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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

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

Tagged Divisions

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 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

Tagged Divisions

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

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alandra Kahl, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

suggesting a chalkboard wall where writingprompts could be displayed and student responses recorded. The second project was acomposting initiative in the planning stages for a class focused on sustainability lead by aprofessor also in engineering. The composting idea was also embraced, as the compostgenerated by the project could be used to fertilize plantings in the engagement space.Methodology:Our effort for this project consists of two main goals: Goal 1: To encourage sustainable design for community improvement in engineeringdesign and civic and community engagement. Goal 2: To promote interdisciplinary collaboration, self-efficacy and leadership whileembracing community identity.Each of these goals are in line with new ABET criteria