Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

to receive high grades had been eliminated.8 In addition aformative assessment may have a negative impact on students’ self-efficacy (individualjudgment about being able to perform an activity) and therefore their motivation to learn.9 If thegoal is learning, are there ways that we can continue to monitor and measure learning so thatstudents don’t feel under pressure and can see the value in grading?We were interested in exploring how to incorporate more formative assessment into a largeIntroduction to Environmental Engineering class. While both summative and formativeprocesses are complementary and both address “what has the student learned” more significantlearning gains can be made when formative assessment results are used to inform

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bettina Jeanine Casad, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Natalie Mladenov, San Diego State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

American Chemical SocietyAnnual Spring Meeting, and at the international Dresden Nexus Conference in Germany .(3)MeasuresThe pre- and post-questionnaires included the following quantitative measures.Academic self-efficacy. An 8-item measure (Chemers et al., 2001) assessing students’ beliefsregarding their ability to successfully achieve their academic goals was rated on a scale from 1(Very Untrue) to 6 (Very True). Items included statements such as, “I know how to study toperform well on tests” and “I usually do very well at school and at academic tasks.” The scalehad adequate internal consistency (Time 1 or T1 Cronbach’s α = .70, Time 2 or T2 α = .94).Items were averaged so that higher scores indicated higher levels of academic self

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

University of Colorado Boulder.Twenty-five survey items were used to measure four sub-components of sustainable engineeringmotivation, single items were used to measure global interests and interdisciplinary value, andnine items evaluated consideration for others. Sustainable engineering self-efficacy, value, andnegative attitudes were similar among students in all three majors. Environmental engineeringstudents had higher scores than civil and architectural engineering majors in sustainableengineering affect and overall motivation. Interest in working on projects outside the U.S. washigh, without significant differences between environmental, civil, and architectural engineeringstudents. Interdisciplinary value was the higher among environmental

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo K. Cornejo, California State University, Chico; Kevin Orner, University of South Florida

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

students (n=79) at a Hispanic-Serving Institution(HSI) through a semester-long group project. Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costanalysis (LCCA) were used to analyze the environmental and economic impacts of energyrecovery, water reuse, and nutrient recycling processes from a small-scale agriculturalwastewater treatment system in rural Costa Rica. Students’ ability to solve problems and producesolutions that accounted for environmental, economic, and social factors were evaluated usingdirect measures of student performance on specific assignments (e.g., final report, final videopresentation) and indirect measures using a self-efficacy questionnaire. Direct measures weregraded by the instructor of the course and an in-country partner

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Sahar Razavi, Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

this case provided by the NASA Space Grant.The student is living minority status in three dimensions (3D) as being a woman, a first-generation college student, and a Native American studying engineering.It is fascinating to analyze how one’s environment and experiences influence their resiliency.Data will be collected on her readiness for an academic career along measures including but notlimited to understanding of the research process, skills in academic writing, self-efficacy, andcompetence in oral presentation. The case study will explore her story. What experiences shapedher determination and brought her to this level, and what benefit did she gain from NASA Spacegrant? The goal is that sharing her story will encourage others to believe

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S Brogan, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

succeeding, belief in one’sability to succeed and setting goals to achieve. Self-efficacy theory was used by Kamarainen etal.48 in their augmented reality lab. Interest can be assessed using Hidi and Renninger’s49 four-phase model of interest, which increases from fleeting situational interest to long-terminternalized interest. Bloom’s affective taxonomy28 is another important scale of measuringinterest in a topic. Finally, caring contains two major components, i.e. students’ personalinteractions with faculty and students’ perceived level of caring by faculty50.4.0 Experimental Design A mixed methods approach was chosen for the study because it allows for the mostcomplete answer to the research questions through the combination of