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Work-in-Progress Session: Emergent Methods for Engineering Education Research

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee M. Desing, Oregon State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Tech ; Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Stephanie A Damas, Clemson University; Gabriella Torres; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles

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to provide diverse perspectives on pressing topicswithin academic and non-academic communities. Individuals participating in panels are usuallybrought together to express a wide range of viewpoints and to combine ideas, research, andexperiences. We see an opportunity to extend panel discussions to have enduring impact bybroadly distributing the data synthesized during the panel discussions. The use of paneldiscussions as a research endeavor has the potential to broaden researchers' ways of knowing, yetknowledge transfer from panel conversations to peer-reviewed publications has to this point beenminimal.This paper highlights a methodology for analyzing panel discussions, discourse content, andpanelist reflection to produce research results

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ERM Technical Session: A Focus on Faculty Experiences & Perceptions

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Camila Olivero-Araya, The Ohio State University; Monique S. Ross, The Ohio State University

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normalized high-stress levels and demanding workconditions, perpetuating these norms within educational programs [21], [22], [23], [24].Furthermore, engineers are often portrayed as heroic figures who have conquered the demandingeducation and now enjoy the rewards of a prestigious and well-compensated profession [25].This glorification of the engineering profession places additional pressure on individuals to liveup to these idealized expectations.Policy documents formalize ideas, set expectations, and establish institutional norms [26].Analyzing the language used in these policies can provide insights into how they might bereframed to challenge dominant power structures and better reflect the diversity of facultyidentities and experiences [27], [28

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Supporting Underrepresented and LGBTQ Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University - Bozeman; Sidrah MGWatson

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these environments. However,whether LGBTQ students experience self-concept or social fit may determine avoidancebehaviors that may ultimately lead them to abandon a STEM major and their STEM career goals.The disclosure of LGBTQ identity to others then reflects both higher self-concept fit and socialfit in that LGBTQ students can be their “true selves” in STEM environments and have theirLGBTQ identities validated by their peers. The decision to compartmentalize LGBTQ identitieswithin STEM environments reflects social identity threat posed by a lack of self-concept and/orsocial fit. Given what prior research has indicated about the LGBTQ climate in STEM, then,these environments would be expected to pose more social identity threat than many

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 20

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Buten, University of Michigan; Jack Boomer Perry, University of Michigan; Cindy Wheaton, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan

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Boomer is a graduate student completing his master’s degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan. His focus in engineering education research has been towards bridging the gap between the undergraduate engineering curriculum and engineering industry practice.Cindy Wheaton, University of MichiganDr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a Core Faculty member of the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. His lab’s design-based research focuses on how to re-contextualize engineering science engineering courses to better reflect and prepare students for the reality of ill-defined

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ERM WIP II: Equity & Accessibility in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Figard, University of Georgia; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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” to reflect the collaborative nature of this research andemphasize the active role of disabled students in shaping knowledge production. This study draws from semi-structured interviews with 27 disabled engineering students(co-creators) across three institutions during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years. Theco-creators’ shared lived experiences explicitized the important interplay between geography andtheir experiences of being disabled, which led us to further examine individuals’ experiences intheir situated contexts. This paper specifically presents the lived experiences of Leah, a disabled,Woman of Color and international student. At the time of data collection and analysis, Leah wasenrolled in an undergraduate engineering

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ERM Technical Session: Strategies for Student Support

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan Edwards, College of Lake County; Carrie Kortegast, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Science (A.E.S.), is based on the state articulationrequirements which mirror the freshman and sophomore portion of a bachelor’s degree inengineering.Data SourcesThe two primary data sources were: 1) semi-structured interviews with individual students; and2) education journey reflection maps. Purposeful sampling was used to recruit participants whohad completed at least 36 credits at MWC prior to transfer, completed at least one semester aftertransfer, and continued to be enrolled in an engineering degree program or were a recentengineering graduate. Twelve individuals agreed to participate who successfully transferred toone of six different institutions (See Table 1). At the time of the interview, the participants’upcoming graduation

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Pedagogy and Instructional Practices

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Biester; Ian Stewart; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Rada Mihalcea; Sara Pozzi

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, e.g., course department, as confounders for model to remove. Using this method,for the difficult dimension, the model learns to identify words that are more correlated withhigher difficulty ratings but not correlated with quality ratings.From these word lists, two of the authors manually annotated the words that were valid membersof the different dimensions based on fixed criteria. For example, the word “helping” would countas helpful but not clear because helpful words should reflect positive social behavior while clearwords indicate effective communication. Next, we adapt these lists to the original CCE dataset bycomputing the nearest neighbors to the words in each dimension, using word embeddings trainedon the CCE text data [22]. Computing

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Reviewing Emergent Topics and Theory in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi Cao, Virginia Tech; Qin Zhu, Virginia Tech; Jennifer M. Case, Virginia Tech

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and assessed in different contexts.More specifically, Chinese immigrant STEM workers comprise a high percentage of all foreign-born workers in the U.S. Therefore, comparing the Chinese and American teamwork assessmentsystems can be conducive to constructing a generalizable understanding of teamwork assessmentin cross-cultural contexts [11].In addition, much literature discusses how to develop and assess teamwork. For example,portfolios, reflections, observations, tests, rubrics, and questionnaires are common teamworkassessment methods. However, less literature outlines how teamwork in engineering educationmight be implemented in different cultural contexts. We must fill this gap because abundantliterature already points to the importance and

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Supporting Students with Disabilities and Understanding Spatial Ability and Accessibility

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Figard, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University

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slowlyincreased (Cunninghame et al., 2016), this group still remains largely underrepresented in STEMdisciplines (Moon et al., 2012). This discrepancy in representation reflects larger issues ofmarginalization in STEM fields and higher education at large. Current support structures fordisabled people remain ineffective, as accessing necessary resources requires navigatingphysical, cultural, and bureaucratic barriers (Groen-McCall et al., 2018). These barriers onlycontinue to widen for disabled students planning to pursue engineering careers (Prema & Dhand,2019), as seen in the high unemployment rate for disabled scientists and engineers, which isgreater than that of the entire U.S. labor force (Lee, 2010; NSF, 2017). Yet, disability is rarelyincluded

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 16

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Monica Lynn Miles, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Hasan Asif, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Paper ID #42409Exploring Variance in Undergraduate Research Participation: A Quantitativeand Qualitative Investigation among Students with Differing Levels of InvolvementDr. Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Andrew Olewnik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. His research includes undergraduate engineering education with focus on engineering design, problem-based learning, co-curricular involvement and its impact on professional formation, and the role of reflection practices in supporting engineering undergraduates as they

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 26

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hye Yeon Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

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, 1971). By acquiring multiple sources of information about the sameevent occurring in a social setting, researchers can integrate and triangulate these data, enhancingthe analysis’ depth and accuracy. Therefore, in this research project, the researcher engaged inextensive first-hand observation in classroom settings throughout the semester, collectedstudents’ written responses reflecting their class, and conducted open-ended interviews designedto validate our findings with students’ perspectives. Second, investigations of instructors’ pedagogical practices in naturalistic settings, versusin a laboratory or through lab-based experiments, can yield different findings (Le Compte &Goetz, 1982). Indeed, identifying instructor’s

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 15

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Singelmann, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Darcie Christensen, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Yuezhou Wang, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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people working at such high levels of Iron Range Engineering gave me the chance to prove what I can do and feel like I am capable of being an engineer (Student 6, para. 2)Student 3Student 3 was a participant who only made connections between four of the framework elements(no mention of Knowledge) and showed limited connections between those that were mentioned.Their co-occurrences happened less frequently than those in Students 6 and 10’s reflections. As areminder from Table 2, student 3 mentioned Skills, Values, and Epistemology in 40% ofparagraphs and Identity in 100%. This correlates with the size of the nodes in Figure 4.Four out of the five paragraphs in Student 3’s

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 13

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Shanachilubwa, Harding University; James L. Huff, Harding University; Amy L. Brooks, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering. Her dissertation research broadly focused on global issues related to sustainable waste management and plastic pollution. After earning her PhD 2021 from the University of Georgia, Amy developed skills in qualitative research methods in engineering education at Oregon State University. As part of this training, she used interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to examine engineering faculty well-being and collaborated on the development of a reflective tool for researchers to build skills in semi- and unstructured interviewing. Building on her postdoctoral training, Amy aims to merge her methodological interests to pursue research questions in the nexus of engineering education, sustainable development

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ERM Technical Session: Professional Formation & Career Aspirations

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammed A. Alrizqi, Cornell University; Allison Godwin, Cornell University

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rather than empirical,research-driven approaches [1]. This trend can lead to rigid prerequisite structures and outdatedframeworks that do not always reflect contemporary engineering practice. As a result, curriculacan become unnecessarily complex, with prior research showing that high complexity negativelycorrelates with graduation rates, time-to-degree, job earnings, and employment rates [2], [3], [4].These curricula also have impacts on equity in engineering pathways as research oftendemonstrates equity gaps in gateway STEM course grades by race or gender [5], [6]. Complexcurricula may also reduce students’ opportunities to cultivate skills beyond traditional classroomenvironments, such as interdisciplinary thinking, interpersonal competency

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ERM Technical Session: Methods in Graduate Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luis Delgado Jr., Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University

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engineering doctoral students’ usage of ‘voice’ mechanismto express discontent with several groups including friends, family members, faculty, anduniversity administrators. The main findings that resulted from this study show students’ decisionto exit or consider existing their program were impacted due to a lack of support, response, and insome cases an active suppression of voice from faculty or graduate department. This studyhighlights that if institutions seek to learn about the underlying causes of graduate engineeringattrition, they need to show a willingness to reflect on the importance of graduate students’feedback and implement self-corrective actions.Introduction and Related Literature Graduate schools and graduate administrators

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Pedagogy and Instructional Practices

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yinqi (Anna) Zhang, Penn State University; Brian Belland, Penn State University

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from a Critical Feminist lens. Kinzie[1] reflected on their personally discouraging experience with science in college and theorized tounderstand inequities in women’s participation with four pathways: ‘nevers,’ ‘departers,’‘joiners,’ and ‘persisters.’ [13] examined STEM mentoring programs in their meta-analysis usinga Critical Feminist approach. Gender, oppression/patriarchy, challenges within institutions, andsystemic challenges were identified as obstacles for girls and women in STEM and the authorscritiqued STEM mentoring programs failed to address concerns for individuals who do not fitinto the binary gender category and the intersectional oppressions. There are many cases wherethe authors apply a Critical Feminist lens without explicitly

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ERM Technical Session: Student Mental Health & Wellbeing I

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narjes Khorsandi Koujel, Rowan University; Sowmya Panuganti, Purdue Engineering Education; Justin Charles Major, Rowan University

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providing an avenuefor open dialogue, mentors enable their mentees to develop self-awareness, confidence, and a senseof purpose [11]. These skills are important in ensuring success not only in academics orprofessional settings but also in general life satisfaction and mental health [17]. Mentorship allowsfor the opportunity to develop important life skills like communication, critical thinking, and timemanagement. These forms of success are developed through seeking and receiving guidance,reflecting on feedback, and applying learned principles in real situations [18]. By supportingstudents' pursuits, mentorship helps individuals handle challenges independently and equips themwith skills necessary for success in whichever situations they meet [19

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ERM Technical Session: Improving Assessment in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sama Ghoreyshi, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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-based learning contexts.Dr. Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Andrew Olewnik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. His research includes undergraduate engineering education with focus on engineering design, problem-based learning, co-curricular involvement and its impact on professional formation, and the role of reflection practices in supporting engineering undergraduates as they transition from student to professional. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 An emerging assessment framework for problem-based learning environments based on Jonassen’s design theory of

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ERM Technical Session: Examining Undergraduate Recruitment & Retention

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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VINCENT OLUWASETO FAKIYESI, University of Georgia; ISAAC DAMILARE DUNMOYE, University of Georgia; VARUN KATHPALIA, University of Georgia; Deborah Moyaki, University of Georgia; Animesh Paul, University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia

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and achieve higher goals [15]. Resilience,closely related to self-efficacy, reflects the ability to cope with stress and rebound from adversity.It encompasses personal resources such as optimism, coping strategies, and social support [16,17]. Together, self-efficacy and resilience form a dynamic interplay that helps individualsnavigate academic and life challenges [18-20].This study builds on these theoretical foundations to investigate how achievement goals shapemotivational profiles and their impact on self-efficacy and resilience among undergraduateengineering students. By employing cluster analysis, we identify distinct motivational profilesthat reveal nuanced patterns in how students balance mastery-oriented growth and performance

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 17

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo David Koretsky, Tufts University; Amanda Clara Emberley, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John Galisky, University of California, Santa Barbara; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Exams as growth opportunity X critically. When they're getting information Extend examples to new problems X X from the teacher, they don't have to think Having students take roles X critically about it because the teacher said Learning from peers X X it. It must be right, you know. More problems are better X XTo operationalize this resource, Avery More time on topic = more learning X Negotiate confusion Xprovided class time for students “to set up the Reflective thinking of

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ERM Technical Session: A Focus on Faculty Experiences & Perceptions

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibukunoluwa Eunice Salami, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Kasey Moomau, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Tareq Daher, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Yusong Li, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Ursula Nguyen, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Lance C. Pérez, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Logan Andrew Perry, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Markeya Peteranetz, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Trish Wonch Hill, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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whether certain groups are systematically privileged over others,reflecting a dominator culture, or if power is equitably shared, indicative of a partnership culture.The construct of Relationships and Community aims to examine the social and collaborativeaspects of being a student in engineering education. Here, we are interested in evaluating howrelationships amongst students, faculty, and the institution foster a sense of belonging,cooperation and mutual support. CTT provides an efficient construct for this purpose; the‘dominator end’ of the spectrum often emphasizes competition and individualism, whereas the‘partnership end’ of the spectrum promotes collaboration and cooperation, which according toCTT, leads to collective success. The

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ERM Technical Session: Faculty Influences on Student Support

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Campbell James McColley, Cornell University; Alexandra Werth, Cornell University

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educational benefits of teamwork are widely recognized in educational research, highlightingincreased motivation, enhanced creativity, and deeper reflection, along with the development ofcritical conceptual knowledge and communication skills [8], [9]. However, implementing effectiveteaming related learning environments can prove challenging in engineering education and maydiminish said benefits. Students can struggle with issues such as the unequal distribution ofworkload, difficulties in coordinating schedules, and conflicts arising from differences in workstyles or perspectives [10], [11].Instructors also face complex difficulties when designing, guiding, and evaluating teamworkactivities. They must navigate the complex task of structuring teamwork

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 24

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimia Moozeh, Queen's University ; Paul Cameron Hungler P.Eng.

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in a multimediaenvironment. Considerable cognitive processing is required for a meaningful learning experiencespecifically in a multimedia environment, which can exceed the limited capacity of workingmemory [25]. Thus, multimedia design principles have been proposed for combining texts,pictures, audio and animations, as well as other guidelines such as providing opportunities forfeedback, reflection and controlling the pace of the presented material [25], [26]. Theseguidelines can help design XR environments to prevent cognitive overload for students.Experiential learning considers learning by doing. According to Kolb [27], learning involves fourstages of concrete experience, reflective thinking, abstract conceptualization and

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ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies II

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elliott Clement, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; James L. Huff, University of Georgia

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of the capstone experiencessuch as project selection, design processes, team collaboration, and relationships with sponsors.Semi-structured interviews allowed us to broadly approach various topics of interest while givingparticipants the ability to orient the conversation toward what reflected their experiences incapstone the most.Analysis:In this CGT study, our data analysis began with transcription of and familiarization withinterview content. This process ensured our familiarity with the data and informed improvementsto interview protocols for subsequent rounds of data collection.Coding, a key step in data analysis, involved assigning labels to segments of data to summarizeand categorize their meaning. We focused our initial coding on

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ERM WIP III: Post-Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hwangbo Bae, University of Michigan; Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

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names de-identifiedfor publication purposes.Each participant was given a definition of mentorship to help guide their reflection on themeaning of mentorship during the interview. As defined by the National Academies of Sciences,Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), “mentorship is a professional, working alliance in whichindividuals work together over time to support the personal and professional growth,development, and success of the relational partners through the provision of career andpsychosocial support.” [10, p. 2] Next, participants were asked to draw a sociogram that reflectedtheir social networks of people whom they work closely with and feel comfortable talking to.Once they drew the sociogram, the interviewer asked questions about their

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Student Teams and Teamwork

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yiyi Wang, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Fatemeh Khalkhal; Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University; Ana Karen Biviano

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contributing to the team’s work, keeping the team on track, expecting quality,having relevant knowledge and skills, and interacting with teammates. The survey questionsrooted in conflict research (Gonzalez & Hernández, 2014, and Harrison & Klein, 2007) wereused to probe three types of conflicts: task, process, and relationship. We used the termsdisagreement and conflict interchangeably in this paper.The survey also collected demographic data. The sample demographics reflected the gender andracial distribution of the engineering student population at our institution, of which 13% werefemale, one third identified as Hispanic, one third as Asian, 16% as White, 6% as AfricanAmerican, and the rest as either mixed race, Native American, Native

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Instrument Design and Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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education with focus on engineering design, problem-based learning, co-curricular involvement and its impact on professional formation, and the role of reflection practices in supporting engineering undergraduates as they transition from student to professional. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Validation of a Measure of Design Framing AgencyAbstractIn this research paper, we investigate the structure and validity of survey data related to students’framing agency. In order to promote increased opportunities for students to engage in and learnto frame design problems that are innovative and empathetic, there is a need for instruments thatcan provide information about

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 24

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edwin Marte Zorrilla, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida; Darcie Christensen, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jenefer Husman, University of Oregon; Matthew Charles Graham

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). Comprehending and acknowledging the subtletiesof student effort is essential for educators, researchers, and institutions seeking to elevate theoverall quality of the educational experience. At its core, student effort involves the commitment and diligence demonstrated bystudents in their academic endeavors (Shu, 2022). This commitment manifests in various forms,including time spent on studying, engagement in coursework, active participation in classdiscussions, and the pursuit of additional learning opportunities (Khachikian et al., 2011; Shu,2022). The quantitative dimension of student effort is often reflected in the number of hoursdedicated to academic tasks, the thoroughness of preparation, and the consistency of work habits(Berland &

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Research Methodologies – Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Bahnson, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

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researchers to the field—for example, in National ScienceFoundation Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (RIEF) grants, and CAREER BroaderImpacts and Educational Plan activities—which require traditionally-trained faculty to developengineering education research skills. Reflecting this shift, the number of qualitative researcharticles in engineering education reflects the increase in interest in qualitative methods and theneed for introductory material for pivoting researchers. It has been the norm for engineeringeducation researchers to partner with emergent and pivoting engineering faculty members tomentor them through this transition, but the process is often time- and resource-intensive. To meetthis need, we have developed this primer on

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Problem- and Project-Based Learning

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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. Structured deliverables provideguidance as to what elements of a design process may be appropriate to move through theengineering design process. The scaffolding to emphasize prototyping and adoption of aprototyping mindset may help as a pedagogical tool [33]. Artifacts that are created in thesecourses reflect tangible evidence of activity. From the idea to realization, there are means todescribe the role, purpose, and creation of prototypes. Gerber & Carroll [19] describe theconnection and process of prototype creation. Houde & Hill [20] discuss different types ofprototypes as what do prototypes prototype (function, looks-like). Makerspaces also provideadditional context for the tools, mindsets, and community of practice [21-23, 11].Design