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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University

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anancillary role in the service effort and do not travel to the site of the project. This study wasconducted during the 2013-2014 school year in the context of two courses offered at OhioNorthern University. Participants of the study included first-year programming students enrolledin a second semester introductory programming course and engineering education studentsenrolled in an upper-level elective course involved with developing lesson plans for teacherworkshops being conducted in the Dominican Republic by members of the university’s NorthernEngineers Without Boundaries student organization. The following sections of this paper willfirst examine the relevant background concerning prior research, explain the framework for thestudy, review the

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sydney N Hallman, University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma

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designedto be technically difficult or time consuming for the students. Homework assignments are createdbased on the course objectives and focus on soft-skills that engineering students get minimalexposure to throughout the remainder of their required curricula. Common assignments eachsemester include a Resume Critique, Graduation Plan, and an Engineering Challenges paperwhere students detail the motivations for completing their engineering degree and the challengesthey anticipate in the coming years. Student comments show that the Engineering Challengesassignment in particular really helped give them a “reality check” and exposed shortcomings intheir study habits or their school-work-home balance. Evaluation techniques for the courseinclude

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Lynn Larson, University of Calgary; Genevieve Hoffart, University of Calgary; Tom O'Neill, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; William Daniel Rosehart P.Eng., University of Calgary; Bob Brennan, University of Calgary

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research on team learning processes in engineering student project teams. Additionally, she has co-developed a framework for measuring and in- terpreting an array of team dynamics. An online assessment tool has been created based on this framework which allows teams to diagnose and improve the ”health” of their team. She is passionate about her area of research and plans to continue conducting research on factors that contribute to effective teamwork.Ms. Genevieve Hoffart, University of Calgary Genevieve is completing her honours degree under the supervision of Dr. Thomas O’Neill at the Uni- versity of Calgary looking at the influence processes in teams. She has been working with the Schulich School of Engineering for

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Jacob T Allenstein, Ohio State University; Robert B. Rhoads, Ohio State University; Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University

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I feel uncomfortable under conditions of uncertainty (R) Conditions I feel others are in a better position than I am to evaluate my 7 Engaging in Self- success as a student direction It is my responsibility to make sense of what I learn at and Self-evaluation 8 school 9 I prefer to have others plan my learning (R) I seldom think about my own learning and how to improve 10 it (R) 11 I feel I am a self-directed learner Setting Goals

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia; Petra Reinke, University of Virginia

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valuable to me. 3.85 Q2. The book discussion was interesting and engaging. 3.68 Q3. The Common Reading Experience helped me connect with other 3.51 Michigan Engineering students. Q4. The Common Reading Experience helped me feel a stronger 3.47 connection to the Michigan Engineering community. Q5. I plan to attend additional events related to the Common Reading 3.21 Experience during the academic year. Q6. The

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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Freeman, Northeastern University Susan Freeman, is a member of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a group of teaching faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience that endorses the student-centered, professional and practice-oriented mission of Northeastern University.Dr. B. Kris Jaeger, Northeastern University Beverly Kris Jaeger, PhD is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University teaching Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems. She has also been an

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Oyemayowa Luqman Abioye, West Virginia University

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sound activated switch, could beimplemented in the module. The research group also plan to develop additional modules basedon other engineering discipline (such as chemical, mechanical, or civil engineering).Due to a small sample size and a low percent of underrepresented groups in the course, theauthors were unable to analyze the data by gender, ethnicity, or entry level (first semester versussecond semester or above). However, we plan to implement the module in Fall 2015 in a largernumber of students, which will allow for a more in depth analysis of the data and of the impactof the module in students’ confidence, and interest in engineering.Conclusion:Losing nearly half of talented first year engineering students is not acceptable and more

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Design in the First Year: Challenges and Successes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Jackelyn Raquel Lopez Roshwalb, University of Maryland, College Park

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 algorithms was conceived of and plans to implement an overhead camera vision system to accomplish this were set in motion.  Second, the student hired reflected on past design experiences he had in a upper level ‘projects in engineering’ course and encouraged that a course be created to invite senior engineering majors to attempt the project before launching it in ENES 100.  During the Fall 2013 semester, a recent graduate was hired as a program specialist to support the ENES 100 course.  One task assigned to this individual, as time permitted, was to develop a vision system for the new design project concept.  While the senior projects in engineering course was noted as an outstanding idea, faculty resources were not available during the Fall 2013

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Diversity and Multicultural Influences in the First Year

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A Adams, Chandler Gilbert Community College; Claire Louise Antaya Dancz, Arizona State University; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

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tracking instruments to evaluate how conativeunderstanding impacts persistence and diversity in engineering. We will work with the college totrack students’ persistence, but in the meantime we will estimate students’ intent to remain inengineering majors through reflective essays and surveys. Students will be provided multiple-choice responses for each survey question. The responses have not yet been collected. Thesurvey questions related to conation include: 1. Have your experiences in ECE 102 changed your plans to stay in this major? a. [If Yes] How have your experiences changed your plans to stay in your major? 2. Have your experiences with conation changed your plans to stay in this major? a. [If Yes] How have your

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liya Ni, California Baptist University; Helen Yoonhee Jung P.E., California Baptist University; Ziliang Zhou, California Baptist University

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quarters) trips, preparation of lab and graded assignments. July 2004-May 2009 Research Assistant: Investigating the Effects of Wildfire on Southern California Watersheds. AKM Consulting Engineers August 2002 – July 2004 Assistant Engineer -Complete knowledge of GIS, H2ONET, Microstation, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS -Projects-Master plan of City of Garden Grove, Master plan of City of Corona, Storm drain design, Pump station design, City of Newport Highway Improvement project, and City of Long Beach water routing design. Intel Corporation May 1997 Sept. 1997 Intel’s Honor Internship Program -Conducted electrical tests on wafers -Repaired and maintained electrical test devices -Experienced in clean room environment proce

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: It's All About Teams and Teamwork

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Leslie, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering (formerly Polytechnic University); Gunter W. Georgi, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering; Alyssa Marie D'Apice, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering

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semester-long projects by the end of the term. Formany years, non-completion of projects or personality problems within teams was rare – perhapsone out of a hundred per semester. Recently, more teams have been having trouble, and thecourse has been growing as well. For instance, we had 15 cases of non-completion in Fall 2013and 11 cases in Spring 2014. In our summer 2014 planning meetings, we decided that somethingneeded to be done to address teamwork as a learnable skill because it is such an integral part ofengineering.In our opinion, the higher rate of non-completion was mostly due to current students havingdifficulties with communicating face-to-face; the skill set required to discuss how to jointly dotheir projects is sorely lacking in

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Chao Wang, Arizona State University

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Online has expanded to offermore than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs entirely online.In April 2013, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU announced plans to offer itsBachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) degree program in Electrical Engineering entirelyonline. At the time of the announcement, it was the first and the only ABET accredited 100% Page 26.472.3online BS electrical engineering program in the nation14. While there are other onlineengineering programs, most BS degrees require on-campus labs and most of the 100% onlineprograms are MS or engineering technology certificate programs. The goal is to provide

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Genevieve Hoffart, University of Calgary; Nicole Lynn Larson, University of Calgary; Tom O'Neill, University of Calgary; Matthew James Walter McLarnon, University of Western Ontario; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan, University of Calgary; Bill Rosehart, University of Calgary

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peer evaluations, and leading teamwork training sessions. She is currently conducting research on team learning processes in engineering student project teams. Additionally, she has co-developed a framework for measuring and in- terpreting an array of team dynamics. An online assessment tool has been created based on this framework which allows teams to diagnose and improve the ”health” of their team. She is passionate about her area of research and plans to continue conducting research on factors that contribute to effective teamwork.Dr. Tom O’Neill, University of Calgary Tom is a Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology and leading expert in the areas of team dy- namics, virtual teams, conflict management

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rolfe Josef Sassenfeld, New Mexico State University; John Ross Tapia, New Mexico State University

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simulations lessen theslow response time of traditional grading.Introductory level classes are described by Koenig[7], that help develop and reinforce basicreasoning skills that are critical in carrying out projects, designs, and experiments later on inSTEM coursework. These classroom exercises are designed so that they scale up in difficulty.Hixon[4] calls this a “spiral curriculum,” and appears to be very useful with engineering designprojects.Our FYE plan is based in part on implementing these experiential learning methods inconjunction with the retention strategies developed by the ECSEL coalition, Kalonji &Gretchen[6]. The FYE is only the first year of a complete four year plan for increasing studentretention. The FYE transitions in the

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: The Transition from High School to College

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert A. Green, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; James Warnock, Mississippi State University

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agricultural and biological engineering at MSU. James is also the Adjunct Director for training and instruction in the professional services department at ABET. In this role, Warnock oversees the development, planning, production and implementation of the ABET Program Assessment Workshops, IDEAL and the assessment webinar series. He also directs activities related to the workshop facilitator training and professional development. Page 26.1274.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Promoting Engineering Identity through a Pre-Semester

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; James Warnock, Mississippi State University; Amy Barton, Mississippi State University; Rani Warsi Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Bill B Elmore, Mississippi State University; Jane Nicholson Moorhead, Mississippi State University

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for Undergraduate Studies in the Bagley College of Engi- neering at Mississippi State University. His background is in biomedical engineering and he has been a big proponent of self-directed learning and active learning in his classes and was the first person to intro- duce problem-based learning in the department of agricultural and biological engineering at MSU. James is also the Adjunct Director for training and instruction in the professional services department at ABET. In this role, Warnock oversees the development, planning, production and implementation of the ABET Program Assessment Workshops, IDEAL and the assessment webinar series. He also directs activities related to the workshop facilitator training

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise H Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Topics (learning objective) First half of semester Second half of semester Expectations Class Management (3,4) Introductions (1) Personal Development (3,5) Keys to Success (3) Diversity (7) Pre-Calculus, Trigonometry (3,4) Well-being (5,6) Engineering Profession (2) Design Project Planning (7) Learning and Teaching Styles (5) Teamwork (7) Career Fair (2,6) Design Project (7,8) Professors and Other Resources (6) Reflection Paper (2,3,4,5,6,7,8) Advising (3,6)The course began by providing supplemental instruction for

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Project-based Learning and Cornerstone Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Yanhua Cao, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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competitiveness, economic prosperity, and security. Creativity isdefined by some cognitive researchers as the introduction of new variables, significant leaps,or novel connection, and is a process resulting in a novel products1,2. Torrance concludedthree characteristics of creativity: originality, idea fluency, and flexibility, and claimed thatevery person has his or her creativity and that creativity could be cultivated3. Amabileestablished a psychological model of creativity that includes four factors: intrinsicmotivation, domain knowledge, creative skills, and environment4. Metacognition refers to theawareness of and reflection on one’s learning process and is higher-order mental processes5,6.Metacognition includes making plans for learning and

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: It's All About Teams and Teamwork

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Gerold Willing, University of Louisville; Thomas D. Rockaway, University of Louisville

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awarded in biology, chemistry, geosciences, mathematics and physics in the College of Arts & Sciences by 2016. 2. Increase by 25% the number of Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Engineering awarded in the J.B. Speed School of Engineering by 2016.The rationale underlying these two goals is real and compelling. The University of Louisville’s2020 Strategic Plan, a business and growth blueprint for the current decade, states that we will“Implement STEM initiatives leading to more graduates with science, technology andmathematics majors; more students majoring in engineering; and an increased cohort of scienceteachers for K-12.”. The 2020 Strategic Plan Scorecard sets year-by-year targets using 2008graduation statistics as

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel

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of 2014. The number of students who enrolled as mechanical engineeringmajors was double the anticipated number and created some anxiety on resourcing the newprogram in subsequent years.As a new mechanical engineering program being offered for the first time in the fall of 2014, notall of the planned faculty has yet been hired to fulfill the needs of the program or the student’sinterests. It is critical that the current faculty communicate with the students about theconstraints facing a new program. For instance, the number of current faculty must match therequired teaching load based on the student population. Similarly, hiring faculty to oversee anddevelop one of the focus areas may not be necessary if there is little student interest or

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Marisa Exter, Purdue University

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undergraduate education that students should learn to merge and make connectionsbetween “previously separate disciplines to attack problems that have no recognizableboundaries” (p.17) [9]. Today’s engineers need strong analytical skills, the ability to demonstrateskills in planning and adapting (or “practical ingenuity,” p. 24 [2]); creativity, communication, as Page 26.1786.2well as business and management. But even more so, they need to be flexible, resilient, mobile,dynamic thinkers, change managers, and self-regulated lifelong learners, who can work in teamsand alone and use technology proactively [2, 6, 9, 10, 11]. While some of these competencies

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Using Video, Games, and More in the First Year

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel D. Anastasio, University of Connecticut; Malgorzata Chwatko, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Jeffrey Ryan McCutcheon

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data is preliminary, initial trendsin student attitudes are useful at this stage of course development. The paper will conclude withalterations that are currently being enacted upon in the current semester offering of the course(Spring 2015). Ultimately, a longitudinal study is being planned to assess if these methods havean impact on students’ skills moving forward from the introductory course.2. Course StructureThe Foundations of Engineering course (ENGR 1166) is offered only in the spring semester ofthe freshman year at the University of Connecticut. While the course is a general engineeringclass, each separate engineering department teaches one section of the course. The purpose ofthe course is to provide freshmen with general engineering

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Leo H McWilliams, University of Notre Dame; Catherine F Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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, reflections were ignored as asource of information.Events were first categorized based on how convenient they were for the students to attend(Table 2). For instance, an event that did not require advanced planning on the part of thestudent and could be completed at any time (i.e. – reading and reviewing a technical paper) wascoded as “highly convenient” while a career fair that has a set date but drop-in hours was codedas “medium convenience”. Table 2 shows the number of reported events that fell into eachcategory. The vast majority of events in both years were low convenience events, indicating thatthe event took place on a set time and date. Table 2: Coded Convenience Level of Events Reported by Sample GroupCode Level Description

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint; Ulan Dakeev, University of Michigan, Flint

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college/university and high school level students. Page 26.23.3Literature Review The MSLQ is more narrowly focused and oriented similarly; it encompasses students’motivation and their learning strategies, thereby providing different information. It is based onimportant theoretical insights into the nature of learning and the determinants of academicperformance7 which have been used by several studies. Self-regulated learning is an integratedlearning process, which consists of behavior growth that affects students’ learning. Moreover,the learning process is planned and adjusted according to the student’s objective, so that changeswill

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay A. Weitzen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Md Mamunur Rashid, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Eric L. Maase, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David J. Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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committee then wanted to know what the students thought. The committee designeda detailed survey for engineering students who had already taken the introductory coursesequence to better understand what they actually learned and how useful they felt it was as theyprogressed through their respective programs (year 2 through 4 students). Along with the general survey the committee wanted to talk to students directly, and partof the plan was to conduct a focus group of selected upper class students in each department tosurvey their feelings about potential program redesigns based on their experiences with theoriginal program. After analyzing the results of the focus group, the survey, and the analysis of otherprograms, the next step in

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Diversity and Multicultural Influences in the First Year

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Maritza Paz, The University of Texas at Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering; Margo Cousins, University of Texas, Austin; Cindy D. Wilson, University of Texas, Austin; Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas at Austin

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seminar sections; as previously stated, 311 (94%) gave consent to use their academicrecords data for the study. The response style varied significantly per student as some wrote verylittle content and didn’t use the time allotted for the activity, while others provided longer Page 26.1338.6responses and used most or all of the time given. Further analyses are planned to find if theamount of writing has any relation to other variables, such as generational status and GPA.The DEI student panel activity was conducted in a subsequent class period, as soon after the VAIas was feasibly possible. Due to scheduling constraints, the time elapsed between

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina H Paguyo, Colorado State University; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University; Jennifer Francis, West Virginia University

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professional and personal backgrounds.Engineering schools and departments play a very important but often implicit role in thedevelopment of an engineering identity by students. By giving deliberate attention to theengineering identity development of our students we can help participate in these three processesin ways that result in the more inclusive attitudes and practices that are needed in modernengineering. We plan to shape our students’ perceptions of engineers and engineering byshowing them that in order to do their work engineers must learn a variety of skills. This showsbeginning engineers that technical knowledge alone is not enough to design high qualitysolutions. We want to teach our students how to interact with each other in ways that

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Gordon, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Illinois University Carbondale as an assistant professor in the Department of Mining Engi- neering. He served as the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering from 1998 to 2006. He was appointed the Dean of School of Engineering at SIU Edwardsville in August 2006. Until 2000, most of Dr. Sevim’s publications were in mine systems optimization and open pit mine pro- duction planning. After 2000, in parallel to his administrative appointments, he published in engineering education. Page 26.117.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A supplemental instruction model

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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faculty members in front of students added to students’ sense that theenvironment was chaotic rather than well planned. The transition to student autonomy may haveoccurred too rapidly for these students.Most students seemed to better understand why the PI learning experience was designed as itwas by mid-semester, suggesting that some of the initial faculty concerns about studentconfusion may have been exaggerated. The time and pace required for this transition will be anobvious area of research moving forward.Nevertheless, it became clear that a full four year curriculum design was needed to help studentsconceptualize how they would move through the program and how their current work would tieto long-term academic and professional goals

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: It's All About Teams and Teamwork

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom O'Neill, University of Calgary; Semin Park, University of Connecticut; Nicole Lynn Larson, University of Calgary; Amanda Deacon, University of Calgary; Genevieve Hoffart, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; William Daniel Rosehart P.Eng., University of Calgary

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engineering student project teams. Additionally, she has co-developed a framework for measuring and in- terpreting an array of team dynamics. An online assessment tool has been created based on this framework which allows teams to diagnose and improve the ”health” of their team. She is passionate about her area of research and plans to continue conducting research on factors that contribute to effective teamwork.Ms. Amanda Deacon, University of Calgary I am currently in my second year masters in Industrial Organizational Psychology at the University of Calgary under the supervision of Dr. Tom O’Neill. My area of focus is teams within organizational contexts and that results in a plethora of research conducted with engineering