writing and communication; and methodological development.Dr. Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University JULIO V. URBINA, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Julio Urbina received his BSEE degree from Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru, in 1990, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1996 and 2002, respectively. He has worked at Jicamarca Radio Observatory, Arecibo Observatory, and University of Arkansas. Dr. Urbina’s research has used radio and radar technologies to study the Earth’s middle and upper atmosphere. He conducts research in RF and
of Central Florida Professor Hyoung Jin Cho is the Associate Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Central Florida. He coordinates two undergraduate programs – B. S. Mechanical ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Paper ID #43410Engineering and B. S. Aerospace Engineering. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed journal andproceeding papers. He has 12 and 6 patents granted in the U.S. and Korea, respectively, in the areas ofsensors, microfluidic devices, and micro/nanofabrication. His current research focus is on miniaturizedenvironmental sensors and sample
writing, hands-on work, programming, and more. This allowed eachof us to take on roles aligned with our capabilities and learn from each other's expertise. Ibenefited greatly from collaborating with peers who could fill my gaps and enhance mystrengths”. Another student captured the essence of interdisciplinary learning: "I really enjoyhaving research in a team... I can also see more different research fields closely becausedifferent students may have a different research focus." These comments illustrate the richnessof learning and innovation that arises from a mixture of diverse viewpoints and experiences.Positive mentorship dynamics: The role of mentors in shaping the team experience was aunique aspect. Reflecting on the impact of mentorship, a
Paper ID #36879Strategies to Optimize Student Success in Pair Programming TeamsDr. Ayesha Johnson, University of South Florida, College of Nursing I am an assistant professor of statistics in the College of Nursing at the University of South Florida. My research interests include educational methods, and health equity. I have experience in data analysis for various types of research designs.Dr. Zachariah J Beasley P.E., University of South Florida Dr. Zachariah Beasley received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of South Florida with a focus on sentiment analysis in peer review. He is the
IKC Value rubric was used to code thestudent reflections. The results of the study demonstrated that living in the learning communityand studying the concepts of intercultural competence while interacting with students of diversebackgrounds allowed the students to develop interculturally. Also, engaging students in guidedreflection helped them to reflect on the intercultural skills that they developed through constantinteraction with peers that requires efficient communication among the team members. Similarly,in another study by Swartz et al. [13], students were challenged to collaborate internationally withstudents from three different countries during a 6-week project to increase their interculturalcompetency. The results of the study
andlearning. The use of students as observers for college teaching brings a unique and valuableperspective to the evaluation process. This observation approach offers benefits for the studentobservers, instructors, and the overall teaching enhancement mission of institutions. One of themain benefits of student observer programs is that they provide instructors with an opportunity toreceive constructive and formative feedback on their teaching from a different perspective thantheir peers or their students. By observing, recording, and possibly discussing these aspects withthe instructors, student observers can provide authentic insights into the effectiveness of teachingmethods and offer real-time, firsthand constructive feedback for improving
compared to that of the topic-quiz reflection. These results might beexplained by the fact that students were requested to write a 1-page reflection for both the topicquiz and DYOP. It is reasonable that for some levels to increase, others must decrease. Sinceproblems designed by students on the DYOP were of similar complexity as those they completedon quizzes, a decrease in percent coverage at the Understand and Apply levels indicates lessemphasis placed on engagement at these levels during reflection rather than less engagement atthem. Indeed, it would be difficult for students to engage at the Analyze level without first havingengaged fully in the Understand and Apply levels. The decrease in N/A (-20.6%), however, can beattributed to a decrease
developing feedback literacy. The framework also draws from Nicol and Macfarlane-Dick's [20] principles of good feedback practice, emphasizing the role of peer and self-assessment in feedback processes. In the context of Scrum, this dimension reflects the framework's collaborative nature, where feedback sources are not limited to the traditional instructor-student dynamic but include peers and self-reflection [22]. 2. Feedback Timing: Timeliness in feedback is highlighted by Hattie and Timperley's [19] model of effective feedback, which emphasizes the importance of immediate feedback in learning processes. This aspect is mirrored in the Scrum methodology, where regular sprint reviews and retrospectives [23] provide
engineering students to work effectively in teams, writing that“because of the increasing complexity and scale of systems-based engineering problems, there isa growing need to pursue collaborations with multidisciplinary teams of experts across multiplefields” [1, pp. 34–35]. ABET has similarly dedicated one of its seven student outcomes toteamwork, wording it as: “An ability to function effectively on a team whose members togetherprovide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks,and meet objectives” [2]. Research studies have also repeatedly underlined the importance ofdeveloping engineering students’ abilities to work in teams to meet industry needs [3], [4].As a result, there has been an increased
2003,with many students only graduating after a period of 10 years. On average, the completion ratesfor engineering doctoral programs after 3 to 4 years were just below 20% [3]. Hasbun et al. [4]found that for many students, coursework can be an external motivator as it imposes deadlinesand encourages them to interact with fellow students. Whereas, students perceive the writingphase as the most difficult. Common concerns with this last portion of the doctoral programinclude not having the necessary writing skills to communicate effectively, while beingchallenged to publicly demonstrate competence. Many students also shared concerns regardingtime management, questioning their abilities (personal and academic), isolation, and the expectedtime
influenceneurodivergent students’ sense that they need to work harder and longer than other students.Several participants mentioned experiencing imposter syndrome, which may be described as thefeeling that one is a fraud despite one’s accomplishments [47]. And even though many graduatestudents may experience imposter syndrome at some point in their career, these feelings likelyplace a heavy burden on neurodivergent graduate students who may feel pressure to hide theirchallenges to prove that they belong in academia. As Ó Meadhbh Murray et al. [47] write,“Students expend time and energy doing emotional work to navigate imposter feelings withmarginalized students experiencing more persistent and intense imposter feelings than their moreprivileged peers, often in
-level attrition, persistence, and career trajectories; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024A longitudinal investigation of international graduate students’ first-year experiences inU.S. engineering programsKeywords: Attrition, longitudinal study, SMS, time series data, International doctoral students,EngineeringAbstractThe purpose of this full research paper is to explore international engineering graduate students’experiences in U.S. graduate programs through one year of short message service (SMS) (i.e., textmessage) survey data. Although international graduate students constitute a high proportion ofengineering students in
identify meaningful and recurrent aspects of disabled students’ experiences inengineering from the transcribed interviews. The second round of coding used pattern coding toorganize aspects of these experiences into sub-themes. Presented in this paper are aspects relatedto intersectionality within two of the co-researchers’ disabled identities. The research team employed multiple measures throughout the research process to buildtrustworthiness and quality (Tracy, 2010; Saldaña, 2016). During all stages of the researchprocess, we carefully reflected on our positionalities and how they could influence and/or biasthe work. We met multiple times throughout the data analysis and writing process to providediverse perspectives, interrogate our
, directories, books and monographs. • Engineering database - Compendex & Inspec (Engineering Village): 1884 - Current; Indexes 2,600+ international scholarly and trade journals and conference proceedings in all aspects of engineering. Compendex is Elsevier’s flagship engineering-focused database that provides comprehensive and trustworthy content to improve research outcomes and maximize the impact of your engineering research. • Engineering Education database - Papers on Engineering Education Repository (PEER): This is the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference proceedings database. For the first two databases, to ensure populated results were adequate in achieving
and program leadership team have been continuously improving the course interms of structure, teaching materials, etc. since it’s first offered in 2018. Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) is an Artificial Intelligent (AI)language model developed by OpenAI. Since 2018, it has gone through four iterations ofdevelopment, from GPT-1 to GPT4 [5]. When the authors asked how ChatGPT defined itself, itadded, “It is designed to generate human-like text based on the input it receives, specifically builtto understand and produce text that can mimic human writing styles across various genres andtopics” [6]. ChatGPT (GPT-3) made its public debut in late 2022, it did not immediately strikethe academic world as applicable but was more
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc. [1]. Recent research hasdemonstrated how to use network science concepts and data-driven methodologies to quantifysocial influences in social media [2]. Due to the ease and ubiquity of Social Media tools and easeof accessibility via a laptop, smartphone, or tablet, an increasing number of students are usingthem [3]. Students can interact with current and previous peers through social media, which alsomakes it easier to access emotional support and suggests creative activities [4]. This is crucialbecause, for minority students, making connections is one of the essential components of afulfilling academic experience. Due to communication barriers or other reasons, minoritystudents are typically less
students with motorimpairments may have difficulty using a keyboard or mouse to write code [10]. As a result, allthese students may require specific tools and resources tailored to the nuances of the field [10].Homing in on higher education computing curriculum, this research aligns with the growingemphasis on inclusive practices in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)fields [12]. Historically, STEM disciplines have grappled with, and are still grappling with,issues of diversity and inclusivity [12]. This literature review explores how accessibility isintegrated with STEM curricula, thereby contributing to the broader conversation on fosteringdiversity in education.Study OverviewGiven the continuously evolving landscape of
engineering students are often notconsidered [4, 13].As described by Polkinghorne [20], narrative research commonly includes two forms of analysis:narrative analysis, in which structured narratives are built from existing data, and analysis ofnarratives, in which data already exists in narrative form. This outcome of the analysis ofnarratives technique often consists of a set of themes that the researcher can use to makeinferences about the sample they studied. Meanwhile, the outcome of the narrative analysistechnique is a story, ordered chronologically, that synthesizes various data into a cohesiveelement. This form of narrative analysis can be thought of as writing an account of someone'slife, such as a biography. The researcher may interview the
held in person inthe United States for the first time since 2020, and was distinguished by a record number ofabstract and paper submissions and the highest number of attendees. Several changes were madefor the first time this year, including the creation of 1) videos to explain the differences betweenpaper categories, 2) distinct detailed rubrics for the variety of different submission types, and 3)streamlined tracks and sub-tracks using the Engineering Education Research (EER) taxonomy[1]. We updated the review process to engage peer reviewers at the abstract review stage ratherthan wait until the draft paper review stage. We also accepted abstracts with minor revisions andprovided them with necessary guidance if needed. We created a poster
. Later, they scaffolded newly learned concepts and constructed a smart streetlight using sensors and integrated circuits. To add functionality to the design, participants learned basic programming to write a simple code to make an LED blink.Data collection Data collection included ten interviews with teacher participants, six classroom observations,and the review of student artifacts produced in the camp. The instructors included one facultymember from electrical and computer engineering, three graduate students, and oneundergraduate student. Instructors were interviewed to provide retrospective insights once afterthe first week of camp and once after the second week of camp (two interviews, 45 minutes each,for a total of ten
homeworkassignments. Oral exams, due to their adaptive diagnostic nature, provide an opportunity to probestudents’ thought process behind their decision-making. In contrast, written exams are limited inthis capacity: when students write down an equation, it is difficult to tell whether they understandthe concept well or if they are trying to recall similar procedures from class examples andhomework assignments. Oral exams also allow students to receive feedback from a contentexpert who can clear up misconceptions. Group explanation activities offer the benefits offeedback exchange and social learning among students. The paper will present the details ofthese learning activities as well as the outcomes. Mixed research methods were used to study theimpact of
Paper ID #44329Appreciative Inquiry as an Intervention for Equity-Centered EngineeringEducation Research and PraxisAnn Shivers-McNair, University of Arizona Ann Shivers-McNair is associate professor and director of professional and technical writing in the Department of English and affiliated faculty in the School of Information at the University of Arizona, on the lands of the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui.Gimantha N. Perera, North Carolina State University Gimantha Perera is a Sri Lankan born researcher and educator from NC State University. He was inspired to be an engineer by his maternal grandfather Anil, who
, whereas a ques-tionnaire for critical thinking was utilized to identify the critical thinking skills of thestudents. Another crucial factor assisting students to be engaged during the learning andimproving their skills is a challenging feature of the course assignments. Especially inhigher education, challenge-based learning (CBL) has been highlighted and definedas a multidisciplinary teaching and learning approach that encourages students toleverage technology to solve real-world problems. So, it has some common featuressuch as being collaborative and hands-on with peers, teachers, and experts in theircommunities. Problem-based learning (PBL) is a variation of CBL with less opengeneral problems and students don’t need to formulate the
, persistence, and career trajectories; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Capturing attrition decisions in engineering graduate students using longitudinal SMS dataKeywords: Attrition, longitudinal study, SMS (Short Message Service), time series dataAbstractThis research paper reports results from a longitudinal Short Message Service (SMS) text messagesurvey study that captured attrition decisions from engineering graduate students who decided toleave their Ph.D. program or change degree objectives from Ph.D. to M.S. (Master’s-leveldeparture). While past research has investigated doctoral attrition across disciplines to
machine learning and cognitive research). My background is in Industrial Engineering (B.Sc. at the Sharif University of Technology and ”Gold medal” of Industrial Engineering Olympiad (Iran-2021- the highest-level prize in Iran)). Now I am working as a researcher in the Erasmus project, which is funded by European Unions (1M $ European Union & 7 Iranian Universities) which focus on TEL and students as well as professors’ adoption of technology(modern Education technology). Moreover, I cooperated with Dr. Taheri to write the ”R application in Engineering statistics” (an attachment of his new book ”Engineering probability and statistics.”)Dr. Jason Morphew, Purdue University Jason W. Morphew is an Assistant Professor
students want from TAs in engineering education settings.Prior Use of NLP in EducationThe use of NLP in education has been significant, particularly in the assessment andclassification of student learning. Assessment involves determining the quality and level ofstudent learning, while classification aims to comprehend student learning without evaluating it.Automated assessment is an attractive solution for large student populations, and one of the mostcommon applications of NLP in education is the assessment of student writing in the Test ofEnglish as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) [3]. NLP is used to evaluate grammar, mechanics, wordusage, complexity, style, and organization of student essays. NLP-based assessments havedemonstrated remarkable
approach and avoidance achievement motivation.,” J. Pers. Soc. Psychol., vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 628–644, 1999, doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.76.4.628.[37] S. Purzer, T. J. Moore, and E. Dringenberg, “Engineering cognition: A process of knowledge acquisition and application,” in Cognition, Metacognition, and Culture in STEM Education. Innovations in Science Education and Technology, Y. J. Dori, Z. R. Mevarech, and D. R. Baker, Eds. Springer, 2018, pp. 167–190.[38] R. Ferrari, “Writing narrative style literature reviews,” Med. Writ., vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 230– 235, 2015, doi: 10.1179/2047480615z.000000000329.[39] J. A. Byrne, “Improving the peer review of narrative literature reviews,” Res. Integr. Peer Rev., vol
into effective online teaching strategies. She wishes for her contributions to enhance course interaction and ensure student perseverance in asynchronous engineering education for peers who rely on online learning options. In summer 2023, Youla was awarded a fellowship by The Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (UReCA) at the University of Oklahoma. This fellowship enabled her to complete a Systematic Literature Review on asynchronous online engineering education under the title ”Teaching Online Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review”. Her research has contributed to identifying emerging themes in six finalist scholarly papers on asynchronous online engineering education and has offered
’ perspective, hence there isa moral obligation concerning how they write. Reporting is the process where the authors hope tobring people together. Following Kvale's [39] guidelines, when the authors reported the analysisresult in the next section, they contextualized and interpreted the quotes while making themrelevant to the general writing. The authors rendered the conversations into a readable, writtentext format, and the maximum length of the interview quotes is no more than half a page. Onlythe most essential quotes are presented. ‘How to dialogically engage in reading and writing andmake the piece reader-ly?’ was a concern while they were writing up the piece. The goal is neverto generalize the stories. Everything we look at here is not
is an assistant professor of rhetoric and composition and the writing program admin- istrator at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ. His research on rhetorical theory, in- frastructure, and communication pedagogy informs his teaching of courses in rhetoric, composition, and technical communication in engineering.Elizabeth Ashley Rea, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Fostering Educational Equity in EngineeringAbstract: This is a research paper. Students in introductory engineering courses face challengescommunicating and integrating their ideas in team projects. Often these challenges with