Paper ID #25301An Exploratory Study of Engineering Students’ Misconceptions about Tech-nical CommunicationDr. Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven Cheryl Qing Li joined University of New Haven in the fall of 2011, where she is a Senior Lecturer of the Industrial, System & Multidisciplinary Engineering Department. Li earned her first Ph.D. in me- chanical engineering from National University of Singapore in 1997. She served as Assistant Professor and subsequently Associate Professor in mechatronics engineering at University of Adelaide, Australia, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, respectively. In 2006
the ones in the past.The indirect assessment was done using course evaluations at the end of the semester. The courseevaluation is a set of eighteen questions that students answer using an agreement scale (5=strongly agree, 4= agree, 3=neutral, 2= disagree, 1= strongly disagree). These questions aregrouped into six categories. Four of the eighteen questions and two of the six categories wereused to assess students’ satisfaction with the course and, specifically, the RGM project. Theresults per year are presented in Table 2. Table 2: Results of the project assessment using mean scores of course evaluations. First Three RGM Question (Q) / Category (C
opportunity to appreciate art more”Q. To what extent do you see yourself as atypical among your peers? “Possibly more artistic than peers?” “There seems to be a new stereotype of engineers—they all play guitars. We don’t fit that stereotype.” “We may have greater dislike for rote learning—too confining.”Q. How do we re-structure this experiment to draw in more engineering students? “Form partnerships with arts students; arts students are encouraged to “get out there,” build résumés, and gain exposure through extracurricular activities.” “Show that we are not expecting symphonies or works at that level. The art we are doing should be good, but not daunting.” “Other students may have chosen to
’ Global Grand Challenges.The premise of this discussion will be that there is no single definition of “global engineer,” but rather arange of perspectives and methods of facilitating the incorporation of global engineering concepts intoindividual engineers and the engineering academy (and industry) in general.All listed co-authors have agreed to participate in this panel.Suggested Layout of 90-minute Session Brief introductions of panel topic and panelists 5 minutes Overview of Individual Activities Managed by Panelists (7 minutes/person) 35 minutes Brief Q&A session to engage audience and
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Satisfaction Measures:question was missing). (m) Personal satisfaction from work (n) Satisfaction with quality of work unitSurvey respondents were asked “do you consider (o) Satisfaction with working conditionsyourself to be one or more of the following,” with (p) Employee empowermentthe following response categories offered: (q) Co-workers cooperation“Heterosexual or Straight,” “Gay, Lesbian, (r) Satisfaction with procedures (s) Overall job satisfactionBisexual, or Transgender,” or “Prefer not to say.”Respondents who answered “prefer not to say” were excluded from
assemble their carand then brainstorm and sketch a work flow diagram for automated assembly of the car. Theinstructor concluded the class with Q & A and a 10-minute freewrite. Phase two consumed oneclass period. The students were directed to complete a rough draft of their reports in-progress bythe start of week three.phase three = (rewrite) + (creative/iterate): This phase involved one class period and twospecial 2-hr office-hour sessions outside of class. The students exchanged report drafts andcritiqued each other’s work. Several emergent issues presented (see next section) and wereresolved in-class during lively Q & A sessions with the instructor and in general class-leveldialogue.phase four = (edit) + (perfect): During the final phase
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where needed during your presentation. ● Engage the class in discussion throughout your presentation by asking open-ended questions or soliciting comments. Consider the types of questions that will promote an interesting discussion (opinion questions, hypothetical questions, questions about how your classmates might react in a given situation, and so forth). Also think about asking follow-up questions if you want to advance a particular point. However, always be keenly aware of the clock and curtail class discussion when necessary to stay within your time limit. After your presentation, we will reserve 5 minutes for audience Q & A.APPENDIX B. Course resource (engineering codes of ethics quick links provided
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assessment of the presentations. The rubric used in theElectromagnetics course is included in Appendix B. A similar one was used in the Statics andDynamics course. The presentations were graded using the following criteria: • Organization • Grammar • Content • Eye contact • Creativity • Audience interaction, Q&A • Presentation style • Audience response • Use of language: word choice, voice • Length of presentationThis rubric is similar to the rubric used to assess traditional style presentations, except in thepresentation style criterion that was added to
documents seemed veryuseful to evaluate any of the 3 skill areas for a pilot. However, an interesting idea surfacedregarding the team status meetings with the instructor in which an interview Q&A style could beused to gather sufficient evidence.A pilot was conducted in spring 2010 involving the capstone for Electrical Engineering as wellas Computer Engineering majors. The face-to-face meetings with the teams provided anexcellent opportunity to evaluate the skill levels. The instructor reported that each teamemployed all 3 skills at one or more point(s) during the semester. The results are shown in Table5 for all 6 teams. Good performance was observed in 2-3 teams for each skill; however, the bestteams were not always the same. No team
look into the student writing samples. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S A Centrality of Military & Corporate 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 B Commitment to Problem Solving 0 6 3 9 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 1 2 20 0 6 0 2 C Narrow Technical Focus 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 D Persistence 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 E
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