Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 2: Innovative Strategies for Fostering Deeper Learning in Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Iakov Gurevich, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

,including a hypothesis to test, equipment to use, and data that they propose to collect. GraduateTeaching Assistants (TAs) and the laboratory manager review the proposals and either approve themor require further development. Once their proposal is approved, students use the remaining weeksto complete their study and write a full technical report, which they submit using an assignedpseudonym. The project finishes with each student conducting a single-blind Peer Review of astudent’s work from another lab section. Grading is based on the TA’s assessment of the report andthe Peer Evaluation.Pre- and post-surveys of the students measure their self-efficacy, among other aspects of theirexperience with the course, to evaluate the effectiveness of this

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 3: Advancing Engineering Competencies: From Labs to Writing

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azadeh Bolhari, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt P.E., University of Colorado Boulder; Maya Leizerovich, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

published; see [8-9].In fall 2023 there were 7 teams where all of the students in the group consented to participate inthe research. (This included one team of three students because a student dropped the courselate.) These students also completed a pre-survey to measure their innovation self-efficacy usingthe Very Brief Innovation Scale [10]. The majority of the students participating in the researchalso completed a post-survey with the same items.Reflective Memo on ExperimentationThe third reflective memo assigned in week 7 of the project asked teams to think aboutexperimentation. The prompt was: “For the activity you are designing, to what extent and howdid experimenting assist you in searching for new ideas or creating your design

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 2: Innovative Strategies for Fostering Deeper Learning in Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Sharpe, University of Colorado Boulder; Kai Amey, University of Colorado Boulder; Lauren Darling, University of Colorado Boulder; Heidi G. Loshbaugh, University of Colorado Boulder; Nick A. Stites, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

Teaching and Learning Program (ITLP) is located at the University of ColoradoBoulder, a large public research institution. Through workshops, laboratories, active learningspaces, and manufacturing and prototyping facilities, our ITLP team supports the College ofEngineering and Applied Science (CEAS) in growing students’ hands-on engineering skillsacross all disciplines in the college. In 2022, CEAS published strategic goals focused in largepart on improving the quality of instruction [13]. In support of students and to help achievecollege goals, our redesign aligned with key measures—including enhancing co-curricularopportunities, developing innovative educational offerings, and implementing inclusive learningexperiences to benefit students.In