RAT.While students generally understand the need for RAT activities and overwhelmingly recognizetheir helpfulness, administering RATs is not without challenges. The most common challengesinclude underlying student resentment, student test anxiety, and the inconvenience of dealingwith student absence or sickness.6 In addition to these evident challenges of RATs, they alsolimit creative ways to retain learning. Methods to hold student’s accountable for their learningreadiness should more fully embrace the diverse ways in which students begin to construct theirunderstanding of course content.This paper presents on an integrated system of readiness assessment, whereby student-generatedpre-lecture Concept Reflections (CRs) are paired with traditional
Engineering Education, 2006 Engineering Exploration for Junior Girls Scouts: Partnership, Activities, Insight, and Reflection Mary B. Vollaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Western New England College, Springfield, MA 01119I. Introduction Western New England College (WNEC), School of Engineering has partnered for three years with the Western Massachusetts and Pioneer Valley Girl Scout organizations to present an “Engineering Exploration” program for Junior Girl Scouts, who are typically in 4th, 5th and 6th grades. The day’s program was designed meet two primary goals. The first is to educate young girls about the
Paper ID #29682Enhancing Instruction by Uncovering Instructor Blind Spots from MuddiestPoint Reflections in Introductory Materials ClassesProf. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen Krause is professor in the Materials Science Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include evaluating conceptual knowledge, mis- conceptions and technologies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept
Paper ID #10445Characterizing and Addressing Student Learning Issues and Misconceptions(SLIM) with Muddiest Point Reflections and Fast Formative FeedbackProf. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is professor in the Materials Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials science and engineering. His research interests include strategies for web-based teaching and learning, misconceptions and their repair, and role of formative feedback on conceptual change. He has co
biomedical engineering education in the future. Page 23.916.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Muddiest Point Formative Feedback in Core Materials Classes with YouTube, Blackboard, Class Warm-ups, and Word CloudsAbstractCritical class reflections on “Muddiest Points”, i.e. the content students struggle to grasp most,provide formative feedback to an instructor who can strategize to adjust his/her teaching andpedagogy to address issues specific to a given class. In a Muddiest Point Reflection, an instructorsolicits from students a brief, anonymous written comment about
principles, which include the following. For moreeffective learning, instructors need to: 1) elicit students' prior knowledge to help informinstruction; 2) engage students to promote conceptual change so they can construct deepknowledge organized in a conceptual framework; and 3) encourage metacognition to build habitsof expert learners who define their learning goals and monitor their own progress. The pedagogyuses two-way formative feedback in which students reflect on their learning in a class with class-end Muddiest Point feedback and instructors respond to student misconceptions and learningissues by adjusting instruction and providing next class feedback to the students. The two-wayfeedback process promotes self reflection not only on the part
content and reflections from the instructor, TAs, and students.1. IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic disrupted higher education worldwide in March 2020. Colleges anduniversities abruptly stopped in-person instruction and instead required remote teaching.Instructors’ challenges included preparing virtual lessons, learning videoconferencing software,and selecting appropriate graded assessments. At the same time, students’ learning routines weredisrupted as many returned home and were away from their peers; some students also lost thesafety net that the university provided, such as reliable food and shelter [1]. Furthermore, bothstudents and faculty were affected by limited internet connectivity and additional familyresponsibilities due to the
enhance development of students' mentalmodels and are exciting advances for those teaching in this area because of ease ofimplementation and adaptation for different student populations. Implementation of theseactivities has the potential to lower the barrier to faculty participation in active learning. Themedia slogan “It’s so easy, a caveperson can do it” is the guiding principle behind thedevelopment of these activities. This paper will also present reflections of a diverse cross-section of teaching faculty and students for these classroom methods to highlight how thesepedagogical efforts may increase student self-efficacy for their technical learning. The researchquestion for this work is; "To what extent do student engagement activities
Machine Activity – modeling the actions of a 5-axis CNC machine onsimple component shapes with in-class reflection/ discussion,f) Material Selection Activity- using materials selection software to validate the choice ofmaterial and manufacturing process(es) for a selected component with a worksheet,g) Portable NDT (Non Destructive Testing) Kit – conducting an independent investigation within-class presentations and reflection/discussion, andh) Traditional Lecture. Page 14.1085.2Some of these activities are well-proven and the “Quick-n-Dirty” CNC machine activity, thematerial selection activity, the portable NDT kit will be highlighted in paper
students and "More Knowledgeable Others" (e.g.teachers, parents, coaches, peers, experts, etc.)4. The classroom must become more active andengaging. When the students in the course becomes more involved and the professor puts morethought into the course the desired outcome is quite likely. Dee Fink in his workshops across thecountry states that there are two methods engaged teachers can utilize to add meaning to theexperience. “One is by helping students learn about additional things, e.g., about themselves,about others, about learning.2 Students survey responses reflect that they prefer to see onlinecourse-management systems, like WebCT and Blackboard, operate faster and be moreinteractive, presenting things in video or audio formats. The course
. This module was successfully implemented in Fall 2017 with 31students from General, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering. Students brought in their ownweeks’ worth of trash. The first portion of class time focused on materials categorization andclassification, engineering concepts they had been previously introduced to in class. A classdebrief challenged students to think about topics related to recycling in general and their largersocial responsibility in material choice as future engineers. In a subsequent reflection, studentsprovided feedback, suggestions for improvement and articulated their meaningful takeawaysfrom the module. Analysis of student responses shows that learning objectives were achieved.Lessons learned suggest improvements
improve teaching is to employ muddiest point reflections.Muddiest point reflections involve simply asking students to anonymously reflect on what was“muddy”, i.e. confusing, during class and to rank their level of confusion which not onlyaddresses students falling behind, but also shows students a commitment to their educationespecially when the instructor puts direct student quotes on the screen. Initially, developing aformative feedback process takes some effort, but once established, using a formative feedbackprocess requires little effort. The formative feedback process includes four steps: 1) acquiringdata from student reflections; 2) assessing and characterizing student responses in order todiagnose the learning issues that can impede
development of a program related task and guide students to higher levels of learning onBlooms Taxonomy through the development of student created learning aids.One specific need was reflected in the disparate skills of our majority component of ‘transfer’students in our programs. Through informal observations the authors realized students simplydid not have familiarity with the equipment at our facility (as opposed to their previousexperiences elsewhere). In this study, the authors target one simple skill relevant to resistancewelding that could be used as an introduction to metallurgy concepts (welding band saw blades).This student project was used not only to provide students with a practical skill for theirapplications toolbox but additionally as
: American Society of Engineering Education, Life time member Society of Manufacturing Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers PUBLICATIONS (i)Most Closely Related [1] W.J. Stuart ’Problem Based Case Learning - Composite Materials Course De- velopment – Examples and classroom reflections’ NEW Conference, Oct 2011 [2] W.J. Stuart and Bedard R. (EPRI) ’Ocean Renewable Energy Course Evolution and Status’ presented at Energy Ocean Pacific & Oregon Wave Energy Trust Conference, Sept. 2010. [3] W.J. Stuart, Wave energy 101, presented at Ore- gon Wave Energy Symposium, Newport, OR, Sept. 2009. [4] W.J. Stuart, Corrosion considerations when c American Society for Engineering
Paper ID #29292Using Creative Writing as a Tool for Learning Professional Developmentin Materials Science and EngineeringDr. Sabrina Starr Jedlicka, Lehigh University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Using Creative Writing as a Tool for Learning Professional Development in Materials Science & EngineeringAbstractCourses in professional development can be a catch-all to address student skill building in areassuch as technical writing, communication, career path reflection, and ethics. While each of theseskills is important to student development, the
will describe the development of an outreach activity for middle and high schoolstudents by Graduate Trainees, including initial approaches and revisions based on anecdotalobservations made from previously conducted workshops. Reflections from the Trainees willalso be included in an effort to understand how doctoral students with technical backgroundsdevelop pedagogically-sound materials that translate their research to new educational audiences.The primary goal of the developed workshop is to create an awareness of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) amongst participants and how their use in future applications within the field ofnanotechnology can benefit our society. The workshop provides a guided discussion viaPowerPoint presentation and hands-on
feedback from a first implementation offered in Fall 2017. This second moduletook students to a city-wide recycling processing center to observe the sorting processes thatmaterials undergo once they are discarded. Through this field trip, students were able torecognize some of the challenges of current waste disposal and recycling practices. The thirdmodule welcomed a guest expert to share experiences with the global impact of waste disposaland the relative privileges that persist in developed countries. The fourth module asked studentsto critically assess materials for use in a commercial product, inspired by the regional and globalchallenges they were previously exposed to in the course. Following each activity, studentscompleted a reflective
toevaluate an engineering report submitted by students completing the design activity (AppendixA).Since our intention was directed at comparisons of design abilities, and not the absolutemeasurement these abilities, we chose not to engage in a search for other assessment instruments.A cursory search reveals many instruments such as the CEDA, PCT, PSVT-R mentioned in arecent JEE article4.A constraint on this approach was that the activity primarily used teams. We targeted seniors, sothey had formal instruction in design. We chose to implement the activity with teams because itreflected typical work scenarios and because it was logistically prudent. So even if a singleengineering report reflected two to more students, the report itself could be
capacitance of a liquid column whose height changes with tilt. The inclinometer’selectronic equilibration and response is quite sluggish. These inclinometers are designed forapplications where either the angle is static or angle changes due to vibrations need to beminimized by damping. In Figure 7, the horizontal error bars for inclinometer data reflect this0.15° uncertainty whereas the troptometer data error bars reflect the least count of 0.1°. We arehoping to replace each inclinometer by an iPod Touch to remedy the issue of sluggish response,and our initial results appear promising.Conclusions1. Students encounter three difficulties in using the existing troptometer: (i) keeping it aligned while mounting it on a specimen, (ii) reading its
opportunity tounderstand how POGIL can be implemented in engineering. In this paper we address thefollowing research questions: 1. Does POGIL lead to increased understanding of materials engineering concepts compared to a lecture class 2. How is POGIL implemented across diverse types of universities?Question 1 is examined through a quantitative component in which POGIL was implementedat four different institutions in the US and gains on the Materials Concept Inventory werecompared to lecture classes. For question 2 a content analysis was conducted on coursematerials used by the instructors and student reflections from the end of the semester.MethodologyPOGIL was used in the undergraduate Introduction to Materials Engineering classes at
to more clearly emphasize the characteristics of a correct response, and have increasedthe scaffolding to guide students. Additionally, the revised activity is more focused than theoriginal, allowing students to spend more time on the reflection portion of the activity. Studentperformance is measured and compared in two courses at different institutions. Studentresponses on a concept inventory at the beginning and end of the term are also compared toinvestigate the development and persistence of their learning gains.1. IntroductionUnderstanding the three-dimensional relationships in crystal structures is an important skill formaterials science and engineering students. However, students struggle to visualize many of theatomic relationships
learning achievements, as well as their otherscholarly activities including research and community involvement. The reflective process ofportfolio development can promote better understanding, develop fresh thinking about their life,and encourage personal and professional growth17.The benefits associated with an electronic portfolio have longevity way beyond the end of theengineering course or the student’s university studies9. The payoff with utilising eportfoliosincludes11, 20, 21: ‚ the development of skills in electronic/digital technology, so important for today’s graduates; ‚ evidence of learning and competency; improved tracking of student performance for purposes of accreditation and program improvement. ‚ increased
significantchallenges for scientists and engineers. The materials engineer has great opportunity to helpdevise sustainable solutions through appropriate materials selection and processing, and ourfaculty has been trying to convey such ideas and skills to our students.Many different sustainability activities and assignments have been woven into several of ourmaterials engineering courses. Some activities are to promote awareness and to give motivationfor our students to use their engineering skills for the betterment of society and the planet.Pertinent articles from popular media sources have been used as the basis for reflection exercisesand to stimulate student discussions. A freshmen design course has been developed to highlightsustainability through service
heatisland is based on the increased solar reflectance of the materials used for large areas. The solarreflectance is the amount of radiation reflected back from a surface compared to the amountshone on the material. Concrete generally has a solar reflectance of approximately 0.35 and“white” concrete can have a value of 0.7 to 0.8.1 Slag cement will also increase the “whiteness”of the concrete when added in significant amounts. Asphalt, on the other hand, will generallyhave a reflectance of less than 0.2. Another LEED criteria for points states, “specify a minimumof 25% of building materials that contain in aggregate a minimum weighted average of 20%post-consumer recycled content material, or, a minimum weighted average of 40% post-industrial
practice, asks questions, reflects on own practice in relation to expert practice 5. Fading: The instructor gradually decreases coaching and scaffolding, allowing students greater independence. The student operates with increasing independence in more and more complex situations (less structure, more choices/complications, etc.) 6. Self-Directed Learning: The instructor assists only when requested. The student practices the real thing alone or in groups 7. Generalizing: The instructor guides students from their own process to larger insights and useful generalizations. The student generalizes from own practice to larger principles, concepts, or interpretations [9]Tasks 1 and 2 above can be accomplished in a
. Finally, students are askedto reflect on their scaffold design. After a discussion on mechanics and the importance of fiberdirection, students are asked how they would change their design to better mimic the structureand function of the distal bicep. Finally students are asked to sketch a representative pattern of ascaffold design to be strong in shear, and to discuss within their group why this would result inthe desired the material response. Page 26.1.6Discussion & Student OutcomesThe described activity can be tailored toward different educational levels. This activity wasperformed successfully with 32 rising eighth grade girls as well as
. This first activity cost about $200. Most of that was the cost of theglycerin soap. This type of soap is available at many local craft stores, but has a wide pricerange. Page 12.1283.4Feedback was sought from both students and instructors. The university Human SubjectsReview Committee supported a group, oral interaction. Thus the instructors recorded studentresponses during the activity. The instructors also pooled group data for the Temperature vs.inverse delta time curves. Finally, the instructors reflected on other aspects of the activity.NSF MatEd: The MatEd Program requested activities to support their concept inventory. So theywere
polymer form areference located in Knovel, and leaving Google images as a source to find really greatpictures of their product and/or application. Papers reflected similar use of new and oldvocabulary, references with proper citations, and complementary pictures. Page 22.873.6SURVEYSStudent surveys were also used to gage the impact of a directed and focused informationliteracy activity on student’s past, present, and future habits, as well as possible effects onlifelong learning.Questions included personal comments on the sources of information which theyselected, and insight on the value of the library session, and the resources availablethrough the
benefits to working together, as86% preferred working on a simulation with a partner; of these 56 students, 63% said thatdiscussions should be encouraged. However, the nature of their discussions was not analyzed todetermine the depth of conversations that occurred. The interactive mode requires studentsworking together equally, discussing the constructive portion of the activity. Students’reflections could provide information on their discussions, but very few students responded tothese questions on the survey. In the future, conversations should be monitored to ensure thatthey are constructive, possibly revising the discussion prompts as needed.The low number of written responses for the reflection question may indicate that students wererunning
communication) to the audience that their project was targeting, and 3)reflecting upon their experience.Students had a month to work on their outreach project individually or in small groups afterselecting an option and submitting an initial rationale and plan, which was supported throughscheduled program check-in time. During these scheduled times, students working on similarprojects (or student teams) shared ideas in Zoom breakout rooms, discussed, planned, anddefined tasks to move their project forward. At the end of the summer, individuals and teamspresented brief overviews of their project, shared plans for implementation, and submitted awritten reflection on its impact on their personal growth.When we asked the students to articulate the