challenges in training interdisciplinary scholars; even in an established interdisciplinary program like IDR, developing interdisciplinary graduate students grapple with the influence of disciplinary microsystems– whether they were engineering or nonSTEM based, and often at the expense of their interdisciplinary work.Introduction or at least two decades, U.S. agencies have called for a sustained source of interdisciplinaryFresearchers who can integrate research methods, theories, vocabularies, and cultures across fields. Researchers and educators have responded, aligning graduate settings and curricula to develop this interdisciplinary professoriate[1], [2], [3], [20], [21
as a psychometrician, program evaluator, and data analyst, with research interests in spatial ability, creativity, engineering-integrated STEM education, and meta-analysis. As a psychometrician, she has revised, developed, and validated more than 10 instruments beneficial for STEM education practice and research. She has authored/co- authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings and served as a journal reviewer in engineering education, STEM education, and educational psychology. She has also served as a co-PI, an external evaluator, or an advisory board member on several NSF-funded projects. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
Paper ID #42829Development of a Climate Survey for Engineering Doctoral Students from anIntersectional Approach: First-Round Validity EvidenceDr. So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati Dr. So Yoon Yoon is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati, OH, USA. Dr. Yoon received her Ph.D. in Gifted Education, and an M.S.Ed. in Research Methods and Measurement with a specialization in Educational Psychology, both from Purdue University, IN, USA. She also holds an M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a B.S
throughout theentirety of the graduate student experience. Based on the assessment outcomes, the model is revised.Thus, the innovation lies in integrating the components into a department-wide model that (1) mutuallysupports an individualized, student-centered educational strategy and (2) deploys rigorous assessment toquantify the impact of our approach on students and faculty. We are undertaking a sweeping overhaul ofSTEM graduate education while documenting the process and outcomes, establishing the potential foradoption across our school and nationwide.The model is derived from the five principles of personalized learning by Watson and Watson[14] andcomprises the following key components: (1) establishing Instructional Goals for each student
broader context of higher education commercialization. Tas(2013), [7] emphasizes equal treatment and integration of international and domestic students inacademic and non-academic aspects, recommending the full incorporation of the InternationalStudent Office in all campus activities and the development of comprehensive orientationprograms by the ISO and Campus Life to foster diversity and enhance retention [7].Adapting to new academic environments, which requires negotiating multiple teaching methods,curriculum systems, and classroom dynamics, is one of the most difficult hurdles newinternational students face. Language obstacles, particularly in English proficiency, have beenshown in the literature to have a major impact on academic success and
about the online experience and the efficacy of it.In the further comments section of the survey that was distributed to respondents, they had manycomments about their graduate experience. The following comments were specifically related toonline coursework: Student 1: My wife is in the military so having a flexible 100% online curriculum was the most important to me. Student 2: Engineering online is a great program for engineers looking to complete a masters degree while working full time. I have really enjoyed it and can say nothing bad about the program. Student 3: This is my first online degree that I'm taking, so it is an interesting learning curve compared to physically being in class
graduate students to extend beyond this professionalidentity in order to develop identities as engineering researchers. This identity turn requires thedevelopment of a researcher identity [2], [5], [6]. Three studies, in particular, have devisedframeworks for describing this transformation. The GRADs project proposed an identity-basedmotivation model by integrating the future time perspective and identity frameworks; this modeljoins the future time perspective framework and adds the influences in the past (how identitieswere developed) on goal-setting processes [7], [8]. In 2021, Bahnson et al identified threeidentity references to understand identity development: engineer, scientist, and researcher [2]. Athird framework, the Role Identities of
Paper ID #43390Increasing Teaching Efficacy in Engineering Graduate Students through theDevelopment and Facilitation of Summer Middle and High School STEMExperienceDr. Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dr. Jamie Gurganus is a faculty member in the Engineering and Computing Education Program. She is the Associate Director STEMed Research in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT). She also serves as the Director for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) in the graduate school. Her research is focused on solving problems relating to
promising findings of this research and the encouraging feedback of the student community motivated him to pursue this line of research in his NSF CAREER award in 2017. Since then, he has built a coalition within the university to expand this work through multiple NSF-funded research grants including IUSE/PFE: RED titled ”Innovation Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation”. Because of the importance of neurodiversity at all levels of education, he expanded his work to graduate STEM education through an NSF IGE grant. In addition, he recently received his Mid-CAREER award through which, in a radically novel approach, he will take on ambitious, transdisciplinary research integrating
2021 and spring 2023. In the NRTCapstone course, trainees built upon the systems thinking framework taught in the IntegratedFEW Systems course. The NRT Capstone integrated theory and practice. Students worked ininterdisciplinary teams and learned how to integrate research across disciplines. For a finalproduct, students completed an original interdisciplinary research paper in one of the NRT threeresearch themes: innovations for soil, water and microbial systems in the face of drought;hydrologic science and water conservation systems for efficient food production; and anaerobicbioreactors to transform animal waste into usable energy, water, and/or fertilizer.NRT students could also work towards a graduate certificate on Innovations at the
startedlooking into the feasibility of making the graduate engineering program more accessible. Thiswould not only allow us to meet the growing demand for engineers in West Michigan, but itwould be well aligned with our program’s student-centric focus. To prepare the students for thegraduate-level engineering work, an exhaustive list of prerequisite undergraduate classes thatstudents must take has been approved. While each applicant’s curriculum is tailored, GVSU’sSchool of Engineering developed a general plan to onboard students from a variety of non-engineering undergraduate backgrounds. Applicants are granted conditional admission to thegraduate program predicated on completing the prerequisite classes with a B or better grade.These plans allow the
, where $3000 wasgiven on day 1 of the program. The overall goals were to provide (1) Resource Recognition by introducing students tothe various academic and personal resources available on campus, (2) Personal Preparationthrough programming on subjects such as personal finance and mental health, (3) CareerPreparation through writing workshops and curriculum vitae editing, and (4) Network Buildingby connecting students with current graduate students. Students were also matched with facultyto conduct summer research in their field of interest. After a successful pilot in 2021, theprogram was conducted with a larger group of students in the summer of 2022.Program Structure:GREaT GradS Timeline – GREaT GradS runs on an accelerated
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certified as an EFL and ESL teacher as well as a School Principal. Ari’s research and language revitalization interests include Mikasuki, Salish Ql’ispe (aka Salish-Pend d’Oreille, Montana Salish, and Flathead Salish) and Safaliba. His ethnographic work documents situated practice in grassroots policy initiatives and school-based activism among the Safaliba in rural Ghana. His language documentation includes conceptual metaphors and formulaic language in Salish Ql’ispe and Safaliba. He also explores applications of task-based language teaching in the pedagogy of revitalization. His practitioner papers analyze integrated content and language instruction, academic English instruction for graduate students, and asset-based