Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Cornucopia (Classroom Innovations)

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duncan Davis, Northeastern University; Jimmy Gitming Lee, Northeastern University

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(h) a mirror maze that connects a laser to aphotoresistor. During the milestones, students play the puzzles made by their peers and give feedback tohelp improve the project. They also submit these opinions to the professor in a report asdiscussed in the Appendix. Each group gives one of their members to one of the four committees: Narrative, Flow,Infrastructure and Marketing. The Narrative committee writes a theme appropriate story aboutthe room to immerse players in the experience. They name the room and tell the players whythey are trapped. The Flow committee link together the puzzles made by the small groups andcreate a master document to help volunteers run the rooms at the end of the semester. TheInfrastructure committee

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Demetris Geddis, Hampton University; Brian Aufderheide, Hampton University; Herman W. Colquhoun Jr., IBM Canada Ltd.

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programs istoo low. Some reasons why students change majors after the first year include student weaknessesin mathematics and physical sciences; and educators not providing enough hands-on interactionrelated to their selected engineering major. To help rectify the situation, the authors have revampedthe Introductory Engineering course (EGR-101) to have more hands on “tinkering”, a designproject, and mandatory peer-lead study groups. Students received their own Arduino kits andaccessories, create Arduino-based measurement tools, and use them to conduct laboratoryexperiments where they measure various parameters such as temperature and voltage. Theseexperiments generate both steady-state and dynamic results that are analyzed and reported bystudents

Conference Session

FPD11 -- Multidisciplinary Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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learning involves “a structured form ofgroup work where students pursue common goals while being assessed individually.” Theproposed project in this paper utilizes all the three learning styles.The positive effects of cooperative learning are apparent in literature. In their extensive literaturesurvey, K. A. Smith et. al. find that the level of college-level student success, when learningcooperatively, is much higher than when learning competitively or individually5. The studiedpapers reveal that cooperative learning promotes ‘meta-cognitive thought’, persistence inreaching goals, intrinsic motivation, and “transfer of learning from one situation to another”.Cooperative learning not only helps establish positive peer relationships, which are

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Student Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Okan Caglayan, University of the Incarnate Word; Sreedevi Ande P.E., University of the Incarnate Word; Erik Coronado; Max Joseph Martinez, University of the Incarnate Word; Samuel Jacob Handowski

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engineering problems● Students from various STEM fields ● An ability to function on multidisciplinary participated in the Camp and were given teams various opportunities to work in teams. ● An ability to communicate effectively They were also required to communicate effectively with team members, both orally and in writing● Guest speakers talked about the ● An understanding of professional and ethical importance of being professional and responsibility ethical in their careers● Presentation by the Director of First ● A recognition of the need for, and an ability Year Engagement and Professional to engage in life-long learning Development emphasized on the importance of various skills

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Focus on Student Success 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Universidad Andres Bello; Esmeralda Campos, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico; Carlos Eduardo Martinez-Torteya, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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of the International Education Committee and elected member of Leadership Organizing Physics Education Research Council (PERLOC) in the period 2015-2018.Dr. Esmeralda Campos, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico Dr. Esmeralda Campos is a postdoc researcher at Writing Lab at Tecnologico de Monterrey, and she has taught undergraduate physics courses at the School of Engineering and Sciences. She obtained her bach- elor degree in Engineering Physics at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. She studied a Master degree in Education, with a specialization in Science teaching and learning, and moved forward to the PhD in Educational Innovation, both at Tecnologico de Monterrey. She has focused her research in

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sondra Miller, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Melissa Wintrow, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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ERC was such thatstudents lived in suites with a shared common meeting space, which facilitated collaborativework and study. Through structured activities outside of the classroom, the FiR facilitatedlearning that enhanced engineering academics (e.g., advising, study groups, tutors), communitybuilding (e.g., informal drop-in coffee nights, rock climbing), and supported the RC programcommon values. Success of these programmatic activities was assessed qualitatively (i.e.,student’s perceptions articulated through reflective writing) and quantitatively (i.e., academicperformance in key freshman engineering courses).Qualitative Life Skills SuccessesTo fully assess the successes of the ERC, we chose to first qualitatively examine the experiencesof

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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First-Year Programs

requirement for the First Year Success sections) prior tosubmitting their final report. UMBC also has a Writing Center located in the Learning ResourceCenter on campus that provides assistance to the students in the preparation of their reports.Each team is also required to make a formal oral presentation using PowerPoint at which eachteam member is required to present (the First Year Success sections are also required to give apractice presentation prior to their formal oral presentation with the instructor). Specific Page 14.813.3guidelines for the presentation are discussed in class and the students are also given a gradingrubric for the

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Focus on Student Success 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

with many students having myriad interests requiringsupport and would benefit from a solid, online, asynchronous course to inform both students andadvisors about what an engineering career involves. The latter course will be driven through theparticular college’s new student conference program and acceptance letter matriculationprocesses.“Impetus for this study is comprised of literature-based studies, peer and performance-evaluatingadministration observations, and my personal experiences regarding the chasm existing between(1) the understanding of engineering and the supporting knowledge and skills of the typicalcollege of engineering-bound high school students, and (2) the level of knowledge and skill setsexpected to exist in first-year

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

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skills used for writing reports and preparing presentations are also veryimportant and useful in both upper level courses and future careers.”“Actually working on the design process and learning how to do engineering memos and designreports felt so important to me. Those are skills that I know I will carry with me for years andthat I will actually use. Also, I went from being very shy and not voicing my opinions to feelinglike I can speak intelligently. This class has given me my voice and my confidence.”“I felt most like a maker/future engineer when I was in peer mentor hours or meeting with mygroup outside of class hours. Being able to talk about design with my group members in a lessstructured environment helped us brainstorm more freely and

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Student Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno

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,this program is engineering discipline specific, open only to incoming students enrolled in thefall semester, and it is closely tied to the first engineering course offered at the university. Bootcamps at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and University of Washington (UW)are similar, but they focus on Math and Writing or Science and Math respectively [15], [16],which means that students will not necessarily meet others in their major.All incoming freshmen engineering students are encouraged to apply to E-FIT, which is designedto suit students of all ability levels. Currently, there is space for 132 students (approximately20% of incoming engineering students) to participate, but the program plans to be available to allincoming

Conference Session

FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frederick L. Smyth, University of Virginia; William H Guilford, University of Virginia; Brian A. Nosek, University of Virginia

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trigger a change in one or both of the other constructs (e.g. stereotypesand/or self-concept) 13. For example, subliminal priming of test subjects with the femalestereotype (i.e., women are not mathematically inclined) causes women's explicit and implicitmath attitudes to shift 15. Similarly, women’s — but not men’s — implicit math attitude changedas a function of whether the experimenter was male or female 16. Also found to influence STEMperformance is the ratio of male to female peers in the immediate environment 17,18 andinteractions with an implicitly sexist male peer 19.These studies suggest that we may be able to influence implicit attitudes toward engineering, and

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sura Al-Qudah, Western Washington University ; Jill Davishahl, Bellingham Technical College; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Michael Andrew Greiner

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

. A largenumber of factors can make URM students of varying ethnic backgrounds feel like they do notbelong. Most of these factors appear in direct contact with are directly related to students’interactions and relations with people around them such as faculty, classmates, lab instructors,teaching assistants, significant others, family members, friends, and college staff. The researchersemphasized that faculty and peer interaction is one of the biggest driving forces behind increasingthe sense of belonging among those students in higher education. This can range from saying helloto having a casual interaction with a professor in the hallway. Accordingly, faculty plays one ofthe most crucial roles in improving students feeling of belonging to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Perova-Mello, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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First-Year Programs

on projects, and project management skills to monitor project progress. Students are then given multiple in-class design challenges and out-of-class projects to provide them with opportunities to act on these skills and reflect on their process to improve for the next design activity. The first year engineering course is worth 3.5 credits each semester and has 3 2-hour sessions. Class sessions use a studio model of instruction and encourage peer instruction in teams for every class session. The "context" for the course is to prepare students for their academic and professional engineering careers. This means developing skills in innovative design, computational modeling/analysis, project management and teaming. Engineering students

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment in the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware; Jenni M. Buckley, University of Delaware

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First-Year Programs

should match the learning goals associated with the assignment, while thestandard levels usually correspond to an evaluation and are listed in sequence (for example,excellent, very good, good… down to the lowest standard level, perhaps corresponding to 100%,90%, 80%, … the lowest possible percentage possible of the available grade). In constructingthis type of rubric, it is recommended to work from the “outside in”; that is, first write thedescriptions for how each criterion is met at the highest standard level, then write thedescriptions for how each criterion is met at the lowest standard level, then work on descriptionsin between. By this method, rubric construction increases in difficulty particularly with thenumber of standard levels. It is

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2008-171: ENGINEERING PERSONIFIED: AN APPLICATION OF THE ONEMINUTE ENGINEERJohn K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, user interface design, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Celena Arreola, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Crystal Fernandez-Pena, University of Texas, El Paso; Helen Elizabeth Geller, University of Texas, El Paso; Giselle Andrade, STEMGrow; Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Melissa Stearns

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teacher (or other STEMGROW “EduGuides;” faculty, staff and peer guides) provides briefmentoring responses to their activities, meant to engage students in additional writing andreflection.A 2016-2017 student survey revealed the following top impact areas, based on 473 studentresponses [4], to show growth or positive impact: “More self-motivated” (73%) “More confident to achieve: (68%) “More curious to learn new things” (66%) “Listen better to feedback” (65%) “Encourage and mentor others” (63%)In our EPCC and UTEP incarnation of the EduGuide process, students are tasked to use SMARTtechnology online activities for up to one hour per week outside of the classroom (for which theytypically will receive some course credit

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise H Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow

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offering of ENGR 204 was in theFall 2014 semester with 30 students completing the course (31% of the engineering students inMath 143). These students were able to meet other first-semester engineering students, receive“inside information” on how to succeed in their engineering studies, set up a meaningfulschedule to manage their time, navigate the educational system, and take advantage of theresources available to them (instructors/professors). They also participated in two final projects:designing a Rube Goldberg Machine and writing a Becoming a World-Class EngineeringStudent paper.This paper will present the overall design of the class, comparison of math grades and first

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Retention & Bridge Programs #2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; William Schupbach, University of Colorado Denver; Ariel Cervantes Lafuente; Tom Altman, University of Colorado Denver; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Michael S. Jacobson, University of Colorado Denver; Shani O'Brien, University of Colorado Denver

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First-Year Programs

others in a peer-to-peer further along in college, that’s been through interaction and impact of said activities it.” Resources Recommendations and use of college “I’ve recommended the physics tutoring resources including, but not limited to center, the writing center and the math center, campus tutoring labs, transportation, those are the ones I end up pushing people to student services, and more. the most.” Transition to Impacts of changes in expectations, “There’s a lot of changes between high school Adulthood workload, freedom and independence and here; in high school you showed up at 8am

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C.J. Egelhoff, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Susan Donner Bibeau, U.S. Coast Guard; K.L. Burns, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Corinna Marie Fleischmann P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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First-Year Programs

Engineering have been trying to tap potential engineering students from theunderrepresented minority segment of the population for more than thirty years. As soon as itwas realized how few high school minority students were fully qualified to and interested instudying engineering, four-year institutions began seeking and qualifying those students whowere “almost” qualified. Summer bridge programs were developed to build needed skills, createacademic community and perhaps offer course credit. Extensive first-year programs werecreated which provided academic assistance, peer or faculty mentoring or perhaps offering firstyear research with faculty. Follow-on programs were also instituted at some colleges to giveacademic support and build community among

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Unique Projects and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

drawing out content as a set of linked ideas, effectively visualizing the constructivistperception of knowledge gain. Jigsaw places more responsibility on the students, breaking theclass into groups and assigning one person from each group to become a subject-area expert on asubtopic (such as reading a specific journal article), and subsequently having each group memberteach their peers in the group the piece of the overall puzzle that they mastered. Finally, student-generated exam questions allow students to work through the key concepts learned during a unitthat deserve attention on an exam, anticipating many of the topics they will face while creatingone question that may be on the exam itself. These CATs provide an extensive list of places

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zachary Riggins Del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Riya Aggarwal, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Caitlin Anna Coffey, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Arwen Sadler, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephanos Matsumoto, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Paul Ruvolo, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; C. Jason Woodard, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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architecture schoolsconduct these events publicly and with peers [4]. Between 1919-1932, the Bauhaus in Germanydeveloped a new form of studio pedagogy: a focus on giving students technical skills throughworkshops and preparing students for these workshops with “foundation courses” [3].While studio pedagogy has been used in fine arts for over a century, elements of the studio havebeen recently advanced as beneficial for engineering education. Wilson and Jennings [5] reportextensive efforts to use studio pedagogy to, among other goals, reduce emphasis on lecture.Other motivations for engineering studio pedagogy range from improving student employability[6], facilitating concept transfer [7], and familiarizing students with the use of experimentationand

Conference Session

FPD 5: Transitions and Student Success, Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University; Steven R. Eisenbarth, Baylor University

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First-Year Programs

during thetime that they otherwise would spend working to support themselves through school5. The goalsof these programs are to provide students with the skills, support, encouragement, and guidancethat will allow them to develop a passion for their field, which, in turn, will allow them to makeand keep their focus on long-term career goals and short-term academic goals. In the case ofwomen and underrepresented minorities, building connections to peers, faculty, industryrepresentatives, and to the university community6 are vitally important themes in how thesestudents learn and incorporate themselves into a culture. Due to the lack of minority role modelsin engineering and computer science, women and minority students often have trouble

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Dinehart, Villanova University; Joseph Yost, Villanova University; Shawn Gross, Villanova University; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats)analysis of the undergraduate program. The analysis collected data from the following CoEVUconstituents: faculty, staff, administration (deans and chairmen), undergraduate students,graduate students that matriculated from VU, and other alumni. The SWOT also consideredinput from university faculty members and administrators outside of the CoEVU, advisoryboards, and peer schools. An outcome of this thorough analysis was that while the existing twocourse freshman engineering experience had improved in recent years there existed significantopportunities for improvement. Faculty and undergraduate students agreed that the currentformat and content should be improved.A committee was formed to investigate

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicky Wolmarans, University of Cape Town, Department of Civil Engineering and Centre for Research in Engineering Education (CREE); Corrinne Shaw, University of Cape Town, Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Centre for Research in Engineering Education (CREE)

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; referencing; writing in a technical genre; and communicatingtechnical concepts to a small group of peers. In addition each student learns about a numberof concepts related to structures and construction as an orientation to their site visits.Skills are typically not isolated to a single project, but build together through multipleprojects. For example, in preparation for writing the major technical report, structure andcoherence in paragraphs is introduced in the informal settlement upgrade project. The basicsof experimentation, with a focus on measurements and data presentation, alongsidespreadsheet functionality and design are introduced through three activities within the servicereservoir project. Students are expected to use these skills in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Virtual Instruction in the First Year III

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shannon Barker, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

ofperspectives and lived experience to the challenge at hand. Research shows that having diverseteams working on complex challenges produces more effective and impactful solutions thanworking in uniform teams or as lone individuals [31-35]. In the case of predominately onlineinstruction environment, teams also offer the opportunity for social connection and peer support.The class was divided into teams with the assistance of the Comprehensive Assessment forTeam-Member Effectiveness (CATME), an online tool that aides instructors in forming studentsteams based on best practices, and stayed in their assigned team for the entire semester.Synchronous class sessions: These sessions were held on Mondays via Zoom. This time wasdedicated to discussing and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue University - Engineering Education; Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Clemson University; Kyle Patrick Vealey, West Chester University of Pennsylvania; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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positions with the social hierarchy and theirengineering teams. However, these identities were only accessible to majority students andunderrepresented students were often left out of the team dynamics. This study emphasized thebest practices of promoting teamwork with diverse students including: (1) teaching aboutdiversity, especially teaching how to respect one’s teammates and the client’s needs; (2)organizing teams to reduce conflict, balance gender composition (or have all-men or all-womenteams), and improve trust; (3) incorporating peer feedback throughout the duration of the teamand using it to mediate disrespectful interactions and unacceptable practices; (4) including a widerange of teamwork expectations in grading practices; and (5) better

Conference Session

Mentoring First Year Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Goodwin, Iowa State University; Amy Brandau, Iowa State University; Deb DeWall, Iowa State University; Bing Du, Iowa State University

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avoidance of relating to others1,6. It is estimated that 20% to 28% of people have insecureattachments and with that comes maladaptive forms of coping with problems under stress.Students need to have positive coping skills to deal with the challenges they will face in theclassroom and outside of it. These coping skills include seeking help when faced with emotionalor academic difficulties7,8. Without these skills students will tend to avoid or deny theirproblems9, 10, 11,12,13.College faculty and advisors know that there are always a certain percentage of students whenconfronted with doing poorly in their classes who do not reach out to people who could helpthem such as their instructor, an advisor, or even their peers. Therefore, the challenge for

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the First Year

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Janet Aderemi Omitoyin, The University of Illinois at Chicago ; Renata A. Revelo, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Houshang Darabi, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Rezvan Nazempour, The University of Illinois at Chicago

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training of mathematics teachers that is at the core of this problem. Since enrollment at UIC, Janet had dedicated her studies and research efforts on Mathematics Socialization and identity amongst pre-service elementary teachers, an effort at understanding the reasons for lack of interest in the subject with a view to proffer solution and engender/motivate interest amongst this group that will eventually reflect in their classroom practices. She is currently a Graduate Assistant with UIC Engage, a commu- nity focused project that provides help for less-privileged students from K-8 in mathematics, reading and writing. She continues to work as a substitute teacher occasionally to keep abreast with current practices

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jonathan Aurand P.E., Dunwoody College of Technology; David Andrew Adolfson, Dunwoody College of Technology

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sit through a lecture on basic circuits as a mechanicalengineer if you know that next week the topic will be forces and mechanical work. Similarly,visiting a potential employer site which employs many or all of the disciplines in the coursemakes it easier for students to envision how the skills they are developing will interface withthose of their peers in another discipline and how all the disciplines work together to developengineered solutions.One way that was simple to communicate which content “belongs” to a discipline was to usecolor codes on the schedule to show what activities/lessons apply to all disciplines(communications, ethics, engineering design process, etc.) and which are more specificallyfocused on a given discipline

Conference Session

Beyond the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Traum, University of North Texas; Sharon Karackattu, University of North Texas

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First-Year Programs

knowledge usedthroughout history, why must modern students earn college degrees to become practicingengineers?” “Describe the engineering job that is of most interest to you. Explain why this job is of interest.”Short essay assignments were graded on a scale of 0 to 10; students were given the grading rubric inadvance, and they knew the grading scheme. Zero to one point was awarded for submittingassignments on time with proper headers, identifications, and word counts. Zero to three pointswere awarded for use of college-level writing; zero to three points were awarded on the basis ofhow well essays summarized what the speaker said; and zero to three points were awarded on thebasis of how well students responded to the prompt. On writing skill