Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley J. Sottile, Pennsylvania State University; Abbie Canale, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Xia, Emporia State University; Tim Kane, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

were broadlyconsistent with response rates seen in survey research, it is possible students with unusually highlevels of interest in the FYS program (e.g., those holding strong views about the program) wereoverrepresented in the student sample. Additionally, the non-student sample was fairly small.Finally, given intra-institutional dynamics, the results from this study might not be immediatelygeneralizable outside of the institutional context.Results and DiscussionSyllabi Coding Analysis ResultsTable 1 shows the syllabus statements reviewed in the coding analysis and the percentage ofinstructors who included those topics in their course document. This review found that facultyexpectations for expectations in FYS sections varied greatly by

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Paul Summerfield, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Will Cashel-Cordo; Hadi Kazemiroodsari, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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means to study andwork as a civil engineer.The syllabus states “Through a series of hands-on laboratory experiments, students will developworking knowledge in the use and application of modern engineering tools and techniques requiredfor engineering practice.” The syllabus is admittedly too vague and was partially adapted from aprevious version of a first-year engineering course. The authors will revise the course objectivesfor future versions of the course to be more in line with the three goals listed above.Design of CourseTo meet the three course goals described above, we used the following simple approach to designthe course modules: 1) identify a subdiscipline of civil engineering, 2) identify a physical conceptthat is relevant to that

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 1: Course Design

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cong Cong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Yuan Lai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Justin A. Lavallee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nathan Melenbrink, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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3 ended questions/items Questionnaire An online form for evaluating Out Individual 4 understanding of lesson contentAs Table 3 shows, the course introduced students to five tracks and five corresponding cases,each with its own challenge and centered on a problem-solving approach. The two-week casestaught during weeks 2-9 followed a similar pattern, with the first class introducing the case andthe last class involving student presentations and a reveal of the instructor’s solution to the casechallenge. The lead instructor taught Week 1 on their own, and the one-week case wasintroduced without academic background or context.Table 3. [Course] schedule for fall 2020. Week/s

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Best Of FPD

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmy Mohandas, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Adrie Koehler; Shawn Farrington, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Elnara Mammadova

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accessibility of lesson materials for students in STEM classes in higher education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Students’ Self-regulation in a HyFlex Design Thinking Course This is a complete research paper. HyFlex learning models have gained popularity as aresult of the pandemic. Studies and surveys show the potential for blended learning models, likeHyFlex, to improve higher education post-pandemic and for years to come. Simultaneously,researchers have consistently found that self-regulation impacts students’ academic achievementin traditional classroom settings. Since online learning environments increases student autonomy,arguably, self-regulation learning skills are even more

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Student Growth & Professionalization

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; Luke S. Lee P.E., University of the Pacific; Jeffrey Shafer, University of the Pacific; Navdeep Singh, University of the Pacific

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Pacific, where he teaches courses in structural mechanics and structural design and conducts research in infrastructure renewal, structural health monitoring, and durability of composites.Dr. Jeffrey Shafer, University of the Pacific Jeffrey Shafer is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the Pacific. He received a B.S. in Computer Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton, and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Rice University. He joined Pacific in 2010.Dr. Navdeep Singh, University of the Pacific Navdeep Singh is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of the Pacific. He joined Pacific in 2022

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 3: Evaluation & Assessment

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isha Bhatt, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; Lesa Begley; Ryien Hosseini; Deborah A. Lichti, University of Michigan

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attention. It is widely recognized that a keygoal of educators and education policymakers should be to strike a balance between maximizingboth of these critical measures. To that end, several studies [1] have been conducted to investigatethe impact of flexible deadline policies on student academic success and well-being.On one hand, flexible policies have been shown to have several positive effects on students. Theyhave been shown to reduce student stress [1, 2], improve time management [1], increase equity instudent performance [1, 3, 4, 5], and enhance the learning process [1, 6, 2, 7], especially in caseswhere courses are administered either partially or fully online [8, 5]. The key benefit of flexibledeadlines is that they provide students with

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: AI, Computation, and Electronics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yume Menghe Xu, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University; William Church

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collected through these tools to improve the class experience. Figure 1. Screenshots for “PrimeBot” and “WebDeveloperBot”The instructor made adaptations to his course along the way to better support students’ use ofgenerative AI and also demonstrated that he was tinkering with generative AI along with thestudents. For example, after the second session of the course, the instructor found that thestudents were asking many questions regarding the syllabus in “GeneralBot”. However, because“GeneralBot” was the same as ChatGPT and the syllabus was not included in the training data,“GeneralBot” was unable to provide students with answers. Seeing this phenomenon, theinstructor and the team created “SyllabusBot” and introduced it in the next

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 1: Programs & Curricula

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jacqueline Callihan Linnes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Timothy M. Whalen

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Diversity

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. Assistant, “Stress and Anxiety Among First Year and Final Year Engineering Students,” International Journal of Advanced Research in Education & Technology (IJARET), vol. 17, no. 4, 2016, [Online]. Available: www.ijaret.com[22] R. A. Streveler, K. A. Smith, and M. Pilotte, “Aligning Course Content, Assessment, and Delivery,” in Outcome-Based Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education, Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012, pp. 1–26. doi: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1809-1.ch001.[23] S. P. Brophy, “Developing Flexibly Adaptive Skills through Progressive Design Challenges,” in ASEE 123rd Annual Conference and Exposition, 2016.[24] NASA, “NASA Engineering Design Challenges,” 2008. Accessed: Feb. 09, 2023. [Online