framework [12] developed out ofthe knowledge tracing literature [13] serves as a productive starting point. The KLI frameworkdifferentiates between observable events (instructional events and assessment events) andunobservable events (learning events). Therefore, moves by an instructor (instructional events)aimed at producing learning (learning events) set up moments during which the learnerdemonstrates knowing (assessment events). The learning that occurs as a result of

Conference Session

Curricular Transformation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn Griffiths, University of Wyoming; Janel Seeley

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Educational Research and Methods

; a review ofTable 1. Schedule for class and laboratory. Week Class Lecture/Lab Section 1 1 1 Syllabus, Review of Mechanics 2 2 Circuits / Ohms law 3 Data acquisition / Signals and sampling 3 4 Planning a Monitoring program / Uncertainty / Accuracy 5 Strain Sensors / Vibrating wire gages 4 6 Foil Gages, theory and installation Section 2 7 Foil Gages, selection and voltage 5 8 Fiber optics / Load cells 9 Piezometers / Linear deformation

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Bradford, Rice University; Margaret E. Beier; Michael Wolf, Rice University; Megan McSpedon, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Duke University

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Educational Research and Methods

single session [8], rather than spacing out their learning. Hora and Oleson [9]found in a qualitative study that almost half of STEM students reported “cramming” for theirexams, meaning they began studying for an exam sometime from a few days before the exam tothe night before it.In terms of STEM-specific studying requirements, STEM as a discipline is distinct in many waysfrom other college majors. It involves scientific inquiry, problem-solving (often collaboratively),creativity, and a broad understanding of interdisciplinary concepts and how they relate to eachother [10]. In particular, math is known to be more cognitively challenging than many othertraditional academic subjects [11] and requires effective planning for success, not just

Conference Session

Faculty Development I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim L Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

times, so opportunities to discuss teaching concerns and plans with colleagues can be essential to building a professional attitude toward teaching.Implications for faculty developmentFrom its inception, faculty development at the Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching(CELT) has focused on promoting the best research-based teaching practices, but as Felder et al.(2011) pointed out in their review of engineering teaching and learning centers, there are otherimportant elements to consider when planning faculty development activities.[22] Those elementsrange from offering individualized consulting services to presenting teaching workshops togroups of faculty

Conference Session

Mentoring, Advising, and Facilitating Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

literaturestudy, establishment of a research hypothesis, laying out a plan to answer the research questions,performing experimentation or simulations, and answering the research questions.Undergraduate researchers may get involved with all the steps or a few steps in the researchprocess, depending on the scope of their project and depending on the level of involvement oftheir research mentor. Involving undergraduate students in all the facets of a research project canbe challenging, particularly for the students in their freshmen or sophomore years. However, itcan be argued that undergraduate students can benefit from research experiences even if they arenot involved with all the facets of the research project. It can be argued that involvement

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 13: Student Learning and Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleanor Leung, York College of Pennsylvania

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Educational Research and Methods

, or a couple of students can have the ”instructor role” to ensure the ratio is met. This isa resource-intensive activity so it is easier to implement in small-sized classes and programs. AtIRE and YCP class sizes are between 8-12 and 15-18 students, respectively. However, it is notused as a regular classroom activity and only occurs one to two times a semester due to theamount of planning and setup required.Finally, the instructor decides if this is to be an individual or group activity. For an individualactivity, there should be a variety of questions both in the content area and depth so students whoare stuck on one question can move onto another and use their time wisely. More details on thissetup can be found in iteration one and two in

Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Natalia Kapli, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

that those students with a more positive perception of active learning techniques ingeneral will also likely find the activities used in the course to be positive.2. What is the relationship between students’ perceived relevance of course and their perceptionof active learning?We hypothesize that students who perceive the course to be more relevant to their future and ofgreater interest to them will be more likely to endorse principles of active learning. Many of thestudents in the class are planning careers in industry as opposed to academic positions. Wehypothesize that students who have a greater interest in teaching will also likely feel morepositive about teaching strategies that have an active component.3. What differences exist between

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

of flow diagram; second, how to mechanically write syntactically correct code. Werealize the abstraction of logic is the key to successful coding. Typically students rush to codedirectly without comprehending the logic. Therefore, they lack a clear definition of the problemthey are trying to solve and a plan of action for how to solve the problem. As one instructionalmethod, we ask students to generate diagram of their logic. Then, we introduce pseudo peerdiagrams to reinforce the construction of visual representations as a roadmap to coding. Weconjecture that pseudo peer diagrams are an effective tool to foster students’ self-check strategywhich reduces instructors’ need to process large amount information generated by students inreal time

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Ann McKenna, Northwestern University; Matthew Glucksberg, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

, andcovered Gainsburg’s first two steps, 1) Identify the real-world phenomenon, and 2) Simplify oridealize the phenomenon. We planned this phase to be very open-ended. Students were asked to“tell the Phototherapy Design Team what you think should be modeled, how you wouldapproach the modeling, and how you expect the model to eventually be helpful in the design.”Ideally, we hoped that students would provide their conceptions of what modeling is, and not justlist the steps in the overall design process. Note that we never said “mathematical model” oranything comparable.This phase was completed in class in order to collect students’ individual responses to thisquestion. Students had 45 min to complete the task. Student responses were collected and

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Atchison, Drexel University; Dorothea Holmes-Stanley, St. Cyprian's School; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University

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Educational Research and Methods

processes used in scientific discovery and innovation. The student authors wereinvited to read their novels with the students in the lower grades to promotescience/engineering literacy throughout the school.The module described above outlines the process by which students in grades 6, 7, and 8created graphic novels with science and engineering themes. The lesson plans followedthe recommendations outlined on the National Association of Comics Art Educator’swebsite for the process of making a graphic novel. Pre and post activity assessmentswere administered to evaluate the student’s attitude towards science and engineering, aswell as for evidence of understanding and application of the scientific method.Introduction: A graphic novel is usually a book

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oluwatosin Alabi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; R. Edwin Garcia, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

mathematicalbased problems 19. Polya’s four step model for problems solving with mathematical methodsincludes: (1) Representation of the problem, (2) Goal setting and planning, (3) Execution of theplan and (4) Evaluation of the solution. These steps were mapped to the assignment questions for Page 24.582.6each group as shown in table two. These mappings helped examine and highlight students’documented goal-oriented tasks towards developing their solutions to the problem assignment.Students’ responses were investigated using open-coding analysis to identify the patterns andthemes embedded in student responses 20. In particular, an inductive analysis

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

engineeringstudents at U.S. institutions, it was not feasible to randomly sample individual students. Instead,sampling was done by institution using a stratified approach based on institutionalcharacteristics. Once the institutions were selected, the student population at each school wasdivided into subpopulations (or strata) for recruitment (see Donaldson & Sheppard (2008)6 for adetailed description of the APPLES2 sampling plan). Partnership with North Carolina A&TInstitutional recruitment for the national APPLES research began in mid-2007 with invitationletters sent to each institution’s dean as well as a special session held at the annual meeting of theAmerican Society of Engineering Education in June of 2007. As part of the

Conference Session

Studies of Student Teams and Student Interactions

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nourhan Emad El-Atky, Rowan University; Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

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Educational Research and Methods

professionalism is a broad topic, it often includescommunication, project management, and teamwork, in relation to engineering projects asessential ingredients for project execution. Communication, in particular, is often sufficientlyintegrated within first and second-year engineering courses as oral and technical writingcomponents in preparation for the capstone experience [3]. In fact, communication was and stillis part of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) review criteria.Recently, ABET introduced a new set of criteria that included, “an ability to function effectivelyon a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusiveenvironment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives” [4

Conference Session

Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lea K. Marlor, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Laura J. Carroll, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

,time, classroom/curriculum, instructor’s disposition, and networking/community. Infrastructureand culture refer to what is emphasized by an instructor’s institution, including evaluations,research emphasis, and institution policies. Knowledge of effective teaching practices speaks tothe instructor’s access to material about effective teaching practices or support offered in order touse these best practices. Student experience can refer to how students react to active learning,how responsive or attentive the students are, or the rapport built between the instructors andstudents. Time denotes the amount of time it would take an instructor to learn about bestpractices as well as the amount of time required to restructure and plan for a course

Conference Session

Care and Inclusive Teaching

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Memoria Matters, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

: Impact of the student-faculty relationship in a highly challenging course,” Coll. Teach., vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 41–47, Apr. 2012, doi: 10.1080/87567555.2011.627576.[7] L. E. Davis, I. Ajzen, J. Saunders, and T. Williams, “The decision of African American students to complete high school: An application of the theory of planned behavior,” J. Educ. Psychol., vol. 94, no. 4, pp. 810–819, 2002, doi: 10.1037/0022-0663.94.4.810.[8] C. J. Armitage, P. Norman, and M. Conner, “Can the theory of planned behaviour mediate the effects of age, gender and multidimensional health locus of control?,” Br. J. Health Psychol., vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 299–316, 2002, doi: 10.1348/135910702760213698.[9] C. H. C. Drossaert, H. Boer, and E. R. Seydel

Conference Session

Student Engagement, Socioemotional Needs, and Social Support During Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines; Deb Jordan, Colorado School of Mines; Ariana C. Vasquez, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

: Self-Efficacy for Advanced Manufacturing Competencies. The competencies that wereincluded in this scale, as well as the Implicit Theories of Advanced Manufacturing CompetenciesScale, stemmed from prior grant-related work of industry professionals (described in the followingsection).Current Progress on Research StudyBecause of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the research tasks were delayed as the researchersinvolved had to focus on helping faculty at their respective institutions shift to remote teaching.The development plan was refined at the program launch and again after the impact of COVID-19to readjust the timeline and working parameters (i.e., working fully-remotely). We are on track toaccomplish all goals by the end of the project.As of

Conference Session

Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego; Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Ming Z. Huang, University of San Diego; Leonard A. Perry, University of San Diego

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Educational Research and Methods

of these change initiatives. We learned the importance of social actors in creating a discourse of change within engineering, the conditions that produced successes, and that resources must be mobilized and structures must accommodate changes in order for them to succeed. 4. Strategic Planning: The university has recently conducted a strategic planning process that has resulted in six pathways including Changemaking and Care for Our Common Home. We have leveraged this institutional initiative by conducting three strategic planning sessions in the school that emphasized developing a shared meaning of Changemaking Engineering. Faculty members performed a SWOT analysis, identifying the most important

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

, collaborative team to move ahead with pilot changes tothe curriculum. This group has been meeting since September 2007, and plans for the firstiFoundry class are being set for September 2008.Voluntary participation. It is best to staff such a pilot program with faculty who are trulyinterested in undergraduate education and students who are amenable to change. Even the mostresearch-oriented institution has a cadre of dedicated undergraduate teachers, and many studentstoday are interested in many of the modifications to the curriculum that have been proposed inthe 2020 reports and elsewhere. iFoundry began with faculty and chief advisors from fivedepartments, and student leaders joined the discussion in September 2007.Signatory authority and variances

Conference Session

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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Educational Research and Methods

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

Writing and Portfolios

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Nichols, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-1113: USING CALIBRATED PEER REVIEW AS A TEACHING TOOLFOR STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY IN ARCHITECTUREAnne Nichols, Texas A&M University Dr. Nichols is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Texas A&M University. She teaches structural analysis, design, and planning at the undergraduate and graduate level. She is a civil engineer with research interests in the structural mechanics and modeling of masonry and cement materials. Page 13.1331.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Using Calibrated Peer Review as a Teaching Tool for Structural

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Terenzini, The Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Russell Long, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

SourcesThe methodology to be used in this study must be carefully designed if it is to be credible andprovide useful psychometric insights on widely used measures of engineering learning, as well ason the validity of self-reported learning outcome measures in educational research. In this paper,we thus present an analytical plan for evaluating the criterion-related validity of the scalesdeveloped for the EC2000 study using data available through the Multi-Institution Database forInvestigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) project, including student FEexamination scores and grade-point averages (from transcript records). Presentation anddiscussion of the study design and procedures at ASEE will permit the engineering

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Czekanski, United States Military Academy; David Roux, United States Military Academy

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Educational Research and Methods

forassessing student understanding of learning objectives, but their growing popularity in theclassroom in recent years has also been linked to their role in supporting active learning3. Theeffective integration of clickers into the traditional lesson plan has proven to be an excellentmeans to capture the attention of students, while also giving them a stake in the material beingcovered. Students who commit to an answer tend to become invested in the question anddevelop an increased interest in the discussion surrounding that question1. The critical benefitoffered by clickers over other methods historically used to query classroom populations is theirability to provide a level of anonymity to the student in answering a question posed in public.They

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Layer, University of Evansville; Chris Gwaltney, University of Evansville

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Educational Research and Methods

waterheating project. The engineering information obtained from the initial Dominican Republic visitprovided the student teams with critical engineering data for a total of three design projects thatwould be completed during the 2008-2009 academic year. The three design projects include: 1.a 40 acre Sports Complex, 2. a church structural design, and 3. a solar water heating system for a60-person dormitory. In addition, the site visit put the students in direct contact with theirDominican Republic client, as well as the general population who will benefit from theseprojects.MethodologyDominican Republic learning outcomes causal modelThe planned outcome of this capstone project is to provide the students an opportunity toinvestigate, assess, design